Two rivers meet in Wichita - - -


From the time of the town's founding in 1870 to the present,
the area in Wichita near the junction of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers
known as Riverside has been a focus of the city's social and recreational life.

Wichita's Riverside Parks illuminates the history of
this area and shows the changes it has seen over the decades.

The history of Wonderland Park, the Riverside Park cannons
and the Boy With a Boot Fountain are featured in the book!

   Coming September 10, 2012!     Coming September 10, 2012!    
    Jim's new book on Wichita history, illustrated with vintage picture postcards. 

Take a driving tour of Wichita's
Historic Downtown Parks!  

Click here for a guide, with references to the pages in the book that each feature is described on. 
The pages of the guide are formatted so that if they are printed front-to-back you can stack and fold them in half to create a handy-sized booklet.

Here is a version formatted for single-side printing.

Here is a special Google Map of the area
with some highlighted sites from the tour.


Jim was interviewed about the book for the KPTS program ImpaCT shown on
Thursday evening, May 5, 2011. 
The interview may be seen online here
The interview begins at 6:15 on the timeline.

Cool Historical Links

Wichita's Riverside Parks is available at these local retailers:
West Wichita & Downtown East Wichita
Al’s Old & New Bookstore
Bella Luz Gifts
Exploration Place
Hatman Jack’s
Old Cowtown Museum
Wichita Art Museum
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
Barnes & Noble - 1920 N. Rock Road
Eighth Day Books
Owl's Nest Gift Shop (in the Great Plains Nature Center)
Piccadilly Market, Grill & Bakery
Rieger Medical Supply Co.
Watermark Books

Wichita's Riverside Parks is also available as an iBook

Visit the Arcadia Publishing web page for the book        Email the author

 


Coming September 10, 2012!
Jim's new book on Wichita's History,
 illustrated by over 200 vintage picture postcards!
The ISBN number is 978-0738593906