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Harold and Lela Mohr before church standing in front of their farmhouse in 1938.

O. H. P. Smith's family standing in front of their farmhouse located at the northeast corner of Madison and Derby Street around 1922

Left to right:

Beatrice Smith, O. H. P. Smith, Marion Smith, Alice (Morrison) Smith, and Robert Smith

The Craig house pictured in 1893 was located on Clifton north of 47th St, where the Oaklawn Learning Center is. The house burned down after standing for over 100 years.

Pictured (left to right): Major Turpin, Lilly Craig, Maude Pearl Craig, Mary…

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.

The Carlton family came to Derby in 1871 and built a house located on Oliver between 47th and 55th on the west side. The family is pictured in 1894 (left to right): Lucinda Blevins Carlton (in the background), Franklin S. Carlton, Lilly Belle Craig,…

In 1869, Fred Gerteis homesteaded this land. In 1900, he traveled back to Germany to get his 23-year-old nephew, Albert Lauber, to help work the land by promising the farm eventually would become his. After Albert Lauber returned to Germany to get…