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Ferry boat at dock on river

Arkansas City Ferry

Aerial view of flooded town

Arkansas City Flood

Drawing of river with settlers and fort on the right side and trees along both banks

Arkansas Post; 1689

View looking over rippling river with multistory buildings in the distance and single-story house with boat in the foreground

Floating dock with foot bridge on lake

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Delta Country Club

Two wooden buildings with smokestacks

Train on tracks leading to bridge with dredge boats on either side of bridge

Row of storefront buildings with covered sidewalk on town street

Dumas Street Scene

Service station "Freeman's Esso Service center"

Two story brick building with covered entrance

Greystone Hotel

Group of men and stacks of sandbags on flooded shore with farm under water nearby

Knowlton Landing

Aerial view of flooded town

Group of people standing on sidewalk before storefront

McGehee Merchandise Store

Multistory concrete building with silos

McGehee Rice Dryer

Child standing on street in front of single-story houses with covered porches

McGehee Street Scene

White boy leaning against a fence under power lines on town street across from multistory storefront buildings

McGehee Street Scene

Row of houses with covered porches and trees inside fence on dirt road

McGehee Street Scene

Multistory town buildings on snow covered streets with fenced-in park in the foreground

McGehee Street Scene

View from top of train cars of multistory and single-story buildings on town streets

McGehee Street Scene

Parked cars on street under traffic lights between rows of buildings with people standing on street corner

McGehee Street Scene

Long two story wooden building with wraparound balcony and porch

Old faded map showing town and river

Concrete bridge over water as seen from below

Pendleton Bridge

Aerial view of railroad bridge across flooded river with heavily forested land on both sides

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