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CHRONICLES OF ARKANSAS File 1
September 1958
Articles # 1 13: 1 09-07-58 Scenery Striking, But Road Dangerous; Fort Smith Whoops For Overland Mail
3 09-10-58 British Description Of
The Ancient Post Of Arcansas
4 09-12-58 Albert Pike Describes
The Territorial Bench And Bar
5 09-14-58 Guard Duty On The Eve Of
Fall Of Little Rock; And The Retreat, Which Followed Fight
6 09-15-58 A Couple Of Descriptions
Of Little Rock In The 1800s
7 09-17-58
The Old Settler Tells Of His Trip To 1819 Arkansas
8 09-19-58 What A Cleric Wrote
About The Town Of Napoleon, Arkansas
9 09-21-58 Dispute Over Spanish
Land Grant; Letter Traces The Villemont Claim 10
09-22-58 Dramatic Episode: The Day
Little Rock Moved 11
09-24-58 Little Rock In The Mid-1800s
As Revealed In Two Letters 12
09-28-58 Visitor Describes Little Rock
Homes, Meets Poet-Soldier Albert Pike 13
09-29-58 The Arkansas Traveler Visits
City Of Fort Smith Articles
# 14 31: 14
10-01-58 Historical Note On Two
Governors Pope, Izard 15
10-03-58 A Report In 1819 On The Famous
Dwight Mission 16
10-05-58 From The Frontier, Clerk
Describes Growth Of The City Of Fort Smith 17
10-06-58 A Bishops Letters Tell Of
Chaotic Chapter Of History 18
10-08-58 1850s Traveler Tells Of
Helena And River 19
10-10-58 A Couple Of Early Notes On
Historic Batesville 20
10-12-58 Chance Discoveries Proved The
Legends About Healing Waters At Eureka Springs 21
10-13-58 More Noland Notes On The
Arkansas Territory 22
10-15-58 Tragic Duel Robs State Of Very
Worthy Leader: Ambrose Sevier 23
10-17-58 Outstanding Residents Of
Arkansas Territory 24
10-19-58 Old Settler Tells Of
Arkansas Post, Gazette Editor Woodruff In 1819-20 25
10-20-58 More Noland Notes On Early
Days In Arkansas 26
10-22-58 Batesville, Home Of The
Constitution Makers 27
10-24-58 A Note On Arkansas Of Giant
Intellects 28
10-26-58 Baptism Of 1744 Among Earliest
Data; Some Notes About French Names. 29
10-27-58 Some Further Notes On
Arkansans Of Distinction 30
10-29-58 Of A Steamboat Pioneer And
Other Early Settlers 31
10-31-58 First State Constitution Is
Framed And Delivered Articles
# 32 48: 32
11-02-58 Visitor Finds State Growing In
1887, Remarks On Public Buildings, Institutions 33
11-03-58 Charles Dudley Warner Has A
Watery Visit Here 34
11-05-58 Eastern Writer Takes A Look At
Hot Springs 35
11-07-58 A Visitor To The State Is
Agreeably Surprised 36
11-09-58 St. Louis Railroad Made Hot
Springs Adjunct Of Missouri City In 1870s 37
11-10-58 Geologist From Britain Studies
Magnate Cove 38
11-12-58 A Look At Our State In
Reconstruction Days 39
11-14-58 4th Arkansas
History Of Battle Of Pea Ridge 40
11-16-58 Note On Territorial
Legislature Of 1825 And The Clearing Of The Red River Raft 41
11-17-58 Divorce No Stranger Even In
Territorial Days 42
11-19-58 Tomorrow Is Birthday Of
Gazette Its 139th 43
11-21-58 More Notes On The Oldest West
Of The Mississippi 44
11-23-58 Nuttall Found Little To
Recommend In Site For Early Town Of Cadron 45
11-24-58 The Third Louisiana Winters In
Arkansas 46
11-26-58 A Tennessee Regiment Comes To
Washington 47
11-28-58 Philom Makes A Report On The
Town Of Cane Hill 48
11-30-58 Albert Pike Describes The
Arkansas: Singularly Winding Changing River Articles
# 49 66: 49
12-01-58 The 33rd Iowa And
The Battle Of Prairie De Anne 50
12-03-58 A View Of Our States 1836
General Assembly ** (Damaged) 51
12-05-58 Of Frontier Fort Coffee And A
Choctaw Mission 52
12-07-58 On Prairie Grove Battlefield
96 Years Ago, Survivor Walked Ghostly Orchard At Night 53
12-08-58 Gen. Frederick Steele And The
Camden Expedition 54
12-10-58 An Ancient Problem: The
Territorial Roads. 55
12-12-58 A Historical Record Of La
Salles Last Voyage 56
12-14-58 Company Of Young Boys
Organized, Later Known As Pikes Artillery 57
12-15-58 1866 A Dread Cholera
Epidemic At Fort Smith 58
12-17-58 This Is Arkansas Ads Used
Even In The 1800s 59
12-19-58 Jenkins Ferry: A Major Battle
Of Camden Move 60
12-21-58 Visiting Press Finds
Legislature Of 1875 Comfortably Housed, With Men Of Note 61
12-22-58 Printer, Boniface Gives
Picture Of State In 1830s 62
12-24-58 Christmas In Arkansas: First
After War Began 63
12-26-58 William King Sebastian Opposed
The Move Of 61 64
12-28-58 Town Built Around Judson
University, Which In 1876 Listed Its Advantages 65
12-29-58 A Highly Critical Study Of Our
State In The 1870s 66
12-31-58 A British Traveler Visits
Settlements At Maumelle Articles
# 67 83: 67
01-02-59 Production Of Salt Was An
Early State Industry 68
01-04-59 Eyewitness Recalls Dodd
Execution: Composed Youth Truly Died Game 69
01-05-59 Stories Of The Ozarks Had
Interesting Episode 70
01-07-59 Horticulture Professor Tells
Of Life In State 71
01-09-59
Pioneer Citizen Tells Of The Little Rock Of 1820 72
01-11-59
From First, The Little Rock Site Favored; Old Settler Speaks Of His
Fellow Pioneers 73
01-12-59 A Journalistic History From
Early Arkansas 74
01-14-59 A Few Pioneer Notes On Banking
Operations 75
01-16-59 Donagheys Travails In
Building The New Capitol 76
01-18-59 Problem Of The Conway
Administration: Operation Of The State Penitentiary 77
