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AR Newton & Searcy County Arkansas Goodspeed history Jasper Marshall~Leslie~1886
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Newton & Searcy Counties, Arkansas
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44-Page
Booklet
Early days in Newton and Searcy Counties, AR, are recalled in this 11" x 8.5" spiral-bound booklet, comprised of excerpts from Goodspeed Brothers:
A Reminiscent History of The Ozark Region
(1886),
Arkansas, A Guide to the State,
a 1941 WPA publication, and other sources.
The 44-page booklet is printed on 8.5" x 11" paper. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
The first part of the booklet contains a history of the Ozark area, especially as it relates to Arkansas, two brief histories of the county, and bios of leading citizens. The WPA section has a small map, a section on Ozark folklore, and tour stops at Western Grove, St. Joe, Buffalo River Camp, Marshall, Harriet, Leslie, Ozarkadia Park, Diamond Cave, and Jasper with historic highlights.
The biographies, most of which are fairly-detailed, include:
Newton
County
:
Capt. A.R. McPherson, Dr. James LeGrand, Dr. George W. Floyd, Dr. George W. Thompson, Anthony Casey, James S. Hudson, Robert Capps, James Wiley Salmon, M.T. Brisco (with picture), Alexander Campbell McClutcheon, Joseph B. Moss, C.C. Hudson, James Martin, David Magness, Lemuel R. Jones, Kelsey Gillmore, James H. Murphy, Anderson Carlton, John Bailey Heffley, Daniel Phillips, William C. Hale, James W. Stephenson, Robert W. Harrison Jr., John L. and Charles Wesley O'Daniel and Andrew J. Hudson;
Searcy County
: Zach T. Wasson, Dr. John S. Stephenson, Dr. John W.S. Leslie, V.C. Bratton, Matthew Sooter, R.G. Simpson Hatchett, N.J. McBride, William Arnold, James Claiborn McNair, William T. Davenport, Dr. D.P. Redwine, William A. Wyatt, W.J. Cooper, Charles Henry Campbell, R.D.C. Griffin, E.D. Arnold, Samuel Leslie, William F. Boyd, Dempsey S. Harrell, W.P. Hodges, James M. Brewer, William S. Mays, Judge J.A. Rambo and Thomas Graves.
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