Historical Marker in Riverside Park in Halstead

Creator

Preview

Identifier

2010204358

Approximate Date

January 1980

Description

This color photograph features a historical marker in Halstead at the Riverside Park in 1980.

Physical Description

2" x 2" photograph

Subject

Parks, Historical markers, Picnic grounds, Harvey County (Kan.), Halstead (Kan.)

Rights

© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.

Publisher

Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

J. Birch Stuart Collection, Photo Box 19 B Halstead-Park, River

Repository

Harvey County Historical Museum

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

"Historical Marker in Riverside Park in Halstead" (1980). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 541.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/541

Language

eng

Transcription

Riverside Park Site of the Harvey County Old Settlers Picnic First Picnic held here in 1896 the Harvey County Old Settlers Picnic Association was formed in 1866. The first few picnics were held in the John Pierce Grove, one half mile east of here. Some of the scenes in the Columbia Motion picture "Picnic" were filmed here in 1956. Plaque Courtesy of the Harvey County Historical Society 1977