01-19-59 Workmen Find Graves At Site Of
State House 78
01-21-59 Letters Tell Of Early History
Of Little Rock 79
01-23-59 Saline County Noted In
Pamphlet Printed In 84 80
01-25-59
Trains Had Reason Enough To Be Slow, Recollections Of Traveling Priest
Show 81
01-26-59 British Traveler Writes Of
Valley Country In 08 82
01-28-59 Harrison Times Article
Tells Of Cadron Creek 83
01-30-59 Fort Wayne Journalist Writes
Of Early Arkansas Articles
# 84 99: 84
02-01-59 Hot Springs Visitor Finds
Friendly Aid, But Some Are Victims At Health Resort 85
02-02-59 77 Broadside Describes Conway
And Faulkner 86
02-04-59 Bishops Travel Account
Describes Batesville 87
02-06-59 Albert Pikes Letters Tell Of
School In Pope County 88
02-08-59 Geologist Hired By Eastern
Investors, Came To Study Arkansas And Stayed 89
02-09-59 Hunter, Trapper Found
Interesting Relics Here 90
02-11-59 British Sportsman Hunts
Pulaski, Jefferson Game 91
02-13-59 Journey From Napoleon Up To
Arkansas Post 92
02-15-59 Mulattoes, Free Negroes
Ordered To Leave Arkansas On Eve Of The War 93
02-16-59 Little Rock Experiences 1860s
Building Boom 94
02-18-59 On Commencement Day At Old
Cane Hill College 95
02-20-59 The Steamboat Eagle First
To Reach Little Rock 96
02-22-59 Fire On Steamer Martha
Washington Touched Off Lawsuits And Mystery 97
02-23-59 Magazine Tells Of Trip Into
Northern Arkansas 98
02-25-59 On Land Booms And The
Speculations Of The 1800s 99
02-27-59 Report On New Madrid Claims At
Wheelerville Articles # 100 117: 100
03-01-59 First Report On The State
University Discusses The Effort To Locate A Site 101
03-02-59 More News Of Little Rock In Chaotic Time In 1820. 102
03-04-59 His Claimants Lose And Wheeler
Ends A Chronicle 103
03-06-59 1541 Hernando De Soto Crosses
The Mississippi 104
03-08-59 Report By First Arkansas
Governor Sustained Jefferson Against Critics 105
03-09-59 The Origin Of The Name Of Old
LAnguille River 106
03-11-59 The Bank Of Maryland Sets Up An
Agency Here. 107
03-13-59 Masonic Historical Item From The
Helena Of 1850 108
03-15-59 Getting Mission Supplies Up
Arkansas Difficult Task For Teachers In 1843 109
03-16-59 Thomas Nuttall Journeys Up The
Arkansas River 110
03-18-59 The Strategic Position Of Fort
Smith In 1820s 111
03-20-59 19th Century Visitors
Say States Institutions Good 112
03-22-59 Sensational Story Of The Lost
Child Rivals Any Account In Fiction 113
03-23-59 Report On Union County
Activities In The 1830s 114
03-25-59 A Description Of Life In Marion
County In 1860s 115
03-27-59 A Note On The 1830s And
Arkansas Silk Industry 116
03-29-59 Private Banks At Little Rock
Began As Adjuncts To Mercantile Business 117
03-30-59 The Quapaw Line And Little Rock
Of The 1800s Articles # 118 134: 118
04-01-59 Pike Paints A Picture Of An
Arkansas Lawyer 119
04-03-59 Dwight Mission: A View During
The Period Of 1862 120
04-05-59 Crittenden Home, Often In The
News, Was Show Place Of Territorial Days 121
04-06-59 A Visit To Hot Springs And Its
Popular Midget 122
04-08-59 Tornado Advanced The Democratic
Cause In 40 123
04-10-59 1908 Observation On The
Confederacys Currency 124
04-12-59 Aide To Miss Sophia Sawyer
Recalls Fayetteville Female Seminary Work 125
04-13-59 Peace Comes To The State After
Brooks Baxter War 126
04-15-59 A Note On Taylor Baxter, The
Governors Brother 127
04-17-59 A Report On Fort Smiths Federal Prison In The 80s 128
04-19-59 Early Pages Of Arkansas
Intelligencer Provide Newsy Picture Of Van Buren 129
04-20-59 The Agricultural Wheel: A Strong
Political Power 130
04-22-59 1804 And The Exploration Of The
Louisiana Territory 131
04-24-59 Opie Read Describes His First
State Publication 132
04-26-59 Brochure Recalls Plan To Settle
Colony Of British In New Village In Prairie County; 133
04-27-59 Organizing The Territory:
Task Falls To Crittenden 134
04-29-59 On The Origins Of States
Favorite Game Football Articles # 135-152: 135
05-01-59 The Arkansas Traveler Plays A
Practical Joke 136
05-03-59 Repairs Lagged Behind Wear And
Tear In Early Upkeep Of The State Capitol 137
05-04-59 Arkansas Becomes State, Gets Its
Supreme Court 138
05-06-59 State Loses Two Of Its Important
Collections 139
05-08-59 Jacob Frolich: Newsman And
Secretary Of State 140
05-10-59 Quapaw Guard Won An Early Fame
With Special Duty And Its Drills 141
05-11-59 Politics Of 1827 And The
SevierNewton Duel 142
05-13-59 Accommodations Of 1834 Recalled By Geologist
143
05-15-59 Bureau Of Mines Praises States
Building Stone 144
05-17-59 Claytons Plan To Find Military
Supplies Thwarted By Band In The Hesper Affair 145
05-18-59 A Number Of Territorial
Buildings Still Stand 146
05-20-59 A Description Of Nebo In A Pamphlet Of 1887 147
05-22-59 Clendenin Letters Make Reference To The State. 148
05-24-59 Travel Difficult Up The Arkansas
In 1850, As Officer Made His Way To Fort Smith 149
05-25-59 Massachusetts Is Well
Represented In Our City 150
05-27-59 Episcopalians Withdraw From The General Church 151
05-29-59 Handbook Gives Details Of Judge
Parkers Court 152 -- Little Osage Captive Touching Story Of
And Early Missionaries
