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Edward Harthorn
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Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Ruins
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2016 view of the concrete remnants of the Hoxie roundhouse's turntable; photo source and details at http://ataleoftwotowns.com/hoxie-roundhouse-ruins/
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Edward Harthorn
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This page has tags:
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2020-05-02T20:59:04-07:00
Edward Harthorn
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Railroad & Streetcar Tags
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Includes tags for all railroad and streetcar lines passing through and near Walnut Ridge and Hoxie.
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Edward Harthorn
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1913-06 Sanborn Map of Hoxie, pg 1 of 1
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Fire insurance map shows the three-railroad intersection at Hoxie and the growth of businesses around it.
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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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1897-02 Sanborn Map of WR, pg 1 of 2
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A fire insurance map of the western half of Walnut Ridge; brick buildings are colored red and frame buildings yellow.
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2020-05-07T21:22:20-07:00
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2020-07-09T13:59:25-07:00
Photo, Walnut Ridge 1891 Front Street Panorama, pt 3 of 3
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Part of a three-frame panorama taken by W. S. Hubbs; note the dozens of cotton bales in the street. Property of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 13.
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1874 G .W. Colton AR Map, LawCo Detail
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Perhaps the earliest map to feature Walnut Ridge; note the additions of the other railroad towns since the 1869 map as well.
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Photo, Walnut Ridge 1891 Front Street Panorama, pt 2 of 3
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Part of a three-frame panorama taken by W. S. Hubbs; pictured from left to right are the Star Hotel, an unnamed building, the Yellow Front Restaurant, and a drugstore. Property of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 13.
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1916-11 Sanborn Map of Hoxie pg 1 of 1
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Hotels, warehouses, a YMCA, and a moving pictures theater are some of the many establishments noted in this map.
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2020-05-07T21:57:07-07:00
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Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Workers, 1926
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The book "Images of America: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie" notes (pg 66) that those pictured include: "from left to right, (front row) John Anderson, Earl Burnett, Tom Smith, unidentified, Vance Broadway, H.O. Blankenship, J. Pierce, Gilly Chapel, and unidentified; (back row) Arch Talfirt, roundhouse foreman; O.E. Burnett, car shop foreman; a Mr. Marshel, roundhouse foreman; and an unidentified taxi driver." Property of Roy Osborn (http://royosborn.com/genealogy/burnett/index.html).
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Photo, West Main Street With Streetcar, Walnut Ridge, 1926
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Depicts a bustling day in downtown WR in 1926; photo from the National Register of Historic Places registration form for the WR Commercial Historic District, 2010.
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2020-05-08T14:42:23-07:00
Photo, WR and Hoxie Mule-drawn Streetcar, Circa 1890
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The man just to the right of the numeral 2 is snacking on a banana, probably delivered by the railroad. In the background is a "Smoke Bull Durham" ad. Photo courtesy the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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1904-02 Sanborn Map of WR pg 1 of 4
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Map with details of various WR buildings including houses, the newly constructed courthouse, the Turnbull Wagon Company, and W. R. Lane's distillery.
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1904-02 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 4
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Map showing a mixture of businesses, houses, and even an opera house along West Main St in Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-07T21:35:35-07:00
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2020-05-06T12:18:11-07:00
Photo, Hoxie MoPac Railroad Tracks Circa 1925-1940, Image 56
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Billboards and a water tower near the Missouri Pacific tracks, date unknown; from the collection of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library.
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2020-06-23T10:24:47-07:00
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1904-02 Sanborn Map of WR pg 4 of 4
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Map depicting blocks of dwellings all the way to E. Free St, and the layout of a cotton gin and cotton oil plant.
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2020-05-07T21:39:20-07:00
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 5 of 8
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Map reflects the construction of the Walnut Ridge Water Works at the corner of Vine St and W. 4th St.
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2020-05-09T13:56:51-07:00
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Document, 1912 Boas-Gibson Hotel Letterhead
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Describes the many amenities of the now-modernized Boas Hotel in Hoxie; property of Jon Walter. See source for details: http://ataleoftwotowns.com/1912-hoxie-boas-hotel-letterhead/
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2020-12-02T09:27:32-08:00
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1908-04 Sanborn Map of WR pg 1 of 4
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Insurance map showing various locations around WR, including the W. R. Lane Ice Plant and the Cache Valley Lumber Co.
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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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2020-05-03T19:33:34-07:00
1908-04 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 4
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Map of West Main St. and environs, including establishments such as the Baptist and Presbyterian Churches and the Hotel Rhea.
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1908-04 Sanborn Map of WR pg 4 of 4
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Map shows the Phoenix Cotton Oil Company's continued growth when compared to the survey done four years prior.
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1869 G .W. Colton AR Map, LawCo Detail
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Map shows the planned location of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad through eastern Lawrence County.
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2020-05-08T14:06:33-07:00
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2020-05-06T12:21:16-07:00
Photo, Hoxie MoPac Railroad Tracks Circa 1925-1940, Image 55
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At the Hoxie junction looking northeast on the Missouri Pacific RR towards WR, date unknown; from the collection of the Barriger Rail Library.
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2020-06-23T10:15:53-07:00
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 2 of 8
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Map of West Main St and the courthouse environs shows the advent of two more auto garages and even a vulcanizing shop since the 1914 map.
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Document, Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis Railroad Stock Certificate, Circa 1901-1909
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A stock certificate for the railroad that passed through Hoxie to the northwest and southeast.
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 8
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Map of downtown Walnut Ridge shows numerous new businesses including a marble works, a candy factory, and an ice cream factory.
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Photo, MoPac Railroad Tracks Near Murta Circa 1925-1940, Image 54
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Looking towards Walnut Ridge, date unknown; from the collection of the Barriger Railroad Library.
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 4 of 8
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Map shows houses and churches from East Hazel St down to East Elm St.
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2020-07-10T09:04:13-07:00
Photo, Donaghey-Bryan Special Train at Hoxie, 1910
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Depicts the crowd at Hoxie gathered around the train that carried Governor George Donaghey and William Jennings Bryan through Arkansas in September 1910. Image courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives; I of A WR&H pg 71.
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1914-03 Sanborn Map of WR pg 1 of 7
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Shows the distribution of the other six maps, as well as various cotton gins and sawmills and the WR Light, Power, & Transit Company's powerhouse.
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Photo, Frisco Train Heading West out of Hoxie, Circa 1930-1940
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Image courtesy of Lawrence County Historical Society.
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1914-03 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 7
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Map of downtown Walnut Ridge, with the Main Street crossing of the Iron Mountain Railroad at center.
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1878 GLO Map of Arkansas, LawCo Detail
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Depicts Walnut Ridge as well as several now-vanished outlying communities such as Rhea and Buncombe Ridge.
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1914-03 Sanborn Map of WR pg 4 of 7
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Map depicts several churches, many houses, and the school building.
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1914-03 Sanborn Map of WR pg 5 of 7
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Details the Phoenix Cotton Oil Company complex, two cotton gins, several blocks of houses, and a steam laundry.
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 1 of 8
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Map shows the location of the other map pages and several blocks north and south of West Main St between 5th and 7th Streets.
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1894-06-28 Memphis Commercial TN pg 8
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A young man is injured in attempting to hitch a ride on an Iron Mountain freight train.
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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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media/Hoxie RR Water Tank Circa Early 1900s - Larry Dobbs FB Jul 2011_thumb.jpg
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Photo, Railroad Water Tank, Hoxie, Circa 1900-1920
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Photo courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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media/Hoxie RR YMCA - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg
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Postcard, Hoxie 1904 Railroad YMCA Building
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Image property of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 67.
