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From the Collection of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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/1894-12-09 Rape Occurs Near Minturn, Lynch Mob Forming Afterwards - Austin TX pg 1_thumb.png
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1894-12-09 Austin American-Statesman TX pg 1
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A rape takes place near Minturn, and a lynch mob forms to find and punish the perpetrator.
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media/1912-09-25 Woman dies near WR at age 122 - Manning SC pg 6_thumb.png
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1912-09-25 Manning Times SC pg 6
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An elderly lady dies near Walnut Ridge, allegedly at the remarkable age of 122.
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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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1926-09-24 Tampa Times FL pg 7
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Lawrence County farmers brace for a lean 1927 growing season; it is estimated that "less than 40 per cent of farmers in this county are able to pay their debts this year."
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1882-01-08 Topeka Daily Commonwealth KS pg 1
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A Lawrence County KKK member refuses to take part in a plot to kill four people, but in a subsequent attempt to arrest the KKK members, three people are killed.
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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, Cotton Picking Near Highway 63
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Date unknown; five children carry their harvests of cotton bolls.
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1870-06-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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Walnut Ridge is included in a statewide list of post offices, perhaps the first mention in a newspaper of WR. Other Lawrence County post offices include Ash Flat, Canton, Clover Bend, Evening Shade, Laura Town, Powhatan, Rhea, and Smithville.
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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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1894-12-23 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 3
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An enigmatic camp of twenty-six armed strangers forms at the edge of the woods near Minturn, much to the concern of area residents.
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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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1906-11-28 Montgomery Times AL pg 8
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A resident of Lawrence County since 1852 speaks of seeing herds of twenty-five deer and bears fighting yellow jackets in years past.
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1921-06-16 Ridgway News IL pg 6
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A Richwoods man tries to starve his nephews to death, but they manage to survive in their locked room by eating cotton seeds for a week.
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1923-08-26 Montgomery Advertiser AL pg 1
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A man killed on the Cache River is said to have killed seven people himself.
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media/1935-01-03 Crows Act as Squirrel Dogs for WR Hunter - Newman CA pg 7_thumb.png
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1935-01-03 Newman West Side Index CA pg 7
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A Walnut Ridge squirrel hunter finds that cawing crows often lead him to his prey.
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Postcard, "Greetings from Hoxie" With Cows, Circa 1930-1940
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A colorful undated postcard depicting a herd of cows near a pond.
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1879-12-18 Topeka State Journal KS pg 1
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A Lawrence County man arrives home after being gone two days and finds his wife's charred remains in the fireplace.
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1915-05-01 Arkansas Gazette pg 16
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The Lawrence County Judge estimates that the Hughes trial in Batesville cost the county $2500 (the equivalent of more than $60,000 today).
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1884-04-10 Chanute Weekly Times KS pg 5
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A Walnut Ridge sawmill operator dies of a broken blood vessel while doing everyday repairs.
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1893-05-29 Lawrence Daily Journal KS pg 1
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A man tries to tame a wolf near Walnut Ridge, but he is bitten by it and later dies of rabies.
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1901-07-04 Fayetteville Weekly Observer NC pg 4
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A letter from Walnut Ridge describes Black River pearling, and the sensation it has caused in the area.
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1906-12-21 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 6
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A Minturn-area man dies not long after daytime drinking, and his stomach is brought to Walnut Ridge for further analysis.
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1921-07-06 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 3
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Federal veterinarians are brought to Lawrence County to help manage an outbreak of anthrax in the area.
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1934-06-08 Mountain Home Baxter Bulletin pg 1
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A former resident describes antebellum Powhatan, including former industries there and the fate of a planned road from Powhatan to Crowley's Ridge leading near what became Walnut Ridge.
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1915-04-18 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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With the second Hughes trial set to begin in Batesville, hotel rooms are reserved and "it is expected that the case will occupy more than one week."
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1935-06-01 Ogden Standard-Examiner UT pg 7
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A lucky Black River angler catches a 93-pound, 5.75 ft-long catfish.
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1915-05-07 Batesville Daily Guard pg 10
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Considering the costs of the previous court cases against Dr. Hughes, the Guard notes that "it is believed by many a great saving of public money would be consistently accomplished if the case in November is not allowed to come up for trial."
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media/1884-07-13 Mining Expert Says Gold at Jaynes Creek Only in Iron Ore - St Joseph MO pg 1_thumb.jpg
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1884-07-13 St Joseph Gazette-Herald MO pg 1
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A mining expert says that gold at Jaynes Creek (likely around the area of Ravenden Springs) is intermixed with iron ore, and thus is not easy to pan for.
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1894-07-19 Scottsboro Citizen AL pg 1
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Two farmers near Hoxie get in an argument about taxes; one is shot and drowns in a pond.