*****MISSING Articles # 153 169: 153
06-01-59 Ouachita Countys First Courthouse Is Destroyed 154
06-03-59 Village Of Little Rock Had Its
Culture In 1822 155
06-05-59 Yellow Fever Was Major Menace To
State Pioneers 156
06-07-59 Gerstaecker, the German Writer,
Arrives Penniless At Little Rock 157
06-08-59 U.M. Rose Tells How He Chose
Arkansas As Home 158
06-10-59 Supreme Court Called To Define
Status Of Cadron 159
06-12-59 W. B. Worthen Prepares History
Of Early Banking 160
06-14-59 Union Sympathizers At
Fayetteville Sought To Soothe A Troubled Course 161
06-15-59 A Womans Exchange Is Formed In
Spring Of 87 162
06-17-59 Pope Countys Famous Dwight
Mission Opens 163
06-19-59 Little Rock And Its Fight Over
Varied Title Claims 164
06-21-59 Early Geologist Tells Of Mammoth
Spring, Sees Hope For Development Of The Area 165
06-22-59 Mifflin Gibbs Serves As Little
Rock Police Judge 166
06-24-59 Arkansas Post - Little Rock
The Hazards Of Travel 167
06-26-59 Christopher C. Danley, Early
Editor Of Gazette 168
06-28-59 Sketches In Book About Many
Members Of The Arkansas Bar In Early Years
169
06-29-59 Account Of A 1797 Trip Down The
Mississippi Articles # 170 187: 170
07-01-59 Sisters Of Mercy Convent
Established Here In 1851 171
07-03-59 Brooks Baxter And 74 Rivers
Were On Rampage 172
07-05-59 Visitor To Mission In Cherokee
Nation Is Impressed By The Staff And Indians 173
07-06-59 Arkansass Rome: Few Roads Ever
Led To It 174
07-08-59 An 1843 Account Of A Trip To The
Magnet Cove Area 175
07-10-59 Little Rocks First Brick
Business Is Established 176
07-12-59 William F. Pope Recalls The
Scene Of Little Rock As It Looked In 1832 177
07-13-59 Red Hot Trip Includes Visit To
Big Rock Hotel 178
07-15-59 Little Rock Paper Gives History
Of Arkansas City 179
07-17-59 Augustus Hill Garland: A Truly Able Arkansan 180
07-19-59 Visitor finds Peace But Much
Poverty, Discusses Debt Of 1879 With Governor 181
07-20-59 A Continuing Story Of Arkansas
In Colorado 182
07-22-59 A Further Listing Of Arkansans
In Colorado 183
07-24-59 Exiles In Colorado Show Evidence Of Age 184
07-26-59 Alfred W. Arrington, Colorful
Figure, Was Minister, Lawyer, Judge, And Writer 185
07-27-59 When Arkansas Tried An Earlier
Quota System 186
07-29-59 Pike Reports On Early Election
Day Oratory 187
07-31-59 A Plea For Justice In Territorial Arkansas Articles # 188 205: 188
08-02-59 George Maledon, Judge Isaac
Parkers Executioner, Was The Prince Of Hangmen 189
08-03-59 Adlai Stevenson (1st):
The Idol Of The South 190
08-05-59 Border Days Provided Slim Fare
For Clergy 191
08-07-59 Schooling Hard Going In Earlier
Days, Too 192
08-09-59 Old Fort Smith Handbook Told
Story Of The City And Its Citizens, Founders 193
08-10-59 McCarthy Rifles Swept The Field
In The 90s 194
08-12-59 Sport And Tragedy In Old State
House 195
08-14-59 Englishmans View Of Arkansas In
The 1830s 196
08-16-59 Rev. Cephas Washburn Was An
Expert On The Cherokee Indians Of Arkansas 197
08-17-59 Grant County Created By The
Carpetbaggers 198
08-19-59 Map Of Arkansas Was Changed By
Railroads 199
08-21-59 An Insiders View Of The 1874
Constitution 200
08-23-59 Cassius M. Clay Tells Of The
Capture At Encarnacion During Mexican War 201
08-24-59 Nicholas Trammell: An
Enterprising Operator 202
08-26-59 Louis Bringier: With Lafitte Up
The River 203
08-28-59 Matthew Lyon Victim Of Alien,
Sedition Acts 204
08-30-59 Alex A. Lesueur Visits Little
Rock And Describes Citys Remarkable Growth 205
08-31-59 How Pine Bluff Came Back From
Disasters Articles # 206 222: 206
09-02-59 Yankee Paymasters In Role Of
Duncan Hines 207
09-04-59 Powell Clayton Looks At Own
Administration 208
09-06-59 The Bowie Knife Controversy Was
One Of The Longest In Arkansass History 209
09-07-59 German Travel Writer Had Rude
Introduction 210
09-09-59 A Louisianan Reports On Arkansas
Of 1840s 211
09-11-59 Henry C. Byrd Was A Pioneer Portraitist 212
09-13-59 Arkansass Famed Mineral
Resources Brought On Mining Boom In Late 1800s. 213
09-14-59 A Report On Bentons Prosperous
Beginning 214
09-16-59 Batesville Center For Early
Private Schools 215
09-18-59 Eureka Springs Was A Resort
Center In 80s 216
09-20-59 Governor Drews Resignation Led
To Wide Speculation In State Legislature 217
09-21-59 The Good Old Days Of Our
Self-Sufficiency 218
09-23-59 The Great Textbook Racket Of The
1880s 219
09-25-59 No Room For Jeeves In Arkansas
Of 1830s. 220
09-27-59 Shooting Of John Garrett In 1828
Led To Jury Investigation But Was Never Solved 221
09-28-59 Germans Invade A Fayetteville
School 222
09-30-59 Missionary To Texas Kept
Arkansas Diary
Articles # 223-239: 223
10-02-59 End Of World Came Frequently
In 1800s 224
10-04-59 State Blind School Had Early
Economic Troubles But Became A Model Institution 225
10-05-59 Britisher Appalled By Gazette
Readers 226
10-07-59 Early Arkansans A Society Of
Hunters 227
10-09-59 Fort Smith Led Way For District
Fairs 228
10-11-59 Harpers Monthly Paints An
Interesting Picture Of The Hot Springs In The 1870s 229
10-??-59 An Earlier Visitation From
Outside Press 230
10-14-59 Inflation Followed Upon
Brooks-Baxter 231
10-16-59 The Good And Bad In 1874