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1917-12-10 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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A Pocahontas woman gives birth at Hoxie during a layover between trains.
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1883-10-25 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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An attempted robbery at night of an Iron Mountain train fifteen miles north of Walnut Ridge is described.
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1931-01-15 Poplar Bluff Republican MO pg 4
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The Frisco Railroad pays Lawrence County a fine of $7834 (more than $125,000 today) after an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court fails.
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Photo, Walnut Ridge 1891 Front Street Panorama, pt 1 of 3
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Part of a three-frame panorama taken by W. S. Hubbs; image courtesy of Gilbert S. Rainey. The book "Images of America: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie" notes for this photograph that "the view in this picture is looking down West Main Street at the intersection of SW and NW Front Streets. Visible are, from left to right, the Rhea Stables, owned by John A. Rhea; Z. C. Phelps & Company General Merchandise; and, partly, the Star Hotel across Main Street, with S. Ruffner's Groceries on the first floor."
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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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1906-02-15 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 8
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A newsboy shoots at a passenger on a train near Walnut Ridge, but misses him and leaves a hole in the hat of another passenger instead.
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Postcard, Hoxie Depot With Streetcar, 1914
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Image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society; property of Jon Walter.
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1907-05-24 Arkansas Democrat pg 6
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A stockholders' meeting in Walnut Ridge is announced for the St. Louis & Memphis Railroad Company.
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1898-02-23 Springfield Leader and Press MO pg 3
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A St. Louis mail clerk turned robber and his disguised wife are detected in Walnut Ridge as hobos, and the robber arrested.
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Photo, Train Wreck Near Walnut Ridge, Circa Early 1900s
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A crowd surveys the damage; date taken and photographer unknown.
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media/1870-07-28 Horse Thief and Counterfeiter Robbins at WR Shot - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.jpg
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1870-07-28 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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News items include the shootings of S. S. Dowell of Clover Bend and WR counterfeiter/horse thief R. R. Robbins, as well as increased interest in a Pocahontas railroad.
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Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, Plunkett-Jerrell Grocery Warehouses
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Shows damages to the grocery company's warehouses near the railroad junction at Hoxie. Image courtesy of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 110.
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1910-10-19 St Joseph News-Press MO pg 11
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A group of South Dakota and Nebraska citizens go to Walnut Ridge to prove J. C. Langston's innocence in the Shirey murder case.
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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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1898-03-11 Marysville Advocate KS pg 6
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A Kansas paper tells the saga, complete with a poem, of the ill-fated romance between Clara Mozely and her husband, the hobo/mail clerk/robber who was arrested in Walnut Ridge.
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1892-11-10 Memphis Commercial TN pg 4
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Train whistles assist in the celebration at Hoxie of Grover Cleveland's (re-)election as president.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 1 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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Photo, Frisco Depot, Walnut Ridge, Circa 1896-1914
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A later photograph of the depot built along Main Street in Walnut Ridge for the rail line from Hoxie to Pocahontas. Image property of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 68.
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1907-05-27 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic AR pg 5
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A man with limited English proficiency deboards his train at Walnut Ridge instead of Pine Bluff, but is then brought to Memphis instead.
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1891-07-16 Fort Scott Weekly Tribune KS pg 8
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An epilogue to the account of the Kansas businessman's mad dash through Hoxie en route to Texas states that he made it in time and saved the fortunes of a lumber business there.
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1889 Map of Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis Railroad Route, Detail of NEA
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Detail of a map produced for the railroad showing Hoxie and other stops along the route.
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1883-10-26 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 1
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A later turn of events indicate that the alleged attempt at train robbery near Delaplaine was actually a group of loggers innocently stopping the train to see if any of the freight was for their camp.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 2 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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1885-01-18 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 10
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An ad for the new direct St. Louis to Memphis train through Hoxie boasts of a "handsome day coach and elegant Pullman palace sleeping car."
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1935-06-14 Fort Worth Star-Telegram TX pg 3
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A motorist dies when his car is struck by a passing train at the Main Street railroad crossing in Hoxie.
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1890-01-14 Arkansas Gazette pg 3
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A Gazette correspondent notes the uneventful opening of two saloons in Walnut Ridge after the end of a two-year period where the town (and county) was dry, as well as noting progress made on the street car line, ditch dredging, and a Masonic gathering.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 3 of 5
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1886-09-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 5
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The Hoxie agent for the Kansas City, Springfield, & Memphis Railroad advertises reduced fares to and from the Great Kansas City Exposition and Fair.
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2020-05-17T13:27:06-07:00
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1879-07-31 Arkansas Democrat pg 4
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Minutes of the Arkansas Board of Health note Walnut Ridge citizens' threat to hang a quarantine runner if he didn't leave town.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 4 of 5
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2020-12-02T10:33:27-08:00
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1892-08-18 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 4
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A tramp is killed when part of a freight train wrecks at Walnut Ridge.
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1896-11-09 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 6
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A Walnut Ridge dentist is married to his bride from Paragould on a moving train near Jonesboro.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 5 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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2020-12-02T10:35:13-08:00
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2020-06-10T08:49:39-07:00
1910-03-18 Moline Advance KS pg 4
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A locomotive boiler explodes one mile south of Hoxie, killing one and fatally injuring two.
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2020-06-10T08:52:07-07:00
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1887-09-27 Harrisburg Telegraph PA pg 1
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An Iron Mountain train carrying Grand Army of the Republic members wrecks near Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-17T14:08:52-07:00
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2020-06-12T10:48:20-07:00
1913-03-24 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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Electric light and streetcar services resume in Walnut Ridge following post-storm/tornado cleanup efforts.
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2020-06-12T13:56:02-07:00
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2020-05-17T20:50:04-07:00
1891-08-25 Vicksburg Daily Commercial Herald MS pg 1
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A coroner's jury declares that the cause of death is unknown for a man who was found dead on the railroad tracks at Hoxie.
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2020-05-17T20:52:05-07:00
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2020-05-26T13:54:23-07:00
1892-10-23 Memphis Commercial TN pg 5
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A drunk prostitute goes to sleep on the railroad tracks near Hoxie, and has her legs sliced off by a passing freight train.
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1897-03-26 Fort Scott Lantern KS pg 3
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At Hoxie, a man falls between railroad cars and dies.
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Photo, Railroad Water Tank and Locomotive, Hoxie, Circa 1900-1920
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Image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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1898-11-23 Lawrence Daily Journal KS pg 1
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A man is shot and killed at the Ravenden railroad station over a can of salmon.
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2020-05-31T18:03:50-07:00
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2020-06-03T09:20:46-07:00
1901-01-24 Davenport Morning Star IA pg 1
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Criminals attempting to wreck an express train near Walnut Ridge instead wreck a St. Louis to Mexico tourist train.
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2020-06-03T09:39:10-07:00
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2020-05-11T15:33:25-07:00
Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Ruins
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2016 view of the concrete remnants of the Hoxie roundhouse's turntable; photo source and details at http://ataleoftwotowns.com/hoxie-roundhouse-ruins/
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2020-05-11T15:35:41-07:00
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1902-06-24 Fort Smith Times pg 5
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The Jonesboro Enterprise notes that the Iron Mountain Railroad division point might end up in Hoxie rather than Walnut Ridge, and declares that WR "will be ruined as a town" if that is the case.
