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History of Boone County Arkansas
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Boone County, Arkansas
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New
52-Page Booklet
Early days in Boone
County, 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 52-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 Harrison, Bellefonte, and Everton, with historic highlights.
The biographies, most of which are fairly-detailed, include:
Major John P. Clendenin, H.C. King, John H. Gass, A.C. Hull (with picture), John R. McCormick, Richard S. Holt, Thomas Newman and son J.R. Newman (with pictures), John Murphy, Dr. J.E. Andrews, the Fullbright Family (with picture of Daniel N. Fullbright), Col. J.N. Coffey, Allen Phillips, De Roos Bailey (with picture), Dr. John Bolinger, T.W. Johnson, B.M. Estes, James O. Nicholson, Dr. William C. Singletary, J.H. Adair, Major R.B. Weaver, Col. Eli Dodson, Henry McMillan, George F. McKinney, James T. Penn, Dr. Leonidas Kirby (with picture), William Harrison Cecil (2 versions), Capt. James T. Hopper, Capt. J.W. Story (with picture), John A. Bunch, John Stone, Judge B.B. Hudgins, William G. Pumphrey, the Harrison Roller Mill company -- L.R. Smilie, W.F. Ryan and J.B. Houck, E.J. Rhodes, William P. Norman, Francis Marion Youngblood, John H. Middleton, Willia F. Miles, Capt. Oliver E. Hindes, George W. Coker, J.H. Walters, Lewis R. Pumphrey, Judge William Keener, Thomas R. Cantrell, Capt. Gillum Hopper, L.A. Saffer, Dr. Calvin J. Floyd, H.C. Tipton, Jesse P. Briscoe, John O. Morrow, James H. Gray, F.S. Baker, J.A. Weatherly, Allen Phillips, M.L. Aderhalt, F.M. Garvin, David A. Eoff, James T. Penn, Col. J. N. Coffey, Capt. Hampton B. Fancher, W.A. Greever, Dr. James M. Robinson, and Rev. William H.H. Ruble.
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