Arkansas 232
10-18-59 Methodist Bishop Writes Of His
Journey To States Conference In Summer Of 56 233
10-19-59 Yellow Fever Still A Scourge In
1870s 234
10-21-59 Lumbering Industry Had Slow
Beginning 235
10-23-59 Boilers Were Hazard To Steamboat
Travel 236
10-25-59 Editor Writes Of Oldest Man In Arkansas, An Interesting
Claim But A Disputed One 237
10-26-59 New Madrid Quake Felt Far And
Near 238
10-28-59 1860 Visitor Foresaw Hot
Springs Future 239
10-30-59 A Souvenir Of Davy Crockets
Passage Articles # 240 257: 240
11-01-59 Railroad Company Hand-book
Provides Description Of Conway In Late 1880s 241
11-02-59
The Racing Season In Old Fort Smith 242
11-04-59 An Earlier Effort To Advertise
Arkansas 243
11-06-59 Partisan Politics In Ante-Bellum
Arkansas 244
11-08-59 Kansas Veteran Visits Prairie
Grove In 1888 Writes Interesting Description 245
11-09-59 The Day A Meteorite Fell At
Cabin Creek 246
11-11-59 Arkansas Hard Ground For Early
Methodists 247
11-13-59 Opie Read: A Vendor Of
Arkansaw Humor 248
11-15-59 Confederate Veteran Describes
Guerrilla Warfare In Northwest Arkansas In 1860s 249
11-16-59 An 1859 Solution Of Slavery
Problem 250
11-18-59 State Did Its Part In The
Mexican War 251
11-20-59 Founding Day For An Arkansas
Institution 252
11-22-59 Thanksgiving Is Said To Have
Begun In 1855 But Arkansas Had It In 1847 253
11-23-59 A Missouri Editors Report On
Arkansas 254
11-25-59 William Cummings: A Whig With
Conviction 255
11-27-59
The Fourth Shadowed By Discontent In 1860 256
11-29-59 Political Strife Surrounded The
Proposal For Construction Of The Old Statehouse 257
11-30-59 A Silent Traveler In Arkansas
In 1860 15 Articles # 258 274: 258
12-02-59 Woodruffs Account Of The
Occupation 259
12-04-59 Aaron W. Lyon And The Dwight
Mission 260
12-06-59 Hendrix College Had Hard
Struggle But One Of Its Benefactors Saw It Through 261
12-07-59 Notes On The Origin Of Symbol, G.T.T. 262
12-09-59 The Quapaws And The White Mans
Justice 263
12-11-59 A Blow For Culture In Early
Little Rock 264
12-13-59 Methodist Minister Tells
Interesting Details Of Trip To Fort Coffee In 1840s 265
12-14-59 Graveyard Was Legal Battleground
In 75 266
12-16-59 A Wheelchair Drummer Travels Up
The River 267
12-18-59 Old Post Office Caused A Rousing
Controversy 268 - (Date missing)
Showboat Banjo Paid A Christmas Visit To The Arkansas Valley
Cities In 1858 269
12-21-59 An 1841 Account Of Hot Springs
Magic 270
12-23-59 Arkansas Museum Was Gold Rush
Casualty 271
12-25-59 Exiled Yankee Found A Haven In
Arkansas 272
12-27-59 - Van Buren Stops In Arkansas In
1842 And Columbia Resident Describes Him 273
12-28-59 A Century-old Gazette Stand For Our Schools 274
12-30-59 City Man Chose Free Air Of Izard
County Articles # 275 292: 275
01-01-60 Indians Knew Jesuit As The
Black Chief 276
01-03-60 An 1880 Description Of Eureka Springs Arkansass Famed City
Of The Hills 277
01-04-60 An 1804 Odyssey Up The Washita
River 278
01-06-60 Co-education The End For Stern
St. Johns? 279
01-08-60 Featherstonhaugh: A
Less-Jaundiced View 280
01-10-60 James S. Conway Gives Background
In Campaign Circular Of July 4, 1836
281
01-11-60 An Oxonian In The Ouachitas Of
1830s 282
01-13-60 An 1843 Trip To The Saline River
Country 283
01-15-60 Saline Countys Gold Rush
Didnt Pan Out 284
01-17-60 Harpers Artists Sketch Scenes
Of Arkansas And Other Southern States 285
01-18-60 A New Yorkers View Of Arkansas
In 1870s 286
01-20-60 The Sporting Life Of Early Day
Arkansas 287
01-22-60 Old Statehouse Cause Of
Lingering Dispute 288
01-24-60 Kansan Writes A Description Of
States Famed Battlefield At Pea Ridge In 1888 289
01-25-60 The Gazette And Its Move To
Little Rock 290
01-27-60 A Memoir Of The Road To Old
Dwight Mission 291
01-29-60 The Cherokees Lived Almost As
Americans 292
01-31-60 Albert Pikes Book Received With
Mixed Feelings In New England Articles # 293 309: 293
02-01-60 Cleburn: From County Cork To
Helena, Ark. 294
02-03-60 Profile In Courage From Secession Days 295
02-05-60 Early Lead And Zinc Mining Near
Harrison 296
02-07-60 A Kentucky Regiment Comes
Through Arkansas In Route To Mexican War 297
02-08-60 High (And Premature) Hopes On White River 298
02-10-60 A Lend-Lease Request From Spanish Arkansas 299
02-12-60 The Life Of Ease In East
Arkansas Of 1857 300
02-14-60 Officer Explores Mississippi
Valley In 1790s And Writes Of Arkansas 301
02-15-60 A Housewifes Report Of Arkansas
Of 1840s 302
02-17-60 W. Irvings Visit To The Indian
Territory 303
02-19-60 An Episcopal Bishop Of The 1859
Frontier 304
02-21-60 Pamphlet Tells Of Sugar Loaf
Springs Now Heber In Post-Bellum Era 305
02-22-60 A Connecticut Yankee In Old
Izard County 306
02-24-60 The End Of The Earth In Old
Sevier County 307
02-26-60 A Gentler View Of Arkansas Of
1840s 308
02-28-60 Blind Author Visits Arkansas In
1870s And Writes Of Her Adventures In State 309
02-29-60 When Federal Troops Moved Into
Arkansas Articles # 310 326: 310
03-02-60 Voyageur Culture In The Arkansas
Valley 311
03-04-60 A Gascon Transplant In Jefferson County 312
03-06-60 Historic Dardanelle Is Described
In An 1887 Brochure On The Arkansas Valley 313
