Saturday morning, the sounds of kids playing in El Dorado’s Graham Park could be heard throughout the neighborhood, but on June 10, 1958 a different sound is what long-time El Dorado resident Betty Henderson recalls. Henderson had only been married to her husband Pete for two weeks when the tornado struck. “God, listen to that train,” Henderson said to him. Pete told her, ‘that isn’t a train’ and that they ‘better head to the basement.’ According to the City of El Dorado, 13 people died that day. Saturday evening a memorial was held in the park to remember the lives lost in the tornado. The siren rang at 5:45 pm and there were a couple of survivors there reliving the moment all over again. Fast forward to today and things are different. The neighborhood where the disaster happened is filled with people who weren’t even born 65 years ago or some were too young to remember. Graham Park will always keep the memory of those gone alive through their memorial.
Source: KAKE – News
