In 1912, Oliver and Alice Smith began a family farm on 240 acres, including this current park land. In 1938, Robert and Mildred Smith took over the farm. In the 1950s, the Smith farm sold to build houses needed for the post-war baby boom. From 1953…
On July 11, 1871, J. Hout Minnich and John Hufbauer filed a town plat for El Paso in Sedgwick County, Kansas. It established streets from Madison to Kay and from Water Street to Georgie Avenue, and business boomed.
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.
TermApr. 19, 1977 - Apr. 07, 1981
elected Apr. 05, 1977 and ran unopposed for the Ward II seat vacated by Larry Gould
sworn in Apr. 19, 1977
re-elected Apr. 03, 1979 and ran unopposed
did not seek re-election in 1981