03-07-60 MortarAndPestle In Arkansas Of
The 1880s 314
03-09-60 A Paean To Augusta And The White
River 315
03-11-60 A Hoosier's Report On Arkansas
Of Mid-1870s 316
03-13-60 - Gold Fever Hits In '48 And
'Arkansas Route' Becomes Best Way To The West 317
03-14-60 A Frigid, Down-River Trip To Old
Napoleon 318
03-16-60 The 'Akanza' Indians Adopt A New
Chieftain 319
03-18-60 Arkansas On 100F's Itinerary In
1896 320
03-20-60 Era Of Luxury Hotels At Hot
Springs Featured The Large, Plush Arlington 321
03-21-60 The Abortive Boone County 'Gold
Rush' 322
03-23-60 Notes On The Arkansas Delegation
Of 1887-'89 323
03-25-60 Little Rock's Public Parks Had
Late Start 324
03-27-60 Reports List Progress Of University's Early Efforts To Form
Medical School 325
03-28-60 General Steele And Camden's
Occupation 326
03-30-60 Sea Monsters' Along The Lower
Mississippi Articles # 327 343: 327
04-01-60 Miscegenation As An Early
Southern Goal 328
04-03-60 Zachary Taylor Describes His
Father's And Uncle's Journey Up The Arkansas 329
04-04-60 Arkansas Mosquitoes Find Tasty
Prussian 330
04-06-60 Little Rock And The '73
Cholera Epidemic 331
04-08-60 A Latter-day Job Runs The
Mosquito Gantlet 332
04-10-60 Mississippi Doctor Gives A
Description Of Hot Springs' Famous Waters In 1804 333
04-11-60 A Missionary's Trip Into Choctaw
Nation 334
04-13-60 Arkansas Was Staging Area For
Mexican War 335
04-15-60 An English Geologist At The 'Hot
Springs' 336
04-17-60 Pamphlet In 1837 Tells Story Of
How Famous Cherokee Alphabet Was Born 337
04-18-60 Overland Travel Slow In Arkansas
Of 1840s 338
04-20-60 1840 Arkansas: Nobody Here But
Us 'Planters' 339
04-22-60 Hypnotism A Passing Fancy In
Marion County 340
04-24-60 1898 Description Of The
Buildings Used By The Old Federal Court At Fort Smith 341
04-25-60 An 1876 Prospectus For Prairie
County 342
04-27-60 Bed? And Board For 1820 Mapping
Party 343
04-29-60 A Visit To Strawberry And Old
Davidsonville Articles # 344 361: 344
05-01-60 Diamonds Are Discovered In 1906
And A Special Geological Report Is Made 345
05-02-60 Cherokees Saw Need For Dwight
Mission 346
05-04-60 Sun-Worshipping On The Lower
Arkansas 347
05-06-60 A Survey Of Western Border As
War's End 348
05-08-60 The Zinc Boom Comes To Arkansas
In The 1890s And Mining Activity Begins 349
05-09-60 An Insalubrious Sojourn At The
Arkansas Post 350
05-11-60 The Hazards Of Travel In
Arkansas Of 1820s 351
05-13-60 French Took Arkansas Post Census
In 1749 352
05-15-60 A Glimpse Of Old NapoleonFrom
The Advertisements Of The Weekly Planter 353
05-16-60 The Hard (And Fevered) Road To
Dwight Mission 354
05-18-60 An Illiniosan's View Of Arkansas
In 1918 355
05-20-60 Little Rock's Harsh Winter Of
1863-'64 356
05-22-60 Little Rock's Capital Guards Had
Fine Record Of Battle Service In Civil War 357
05-23-60 A Firsthand Report From Elkhorn
Tavern 358
05-25-60 The Day Grant Ordered Dessert
For Underling 359
05-27-60 The '49ers' In Fort Smith And
Van Buren 360
05-29-60 New York Correspondent Tells Of
A 'Slow Train' Trip Through Arkansas 361
05-30-60 An earlier Argument over Census
Figures Articles # 362 378: 362
06-01-60 The Brownfield Family: A
Genealogical Rundown 363
06-03-60 Quoting Coleridge In Little Rock
Of 1840s 364
06-05-60 Augustus H. Garland Comments On
His Memories Of Judge Samuel Miller 365
06-06-60 Arkansas: 'Natural Nursery Of
Bacchus' 366
06-08-60 A Frenchman's Dream Of
'Miniature Paris' 367
06-10-60 More Details From A Bubbling
Prospectus 368
06-12-60 The Original Arkansas Traveler
'Joins' The Northwestern Editorial Excursion
369
06-13-60 A Perceptive Printer's View Of
'The Territory' 370
06-15-60 The End Of Outdoor Kissing In
Capital 371
06-17-60 A Missouri Traveler Along The 'Washitta' 372
06-19-60 Conway County Develops
Educational Institutions Following The Civil War 373
06-20-60 Hard Times Catch an Early Ozark
Railroad 374
06-22-60 A Summer Voyage Up the
Mississippi 1855 375
06-24-60 Heat Bad, Pay Good in Old Fort
Smith 376
06-26-60 Some Memories of the Old Robbins
Theater: A True Little Rock Landmark 377
06-27-60 When Unions Convened At 'Early
Candlelight' 378
06-29-60 A Street Car Ride to Old West
End Par Articles # 379 394: 379
07-01-60 When Death Came To Arkansas
House 380
07-03-60 The Homespun Eloquence Of Jeff
Davis Was Aimed At State's Common Man
381 07-04-60
Maryhattiana Observes The 'Glorious Fourth'
382 07-06-60
Martin Van Buren: Hero Turned 'Goat' 383
07-08-60 An Epistle From Capt. Braxton
Bragg (U.S.A.) 384
07-10-60 Some Memories Of St. John's
College, A Foremost Educational Institution
385
07-11-60 New Christ Church Was Finished
In Year 1887 386
07-17-60 Thomas Stevenson Drew Became Governor Of Arkansas By A
Political 'Accident'
387
07-18-60 An English Account Of State's
Early Society 388
07-20-60 An Army Medic's View Of Arkansas
In 1850s 389
07-23-60 Agues And Fever On The Road To
Dwight Mission 390
07-24-60 Occupation Of Helena Gave
Federals Control Of Part Of Mississippi River 391
07-25-60 Buffalo 'Galls' Won't You Come
Out Tonight? 392
07-27-60 From Philadelphia To 'Ozark' The
Hard Way 393
07-29-60 Piety In Short Supply In Fort