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1876-08-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A letter from WR to the Jonesboro Times discusses Walnut Ridge's improvements and its anticipation of a rail connection to Jonesboro.
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2020-05-13T12:50:35-07:00
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2020-06-05T13:30:55-07:00
1905-12-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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Editor Riley of the Walnut Ridge Blade says that the Cache Valley Railroad may extend to WR and Paragould.
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2020-06-05T13:36:23-07:00
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2020-05-13T20:00:30-07:00
1879-12-03 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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A tramp is hired to bring two bales of cotton to Minturn, but he sells it in Walnut Ridge instead and runs off with the money.
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2020-05-13T20:02:48-07:00
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2020-06-06T12:50:29-07:00
1907-05-04 Rock Island Argus IL pg 5
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A man fractures his arm after he walks too close to the railroad tracks and is struck by an object sticking out from a rail car.
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2020-06-06T12:52:37-07:00
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2020-06-10T09:02:08-07:00
1910-04-29 Poplar Bluff Weekly Citizen Democrat MO pg 4
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The Lawrence County Sheriff arrests a watch thief on a Frisco train.
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2020-06-10T09:05:44-07:00
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1889-06-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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The Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Street Car Company is incorporated.
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2020-05-17T15:42:55-07:00
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2020-06-12T19:12:00-07:00
1915-09-24 Atlanta Constitution GA pg 6
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The Walnut Ridge Blade shares anecdotes about the near-legendary Arkansas mosquito.
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2020-06-12T19:14:51-07:00
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2020-05-26T09:08:32-07:00
1887-10-15 Atchison Daily Champion KS pg 1
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A reporter describes President Cleveland's journey from Springfield to Memphis, including brief stops at Ravenden and Hoxie.
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2020-05-26T09:18:52-07:00
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2020-05-26T14:01:14-07:00
1892-11-08 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 3
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An elderly lady dies when trying to walk around a passenger train in Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-26T14:03:05-07:00
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2020-05-28T11:46:44-07:00
1894-12-21 Bucyrus Evening Telegraph OH pg 1
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An Iron Mountain train runs into a cow and is partially wrecked.
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2020-05-28T11:49:15-07:00
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1897-07-19 Shreveport Journal LA pg 1
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Many Kansas City, Fort Scott, & Memphis Railroad employees at Hoxie and beyond are laid off due to hard times.
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2020-05-30T12:38:15-07:00
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2020-05-31T18:24:47-07:00
1899-04-28 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 10
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A man loses a leg when trying to board a passenger train at Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-31T18:26:03-07:00
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Photo, West Front Street with Streetcar, Walnut Ridge, Circa 1912-1920
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Image courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives.
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2020-07-10T13:32:23-07:00
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2020-06-03T09:52:53-07:00
1901-05-09 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 12
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A festive ball is held in Walnut Ridge, with special invitations sent out to members of Elk lodges and the Travelers Protective Association (based at the time out of St. Louis).
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2020-06-03T09:55:07-07:00
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1884 Pocahontas Star-Herald, Stagecoach Line
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Advertisement for a daily Pocahontas-Walnut Ridge-Hoxie stagecoach route; newspaper month and day unknown.
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2020-06-03T19:05:47-07:00
1902-12-11 Poplar Bluff Citizen pg 5
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An African-American man working on a railroad tie train at WR was shot by the crew's cook for asking for a double serving of meat.
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1877-04-10 Memphis Daily Appeal TN pg 1
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The Walnut Ridge Journal newspaper highlights the town's extensive timber resources, especially in walnut, and its rail capabilities for exporting logs.
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2020-05-14T08:36:23-07:00
1882-06-05 Topeka Daily Capital KS pg 1
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A fireman is killed on a 3 a.m. Iron Mountain train when the engine hits some cattle on the tracks.
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2020-05-14T08:39:20-07:00
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2020-06-15T12:18:08-07:00
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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2020-05-14T12:40:29-07:00
1884-05-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 5
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A new depot at Hoxie will be a joint effort between the Iron Mountain and Memphis & Kansas City railroads; it is noted, "the former furnished the plans, the latter will do the work, and each company pay half."
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2020-06-17T15:37:01-07:00
1931-01-17 Madison Wisconsin State Journal WI pg 10
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The engine, boxcars, and caboose seized from the Frisco Railroad become a white elephant for Lawrence County law enforcement.
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1889-07-08 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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A freight car accident near Hoxie leads to a several-hour delay.
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1916-02-15 Batesville Daily Guard pg 1
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Two burglars from Alicia knock the Lawrence County Sheriff in the head and escape into the darkness.
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2020-05-26T11:27:14-07:00
1891-07-10 Fort Worth Daily Gazette TX pg 5
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A Kansas businessman pays for a special Hoxie-Texas express train in order to try to save his friend from financial ruin.
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2020-05-26T14:23:27-07:00
1892-11-19 Memphis Commercial TN pg 3
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A Cache Valley Railroad tie-maker is killed by a falling tree limb.
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2020-07-08T19:40:14-07:00
1927-05 Walnut Ridge Blade, Section of Front Page
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A partial section of the front page of the Walnut Ridge Blade's edition shortly after the destructive May 9 tornado, likely published two days afterwards; image courtesy of Dwight Lane.
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2020-07-08T19:46:49-07:00
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1895-01-29 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 6
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"All travel on wagon roads is stopped" but train schedules continue after six inches of snow fall in Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-28T12:09:51-07:00
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Photo, Hoxie Post Office and Union Depot, Circa 1906-1912
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The white frame building at right is the Hoxie post office, facing the depot across the street; image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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2020-06-03T10:11:26-07:00
1901-09-24 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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An Arkansas Democrat correspondent visits Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas and describes the two towns.
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1873-05-30 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 2
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Two men draw revolvers on each other on the Cairo & Fulton Railroad at Walnut Ridge, and one is shot.
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2020-05-12T12:45:07-07:00
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2020-06-03T20:32:11-07:00
1903-08-11 Arkansas Democrat pg 6
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The Walnut Ridge Blade newspaper notes examples of continued investment and growth in WR.
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2020-06-03T20:35:10-07:00
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2020-05-13T13:47:07-07:00
1877-05-12 St. Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 8
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Henry Boas's newly constructed three-story Depot Hotel in Walnut Ridge is completely burnt, but is fortunately insured.
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2020-05-13T13:52:04-07:00
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2020-06-05T15:03:14-07:00
1906-03-01 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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Frisco Railroad surveyors prepare a site for the new Hoxie Union Depot.
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2020-06-14T10:31:33-07:00
1917-06-12 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A railroad employee is taken to a Little Rock hospital when his rail speeder car jumps off the track near Hoxie.
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2020-06-14T10:33:53-07:00
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1882-07-19 Memphis Public Ledger TN pg 1
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A Walnut Ridge dispatch notes, "the track laying on the Springfield and Memphis road, between a crossing below here and Black River, begins tomorrow."
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1922-02-21 Arkansas Gazette pg 10
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A classified ad seeks workers to make oak railroad ties at a location five miles east of Walnut Ridge.
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2020-06-16T17:40:10-07:00
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2020-05-14T12:50:37-07:00
1884-06-12 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 2
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A report from Pine Bluff suggests that a cotton processing facility may be established near the railway junction at Hoxie.
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2020-06-13T13:24:10-07:00
1917-02-27 Batesville Daily Guard pg 2
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A Hoxie railroad car sealer is struck and killed by a switch engine.
