This book about Independence County Cemetery Records includes names of cemeteries in Independence County, Names of people buried in the cemeteries, along with there birth and death dates. 466 pages, indexed. View More...
In the back of an old, unlabeled journal located in the vault of the County Clerk of Hempstead County, a researcher found several pages of information that may prove to be of value to you who have an interest in the history of the area at that time, or had families living in Hempstead County, Arkansas, in 1862. The data is entitled: "A List of the Families of Indigent Soldiers in Hempstead County". This list has been compiled from these handwritten records. Following this index of names is a transcription taken from the County Court Records to lend additional explanation to this record. 11 pag... View More...
Biography and family history of Della Keith and Robert Foree.The family lived several places in Arkansas, including Gentry and Coon Hollow. In 1912 they moved to Wewoka. Fascinating stories of growing up in the early 1900s. They lived on a farm and walked 2 miles to school. In 1923 she leaft Arkansas to attend college in Norman, Oklahoma. Even if this isn't your family, the book is an interesting read.
This book about Lee County Cemeteries includes information on the name, date of birth and death, and spouse of the graves in the Cemetery. View More...
These records have been compiled from a microfilm copy of the Howard County, Arkansas marriage books A through F, entries beginning in 1873 and ending in 1902. Although most of the records were easy to read, the difficult entries were verified from the original books in the Howard County Courthouse. Over 3,500 marriages are recorded in this volume. 107 pages.
130 indexed pages of pictures of Clark County people, churches, businesses and other places of interest. Many pictures identify people in them. View More...
418 pages including index. Much of the book is based on taped interviews with 160 county residents that uncovered a great store of previously unrecorded local history. Old Times Not Forgotten is a model county history with a rare combination of interesting reading and valuable reference. View More...
Both modern historians and early nineteenth-century observers have emphasized the wild and picturesque aspects of the Arkansas Territory, suggesting that the settlers here were more preoccupied with indolence or brawling than with economic progress. This study demonstrates that despite all its frontier roughness, Arkansas was characterized by a restless ambition that transformed the area from frontier and subsistence living to a highly productive agricultural society. This ambition – with its brutal Indian removal and expansion of slave labor – rendered Arkansas more similar to its southern ne... View More...
In 1840, prosperous farming families left North and South Carolina to trek in covered wagons to the unsettled Arkansas River Valley. Absorbing to read and rich with colorful detail, this is a story of the peopling of the western frontier and the ways in which hardship, religion, and a shared past bound settlers together into a lasting community. 139 pages, full name index.
Names include: Bigham, Dickey, Hughey, Oates, Quigg, Tiner View More...
A history of the first 100 years of Fayetteville. There is a section on Fayetteville's Judge Tebbetts and includes photos of all the family. There are photos of "newer Homes"; Presidents of Chamber of Commerce"; "Bankers"; Churches and Ministers"; University of Arkansas"; "Public Schools"; "Physicians"; and "Fayetteville People of Note". Includes a chapter on the Civil War.