Smith Of 1843 394
07-31-60 Big Rock's Mountain Park Hotel
Was A Favorite Little Rock Resort In 1880s Articles # 395 412: 395
08-01-60 Van Buren As Jump-off Point To
The Old West 396
08-03-60 Of Oxford Professors And Drunken
'Texians' 397
08-05-60 Choctaws Were Fearful Of
Arkansas Statehood 398
08-07-60 An Account Of A 'Gypsy' Camping
Tour Through Sections Of Northern Arkansas
399
08-08-60 Frozen Sacramental Wine In Deep
South 400
08-10-60 John Law's Legacy At The Post Of
Arkansas 401
08-12-60 Sex And Reminiscence At Hyde's
Opera House 402
08-14-60 Arkansas Magazine' Was The
First Literary Periodical Published In State 403
08-15-60 An 1826 Report On The Arkansas
Hot Springs 404
08-17-60 Pike Had Sharp Ear For Frontier Speech 405
08-19-60 Alligators And Ague Along The
Red River 406
08-21-60 Souvenir Issue Of Old Jonesboro
Times Tells Of Community's Era Of Prosperity 407
08-22-60 The Do's And Don'ts Of
University Life In '73 408
08-24-60 Cruelty To Slaves Was Really
Yankees' Fault 409
08-26-60 A Naturalist's Report From
Western Arkansas 410
08-28-60 Methodist Bishop Writes An
Interesting Account Of His Journey Through State 411
08-29-60 Shifting Channels On 'The Father Of Floods 412
08-30-60 Osage Resentment For The Spanish
Presence Articles # 413 429: 413
09-02-60 Vital Statistics In Ante-bellum
Arkansas 414
09-04-60 Old Book Tells Of The
Organization Of Arkansas's 'Jackson Guards' Company 415
09-05-60 Fun And Games In Hot Springs Of
The 1840s 416
09-07-60 An Early Example Of The Quickie
Divorce 417
09-09-60 From 'Old Vienna' To The
Cherokee Nation 418
09-11-60 Arkansan Writes Interesting
Description Of The New Madrid Earthquake Of 1811 419
09-12-60 New Madrid' Brought Terror To
The River 420
09-14-60 Adding Up The Score On New
Madrid Quake 421
09-16-60 New Madrid' Effects Felt Over
Large Area 422
09-18-60 Political Controversy And
Litigation Delayed Construction Of State Capitol 423
09-19-60 Factories Of '80s Too Prone To Toot Whistle 424
09-21-60 The Early Rush For Bids To Annapolis 425
09-23-60 An Early History Of Banking In
Arkansas 426
09-25-60 Old Little Rock University Drew
An Impressive Enrollment In First Year 427
09-26-60 The Bank Of Maryland Expands
Into Arkansas 428
09-28-60 Federal Aid Proposed For The
Creek Nation 429
09-30-60 Pardon Me, But Are You Harry S.
Truman?' Articles # 430 447: 430
10-02-60 New York Correspondent Writes Of
The First Part Of Battle Of Pea Ridge 431
10-03-60 Minister's Report From The
Arkansas Territory 432
10-05-60 A Sentimental Journey Back To
Prairie Grove 433
10-07-60 A Frenchman's Contacts With 'Akanzas'
Indians 434
10-09-60 Letter Tells Of Work On 'Great
Raft' And Describes Journey To Hot Springs 435
10-10-60 A Glowing Look At The Spadra
Mining Country 436
10-12-60 A Sociological Study Of Frontier
Arkansas 437
10-14-60 The Schoolcraft Party Visits
North Arkansas 438
10-16-60 1862 Letter From David O. Dodd
Tells Of His Work As A Telegrapher In Monroe
439
10-17-60 Archibald Yell As A 'Man Of The
People' 440
10-19-60 An 1822 Penetration Of Red River
Country 441
10-21-60 A Missionary Bishop's First
Arkansas Visit 442
10-23-60 City's Business Leaders United
In '80s To Form New Commercial Exchange 443
10-24-60 Early Pilgrimages To The
'Arsenic Spring' 444
10-26-60 Arkansas Dogs Unkind To
Strangers In 1838 445
10-28-60 An 1820 Survey Along The Western
Frontier 446
10-30-60 Conflicting Ownership Claims
Impeded The Progress Of Hot Springs In 1800s 447
10-31-60 Genteel Learning In Fayetteville
Of 1847 Articles # 448 464: 448
11-02-60 Dwight Mission Had To Break Some
Hard Turf 449
11-04-60 Wallflowers Few In Little Rock
Of 1843 450
11-06-60 Book 'Outposts Of Zion' Tells Of
River Trip From Napoleon To Jefferson County 451
11-07-60 Spaniard vs. Indian In Arkansas
Of 1790s 452
11-09-60 War Changed System Of Supplying
Plantations 453
11-11-60 Gerstaecker In Search Of Men
Nine Feet Tall 454
11-13-60 Thomas Hart Benton Writes Of
1828 Cession Of State Lands To Cherokees 455
11-14-60 Hard Lines On Road To Camp
Walker (II) 456
11-16-60 An Examination Of The Unionist
View In 1860 457
11-18-60 North Arkansas Still No Man's
Land In '65 458
11-20-60 The Gazette, Founded At Arkansas
Post, Will Observe 141st Anniversary Today 459
11-21-60 A Fun-loving Drummer On The
Texarkana Run 460
11-23-60 An Irish Catholic's Mission To
Arkansas 461
11-25-60 A 19th Century Look
At Arkansas's Press 462
11-27-60 Clergyman-Author Describes Band
Of Religious Fanatics Near Arkansas Post 463
11-28-60 Bill Cush' Among The California
'Goldbugs' 464
11-30-60 The Graceful Life In Ante-bellum
Arkansas Articles # 465 481: 465
12-02-60 A Night At Altus' 'Old Licker
House' 466
12-04-60 Document By Judge U.M. Rose
Gives Views On The Pronunciation Of 'Arkansas' 467
12-05-60 Harrison's Go-getters At Turn Of
The Century 468
12-07-60 Free Translation In The Cherokee
Nation 469
12-09-60 Game Bags And Carpet Bags In
Booming '70s 470
12-11-60 Engineer Officer Visits Hot
Springs In '18 And Describes Its Topography, Geology
471
12-12-60 A Close-up Look At John Law's
Failure 472
12-14-60 When 'Circuit-riding' Was A
Spiritual Test 473