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2020-06-13T13:26:09-07:00
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2020-05-26T11:35:35-07:00
1891-07-11 Brooklyn Times Union NY pg 1
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An update to the tale of the Kansas businessman's mad rush notes that "he interviewed the engineer and crossed the fireman's palm with gold," and only had a two-minute layover in Hoxie.
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1892-11-23 Memphis Commercial TN pg 1
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An unknown man is run over and killed by a train near Portia.
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2020-05-26T14:30:08-07:00
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2020-07-08T20:13:17-07:00
1882-08 News Article, How Hoxie Was Named
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An article explains how the town of Hoxie was named after the general manager of the Iron Mountain Railroad; image courtesy of Jon Walter.
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2020-05-28T12:14:28-07:00
1895-01-29 Nashville Tennessean TN pg 1
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Two men are found frozen to death along the railroad tracks, six miles from Hoxie.
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2020-05-28T12:16:21-07:00
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2020-07-10T09:13:25-07:00
Photo, WR-Hoxie Streetcar, American Car Co, St Louis MO, 1912
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An image of a streetcar built for the Walnut Ridge & Hoxie line, stamped March 13, 1912; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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2020-07-10T09:14:25-07:00
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2020-06-03T10:51:03-07:00
1901-09-30 Arkansas Democrat pg 4
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A Walnut Ridge citizen, perhaps John S. Gibson, writes a letter to the AR Democrat about the AR Railroad Commission and U.S. Senate race.
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2020-05-12T13:01:10-07:00
1874-11-10 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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Northbound Cairo & Fulton passenger trains begin to stop for supper at Henry Boas's eating-house in WR.
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2020-05-12T13:04:29-07:00
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2020-06-04T14:16:31-07:00
1903-09-06 Arkansas Democrat pg 8
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The Walnut Ridge Blade notes that the HP&N Railroad may replace the steel rails between Hoxie and Pocahontas.
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2020-06-04T14:17:27-07:00
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2020-05-13T14:08:19-07:00
1877-08-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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At the WR depot an African-American porter falls between the platform and moving train cars and is crushed to death.
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2020-05-13T14:11:02-07:00
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1906-05-12 Arkansas Democrat pg 6
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A family's horses are scared by the Walnut Ridge-Hoxie electric streetcar and bolt, tossing people and groceries out of the wagon.
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2020-06-15T09:05:38-07:00
1917-06-23 Arkansas Democrat pg 12
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A large amount of contraband liquor is seized from an Iron Mountain Railroad passenger coach at Hoxie.
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2020-06-15T09:11:19-07:00
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2020-05-14T09:20:57-07:00
1883-03-28 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 2
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Construction updates are noted for the Memphis & Kansas City Railroad, routed through Hoxie.
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2020-05-14T09:22:18-07:00
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2020-06-16T18:43:07-07:00
1922-07-10 Muskogee Times-Democrat OK pg 12
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Fifty Missouri Pacific strikebreakers are forced out of Hoxie by those striking.
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2020-05-14T13:40:33-07:00
1884-11-27 Topeka Weekly Capital-Commonwealth KS pg 1
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A change in railroad timetables results in a direct St. Louis to Memphis route that stops through Hoxie.
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1911-04-15 Topeka Kansas Farmer & Mail & Breeze KS pg 39
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A classified ad lists 240 acres of timbered land for sale half a mile from Hoxie.
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1935-06-15 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 20
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Another article on the death of a man at a Hoxie railroad crossing notes that a plane was chartered to bring the body to St. Louis.
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1889-12-27 New Orleans Times-Picayune LA pg 5
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A workforce of 1,000 tie-makers is wanted to help construct the Cache River Valley Railroad near Sedgwick.
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1917-03-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A special agent for the Iron Mountain railroad has his arm amputated after a hobo shoots it and shatters the bone.
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1894-04-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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A deputy U.S. Marshal explains how "there is one town in Arkansas that needs ...attention" when it comes to crime: Hoxie.
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1895-02-01 Huntsville Journal AL pg 1
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The two men found frozen to death along the railroad tracks were reportedly tramps driven from the railroad depot waiting room prior.
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1898-07-13 Springfield News-Leader MO pg 8
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At Portia, the melon harvest begins, with 250 car-loads of melons expected to be exported by rail.
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1902-01-28 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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Two men are injured in Walnut Ridge, one by an impact with a train while walking on railroad tracks and the other by slipping on frozen sleet.
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1876-05-16 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A colt races an Iron Mountain freight train from Minturn to Walnut Ridge, and is returned in the train's caboose.
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1903-09-17 Arkansas Gazette pg 3
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A head-on train collision occurs between Walnut Ridge and Hoxie, with light injuries reported.
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1878-08-21 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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The Arkansas Board of Health receives a letter from a Walnut Ridge doctor about preventing the spread of yellow fever in the town, especially via railroad passengers.
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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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1917-10-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 5
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A Missouri Pacific Railroad freight conductor is promoted to the position of Hoxie yardmaster.
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1883-06-07 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 4
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Another update on the Kansas City & Memphis Railroad is given, and the article notes that "timber of all kinds, corn, fresh fish, cattle, hogs, rock, gravel, building stone, and all sorts of grain are to be found in the country traversed by this road."
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1907-05-28 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 2
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Another 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.
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1927-05-12 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 39 pt 2
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A second picture of tornado damage in the Post-Dispatch shows a wrecked train blown off the track at Hoxie.
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1928-06-25 Brooklyn Daily Eagle NY pg 3
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The Al Smith presidential campaign stops in Hoxie on its way through Arkansas and Missouri.
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2020-05-14T14:14:05-07:00
1885-10-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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A meeting is held in Memphis to raise support for the financing of a Pocahontas to Hoxie railroad.
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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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Photo, Locomotive at Hoxie, 1913
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Image courtesy Larry Dobbs.
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1892-04-24 Arkansas Gazette pg 16
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The Hoxie and Pocahontas Railway Company is formally incorporated, with $250,000 in capital stock.
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1894-04-25 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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Hoxie's city marshal responds to the accusations made by Deputy Marshal J. L. White about crime in Hoxie, declaring that the marshal "should confine himself strictly to the truth, which is bad enough, but not half so bad as he colors it."
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2020-05-28T12:29:08-07:00
1895-02-09 Oskaloosa Independent KS pg 3
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A man is held up at the Hoxie depot, but asks for $2 back from the robbers and gets it.
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1898-08-04 Mt Carmel Register IL pg 3
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A young Pocahontas man is killed by a freight train at Hoxie.
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Photo, Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Streetcar, Circa 1904-1927
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An undated image of one of the streetcars in operation between Walnut Ridge and Hoxie; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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1900-03-07 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 8
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A man is trapped in a refrigerated boxcar at Walnut Ridge and is rescued three days later in St. Louis.
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Postcard, Hoxie Depot Circa 1918
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Shows a passenger train pulling up to Hoxie's Union Station; image from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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1902-03-21 West Plains Journal-Gazette MO pg 3
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A Walnut Ridge widow settles with the Frisco Railroad over the death of her husband on the Hoxie depot platform by a passing train.
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1905-02-04 Arkansas Democrat pg 3
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Senator McCall of Portia brings up a bill in the AR legislature that requires trains to stop in Walnut Ridge, and is quizzed about the 1903 Hoxie-Walnut Ridge Act by other senators.
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1878-12-02 Arkansas Democrat pg 4
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A man writes about his pleasant experience on an Iron Mountain train, and says he "got a good supper at Walnut Ridge."
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1906-06-14 Arkansas Democrat pg 8
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The Iron Mountain Railroad is fined $18,000 for failure to stop its trains in Walnut Ridge in accordance with a new state law.
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1917-11-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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A railroad terminal change from Poplar Bluff to Hoxie is delayed.
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1883-07-01 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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Another construction update notes the completion of the Hoxie to Springfield portion of the KC & Memphis RR, and that only seventeen miles remain until the route's overall completion.
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2020-06-07T18:28:06-07:00
1909-01-12 Poplar Bluff Weekly Citizen Democrat MO pg 2
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A Walnut Ridge man has his leg severed by a freight train.
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1928-09-27 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 3
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U.S. Senator from Arkansas and vice-presidential candidate Joseph T. Robinson gives an impromptu campaign speech in Hoxie.
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1912-01-24 St Louis Star & Times MO pg 1
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An article about St. Louis rail freight rates notes that the bulk lumber rate from Walnut Ridge to St. Louis stands at thirteen cents.
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1936-02-21 Hope Star pg 1
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A Portia man dies after leaping headfirst from a speeding train.
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1890-05-17 Udall Record KS pg 1
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The rail ticket price from Kansas City to Hoxie is reduced from $10.25 to $7.
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1892-05-19 Salem Monitor MO pg 3
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An update on the Hoxie & Pocahontas Railroad notes that investigations are being made as to whether the railroad should extend up to Dent County, MO.
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1915-04-19 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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Two special Iron Mountain Railroad cars are reserved to transport the multitude of witnesses from Lawrence County to Batesville for the trial of Dr. Hughes.
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1894-04-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Deputy Marshal J. L. White doubles down on his statement about Hoxie crime, and explains how the town's robbers work.
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Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, Union Depot
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Depicts the damage inflicted on the depot by the March 20 tornado; image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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1895-03-11 Chanute Daily Tribune KS pg 1
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Hoxie enforces quarantine rules to combat smallpox, including banning tramps from entering town.
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Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Construction, 1901, Image 1 of 2
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Depicts the construction of the roundhouse's turntable; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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1898-08-07 Arkansas Gazette pg 7
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A timetable of the Hoxie, Pocahontas, and Northern Railroad shows some trains going from Hoxie to Pocahontas in one hour.
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1900-03-07 St Louis Republic MO pg 14
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A 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.
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Photo, 1927 Tornado Damage in Hoxie
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View of the destruction and debris created along the Frisco tracks in Hoxie by the May 9, 1927 tornado. Photo from "March We Onward: A Centennial History of First Baptist Church of WR."
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1902-05-22 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 1
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A Poplar Bluff newspaper expresses its concern that the town may lose the Iron Mountain Railroad division point to Walnut Ridge.
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1905-02-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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The Walnut Ridge Board of Health refuses to remove a smallpox patient from the Iron Mountain Railroad depot.
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1906-12-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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The Cache Valley Railroad Company of Walnut Ridge announces an upcoming stockholders' meeting.
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1883-07-27 Westliche Post St Louis MO pg 4
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A German-language paper mentions the Iron Mountain Railroad and Walnut Ridge.
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1909-04-22 Wahpeton Times ND pg 1
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A feasibility study for a North Dakota streetcar line notes that the Walnut Ridge-Hoxie streetcar has an income of $4.35 per capita.
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1910-02-25 Cincinnati Enquirer OH pg 1
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A trio of thieves from Ohio, captured in Hoxie, tried to hide their stolen goods in a boxcar at the Hoxie rail yards.
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2020-06-17T13:55:02-07:00
1930-12-24 New York Daily News NY pg 36
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The Lawrence County Sheriff seizes a Frisco locomotive when the railroad fails to pay their fines.
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2020-05-17T14:01:06-07:00
1887-08-30 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 8
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An African-American boy dies when attempting to sneak onto a train at Hoxie.
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1913-03-21 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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The Arkansas Democrat gives details of tornado/storm damages at Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Minturn, and elsewhere.
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1936-02-13 Hope Star pg 3
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A partially-deaf blacksmith is killed by a passing train while crossing the tracks in the fog.
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1890-06-05 Ironton County Register MO pg 4
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A Hoxie railroad station agent is stabbed three times, with his outlook for survival grim.
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Documents, Iron Mountain Railroad Brochures, Circa 1874-1917
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Period brochures from the Iron Mountain Railroad, featured on the back cover of "Down the Iron Mountain Route," by Charles Duckworth, courtesy of the Missouri Pacific Historical Society (www.mopac.org).
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1894-05-25 Memphis Commercial TN pg 2
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A dispatch from Walnut Ridge describes another daring robbery in Hoxie and warns of potential vigilante action "if the gang cannot be forced to leave by law."
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Postcard, Iron Mountain Depot, Walnut Ridge
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Depicts the depot built in 1908 for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, & Southern Railway; to the left is the Airdome Theater. Image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Construction, 1901, Image 2 of 2
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Shows the construction of the roundhouse's turntable, with the roundhouse looming behind; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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1898-11-13 Sedalia Democrat MO pg 7
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A Walnut Ridge photographer is found dead beside the railroad tracks in what is thought to be an accident.
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Photo, Iron Mountain Railroad Train, Hoxie, Circa 1930-1940
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An undated photo of a train rolling past the station at Hoxie; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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1900-10-27 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 10
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Teams are wanted to haul one million railroad ties across eight counties, and are asked to apply in Hoxie.
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1902-06-02 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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It is reported that $100,000 will be spent by the Iron Mountain Railroad on various improvements at Walnut Ridge.
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1873-06-07Arkadelphia Southern Standard AR pg 1
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A twelve-year-old boy has both legs cut off by a train, and dies that evening despite efforts by several surgeons to save him.
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1905-05-25 Arkansas Democrat pg 8
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A train is wrecked by a cow at Walnut Ridge, but is still able to continue to Little Rock.
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1879-11-27 Fayetteville Gazette NC pg 1
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A North Carolina newspaper gets a letter from a former resident that includes a description of Walnut Ridge and tips on how to prosper as a citizen of Arkansas.
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1907-04-18 Greenville Sun MO pg 1
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A Walnut Ridge brakeman loses his foot when uncoupling rail cars.
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1918-01-26 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle NY pg 8
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Hoxie's constable finds lots of alcohol hidden on the passenger trains going through town.
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1884-02-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 1
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A railroad rate war begins when the Little Rock & Memphis Railroad undercuts the Kansas City & Memphis Railroad to transport four immigrants from Memphis to Hoxie.
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Edward Harthorn
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Railroad to Little Rock/St. Louis (C&F, CA&T, StLIM&S, MP, UP) Tags
Edward Harthorn
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Includes tags for the Cairo & Fulton Railroad that went through Walnut Ridge circa 1873, and its successors the Cairo, Arkansas & Texas Railroad (1873); St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway (1874); Missouri Pacific Railroad (1917); and Union Pacific Railroad (1982).
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Edward Harthorn
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Contents of this tag:
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1913-06 Sanborn Map of Hoxie, pg 1 of 1
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Fire insurance map shows the three-railroad intersection at Hoxie and the growth of businesses around it.
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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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1874 G .W. Colton AR Map, LawCo Detail
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Perhaps the earliest map to feature Walnut Ridge; note the additions of the other railroad towns since the 1869 map as well.
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Photo, Walnut Ridge 1891 Front Street Panorama, pt 3 of 3
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Part of a three-frame panorama taken by W. S. Hubbs; note the dozens of cotton bales in the street. Property of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 13.
