SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass., June 6, 1921

* Pueblo, Colorado flood disaster

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "TWO MORE FLOODS VISIT PUEBLO--100 BODIES FOUND PESTILENCE WORST MENACE" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with all 16 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.

Background: The 1921 Pueblo flood was a profound turning point that permanently altered the economic, political, and physical landscape of Colorado. Prior to the disaster, Pueblo was a booming industrial rival to Denver, serving as a vital railroad hub and the "Pittsburgh of the West" due to its massive steel production. However, the catastrophic destruction of its rail infrastructure and business district forced city leaders to make a desperate political compromise in the state legislature: to secure funding for Pueblo's new, massive river-diversion levee system, they had to agree to back the construction of the Moffat Tunnel near Denver. When that tunnel opened in 1928, it effectively bypassed Pueblo, permanently shifting the state’s primary economic and transit corridor north to Denver and cementing Pueblo's transition from a major financial metropolis to a more localized industrial center. Furthermore, the disaster radically reshaped the city's physical geography, resulting in the literal relocation of the Arkansas River and leaving a legacy of advanced flood control that eventually paved the way for modern urban renewal projects like the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk.