I remember the Arkansas River that ran through our town. It flooded the whole downtown of Hutchinson, Kansas. We were about 2 blocks from the south end of mainstreet and the river where the bridge was. I was a very small girl but I have a picture of my family and some of the other neighbors standing in the water in the middle of the street. One man caught a large fish in our driveway with his hands. The water got up to the front porch of our house . My parents had furniture stacked on top of each other. They had a few chickens and they were in grates stacked on the back porch. I'm new, want to write about my Jesse R. Harris and Sarah Salyer family. Jesse was born in Va., in 1824 and married Sarah in Floyd Co,, Kentucky in 1848. They moved to St. Paul, Madison County, Arkansas where they started their family and had several children before moving on to Arkansas. I have looked for several years and found no proof of the father of Jesse. Don't know why I never thought of joining this Arkansas message board. If anyone can help, I would surely appreciate it. I have a name Raines somewhere, I think her name was Nancy. Thanks, Estell [email protected] > > The 1927 flood affected practically every Arkansas county along the Arkansas > River, especially the delta regions; I have some photos my father made of > the flood. The water covered the railroad bridges at Little Rock. I do not > know how the flooding affected the states west of Arkansas. >