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Photo, Walnut Ridge 1891 Front Street Panorama, pt 2 of 3
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Part of a three-frame panorama taken by W. S. Hubbs; pictured from left to right are the Star Hotel, an unnamed building, the Yellow Front Restaurant, and a drugstore. Property of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 13.
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1897-02 Sanborn Map of WR, pg 1 of 2
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A fire insurance map of the western half of Walnut Ridge; brick buildings are colored red and frame buildings yellow.
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1916-11 Sanborn Map of Hoxie pg 1 of 1
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Hotels, warehouses, a YMCA, and a moving pictures theater are some of the many establishments noted in this map.
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Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Workers, 1926
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The book "Images of America: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie" notes (pg 66) that those pictured include: "from left to right, (front row) John Anderson, Earl Burnett, Tom Smith, unidentified, Vance Broadway, H.O. Blankenship, J. Pierce, Gilly Chapel, and unidentified; (back row) Arch Talfirt, roundhouse foreman; O.E. Burnett, car shop foreman; a Mr. Marshel, roundhouse foreman; and an unidentified taxi driver." Property of Roy Osborn (http://royosborn.com/genealogy/burnett/index.html).
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1904-02 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 4
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Map showing a mixture of businesses, houses, and even an opera house along West Main St in Walnut Ridge.
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1869 G .W. Colton AR Map, LawCo Detail
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Map shows the planned location of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad through eastern Lawrence County.
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1908-04 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 4
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Map of West Main St. and environs, including establishments such as the Baptist and Presbyterian Churches and the Hotel Rhea.
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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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Photo, Hoxie MoPac Railroad Tracks Circa 1925-1940, Image 56
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Billboards and a water tower near the Missouri Pacific tracks, date unknown; from the collection of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library.
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 4 of 8
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Map shows houses and churches from East Hazel St down to East Elm St.
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 8 of 8
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Map shows the enormous Hoxie & WR Compress Co complex, two cotton gins, two oil companies, a sawmill, and a powerhouse.
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Photo, Hoxie MoPac Railroad Tracks Circa 1925-1940, Image 55
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At the Hoxie junction looking northeast on the Missouri Pacific RR towards WR, date unknown; from the collection of the Barriger Rail Library.
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1914-03 Sanborn Map of WR pg 1 of 7
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Shows the distribution of the other six maps, as well as various cotton gins and sawmills and the WR Light, Power, & Transit Company's powerhouse.
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Photo, MoPac Railroad Tracks Near Murta Circa 1925-1940, Image 54
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Looking towards Walnut Ridge, date unknown; from the collection of the Barriger Railroad Library.
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1914-03 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 7
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Map of downtown Walnut Ridge, with the Main Street crossing of the Iron Mountain Railroad at center.
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1914-03 Sanborn Map of WR pg 4 of 7
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Map depicts several churches, many houses, and the school building.
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Photo, Donaghey-Bryan Special Train at Hoxie, 1910
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Depicts the crowd at Hoxie gathered around the train that carried Governor George Donaghey and William Jennings Bryan through Arkansas in September 1910. Image courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives; I of A WR&H pg 71.
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1878 GLO Map of Arkansas, LawCo Detail
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Depicts Walnut Ridge as well as several now-vanished outlying communities such as Rhea and Buncombe Ridge.
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1919-05 Sanborn Map of WR pg 3 of 8
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Map of downtown Walnut Ridge shows numerous new businesses including a marble works, a candy factory, and an ice cream factory.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 2 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 3 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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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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Document, 1895 S. C. Dowell Land Ad
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The card notes that Dowell is land agent for the Little Rock & Fort Smith RR as well as the Iron Mountain RR. Sourced from www.genealogytrails.com/ark/law/WALNUTRIDGEcomm.htm
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1880-04-22 Arkansas Gazette pg 5
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The Arkansas Presbytery meets in Walnut Ridge; among other matters, a pastor is installed for the church at Walnut Ridge and the presbytery thanks "the good people of Walnut Ridge for their generous hospitality."
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1885-01-18 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 10
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An ad for the new direct St. Louis to Memphis train through Hoxie boasts of a "handsome day coach and elegant Pullman palace sleeping car."
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 4 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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1894-06-28 Memphis Commercial TN pg 8
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A young man is injured in attempting to hitch a ride on an Iron Mountain freight train.
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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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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 5 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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1883-10-26 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 1
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A later turn of events indicate that the alleged attempt at train robbery near Delaplaine was actually a group of loggers innocently stopping the train to see if any of the freight was for their camp.
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1883-10-25 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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An attempted robbery at night of an Iron Mountain train fifteen miles north of Walnut Ridge is described.
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1891-07-16 Fort Scott Weekly Tribune KS pg 8
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An epilogue to the account of the Kansas businessman's mad dash through Hoxie en route to Texas states that he made it in time and saved the fortunes of a lumber business there.
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1898-02-23 Springfield Leader and Press MO pg 3
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A St. Louis mail clerk turned robber and his disguised wife are detected in Walnut Ridge as hobos, and the robber arrested.
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Photo, Walnut Ridge 1891 Front Street Panorama, pt 1 of 3
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Part of a three-frame panorama taken by W. S. Hubbs; image courtesy of Gilbert S. Rainey. The book "Images of America: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie" notes for this photograph that "the view in this picture is looking down West Main Street at the intersection of SW and NW Front Streets. Visible are, from left to right, the Rhea Stables, owned by John A. Rhea; Z. C. Phelps & Company General Merchandise; and, partly, the Star Hotel across Main Street, with S. Ruffner's Groceries on the first floor."
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1879-07-31 Arkansas Democrat pg 4
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Minutes of the Arkansas Board of Health note Walnut Ridge citizens' threat to hang a quarantine runner if he didn't leave town.
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Photo, Hoxie Union Depot Burning 10/09/1924, Image 1 of 5
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Image property of James Whitlow.
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1898-03-11 Marysville Advocate KS pg 6
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A Kansas paper tells the saga, complete with a poem, of the ill-fated romance between Clara Mozely and her husband, the hobo/mail clerk/robber who was arrested in Walnut Ridge.
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1902-05-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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The Iron Mountain Railroad superintendent stops in Walnut Ridge regarding the creation of a new division point there.
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1905-02-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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The Walnut Ridge Board of Health refuses to remove a smallpox patient from the Iron Mountain Railroad depot.
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1913-03-21 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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The Arkansas Democrat gives details of tornado/storm damages at Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Minturn, and elsewhere.
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1922-07-10 Muskogee Times-Democrat OK pg 12
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Fifty Missouri Pacific strikebreakers are forced out of Hoxie by those striking.
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1876-05-16 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A colt races an Iron Mountain freight train from Minturn to Walnut Ridge, and is returned in the train's caboose.
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Postcard, East Front Street, Walnut Ridge, 1910
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Postmarked September 8, 1910; note the opera house pictured at right. Image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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1879-11-27 Fayetteville Gazette NC pg 1
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A North Carolina newspaper gets a letter from a former resident that includes a description of Walnut Ridge and tips on how to prosper as a citizen of Arkansas.
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1884-06-12 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 2
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A report from Pine Bluff suggests that a cotton processing facility may be established near the railway junction at Hoxie.
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1894-04-25 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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Hoxie's city marshal responds to the accusations made by Deputy Marshal J. L. White about crime in Hoxie, declaring that the marshal "should confine himself strictly to the truth, which is bad enough, but not half so bad as he colors it."
