Without water, life doesn’t grow. For time immortal, people have attempted to manage and control water through diverting rivers, dancing for rain, irrigating, draining and even salting clouds to encourage rain. Today’s Throwback Thursday shows one of the ways waters have been diverted. This is the spillway for the Rose Hill Dam, of Rose Hill Township in Hand County. In April 1939, it is under construction by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a work program to help people affected by the Depression. However, in 2010, spring and summer rains filled the lake behind the dam. On July 30, 2010, an estimated 9.5 inches of rain fell in the area, causing the dam to give way and cause extreme flooding. Two men from Huron were camping in the area, and were nearly swept away before being rescued. Under the purview of the Game, Fish, and Parks Department (GFP), the dam was not replaced. The GFP decided to do a stream restoration instead.