WHOA: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Online ArchiveMain MenuIntroduction & NavigationArchive CrossroadsView Archive By Source ThemeView Archive By Timeline of SourcesView Archive By Source LocationsView Archive By Source TypeView Research on Pre-WWII WR & HoxieEdward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1903-03-30 Divorce in WR After Wife Refuses to Leave Paris - Pittsburgh PA pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-03T20:04:50-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61903-03-30 Pittsburgh Daily Post PA pg 44A man is granted a divorce in Walnut Ridge when his wife refuses to leave Paris and her brutal assessment of Arkansas is handed to the judge.media/1903-03-30 Divorce in WR After Wife Refuses to Leave Paris - Pittsburgh PA pg 4.pngplain2020-06-03T20:20:34-07:0003/30/1903Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1925-09-21 Night Marshal Thrown in Cell, Prisoner Dies in Fight - St Louis Star and Times pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-16T21:01:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61925-09-21 St Louis Star & Times MO pg 23A deputy sheriff throws a night marshal into a Walnut Ridge jail cell as a joke, but a resulting fight with a prisoner results in the prisoner's death.media/1925-09-21 Night Marshal Thrown in Cell, Prisoner Dies in Fight - St Louis Star and Times pg 2.pngplain2020-06-16T21:13:20-07:0009/21/1925Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-05-27 Non-English Speaker Exits Train in WR and Memphis, Not PB - Pine Bluff AR pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-06T15:31:44-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-05-27 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic AR pg 53A man with limited English proficiency deboards his train at Walnut Ridge instead of Pine Bluff, but is then brought to Memphis instead.media/1907-05-27 Non-English Speaker Exits Train in WR and Memphis, Not PB - Pine Bluff AR pg 5.pngplain2020-06-07T08:46:37-07:0005/27/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1917-04-16 Hoxie Banker Goes Missing in Hot Springs - AR Democrat pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-13T13:44:15-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61917-04-16 Arkansas Democrat pg 63A Hoxie citizen staying in Hot Springs "to take the baths as a cure for rheumatism" goes missing.media/1917-04-16 Hoxie Banker Goes Missing in Hot Springs - AR Democrat pg 6.pngplain2020-06-13T13:58:27-07:0004/16/1917Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-12-09 Rape Occurs Near Minturn, Lynch Mob Forming Afterwards - Austin TX pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-28T11:34:50-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-12-09 Austin American-Statesman TX pg 13A rape takes place near Minturn, and a lynch mob forms to find and punish the perpetrator.media/1894-12-09 Rape Occurs Near Minturn, Lynch Mob Forming Afterwards - Austin TX pg 1.pngplain2020-05-28T14:34:41-07:0012/09/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-03-09 Wealthy Shirey Calls Himself Lothario After Being Shot - Cincinnati OH pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-10T08:22:28-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-03-09 Cincinnati Enquirer OH pg 13Minturn resident A. W. Shirey, "perhaps the wealthiest man in Northeast Arkansas," is shot to death at his store.media/1910-03-09 Wealthy Shirey Calls Himself Lothario After Being Shot - Cincinnati OH pg 1.pngplain2020-06-10T08:36:46-07:003/09/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1922-12-15 Physician and 3 Others Held for Plot to Smuggle Drugs from NY - Baldwin KS pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-16T19:32:33-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61922-12-15 Baldwin Ledger KS pg 63A local physician and three others are arrested in Walnut Ridge by federal agents for their role in "an alleged plot to smuggle drugs from Buffalo, N.Y., into Arkansas."media/1922-12-15 Physician and 3 Others Held for Plot to Smuggle Drugs from NY - Baldwin KS pg 6.pngplain2020-06-16T19:36:58-07:0012/15/1922Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1939-01-02 WR Woman Killed on Highway 67 While Walking to Church - NW AR Times pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-18T14:40:20-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61939-01-02 Fayetteville NW Arkansas Times pg 62A woman is killed in a hit-and-run accident while walking to church along Highway 67 near Walnut Ridge.media/1939-01-02 WR Woman Killed on Highway 67 While Walking to Church - NW AR Times pg 6.pngplain2020-06-18T14:42:04-07:0001/02/1939Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1897-11-14 Man Threatens Wife at Black Dance and Is Killed - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-30T18:22:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61897-11-14 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 22The Hoxie city marshal shoots a man who resists arrest, after the man threatens his wife with a pistol while at a dance.media/1897-11-14 Man Threatens Wife at Black Dance and Is Killed - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2.pngplain2020-05-30T18:36:46-07:0011/14/1897Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-04-23 Womans Enigmatic Quest to Find Missing