12-16-60 The Chickasaws Could Drive A
Hard Bargain 474
12-18-60 Father Marquette Visits
'Arkansas And Writes Of Voyage Down The Mississippi 475
12-19-60 - Some Medical History Reflections
(Pre-AMA) 476
12-21-60 The Martial Spirit In White
County Pre-war 477
12-23-60 Schoolcraft And The Poke Bayou
'Colons' 478
12-25-60 Businessman Visits Little Rock
In '45 And Compliments Its Friendly People 479
12-26-60 No Tea And Toast On Our Indian
Frontier 480
12-28-60 Oxford Don Meets His First
'Circuit-rider' 481a
12-30-60 New Civil War Series Will Begin
Next Week 481b
12-30-60 Beginning Sunday Chronicles Of
Arkansas Presents THE CIVIL WAR IN ARKANSAS Articles # 482 515: 482
01-01-61 New Year's Day Of 1861 Dawned On
A Tense And Uneasy State And Nation 483
01-02-61 Civil War Separated Talkers From
Do-ers 484
01-04-61 Time Grows Short For Backers Of
The Union 485
01-06-61 Gazette Views The New Year With
Foreboding 486
01-08-61 1860 Governor's Nomination
Brings A Three Way Split In Democratic Party 487
01-09-61 An Uneasy 'Normality' On The Eve
Of Battle 488
01-11-61 Drum-maker Suggests A 'Buy Arkansas' Policy 489
01-13-61 State Moves Toward Point Of No
Return 490
01-15-61 Gazette's Policy In 1860:
Constitution Can Resolve North-South Differences 491
01-16-61 Gazette Changes Line On The
Biggest Issue 492
01-18-61 Buchanan's Policy: Too
Much Too Late 493
01-20-61 Georgia Elects Route Of The Secessionists 494
01-22-61 Family Letters Show Differences
Over The Burning Issue Of Secession In '61
495
01-23-61 - Danley Dons Second Hat As Arms
Buyer 496
01-25-61 Secessionist Party Draws New
Recruits 497
01-27-61 Moderates' Face The Old
Familiar Squeeze 498
01-29-61 Newly Opened Telegraph Office
Plays Significant Part In Secession Move 499
01-30-61 Little Rock Arsenal A Small-bore
Sumter 500
02-01-61 Rector Sends Smoke Signal To The
West 501
02-03-61 Arkansas Begins To Batten Down
Hatches 502
02-05-61 False Rumor Tells Of
Reinforcements For Arsenal; Rector Organizes Defense
503
02-06-61 Governor 'Interposes' Between
Mob, Troops 504
02-08-61 Preservator' Rector Takes Key
To Arsenal 505
02-10-61 Minority' Cause Of Little Rock
Trouble 506
02-12-61 Unionists And Secessionists Alike Were Opposed To Seizure Of
Federal Arsenal 507
02-13-61 Irregulars Move In On Army's Supplies 508
02-15-61 Hope Of Peace Was Long Time A-dying 509
02-17-61 Voters Asked To Look Again
Before Leaping 510
02-19-61 - As Arkansas Held Convention
Election, The South Inaugurated Its President 511
02-20-61 Delegates Disclose Their
Allegiances 512
02-22-61 More Delegates Show Their
Affiliations 513
02-24-61 Still More On The Convention Line-up
514
02-26-61 Secession Feeling In State Ran
High But Fort Smith Area Stood For Union 515
02-27-61 Children's Crusade In Arkansas
County Articles # 516 550: 516
03-01-61 Albert Pike Switches To
Secessionist Line 517
03-03-61 Convention Settles Upon Its
Officers 518
03-05-61 - March 4, 1861State Awaited Word
Of President Lincoln's Inaugural Address 519
03-06-61 The Sparring Begins In State
Convention 520
03-08-61 Initial Secession Motion Is
Entered 521
03-10-61 More Minds Changed By Lincoln's
Speech 522
03-12-61 Convention Resolution Proposed
Eight Amendments To Resolve The Controversy 523
03-13-61 - Rector Sends Formal Word To
Convention 524
03-15-61 Unionists' Good Faith Impeached 525
03-17-61 Outsiders Push The Secession
Campaign 526
03-19-61 Convention Continued While
Arkansas's Leaders Debated Secession Ordinance 527
03-20-61 Extremists Suffer Temporary
Setback 528
03-22-61 The First Convention Session Is
Adjourned 529
03-24-61 - Two Sides Prepare For Showdown
Vote 530
03-26-61 Resolutions, Circulars Urge
Secession As Feeling On Issue Mounts Throughout State 531
03-27-61 Gazette Comes To Aid Of Union's
Defenders 532
03-29-61 Gazette Carries The Fight To
'Cossacks' 533
03-31-61 - Gazette Firm For Moderates'
Cause 534
04-02-61 First Cavalry, Stationed At Fort
Smith, Provided Top Generals For Both Armies 535
04-03-61 Troops Begin Some Preliminary
Moves 536
04-05-61 The Letter-writers Chafe For
Showdown 537
04-07-61 Army Shapes Up Its Defenses On
Border 538
04-09-61 Sumter FallsLincoln's
Proclamation Is Final Blow To Unionism In Arkansas
539
04-10-61 Dancing On The Brink With A Ballet Master 540
04-12-61 The Military Drilling Now Begins
In Earnest 541
04-14-61 Lincoln Issues His Call To The
Troops 542
04-16-61 Northern, Western Sections Of
State Receive News Of Proclamation, Sumter 543
04-17-61 Report Form Sumter Changes
Everything 544
04-19-61 Arkansans Rally To Different
Standard 545
04-21-61 Second Convention Call Made
Official 546
04-23-61 Five Military Units From Little Rock, Pulaski County Embark
For Fort Smith 547
04-24-61 Confederates Make Counter Troop
Call 548
04-26-61 Arkansas Sends Its Initial
Volunteers 549
04-28-61 Editor Of Gazette Outlines
Strategy 550
04-30-61 Cincinnati Group Seizes Arms
Shipment Bound For Arkansas State Retaliates Articles # 551 585: 551
05-01-61 May Day Revelries Take On New
Sound 552
05-03-61 Defiant' Loner Is Brought Into
Line 553
05-05-61 Time For Choosing Up On The
Campuses 554
