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Arkansas River Crossing Landmark
Warren Riverview Park, 321 E. Market St.
(Historic Landmark #1)
In 1871, Dr. Henry Clay Tucker arrived in this area from Ohio and began practicing medicine. With no bridge across the Arkansas River, he often swam across to tend to patients west of the river.
In 1873, an influx of people to El Paso, Kansas…
In 1873, an influx of people to El Paso, Kansas…
Arkansas River Bridge
circa 1908
A postcard photo of the bridge over the Arkansas River near Derby, Kansas. A boy in coveralls is standing on the bridge.
Arkansas River Bridge
Postcard
postmarked Aug. 31, 1909
Written on the back
Left side:
Yes Walter W. is still at home now but he has a little better time than he use to he goes with the girls now. Answer soon.
Route 2 Box 31
Aug. 30 Derby Kans.
Thanks for pretty card. I am not at home now I…
Left side:
Yes Walter W. is still at home now but he has a little better time than he use to he goes with the girls now. Answer soon.
Route 2 Box 31
Aug. 30 Derby Kans.
Thanks for pretty card. I am not at home now I…
Harvest time on the Carlton farm
circa 1917
Harvest time near the Arkansas River in 1917 on the Carlton farm (located in what is now Oaklawn).
Flooding of the Arkansas River
circa 1917
The flooding of the Arkansas River onto the Oaklawn Field in 1917.
Derby bridge collapsed
April 26, 1944
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…