Daughter - Sedalia MO pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-06T12:41:07-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-04-23 Sedalia Democrat MO pg 12A woman goes on an enigmatic eighteen-year-long quest to find her missing daughter, who was born in Walnut Ridge.media/1907-04-23 Womans Enigmatic Quest to Find Missing Daughter - Sedalia MO pg 1.pngplain2020-06-06T12:46:08-07:0004/23/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-08-05 Jailbreak in Walnut Ridge - Montgomery Times AL pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-12T14:23:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-08-05 Montgomery Times AL pg 12Two out of three inmates escape from the Walnut Ridge jail using iron bars secretly given to them.media/1913-08-05 Jailbreak in Walnut Ridge - Montgomery Times AL pg 1.pngplain2020-06-12T14:25:42-07:0008/05/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-01-22 Man Wanders Into Courthouse as Spectator But Arrested - Augusta KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T08:47:54-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-01-22 Augusta Daily Gazette KS pg 12A man enters the Powhatan courthouse as a spectator, but is soon arrested instead.media/1921-01-22 Man Wanders Into Courthouse as Spectator But Arrested - Augusta KS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T08:49:38-07:0001/22/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1899-08-05 Sedgwick Man Shoots and Kills Wife-Stealer - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-31T18:32:06-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61899-08-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 22A Sedgwick man shoots and kills the man who had abducted and whipped his wife.media/1899-08-05 Sedgwick Man Shoots and Kills Wife-Stealer - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2.pngplain2020-05-31T18:35:45-07:0008/05/1899Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-02-06 Sparring Match Occurs in Hoxie - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-12T15:02:27-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-02-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 62Two men fight at Hoxie, "and when separated, it looked as if both had been up against a buzz saw."media/1914-02-06 Sparring Match Occurs in Hoxie - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-12T15:03:49-07:0002/06/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-05-21 Plate Glass Window in WR Attorneys Office Broken - Pittsburgh PA pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-16T14:40:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-05-21 Pittsburgh Daily Post PA pg 62A recently installed window at the office of a Walnut Ridge attorney is mysteriously broken.media/1921-05-21 Plate Glass Window in WR Attorneys Office Broken - Pittsburgh PA pg 6.pngplain2020-06-16T14:42:03-07:0005/21/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1926-04-07 11th Hour Confession Saves Man From Electric Chair - Mt Carmel PA pg 5-min_thumb.png2020-06-16T21:22:09-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61926-04-07 Mt Carmel Daily News PA pg 52A belated murder confession in a Walnut Ridge courtroom saves an innocent man from prison.media/1926-04-07 11th Hour Confession Saves Man From Electric Chair - Mt Carmel PA pg 5-min.pngplain2020-06-16T21:31:33-07:0004/07/1926Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1899-08-15 Woman Charged With Attempted Killing of Young Portia Girls - St Louis pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-31T18:47:58-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61899-08-15 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 22A woman is charged with hiring an assassin to attempt to kill two Portia girls.media/1899-08-15 Woman Charged With Attempted Killing of Young Portia Girls - St Louis pg 2.pngplain2020-05-31T18:51:15-07:0008/15/1899Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1916-02-15 Alicia Men Knock WR Sheriff in Head and Escape - Batesville Daily Guard pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-13T12:59:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61916-02-15 Batesville Daily Guard pg 12Two burglars from Alicia knock the Lawrence County Sheriff in the head and escape into the darkness.media/1916-02-15 Alicia Men Knock WR Sheriff in Head and Escape - Batesville Daily Guard pg 1.pngplain2020-06-13T13:05:22-07:0002/15/1916Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-06-16 Richwoods Man Tries to Murder Nephews - Ridgway IL pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-16T14:55:06-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-06-16 Ridgway News IL pg 62A Richwoods man tries to starve his nephews to death, but they manage to survive in their locked room by eating cotton seeds for a week.media/1921-06-16 Richwoods Man Tries to Murder Nephews - Ridgway IL pg 6.pngplain2020-06-16T14:58:57-07:0006/16/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-02-08 Officers Abandon Search for Escaped Prisoner Near WR - Montgomery AL pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-16T21:46:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-02-08 Montgomery Advertiser AL pg 22Officers abandon a search for a prisoner that escaped into the woods four miles north of Walnut Ridge.media/1927-02-08 Officers Abandon