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104 Charles Carlton House 1899 Debbie Avenell.jpg
Charles Carlton’s house pictured in 1899 located on the southwest corner of 55th and Oliver. Pictured (left to right): a hired hand, Carrie Hotspillar Carlton, Franklin Carlton, Opal Carlton, and Charles Carlton.

349 Mohr farm March 1913 Maurine Holt.jpg
After 1911 Chris Mohr purchased a farm located on 87th Street and moved from the farm on 95th Street.

1424 Edwin Shorey and parents 1924 Betty Nulik.jpg
Edwin Shorey and his parents William and Alice (Rutledge) Shorey around 1924 on the Shorey farm at 55th St and Greenwich. The farm had been in the family since the early 1900s and Edwin’s wife Mabel sold it in 1984.

123-2A 2nd Hamilton house 1904 Beverly Coover.jpeg
This is the second house that was built on the Hamilton family property.

96 Helping Harvest at River 1917 Debbie Avenell.jpg
Harvest time near the Arkansas River in 1917 on the Carlton farm (located in what is now Oaklawn).

57A Maurine pulling wagon 1934 Maurine Holt.jpg
Maurine Mohr is pulling an unknown child in a wagon at her family home on 87th St in 1934. Her dad’s Model T and the playhouse handmade by her father are in the background.

122A Original Homestead 1883 Beverly Coover.jpg
Robert Hamilton moved to Derby to purchase the property in 1883. Robert and his brothers lived on the property.

288 Roman Rau on haywagon with horses late 1930s Greg Rau.jpg
Roman Rau standing on top of a horse-drawn wagon full of hay on his farm in the late 1930s.

Although not designated as one of Derby’s landmarks, the Round Barn (1910) located on south Woodlawn near 95th Street is not only one of the oldest structures in the Derby area, its unique design makes it an impressive part of the skyline and should…
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