05-07-61 Convention Meets And Takes Historic Step State Secedes From
The Union 555
05-08-61 One More Vote For Secession
Majority 556
05-10-61 Regulators' Ride In Prairie
County 557
05-12-61 Convention Speeds Order Of Business 558
05-14-61 1st Arkansas Infantry
Assembles After Secession Ordinance, Moves To Virginia 559
05-15-61 Second Thoughts On Seizure Of 'Arago' 560
05-17-61 Privateering Gets Convention's
Okay 561
05-19-61 Pike On Mission To The Indian
Country 562
05-21-61 Convention Asks Confederacy's
Plans For Defense Of East, West Frontiers 563
05-22-61 Convention Acts To Bridge A New
Chasm 564
05-24-61 State Troops Move To Western
Border 565
05-26-61 The War-like Spirit And The Word
Of God 566
05-28-61 Confederacy Seeks Arkansas
Regiments For Assignment To The Indian Frontier 567
05-29-61 Vigilantes Rally In Fulton
County 568
05-31-61 Unrest, Confusion Beset State
Banks 569
06-02-61 Arkansas Force On Scene In
Virginia 570
06-04-61 Convention Completes Its
Business Session Finally Adjourns On June 1, 1861 571
06-05-61 Union Forces Fear Move Toward
Cairo 572
06-07-61 Hindman Ready To Leave For
Virginia 573
06-09-61 Encampments Set Up Along
Mississippi 574
06-11-61 The South Adopts 'Dixie' As Its
Song - - Albert Pike Composes Popular Variation
575
06-12-61 Invincible Guards Move Into
Capital 576
06-14-61 Davis Sets Day For Fasting And
Prayer 577
06-16-61 A Firm 'No' From Cherokee Nation 578
06-18-61 Events In Missouri Provide
Background For The Civil War Situation In Arkansas
579
06-19-61 Change Of Name For Totten's
Artillery 580
06-21-61 Arkansas Divided On Use Of
Troops 581
06-23-61 State Troubled By Indian
Neutralists 582
06-25-61 McCulloch Rallies People Of
State To Repel Possible Invasion From Missouri
583
06-26-61 First' Fourth Is Observed As
Usual 584
06-28-61 News Blackout Is Observed In
State 585
06-30-61 Sale Of War Bonds Picks Up In
State Articles # 586 620: 586
07-02-61 Sate Troops March Toward
Missouri, Meet Enemy, Win Bloodless Victory 587
07-03-61 - Pike's Mission To Creeks
Successful 588
07-05-61 Union Rebuffed In Southern
Missouri 589
07-07-61 McCulloch Pulls Back To Regroup 590
07-09-61 War Preparations Continue As
Forces Under McCulloch Advance In Missouri
591
07-10-61 McCulloch Shifts Encampment
Place 592
07-12-61 Spa Eyes War Nix On Tourist
Trade 593
07-14-61 South Sees Signs Of Divine
Intervention 594
07-16-61 General Hardee, Over Opposition,
Makes Transfer Of State Troops To Confederacy 595
07-17-61 State Continues To Mobilize And
Deploy 596
07-19-61 Self-censorship In The Arkansas
Press 597
07-21-61 Red Tape Delays Troop Transfers 598
07-23-61 Bull RunFirst Great Battle Of
War - - Ends In Decisive Confederate Victory 599
07-24-61 State Claims Own 'Volunteer'
Motto 600
07-26-61 State Inventories Its War
Materials 601
07-28-61 Adopting That Old 'Intercourse
Law' 602
07-30-61 McCulloch, Pearce And Price
Agree To Join Forces For March On Springfield
603
07-31-61 Scorecards Differ On Missouri
Ambush 604
08-02-61 The Stage Is Set At Wilson's
Creek 605
08-04-61 Feds Steal A March In Early
Morning Raid 606
08-06-61 North, South Both Claim Victory
At Wilson's Creek But South Won It 607
08-07-61 Second-guessing After Oak Hills 608
08-09-61 Price, McCulloch, Split On
Strategy 609
08-11-61 Second-guessing On Battle Of Oak
Hills 610
08-13-61 Union Forces, Reinforcements
Missing, Retreat From Springfield To Rolla, Mo.
611
08-14-61 Newspapers Laud Woodruff's Unit 612
08-16-61 More Dissension On Transfer Of
Troops 613
08-18-61 In Camp With The 'Fourth Arkansas' 614
08-20-61 - With Unity Of Command, Supplies,
Arms Confederacy Might Have Taken Missouri 615
08-21-61 Waiting For The Word From Old
New Madrid 616
08-23-61 State Prepares For A New Kind Of
Vote 617
08-25-61 Recruiters Moving In On Little
Rock 618
08-27-61 McCulloch Decides To Fall Back
To Arkansas To Strengthen His Brigade
619
08-28-61 Rhyme And Reason' South Of That
Line 620
08-30-61 War Effort Hurt By Newsprint
Shortage Articles # 621 681: 621
09-01-61 Preparations For School Affected
By War Fears 622
09-02-61 How Arkansas Schools Planned For
1861 Terms 623
09-03-61 Conflicting Reports, Criticism -
- Charges Of Cowardice Mark Battle Of Oak Hills
624
09-04-61 Arguments Over Arms And Areas Of
Command 625
09-05-61 Deployment, Transfers, Supply
Cause Headaches 626
09-06-61 Need For Guns Published As
Armory Established 627
09-07-61 Problem Of Protection For
Western Arkansas 628
09-08-61 Jealousy, Resentment Crop Up In
Command 629
09-09-61 Military Board Comes In For
Additional Criticism 630
09-10-61 Confederate Election Of '61
Unusual Davis And Stephens Had No Opposition
631
09-11-61 Recruiting Campaign Is Pushed In
Arkansas 632
09-12-61 Yankee P.O.W.S Create Mild
Sensation In State 633
09-13-61 Soldiers Elect Officers And Get
Some Clothes 634
09-14-61 Volunteers Homesick, They Decide
To Disband 635
09-15-61 Pike Calls On Choctaws To Join
Confederacy 636
09-16-61 Hardee Gets Orders To Move His
Command 637
09-17-61 Arkansas Names Four Members To
The Confederate House Of Representatives
638
09-18-61 Governor Rector Calls For More
Volunteers |