PITTSBURG, Kan. —  Crawford County health officials have uncovered century-old records that tell the story of the 1918 “Spanish Flu” pandemic and its local impact, County Health Director Teddi Van Kam announced at Friday’s county commission meeting. The records, which indicate that the last pandemic to rival COVID-19 hit Crawford County around October of 1918 and had largely dissipated by May of 1920, were found in a reportable disease ledger covering a period of several decades in the early 20th century. “I think they found them in a garage one time, you know, kind of in a corner somewhere,” Van Kam said.