Lawrence County

Historical Society Journals Index

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Winter  1978 - Vol. 1 - #1 : Early Lawrence County Courthouse - A Powhatan Landmark - Early Days in Lawrence County

Spring 1978 - Vol. 1 - #2: Colonel Joseph Hardin of Davidsonvlle - Cathy Town Became Strawberry -Indians played a Role in Early Lawernce County - Old Roads in North Arkansas

Summer 1978 -Vol. 1 #3: Dr. Hatcher Chose Jackson Over Jonesboro - "Little Africa" has Vanished into the Past - There was a River to Cross - Dedication, from an 1895 Publication - Marriages 1821- 1837 The Grooms list. The Officials performing the marriages are up. and the  Brides   are now up here.

Fall 1978 - Vol. 1 #4: first 4 pages missing - Black Rock Pearling and Button-Cutting Industry - Volunteers Save Valuable Records - Wayland Family Seeks New Life in AR - LeMieux and Janis Families Pinnell, Settlers in Swamp Land of Lawrence Co  Rhea Families First

Winter 1979 - Vol 2 - #1: Surnames - Powhatan Church- Powhatan School - Powhatan Jail - Dr. J.O. Hatcher Black Rock Post office - Early Families - 1895 Brochure Excerpt.

Spring 1979 - Vol. 2 - #2: - Ravenden Springs, AR Dream Town -  History of Opposition Ravensden Area - (Surname list included 9/16/1999)    Dentistry in Walnut Ridge - Dr J. O. Swicord Served Area Well - W.C. Sloan Opens First Ferry at Imboden - Description of Lawrence County, from an 1895 Publication

Summer 1879 - Vol. 2 - #3: Surname- History of Clover Bend - Clover Bend Farms - The French Home at Clover Bend - Octave Thanet of Clover Bend

Fall 1979 - Vol. 2 - #4:Marion Stark Craig, Sr., MD - History of Black Rock - Reminiscences of Black Rock

Winter 1980 - Vol. 3 - #1:Doctor, Lawyer, Merchant, Chief - Old Newspaper Collection - Pictures of Black Rock - Reprint of Lawrence County History Planned

Spring 1980 - Vol. 3 - #2: Surnames - Probate Bonds of Lawrence County, 1815 - 1835, Administrators and Executors, Guardianships, No Bonds Found, Index - Grandma Groves Witnessed Battle of Martin Creek.

Summer 1980 - Vol. 3 - #3: Surnames - Probate Bonds of Lawrence County, 1815 - 1835, Adms and Executors, Guardianships, No Bonds Found - Index - cont. from Vol 3 - #2.

Fall 1980 - Vol 3 - #4: Surnames- Railroading at Hoxie - Hoxie High School, Its Early Development - Remembering Hoxie in Early Days - First Church at Hoxie

Winter 1981 - Vol 4 - #1: The Chronicles of the Lawrence County Library - History of the Board of Trustees - History of the Staff - Where the Librarians are Today

Spring 1981 - Vol. 4 - #2:A Bicentennial Series - Education in Lawrence County - Mt Olive School Still Stands - Lebanon Church Organized - Tennis Was an Escape From Trouble - Year 1932 Celebrated by Pharmacists - Recalling Bad Days on Big Muddy - The Big Hail Storm

Summer 1981 -Vol. 4 - #3:Arthur Galbraith Henderson: A Biography - Reminiscences History of Oak Grove United Methodist Church

Fall 1981 - Vol. 4 - #4: History of the Times Dispatch - County's First Newspaper Editor Builds First Phone Exchange in Walnut Ridge - Those were the Days, Early Drugstores Had Many Functions - Movies Provided Entertainment in First Half of Century - Old River Outing Club

Winter 1982 - Vol. 1 - #1: History of Imboden - Movies in Imboden - Early Cultural Life in Imboden.
Also see Michael Browns story of the Imboden Family

Spring 1982 - Vol. 1 - #2: Blue and Gray History - The S.A.D. Jones Family - Guthrie Family Tree 1948 - Dr. Enoch Safley - Day of Terror, Day of Thanksgiving - The Good Old Days -

Summer 1982 - Vol. 5 - #3: Early Churches in Lawrence County - The Story of Eli Lindsey Memorial United Methodist Church - History of Methodism In Walnut Ridge - The Church of Christ in Ravenden

Summer 1982 - Vol. 4 - #4: Lawrence County Schools - Early History of Sloan-Hendrix

Winter 1983 - Vol. 6 - #1: Oxford Don Meets His First Circuit Rider, “Our First Description of Smithville” - The Old Solomon School House - surnames for: Early Settlers of Strawberry River Valley - The Taylor Post Office and the Wilson Price Store - Bristow Mill - Smithville, Oldest Post Office in Lawrence County

Spring 1983 - Vol. 6 - #2: Historic Town (Smithville) - Families Who Settled Here - The Steadman family - Four Pioneer Families (The Taylors, Raneys, Fortenberrys and Finleys) Jasper N. Hillhouse - Smithville Played Great Part in Early County Development - The First Jail - The Old Red Court House - Second Murder in Lawrence County.