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1897-07-22 Brooklyn Standard Union NY pg 5
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A local group of the Ku Klux Klan commits atrocities in Randolph and Lawrence Counties, including the area of Richwoods north of Walnut Ridge.
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1902-12-05 Arkansas Democrat pg 3
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The Arkansas Democrat publishes a detailed list of Lawrence County industries and notable farm operations.
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1906-12-22 Anaconda Standard MT pg 3
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Two rabbit hunters stumble across an infant boy buried alive in a bread tin; the article does not make clear if the child was alive or dead when found.
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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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1921-12-30 Arkansas Democrat pg 6
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The Odd Fellows organization sells more than 2,000 acres of land bequeathed to them by A. W. Shirey of Minturn.
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1935-05-17 Charlotte News NC pg 4
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An article from Walnut Ridge notes that the Lawrence County town of Strawberry goes by two other names as well.
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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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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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1915-11-02 Batesville Daily Guard pg 1
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The case against Dr. J. C. Hughes in the murder of Isom Bagley is nolle prossed, and the Guard states that "the acquittals of Dr. Hughes apparently brings to an end a desperate and stubborn feud that existed in Lawrence [County] for a number of years."
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1887-11-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 1
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Lawrence County zinc ores are one highlight at a Little Rock exhibition.
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1894-08-05 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 6
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A church revival meeting is mysteriously and dramatically interrupted by a bolt of lightning and a storm out of nowhere.
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1897-09-26 St. Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 16
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Walnut Ridge merchant T. J. Sharum gives a detailed account of the pearl rush on the Black and Cache Rivers, and promotes the prospects of the region for agriculture.
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1903-03-19 Indianapolis Journal IN pg 1
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Two prisoners save the Lawrence County Sheriff and his wife, though are unable to save the couple's baby, when the group's boat overturns on the Black River.
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1908-06-05 Woodward News OK pg 1
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A real estate ad for the Childers farm near Powhatan notes the farm's many amenities.
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1913-11-19 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 1
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The digging of Running Water Ditch begins, at a cost of $36,000.
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1922-01-01 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 32
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360 acres of timberland near Walnut Ridge are listed for sale at $17 an acre.
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1927-02-08 Montgomery Advertiser AL pg 2
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Officers abandon a search for a prisoner that escaped into the woods four miles north of Walnut Ridge.
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1938-03-31 Fayetteville NW Arkansas Times pg 4
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A tornado hits Minturn and passes south of Walnut Ridge, injuring at least ten people and killing two.
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Photo, MoPac Railroad About Four Miles South of Alicia, Image 569
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From the Collection of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
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1915-04-21 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A jury is secured for Dr. Hughes' trial out of sixty-two veniremen, and it is noted that there will be 143 witnesses in total who will participate in the case.
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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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1888-01-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 2
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A news brief notes that "Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, and all other towns in Lawrence County have gone dry by petition" for a period of two years.
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1894-11-16 Racine Journal Times WI pg 6
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Forest fires near Hoxie are fought back day and night by determined residents.
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1898-01-14 Shreveport Journal LA pg 2
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A man takes out rivals with a stove leg at a country dance near Walnut Ridge.
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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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1908-07-26 Inter Ocean Chicago IL pg 23
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A Ravenden real estate agent is listed along with S. C. Dowell of Walnut Ridge in the classified ads of a Chicago newspaper.
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1913-12-03 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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The Delaplaine correspondent to the Walnut Ridge Blade notes that typhoid fever has stricken four members of a family there.
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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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1927-05-10 Wilmington News Journal DE pg 1
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At least twenty-two are killed by a tornado in Egypt, Hoxie, and Walnut Ridge.
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1938-09-03 Fort Worth Star-Telegram TX pg 9
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A Little Rock couple is killed in a car crash five miles south of Hoxie.
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1915-04-22 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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A number of witnesses testify in Dr. Hughes' trial, including Isom Bagley's widow, who explains her unsuccessful attempt to broker a peace between her family and Dr. Hughes.
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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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1889-11-13 Clyde Herald KS pg 2
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A tree falls on the wagon of a man crossing a creek near Walnut Ridge, killing him and injuring his family.
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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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1904-03-16 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 1
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A young lady in Walnut Ridge hangs herself after a false accusation against her circulates.
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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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1914-03-19 Arkansas Democrat pg 8
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A pink pearl from the Black River "had been cast before swine" when it was overlooked among the boiled mussels fed to local hogs.
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1922-06-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 10
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The Arkansas Gazette publishes a list of all known Lawrence County newspapers through 1922, giving a brief summary of each paper.
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1928-06-23 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 14
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A thousand acres of land are flooded in Lawrence County, along the Black River.
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1938-10-31 Hope Star pg 1
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A fifteen-year-old from near Ravenden is held in Walnut Ridge on a charge of murdering his father.
