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  • Collection: Weather or Natural Disasters

417A Flood May 1944 Godwin Sisters.jpg
Ina Godwin holding granddaughter Cheryl Godwin while sitting on the washed out bridge on May 1, 1944.

415A Flood May 1944 Godwin Sisters.jpg
Leslie Godwin standing on the washed out bridge on May 1, 1944. The Arkansas River flooded and on April 26, 1944 the bridge collapsed.

41 Derby bridge down 1944 Maurine Holt.jpg
On April 25, 1944 one 15-foot section of the bridge broke and washed away due to the flooding water. Then on April 26, 1944 the rest of the bridge collapsed into the Arkansas River. The 375 foot long bridge was originally built in 1900 of wood…

97 Arkansas River flooding Oaklawn Field 1917 Debbie Avenell.jpg
The flooding of the Arkansas River onto the Oaklawn Field in 1917.
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