Summer 1983 - Vol. 6 - #3: Lawrence County Landmark - John C. Bilbrey Family - The Amos Bratcher Family - Captain W. C. Sloan - Jacob Ogden - Jones Mill - Memories of School Class of 1872 - Pleasant Valley or “Squint Eye” School - Haw Grove School - Early Baptist Church

Fall 1983 - Vol. - #4: December 1982 Flood - Flood is Most Damaging in History, Times Dispatch - Record High Waters Flood Sixty Homes, Ozark Journal - Spring River -

Winter 1984 - Vol. - #1: A Lost Art - Hog Killin’ Time on the Henderson Farm - Old Time Haymaking - “And they molded bricks and built buildings:” - The Way It Was, The Backup Pattern - Reminesences of Celeste - Back When, as told to me - Making Sorghum

Spring 1984 - Vol. 7 - #2: Trail of Tears - Settlements in Arkansas Territory - History of Smithville Lodge - Newspapers in Smithville - Civil War Rally - Richard Burris Bellamy Dr. S. L. Fisher Family -History of Smithville Baptist Church

Summer 1984 - Vol. 7 - #3: Hard Times For the John B. “Frank” Turnbow Family - The Jarrett W. Kendall Family - History of Smithville School - Stage Line Mail Route Established Through Smithville 1893 - Headin’ For the Last Roundup - Remembering First Trip to Jones Watermill - Smithville Methodist Church- Dick Anthony Was Unique Character, From the Times Dispatch Newspaper.

Fall 1984 - Vol. 7 - #4: Anchor School District - Mt Pisgah or Baker School - The Dr. D. B. Rudy Family - Mail Robbery - Story of Smithville-Imboden Star Route - Petition Prohibiting Liquor Sales in Smithville Area, 1884 - Switchboard with a History - Graveyard Prank - Anchor School.

Winter 1985 - Vol. 8 - #1: Mining in the Smithville Area - The Richardson Gin - Smithville String Band - Memories of the Annieville Picnic - Program at Oak Hill School in 1902 - The Hendricks Family Moves Around.

Spring 1985 Vol. 8 - #2: Mr. Joseph Kuykendall - E. L. Gibson, M. D. - Examination Questions for Teachers 1891 - Giddap! Gee!! Haw!!! Whoa!!!! - Cemetery Records for Sale - Loose Probate Papers -

Summer 1985 - Vol. 8 - #3: James M. Davis - The Family of John Davis- Bustles in the Back -
Mt Vernon School History - with surname list 9/17/99

Fall 1985 - Vol. 8 - #4: Kuykendall and Stuart - Mrs. Pearl Tippit - Vanished Arkansas Towns - History of the Walnut Ridge Army Airfield.

Winter 1986 - Vol. 9 - #1: Mother of Counties - Heritage Festival - Pageant Directors - Episodes I, II, III, IV, V, VI.

Spring 1986 - Vol. 9 - #2: Mother of Counties (conclusion) - Episodes VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII. - Life and Death of an Important Town. (Davidsonville)

Summer 1986 - Vol. 9 - #3: C. F. Judkins Writes about Baker School in 1880 - Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church - History of a Church, A People, A Walking Cane - Citizens Bank - Nixon Family History - Smithville Brass Band 1908 - Anchor School 1908 - Dr. Charles D. Tibbels.

Fall 1986 - Vol. 9 - #4: A Look at the Earlier Denton History by Gussie Davis Cole - Record of Flat Creek Community by Farris Herren.

Winter 1987 - Vol. 10 - #1: Continuation of the Denton History, This issue concludes the History of the Denton Community, which was written by Gussie Davis Cole.

Spring 1987 - Vol. 10 - #2: History of Lawrence County Newspapers - Wiley Jones, Early Lawrence County Businesses - Part I: Hoxie Established as Town in 1888 - Hoxie Business District Thrived Prior to Depression - School Integration Puts Spotlight on Hoxie.

Summer 1987 - Vol. 10 - #3 : A Synopsis of Our Family Across America, by Genevieve Haley - Part I, The James Family of Denton - James Mill, Arkansas was Named Because of it’s Mill Owner - Dr. William Henry James - Part II, Family/Personal/Residential/Occupational History - Part III, J.B.Haley, A Self-Made Man.

