Waldron’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Waldron. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Waldron was platted in 1845 by surveyor W. P. Waldron, and named for him. A post office called Waldron has been in operation since 1846. Waldron was incorporated in 1875. Waldron was reached by the Arkansas Western Railroad from Heavener, Oklahoma in 1901. Later called the Arkansas Western Railway, a subsidiary of and subsequently incorporated into the Kansas City Southern, the line is now leased to and operated by the Arkansas Southern Railroad.
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Start Waldron’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waldron’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCrude Products: Ties and Mine Pro…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Waldron, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Arkansas and it appears here side by side.
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