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1898-08-04 Mt Carmel Register IL pg 3
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A young Pocahontas man is killed by a freight train at Hoxie.
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1902-05-22 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 1
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A Poplar Bluff newspaper expresses its concern that the town may lose the Iron Mountain Railroad division point to Walnut Ridge.
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1905-05-25 Arkansas Democrat pg 8
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A train is wrecked by a cow at Walnut Ridge, but is still able to continue to Little Rock.
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1915-09-24 Atlanta Constitution GA pg 6
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The Walnut Ridge Blade shares anecdotes about the near-legendary Arkansas mosquito.
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1936-02-21 Hope Star pg 1
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A Portia man dies after leaping headfirst from a speeding train.
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1873-06-07Arkadelphia Southern Standard AR pg 1
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A twelve-year-old boy has both legs cut off by a train, and dies that evening despite efforts by several surgeons to save him.
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1879-12-03 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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A tramp is hired to bring two bales of cotton to Minturn, but he sells it in Walnut Ridge instead and runs off with the money.
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1884-11-27 Topeka Weekly Capital-Commonwealth KS pg 1
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A change in railroad timetables results in a direct St. Louis to Memphis route that stops through Hoxie.
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1894-04-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Deputy Marshal J. L. White doubles down on his statement about Hoxie crime, and explains how the town's robbers work.
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1898-11-13 Sedalia Democrat MO pg 7
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A Walnut Ridge photographer is found dead beside the railroad tracks in what is thought to be an accident.
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1902-06-02 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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It is reported that $100,000 will be spent by the Iron Mountain Railroad on various improvements at Walnut Ridge.
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1905-06-14 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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The editor of the Walnut Ridge Blade predicts that Walnut Ridge and Hoxie will soon "grow together," but never consolidate.
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1917-02-27 Batesville Daily Guard pg 2
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A Hoxie railroad car sealer is struck and killed by a switch engine.
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media/1936-02-13 Partially-Deaf Blacksmith Killed by Train in Fog in WR - Hope Star AR pg 3_thumb.png
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1936-02-13 Hope Star pg 3
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A partially-deaf blacksmith is killed by a passing train while crossing the tracks in the fog.
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2020-06-18T13:09:29-07:00
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2020-07-08T09:20:15-07:00
1915-04-19 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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Two special Iron Mountain Railroad cars are reserved to transport the multitude of witnesses from Lawrence County to Batesville for the trial of Dr. Hughes.
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2020-07-08T09:22:43-07:00
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2020-05-13T13:39:56-07:00
1877-04-10 Memphis Daily Appeal TN pg 1
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The Walnut Ridge Journal newspaper highlights the town's extensive timber resources, especially in walnut, and its rail capabilities for exporting logs.
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2020-05-13T13:43:45-07:00
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2020-05-31T18:24:47-07:00
1899-04-28 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 10
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A man loses a leg when trying to board a passenger train at Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-31T18:26:03-07:00
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2020-06-03T18:05:57-07:00
1902-06-24 Fort Smith Times pg 5
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The Jonesboro Enterprise notes that the Iron Mountain Railroad division point might end up in Hoxie rather than Walnut Ridge, and declares that WR "will be ruined as a town" if that is the case.
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2020-06-03T18:08:04-07:00
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2020-06-05T13:30:55-07:00
1905-12-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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Editor Riley of the Walnut Ridge Blade says that the Cache Valley Railroad may extend to WR and Paragould.
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2020-06-05T13:36:23-07:00
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2020-06-13T13:38:15-07:00
1917-03-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A special agent for the Iron Mountain railroad has his arm amputated after a hobo shoots it and shatters the bone.
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2020-06-13T13:41:42-07:00
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2020-07-08T12:06:33-07:00
Documents, Iron Mountain Railroad Brochures, Circa 1874-1917
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Period brochures from the Iron Mountain Railroad, featured on the back cover of "Down the Iron Mountain Route," by Charles Duckworth, courtesy of the Missouri Pacific Historical Society (www.mopac.org).
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2020-07-08T12:09:35-07:00
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2020-07-09T20:50:46-07:00
Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Construction, 1901, Image 1 of 2
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Depicts the construction of the roundhouse's turntable; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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2020-07-09T20:52:58-07:00
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media/1877-05-12 Depot Hotel Burns in WR - St. Louis Globe-Democrat pg 8_thumb.jpg
2020-05-13T13:47:07-07:00
1877-05-12 St. Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 8
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Henry Boas's newly constructed three-story Depot Hotel in Walnut Ridge is completely burnt, but is fortunately insured.
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2020-05-13T13:52:04-07:00
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media/1880-08-12 Stage Line from WR to Ravens Den - Memphis Public Ledger TN pg 1_thumb.jpg
2020-05-13T20:29:54-07:00
1880-08-12 Memphis Public Ledger TN pg 1
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An article mentions the existence of a stagecoach line from Walnut Ridge to the new resort town of Ravenden Springs.
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2020-05-13T20:32:03-07:00
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media/1887-09-27 Grand Army Men in Train Wreck Near WR - Harrisburg PA pg 1_thumb.jpg
2020-05-17T14:07:36-07:00
1887-09-27 Harrisburg Telegraph PA pg 1
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An Iron Mountain train carrying Grand Army of the Republic members wrecks near Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-17T14:08:52-07:00
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2020-05-28T11:08:14-07:00
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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2020-05-28T11:14:03-07:00
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2020-06-03T19:05:47-07:00
1902-12-11 Poplar Bluff Citizen pg 5
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An African-American man working on a railroad tie train at WR was shot by the crew's cook for asking for a double serving of meat.
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2020-06-03T19:12:59-07:00
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2020-06-05T14:17:11-07:00
1906-02-14 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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An elaborate wedding takes place at the Dowell mansion in Walnut Ridge.
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2020-06-05T14:22:14-07:00
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2020-06-14T10:31:33-07:00
1917-06-12 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A railroad employee is taken to a Little Rock hospital when his rail speeder car jumps off the track near Hoxie.
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2020-06-14T10:33:53-07:00
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2020-07-08T20:13:17-07:00
1882-08 News Article, How Hoxie Was Named
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An article explains how the town of Hoxie was named after the general manager of the Iron Mountain Railroad; image courtesy of Jon Walter.
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2020-07-08T20:44:14-07:00
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2020-05-10T07:06:53-07:00
Postcard, Hoxie Depot Circa 1918
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Shows a passenger train pulling up to Hoxie's Union Station; image from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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2020-05-10T07:09:05-07:00
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2020-07-09T20:50:38-07:00
Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Construction, 1901, Image 2 of 2
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Shows the construction of the roundhouse's turntable, with the roundhouse looming behind; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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2020-07-09T20:53:04-07:00
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media/1877-08-11 African-American Porter Falls Between RR Cars and Platform, Dies - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.jpg
2020-05-13T14:08:19-07:00
1877-08-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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At the WR depot an African-American porter falls between the platform and moving train cars and is crushed to death.
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2020-05-13T14:11:02-07:00
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2020-05-14T08:36:23-07:00
1882-06-05 Topeka Daily Capital KS pg 1
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A fireman is killed on a 3 a.m. Iron Mountain train when the engine hits some cattle on the tracks.
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2020-05-14T08:39:20-07:00
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media/1891-07-10 Kansas Man Pays for Special Hoxie-Texas Express to Save Friend - Fort Worth TX pg 5_thumb.png
2020-05-26T11:27:14-07:00
1891-07-10 Fort Worth Daily Gazette TX pg 5
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A Kansas businessman pays for a special Hoxie-Texas express train in order to try to save his friend from financial ruin.