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1915-04-23 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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More testimony is given in Dr. Hughes' case, including the allegation that shortly before his death Alf Bagley had threatened to kill Dr. Hughes using Hughes' old pistol.
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1883-12-26 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 4
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A man kills his uncle near Walnut Ridge in a violent exchange involving a knife, a shovel, and a pistol.
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Photo, J. D. Doyle House near Walnut Ridge, 1910
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Image courtesy of Larry Dobbs, who notes, "This is the home of County Judge J. D. Doyle in 1910. The Judge is at the right next to his horse. This home was located at the corner of Old Pocahontas Road and Rebecca Lane."
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1890-05-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 8
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A trove of $130 of old coins from the 1700s to 1830 is found near Lauratown on the Black River.
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1899-09-14 Ironton County Register MO pg 6
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A pearl found in the Black River is estimated to be worth $5000 (the equivalent of more than $150,000 today).
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1905-06-29 Arkansas Democrat pg 1
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A farmer near Walnut Ridge shoots his brother-in-law over a spat about money he owed.
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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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1921-02-02 Arkansas Gazette pg 9
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The Craighead County Oil Company starts a test drill near Hoxie.
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1923-01-15 Arkansas Gazette pg 7
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920 acres of Lawrence County land, including three houses and a barn, are listed for sale.
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1930-12-06 Hope Star AR pg 1
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A news article tells of an enigmatic grave near Davidsonville and its backstory.
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1915-04-24 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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Dr. Hughes is acquitted of Alf Bagley's murder by a Batesville jury, but must still return that November for his retrial concerning Isom Bagley's murder.
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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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1895-01-20 Girard Daily World KS pg 3
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Alleged counterfeiters are captured in southern Lawrence County.
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1912-01-18 Arkansas Democrat pg 4
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Work continues rapidly on Eastern Lawrence County drainage projects, from Cache River dredging to the draining of Swan Pond Lake.
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1921-02-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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Clover Bend hosts a literary program and a pie supper.
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1923-06-13 Poplar Bluff Weekly Citizen Democrat MO pg 3
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Preliminary work begins on a gravel road between Walnut Ridge and the town of Egypt.
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1933-06-06 Hope Star pg 4 article 2
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A swarm of wild locusts invades Walnut Ridge and the surrounding countryside.
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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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1915-04-26 St Louis Star & Times pg 1
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The Star & Times notes that there might have been some connection between the Bagley-Ridgeway Feud and the murder of A. W. Shirey of Minturn.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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1921-06-04 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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The Arkansas Gazette quips that the Alicia corespondent knew it was finally summertime by "noticing the flow of perspiration."
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1909 George Cram & Ellis Davis Map of AR, LawCo Detail
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Original map is part of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, at www.davidrumsey.com.
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1897 Rand McNally AR Map, LawCo Detail
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Map shows the routes of the Kansas City, Ft Scott, & Memphis RR and the St. Louis, Iron Mtn, & Southern RR through Lawrence County.
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Photo, MoPac Railroad About Four Miles South of Alicia, Image 569
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From the Collection of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
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1905-07-16 Arkansas Democrat pg 10
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1917-03-08 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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An Alicia man plans on planting five acres of garlic.
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1906-04-07 Arkansas Democrat pg 5
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A news list of Walnut Ridge residents' travels and social events includes a card club gathering hosted by Mrs. Charley Brown.
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1918-06-21 Arkansas Gazette pg 6
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An Alicia correspondent to the Walnut Ridge Blade reports that gamblers have broken into the school building to play their games.
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1906-05-27 Arkansas Democrat pg 2
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A list of Walnut Ridge social news notes that "quite a large party of young people spent Sunday fishing in Cache River, near Sedgwick."
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1919-02-03 Arkansas Gazette pg 4
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A WR Blade correspondent from Alicia notes that hunters in the area are familiar with not only nearby wildlife, but also nearby milking cows.
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1906-08-17 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 5
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An Alicia farmhand pleads guilty to murder, but implicates the wife of the murdered man as well.
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1888-01-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 2
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A news brief notes that "Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, and all other towns in Lawrence County have gone dry by petition" for a period of two years.
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1911-04-16 Hutchinson Gazette KS pg 8
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A jury fails to convict an Alicia woman who stabbed another woman to death on a sidewalk.
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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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1911-10-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 2
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The Belk murder case from Alicia goes up for re-trial in Walnut Ridge with a judge from Newport.
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1922-03-18 Bartlesville Morning Examiner OK pg 1
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A Missouri man is sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man during an Alicia bank robbery.
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1905-05-14 Arkansas Democrat pg 14
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A listing of travel news briefs from Walnut Ridge shows some of the cities and towns that WR residents frequented.
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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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1905-05-21 Arkansas Democrat pg 15
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Another collection of travel and social news briefs from Walnut Ridge describes everything from a recital at the courthouse hall to a man coming from San Francisco to sell lands at Sedgwick.
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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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