Fall 1987 - Vol. 10 - #4: Preface - William Henry and Sarah Dozier Roberts Judkins - Letter from Pioneer Resident Tells of Early Days - William Edward and Martha Judkins Moore - - Allen and Lydia Nanny Moore.

Winter 1988 - Vol. 11 - #1: The R. V. Goss Family Story (1867-1922)

Spring 1988 - Vol. 11 - #2: Old Jackson - Loneoak Baptist Church- Knitting through the Years.

Summer 1988 - Vol. 11 - #3: Mattress Making in Clover Bend - National Register of Historic Places, 1938-1989 - A Davenport Yankee In Lawrence County Court - Post Office in Museum.

Fall 1988 - Vol. 11 - #4:Hopewell Church - Memories of Mount Olive School - 118 Year Old Jailhouse Restored at Powhatan - From The Receding Past , Richard Anthony, (the only black man in a town of 200) - The Live=Wire - Burgess Thomason/Thomasson - Sarah Elizabeth Thomason Stewart.

Winter 1989 - Vol. 12 - #1 - Arkansas History Commission Created - Lawernce County’s First Automobile - The Julia Dean Bar and the McCaleb Pearl - Letter to Hon. Joe T. Robinson, United States Senate - Club Women Open Council Building - The Bridge.

Spring 1989 - Vol. 12 - #2: Autobiography of Walter E. McLeod, Written 1946.

Summer 1989 - Vol. 12 - #3: Lynn Junior High and Teachers’ Training School - includes students names for the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927.

Fall 1989 - Vol. 12 - #4: Lawrence, Mother of Counties.

Winter 1990 - Vol. 13 - #1: From the Receding Past - The Wish Book - J. D. Doyle - Arkasaw Traveler - Barns.

Spring 1990 - Vol. 13 - #2: The Sloan Pioneers - Mother of Sloan Family - Last of the Razorbacks -

Summer 1990 - Vol. 13 - #3: Life and Biography of J. W. Martin.

Fall 1990 - Vol. 13 - #4: Sons of Clay Sloan - Mag Sloan Baber - Henry Kelley and Clay Sloan - Powhatan School - Walnut Ridge Depot - Hoxie Roundhouse - Shady Grove School Barnett, Taylor and Wallis Home - First Graduating Class in Lawrence County - Woodson & Horton Families at Bonita Springs - 1908 Black Rock Commencement Exercises - Black Rock Band .

Winter 1991 - Vol. 14 - #1: Lawrence County Books - “Centennial Jubilee” - Revolutionary Soldier. (Nathaniel McCarroll) - Newspapers Wanted - Ficklin/Imboden House.

Spring 1991 - Vol. 14 - #2: Driftwood - New Hope Church- Pearling on the Black River .

Summer 1991 - Vol. 14 - #3: How Walnut Ridge Came to be - Ponder Continues to Practice Law - Walnut Ridge’s Oldest House - Hoxie and Walnut Ridge Transportation.

Fall 1991 - Vol. 14 - #4: - From the Receding Past - Old Davidsonville and Powhatan Courthouse.

Winter 1992 - Vol. 15 - #1: History of Clover Bend - Indian Burial Ground Near Imboden -

Spring 1992 - Vol. 15 - #2: History of Clear Lake Community - History of Portia.

Summer 1992 - Vol. 15 - #3: Alicia - The Kerosene Lanp.

Fall 1992 - Vol. 15 - #4: History of the Jesup Area - Eli Lindsey Memorial Church.

Spring 1996 - Vol. 1 - #1: History of Smithville - Three Great-Great-Grandfathers - History of the Bell - Living History Encampment - Smithville community Center - Water Project - Centennial Jubilee - Revoluntionary Soldier (Nathaniel McCarroll) - Death of Sheriff - Smithville Lodge 29 Dedication - Postmaster at Smithville.

Fall 1996 - Vol. 1 - #2: Job Neill Letters - Children Then and Now - Proud Reminder of our Past - Descendants Honor Klansman, War Hero (R.G. Shaver)- Buildings are Well Preserved Today - The Arkansas Delta 1887

Spring 1997 - Vol 2 - #1: Clover Bend Plantation - Girlhood spent at the Clover Ben Plantatioon - Timeless Grace - Clover Bend Resettlement Project - Project's Center - "Octave Thanet" Passes - 19th Century Writings - Clover Bend Today  -

Spring 1998 - Vol 3 - #1: Richard Murphy - Muddy Lane - History of Old Jackson - The Hanging Tree - Highlights of the History of New Hope Baptist Church - The Arkansas Pearl Market