See historical photos from Wichita River Festival in 1980s

Wichita River Festival 1988 Charles Rollins

Wichita River Festival 1982 Charles Rollins

Wichita River Festival 1985 Charles Rollins

Wichita River Festival 1984 Charles Rollins

Wichita River Festival 1989 Charles Rollins

The River Run in 1986. File The Wichita Eagle

An exhausted Matt Gann rests in the sand after his team lost a round in the tug of war competition at the 1988 Wichita River Festival. Dave Williams The Wichita Eagle/John Rogers Pa

The Wichita River Festival, 1988. Joel Sartore The Wichita Eagle

The Wichita River Festival, 1984. File The Wichita Eagle

Over 260 volleyball teams participated at the 1980 Wichita River Festival volleyball beach tournament at Watson Park. Mark Gale

Maize Vermillion’s Class of 2000 at the Wichita River Festival, 1989. Charles Rollins

The Sedgwick County Firefighters team lose control of their bed during Bedlam 500 on Main Street between Central and Third Street at the 1989 Wichita River Festival. Although they lost control of the bed they went defeated the Air Midwest Airlines team with a time if 19.78 seconds. Jeff Tuttle

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