Search for Escaped Prisoner Near WR - Montgomery AL pg 2.pngplain2020-06-16T21:47:33-07:0002/08/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1882-12-14 WR Man Gibson Goes Missing - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T09:05:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61882-12-14 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 22A Walnut Ridge newspaper editor, recently appointed postmaster, mysteriously goes missing.media/1882-12-14 WR Man Gibson Goes Missing - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2.jpgplain2020-05-14T09:09:39-07:0012/14/1882Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1900-03-07 Account 2 of Man Trapped in Boxcar - St Louis Republic MO pg 14_thumb.png2020-06-02T19:22:54-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61900-03-07 St Louis Republic MO pg 142A different newspaper gives a very different account of John Pettis's boxcar journey from Walnut Ridge to St. Louis, saying he was trapped in the car for six days rather than three.media/1900-03-07 Account 2 of Man Trapped in Boxcar - St Louis Republic MO pg 14.pngplain2020-06-02T19:28:30-07:0003/07/1900Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-05-28 Smilowitz Account II Details He Had Been Asylum Patient - St Louis MO pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-07T08:58:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-05-28 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 22Another news account notes that the man who deboarded his train at Walnut Ridge rather than Pine Bluff had recently been released from a St. Louis asylum and had been placed in the care of a conductor for the trip.media/1907-05-28 Smilowitz Account II Details He Had Been Asylum Patient - St Louis MO pg 2.pngplain2020-06-07T09:02:12-07:0005/28/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-07-28 LawCo Sheriff Arrives to Feed Prisoners and Foils Jailbreak - AR Gazette pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T15:20:00-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-07-28 Arkansas Gazette pg 12The Lawrence County Sheriff arrives at the jail to feed several prisoners, and in doing so foils a jailbreak.media/1921-07-28 LawCo Sheriff Arrives to Feed Prisoners and Foils Jailbreak - AR Gazette pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T15:21:23-07:0007/28/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-01-31 Man Kills Himself After Being Blackmailed - Nashville Banner TN pg 13_thumb.png2020-06-17T10:17:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-01-31 Nashville Banner TN pg 132A man commits suicide after grappling with a blackmail plot against him and his son.media/1930-01-31 Man Kills Himself After Being Blackmailed - Nashville Banner TN pg 13.pngplain2020-06-17T10:20:37-07:0001/31/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-03-22 Moonshiner Slain by Deputy Sheriff - Bristol Herald-Courier TN pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-17T11:49:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-03-22 Bristol Herald-Courier TN pg 22A fleeing moonshiner is killed near Sedgwick by a deputy sheriff.media/1930-03-22 Moonshiner Slain by Deputy Sheriff - Bristol Herald-Courier TN pg 2.pngplain2020-06-17T11:54:12-07:0003/22/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1884-06-27 Portia Boiler Explosion - Arkansas Democrat pg 1_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T12:56:10-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61884-06-27 Arkansas Democrat pg 12Two men are killed in a boiler explosion at a Portia stave factory.media/1884-06-27 Portia Boiler Explosion - Arkansas Democrat pg 1.jpgplain2020-05-14T13:05:06-07:0006/27/1884Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1909-11-07 Minister Marries Third Wife in WR - Spokane Spokesman-Review WA pg 23_thumb.png2020-06-07T20:14:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61909-11-07 Spokane Spokesman-Review WA pg 232A Michigan minister who eloped with his third co-wife to Walnut Ridge, and later allegedly tried to poison her, faces charges of bigamy.media/1909-11-07 Minister Marries Third Wife in WR - Spokane Spokesman-Review WA pg 23.pngplain2020-06-07T20:19:07-07:0011/07/1909Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-08-15 Two Sisters Both File Suit for Breach of Promise - Birmingham News AL pg 12_thumb.png2020-06-16T15:27:11-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-08-15 Birmingham News AL pg 122Two sisters both file suit for breach of promise in the Lawrence County Circuit Court.media/1921-08-15 Two Sisters Both File Suit for Breach of Promise - Birmingham News AL pg 12.pngplain2020-06-16T15:28:48-07:0008/15/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1931-03-26 WR Man Sells Mortgaged Equipment With Restaurant, Indicted - Poplar Bluff MO pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-17T15:47:15-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61931-03-26 Poplar Bluff Republican MO pg 82A former WR restaurant owner is indicted for failing to mention, when selling the business, that the equipment is still mortgaged.media/1931-03-26 WR Man Sells Mortgaged Equipment With Restaurant, Indicted - Poplar Bluff MO pg 8.pngplain2020-06-17T15:53:40-07:0003/26/1931Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-03-09 Shireys Life Had Been Threatened