Photograph of Richard Higgins Holding a Rare Burbot Fish

Photograph of Richard Higgins Holding a Rare Burbot Fish

Fishing

Newspaper clipping of Richard Higgins holding a Burbot, a rare fish to catch in the Kansas river. Richard Higgins was a Riverking and the grandfather of Barbara Higgins-Dover, who remembers fishing on the Kaw River with him as a young girl.

circa 1960

Higgins-Dover, Barbara

Copyright Barbara Higgins-Dover

The Kansas Riverkings Museum, located in Lawrence, Kansas, tells the story of the Riverkings, fishermen who created a thriving fish industry on the Kaw River in the 1800 and 1900's. Visit the Riverkings Museum, located at the Riverfront Marriott, to learn more about the Riverkings and their stories.

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Lawrence (Kan.)

circa 1960