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Hat That Made the Man Lamar Phillips and Ottawa Flood Control
Lamar Phillips led Ottawa flood control efforts that culminated in the Pomona Reservoir and future Melvern project. The Marais des Cygnes Osage valley work included years of Washington testimony, a 14 million dollar Pomona project, and a plan to protect Ottawa from major floods. Phillips, city editor of the Ottawa Herald, earned a Army Corps commendation and ended his career with overdue recognition as flood defenses advanced.
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Melvern
Pomona Lakes
Ottawa
Lamar Phillips
Pomona
The
Kansas City Star
Robert Wellington
Herald
Phillips
Ottawa Herald
Marais Des Cygnes
Old Mary
Errett P. Scrivner
Scrivner
Army Corps of Engineers
Marais Des Cygnes-Osage
Department of the Army
Army
Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
Marais Des Cygnes River
Osage County
Congress
Mary
Chanute
Washington
House
Senate Public Works
Kansas