Before - Natchez MS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-10T08:30:05-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-03-09 Natchez Democrat MS pg 12The murdered A. W. Shirey of Minturn had garnered enemies from multiple lawsuits, and "his life is said to have been threatened on numerous occasions."media/1910-03-09 Shireys Life Had Been Threatened Before - Natchez MS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-10T08:35:43-07:0003/09/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1917-05-25 Hoxie Banker Gone Six Weeks in Hot Springs, Feared Drowned - AR Gazette pg 12_thumb.png2020-06-14T09:57:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61917-05-25 Arkansas Gazette pg 122Hoxie banker William McCrawn, missing for six weeks and counting, is feared to have drowned in the Ouachita River.media/1917-05-25 Hoxie Banker Gone Six Weeks in Hot Springs, Feared Drowned - AR Gazette pg 12.pngplain2020-06-14T09:59:43-07:0005/25/1917Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1935-05-01 WR Hotel Manager Held for Burning Pocahontas Hotel - St Louis MO pg 19_thumb.png2020-06-17T20:04:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61935-05-01 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 192The manager of the Lawrence Hotel in Walnut Ridge is accused of orchestrating the burning of a Pocahontas hotel.media/1935-05-01 WR Hotel Manager Held for Burning Pocahontas Hotel - St Louis MO pg 19.pngplain2020-06-17T20:10:46-07:0005/01/1935Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1897-02-18 Fascinating WR Animal Cruelty Letter - Fort Scott KS pg 3_thumb.png2020-05-30T11:48:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61897-02-18 Fort Scott Weekly Tribune KS pg 32A letter from Walnut Ridge describes examples of animal cruelty and neglect from around the city.media/1897-02-18 Fascinating WR Animal Cruelty Letter - Fort Scott KS pg 3.pngplain2020-05-30T11:51:41-07:0002/18/1897Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1918-06-21 Alicia Correspondent Reports Crap Shooters Breaking Into School - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-15T12:25:22-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61918-06-21 Arkansas Gazette pg 62An Alicia correspondent to the Walnut Ridge Blade reports that gamblers have broken into the school building to play their games.media/1918-06-21 Alicia Correspondent Reports Crap Shooters Breaking Into School - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-15T12:27:01-07:0006/21/1918Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1938-10-31 Ravenden Boy Held at WR for Murder of Father - Hope Star pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-18T14:34:48-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61938-10-31 Hope Star pg 12A fifteen-year-old from near Ravenden is held in Walnut Ridge on a charge of murdering his father.media/1938-10-31 Ravenden Boy Held at WR for Murder of Father - Hope Star pg 1.pngplain2020-06-18T14:37:23-07:0010/31/1938Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1897-07-22 Fairly Detailed Account of KKK Activity in Richwoods - Brooklyn NY pg 5_thumb.png2020-05-30T15:26:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61897-07-22 Brooklyn Standard Union NY pg 52A local group of the Ku Klux Klan commits atrocities in Randolph and Lawrence Counties, including the area of Richwoods north of Walnut Ridge.media/1897-07-22 Fairly Detailed Account of KKK Activity in Richwoods - Brooklyn NY pg 5.pngplain2020-05-30T15:45:19-07:0007/22/1897Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1904-03-16 Girl Hangs Herself After False Accusation - Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-04T14:56:49-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61904-03-16 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 12A young lady in Walnut Ridge hangs herself after a false accusation against her circulates.media/1904-03-16 Girl Hangs Herself After False Accusation - Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 1.pngplain2020-06-04T14:59:28-07:0003/16/1904Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-05-09 WR Race War of 1912 Article - Bamberg SC pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-11T14:35:36-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-05-09 Bamberg Herald SC pg 32A newspaper account describes a sequence of conflicts between a group of violent nightriders and an anti-nightrider coalition of black and white citizens, local law enforcement, and the state militia, in what became known as the Walnut Ridge Race War of 1912 (see https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/walnut-ridge-race-war-of-1912-7418/ for details).media/1912-05-09 WR Race War of 1912 Article - Bamberg SC pg 3.pngplain2020-06-11T14:57:28-07:0005/09/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1919-07-17 Mule Runs Away With Buggy Through Town, Wrecks Buggy - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-15T13:39:05-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61919-07-17 Arkansas Gazette pg 62A mule runs away with a buggy through Hoxie, wrecking it against a car in the process.media/1919-07-17 Mule Runs Away With Buggy Through Town, Wrecks Buggy - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-15T13:41:31-07:0007/17/1919Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6