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Photo, Black Rock's Main Street in 1910
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1889-10 Goodspeed's Memoirs of NEA, Lawrence County Excerpts
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A leading source of info on late-18th-century Lawrence County, featuring a detailed sketch of the county's history and economy as well as numerous biographical sketches. Taken from the larger work, "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas."
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1924 Rand McNally Map of AR, LawCo Detail
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Map includes each county's townships; note the presence of the Cache Valley Railroad spur line at Sedgwick.
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1933 AHTD Roads of AR Map, LawCo Detail
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Map illustrates that in 1933, Highway 63 still went through Powhatan and thus bypassed Black Rock & Portia.
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1909 George Cram & Ellis Davis Map of AR, LawCo Detail
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Original map is part of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, at www.davidrumsey.com.
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1897 Rand McNally AR Map, LawCo Detail
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Map shows the routes of the Kansas City, Ft Scott, & Memphis RR and the St. Louis, Iron Mtn, & Southern RR through Lawrence County.
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1889-11-27 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 3
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The Kansas City, Fort Scott, & Memphis Railroad advertises a list of unclaimed goods at their stations, including at Hoxie, Portia, Black Rock, and Imboden.
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1912-11-22 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Gad Angle of Black Rock sees the editor of the Walnut Ridge Blade and flees, due to recent shootings in Walnut Ridge.
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1919-02-20 Harrisburg Telegraph PA pg 10
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The Walnut Ridge Blade introduces the new Black Rock marshal.
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Photo, Black Rock Button Factory
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1893-05-07 Memphis Commercial TN pg 5
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A landlord disbands a dance at one of his houses in Black Rock, and a dispute between him and one of the guests escalates into a shooting the following day.
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1906-04-07 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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A news list of Walnut Ridge residents' travels and social events includes a card club gathering hosted by Mrs. Charley Brown.
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1913-11-19 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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The Walnut Ridge Blade relates an anecdote about Black Rock funnyman Gad Angle buying a cow.
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1922-06-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 10
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The Arkansas Gazette publishes a list of all known Lawrence County newspapers through 1922, giving a brief summary of each paper.
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Photo, Black Rock Pearl Hunting on the Black River
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1894-10-10 Muncie Morning News IN pg 5
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A letter from Black Rock to an Indiana newspaper describes the conditions in the town, as well as remarking on St. Louis and its exposition.
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1906-05-13 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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A special term of court is called in Powhatan to deal with cases related to an assault on a railroad worker at Black Rock.
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1915-10-23 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Another Black Rock story from Gad Angle tells of a man who got behind on his bills.
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1930-11-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 30
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Percy Townsend, 21-year-old mayor of Black Rock, is praised for his administration's accomplishments, including reducing the town's debt.
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Photo, Black Rock Steamboats on the Black River
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1900-07-14 Arkansas Democrat pg 6
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Suicide is suspected when the wife of a Black Rock barber drowns while pearling at the Black River.
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1906-05-27 Arkansas Democrat pg 2
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A list of Walnut Ridge social news notes that "quite a large party of young people spent Sunday fishing in Cache River, near Sedgwick."
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1917-02-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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A Black Rock man is taken to Jonesboro for an appendicitis operation, and asks if he can have his tooth pulled too.
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1938-05-10 Hope Star pg 1
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The governor of Arkansas buys a Black Rock river ferry for the state, to compete with Powhatan's toll bridge.
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1882-01-08 Topeka Daily Commonwealth KS pg 1
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A Lawrence County KKK member refuses to take part in a plot to kill four people, but in a subsequent attempt to arrest the KKK members, three people are killed.
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1900-07-24 Arkansas Democrat pg 2
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A Black Rock man is robbed of $50, but the robbers fail to find over $200 more in one of his pockets.
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1906-05-31 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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The Lawrence County Democratic Committee meets in Black Rock to elect officers and hear speeches by delegates.
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1908-06-05 Woodward News OK pg 1
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A real estate ad for the Childers farm near Powhatan notes the farm's many amenities.
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1918-02-22 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Black Rock humorist Gad Angle says he is certain spring has arrived after hearing a lizard crawl.
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1887-06-02 Arkansas Gazette pg 1
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A baseball game is scheduled between the Walnut Ridge and Black Rock club teams.
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1901-07-04 Fayetteville Weekly Observer NC pg 4
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A letter from Walnut Ridge describes Black River pearling, and the sensation it has caused in the area.
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1911-10-16 Shreveport Times LA pg 1
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A special train is chartered from Walnut Ridge to Black Rock to transport 500 people attending a baptismal service at the Black River.
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1918-06-01 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Another Gad Angle anecdote in the Walnut Ridge Blade tells of a "whipping campaign that had been started in Hoxie," perhaps related to the Espionage Act.
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Photo, Black Rock's Main Street in 1910
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1888-01-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 2
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A news brief notes that "Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, and all other towns in Lawrence County have gone dry by petition" for a period of two years.
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1902-12-05 Arkansas Democrat pg 3
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The Arkansas Democrat publishes a detailed list of Lawrence County industries and notable farm operations.
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1912-06-06 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 16
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After fifteen years in operation, the Lawrence County Telephone Company merges with Southwestern Bell.
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1918-10-23 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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The Walnut Ridge Blade shares an anecdote about Gad Angle and influenza.
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1903-08-06 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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Telephone lines are installed from Walnut Ridge to Black Rock, Powhatan, and Pocahontas.
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1912-09-13 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Black Rock resident and humorist Gad Angle jokingly explains why he never remarried.
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1918-12-29 Tampa Tribune FL pg 22
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The Walnut Ridge Blade jokes that Gad Angle "used to be some singer before tunes came in fashion."
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1886-02-10 Memphis Daily Appeal TN pg 4
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A visitor to Black Rock describes the state of the town and the surrounding countryside, including Bonita Springs.
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1905-06-18 Arkansas Democrat pg 13
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A list of social and travel news briefs from Walnut Ridge includes college students returning from Batesville and Fayetteville.
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