History of Baxter, Clayburne & Stone County Arkansas Counties

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Ozark History and Folklore, plus Richly Detailed Biographies!
Baxter, Cleburne & Stone Counties, Arkansas
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New
43-Page
Book
Early days in Baxter. Cleburne and Stone
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 43-page book is printed on quality paper. A vinyl sheet protects 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 the North Fork of White River, Mountain Home, Calico Rock, Cotter,  and Heber Springs with historic highlights.
The biographies, most of which are fairly-detailed, include: Baxter: Capt. James Berrien Harper, Col. William B. Jordan, John Q. Adams, Robert M. Hancock, William L. Aylor, Dr. John M. Casey, William F. Eatman, Dr. David Perry Martin, Dr. John J. Morrow, James Littlefield, Robert E. Hurst, Melvin Nathaniel Dyer, James Augustus Carter, Z.M. Horton, Young N. Patterson, John W. Cypert, Moses P. Coventon, Joseph M. Henley, Dr. Jeremiah B. Simpson, Jacob H. Wolf, Richard A. Rouse, William J. Dearmore, Major Harrison H. Hilton, Nathaniel G. Tracy (with picture), James P. Herron, Robert Franklin Livingston,Capt. Benjamin F. Bodenhamer and Col. Randolph D. Casey;  Cleburne: Dr. W.J. Hornbarger, Charles P. Brooks, Judge James P. Wood (with picture), James C. Harmon, John W. Irvine, Judge Joseph Scott Wilson, John Bittle, Robert Dow England, William M. Garner, Preston A.C. Wallace, Dr. Adam Guthrie Jr., H.R.B. Moore (with picture), John R. Ratterson and William L. Thompson; Stone: William B. Cothron, William A. Halliburton, Elihu Beckham, John R.B. Lancaster, James M. risner, Beverly B. Evetts, John W. Hess, Benjamin F. Williamson, John Maloy, John W. Franks, Price Summers, Isaac Preston Looney, George Coleman Hinkle, Dr. Joshua W.C. Hinkle, Thomas W. Storey, Elias A. Richardson, Dr. Berry R. Tubbs, Capt. Lewis A. McPherson, Charles B. Grigsby, James E. Webb, William Henry Nelson and Jacob L. Walker.