When the River Took the Cabins
40 Years Later: Remembering the 1985 Election Day Flood at Harman’s Log Cabins
On Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 1985, the river rose higher than anyone could imagine.
For four relentless days, from November 3–6, rain fell across the Potomac Highlands — filling creeks, streams, and hollows until they overflowed. By dawn on the fifth, the peaceful North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac had become a wall of water tearing through Grant and Pendleton Counties.
