Navajo police were dispatched to the scene near mile marker 10 at about 9:41 a.m. after a call from family members of the deceased, who was identified as Marlanda Chee, 26.

The event, which occurred exactly 80 years ago this week, was on the front page of almost every paper in the country as readers kept in touch with what rescuers were doing to save the lives of those stranded by the storm.

After 4A1 2 years of service, Karen Sayword-Sims is resigning from the Board of Selectmen.