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2020-05-26T11:29:50-07:00
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media/1894-12-21 Iron Mountain Train Runs Into Cow, Is Partially Wrecked - Bucyrus OH pg 1_thumb.png
2020-05-28T11:46:44-07:00
1894-12-21 Bucyrus Evening Telegraph OH pg 1
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An Iron Mountain train runs into a cow and is partially wrecked.
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2020-05-28T11:49:15-07:00
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media/1901-01-24 Fiends Wreck a Tourist Train at WR - Davenport IA pg 1_thumb.png
2020-06-03T09:20:46-07:00
1901-01-24 Davenport Morning Star IA pg 1
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Criminals attempting to wreck an express train near Walnut Ridge instead wreck a St. Louis to Mexico tourist train.
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2020-06-03T09:39:10-07:00
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media/1901-09-24 AR Democrat Correspondent Visits, Describes WR and Pocahontas - AR Democrat pg 5_thumb.png
2020-06-03T10:11:26-07:00
1901-09-24 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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An Arkansas Democrat correspondent visits Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas and describes the two towns.
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2020-06-03T10:18:33-07:00
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2020-06-03T19:32:27-07:00
1903-03-27 Arkansas Democrat pg 7
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A Walnut Ridge resident stopping by Little Rock gives a reporter an update on the WR-Hoxie streetcar line's progress.
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2020-06-03T19:34:42-07:00
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2020-06-05T15:03:14-07:00
1906-03-01 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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Frisco Railroad surveyors prepare a site for the new Hoxie Union Depot.
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2020-06-05T15:04:23-07:00
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media/1917-06-23 Contraband Liquor Seized from Iron Mtn RR Coach Car - AR Democrat pg 12_thumb.png
2020-06-15T09:05:38-07:00
1917-06-23 Arkansas Democrat pg 12
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A large amount of contraband liquor is seized from an Iron Mountain Railroad passenger coach at Hoxie.
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2020-06-15T09:11:19-07:00
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2020-07-09T10:41:15-07:00
Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, Union Depot
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Depicts the damage inflicted on the depot by the March 20 tornado; image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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2020-07-09T10:42:42-07:00
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2020-05-11T15:33:25-07:00
Photo, Hoxie Roundhouse Ruins
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2016 view of the concrete remnants of the Hoxie roundhouse's turntable; photo source and details at http://ataleoftwotowns.com/hoxie-roundhouse-ruins/
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2020-05-11T15:35:41-07:00
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media/1878-08-21 AR Board of Health Receives Letter from WR About Yellow Fever - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png
2020-05-13T19:15:36-07:00
1878-08-21 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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The Arkansas Board of Health receives a letter from a Walnut Ridge doctor about preventing the spread of yellow fever in the town, especially via railroad passengers.
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2020-05-13T19:18:42-07:00
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media/1883-07-27 German Paper Mentioning Iron Mtn RR, WR - Westliche Post St Louis MO pg 4_thumb.png
2020-05-14T09:52:14-07:00
1883-07-27 Westliche Post St Louis MO pg 4
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A German-language paper mentions the Iron Mountain Railroad and Walnut Ridge.
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2020-05-14T09:53:35-07:00
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2020-05-26T11:35:35-07:00
1891-07-11 Brooklyn Times Union NY pg 1
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An update to the tale of the Kansas businessman's mad rush notes that "he interviewed the engineer and crossed the fireman's palm with gold," and only had a two-minute layover in Hoxie.
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2020-05-26T11:36:57-07:00
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2020-05-30T15:53:58-07:00
1897-09-05 Arkansas Gazette pg 12
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The Arkansas Gazette gives an affable and detailed description of Walnut Ridge, "a hustling city with one thousand inhabitants."
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2020-05-30T16:10:38-07:00
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2020-06-03T11:18:07-07:00
1901-09-21 Arkansas Democrat pg 2
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The candidates for U.S. Senate stop in Walnut Ridge and hold their third set of speeches, trading barbs and discussing issues such as a tariff bill and a canal through Nicaragua (a goal fulfilled several years later with the Panama Canal).
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2020-06-03T11:28:30-07:00
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2020-06-04T14:20:36-07:00
1903-09-17 Arkansas Gazette pg 3
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A head-on train collision occurs between Walnut Ridge and Hoxie, with light injuries reported.
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2020-06-04T14:25:47-07:00
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2020-06-06T09:06:48-07:00
1906-06-14 Arkansas Democrat pg 8
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The Iron Mountain Railroad is fined $18,000 for failure to stop its trains in Walnut Ridge in accordance with a new state law.
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2020-06-06T09:08:30-07:00
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media/1917-10-29 Conductor Promoted to Yardmaster at Hoxie - AR Gazette pg 5_thumb.png
2020-06-15T09:36:04-07:00
1917-10-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 5
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A Missouri Pacific Railroad freight conductor is promoted to the position of Hoxie yardmaster.
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2020-06-15T09:37:25-07:00
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2020-07-09T13:20:22-07:00
Postcard, Iron Mountain Depot, Walnut Ridge
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Depicts the depot built in 1908 for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, & Southern Railway; to the left is the Airdome Theater. Image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.
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2020-07-09T13:22:10-07:00
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2020-05-12T12:37:09-07:00
1873-05-30 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 2
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Two men draw revolvers on each other on the Cairo & Fulton Railroad at Walnut Ridge, and one is shot.
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2020-05-12T12:45:07-07:00
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2020-05-13T19:22:16-07:00
1878-12-02 Arkansas Democrat pg 4
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A man writes about his pleasant experience on an Iron Mountain train, and says he "got a good supper at Walnut Ridge."
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2020-05-13T19:24:28-07:00
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2020-06-03T14:15:28-07:00
1902-01-28 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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Two men are injured in Walnut Ridge, one by an impact with a train while walking on railroad tracks and the other by slipping on frozen sleet.
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2020-06-03T14:18:43-07:00
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2020-06-04T17:52:12-07:00
1905-02-02 Arkansas Democrat pg 6
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Officials from Walnut Ridge and Hoxie visit Argenta (North Little Rock) to investigate whether a quarantine against the city is necessary due to smallpox.
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2020-06-04T17:54:52-07:00
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2020-06-11T12:17:13-07:00
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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2020-06-11T12:19:13-07:00
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2020-06-15T10:00:11-07:00
1917-11-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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A railroad terminal change from Poplar Bluff to Hoxie is delayed.
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2020-06-15T10:01:18-07:00
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2020-05-12T13:01:10-07:00
1874-11-10 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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Northbound Cairo & Fulton passenger trains begin to stop for supper at Henry Boas's eating-house in WR.
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2020-05-12T13:04:29-07:00
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2020-07-10T12:15:49-07:00
Photo, Iron Mountain Railroad Train, Hoxie, Circa 1930-1940
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An undated photo of a train rolling past the station at Hoxie; image courtesy of the Lawrence County Historical Society.
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2020-07-10T12:17:07-07:00
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2020-05-14T12:40:29-07:00
1884-05-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 5
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A new depot at Hoxie will be a joint effort between the Iron Mountain and Memphis & Kansas City railroads; it is noted, "the former furnished the plans, the latter will do the work, and each company pay half."
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2020-05-14T12:43:34-07:00
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2020-05-27T16:12:26-07:00
1894-04-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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A deputy U.S. Marshal explains how "there is one town in Arkansas that needs ...attention" when it comes to crime: Hoxie.
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