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WHOA: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Online ArchiveMain MenuIntroduction & NavigationArchive CrossroadsView Archive By Source LocationsView Archive By Source TypeView Archive By Source ThemeView Archive By Timeline of SourcesView Research on Pre-WWII WR & HoxieEdward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/Old WR Courthouse With Trees - CourthouseHistory.jpg2020-05-02T13:18:54-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743Government TagsEdward Harthorn5structured_gallery9919892020-05-28T14:00:19-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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1media/Goodspeed Title Page.png2020-05-03T20:14:35-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431889-10 Goodspeed's Memoirs of NEA, Lawrence County Excerpts10A 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."plain2020-05-07T16:19:38-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1912-05-15 WR Mayor Swears in 100 Special Officers to Stop Citizen Attacks - Hutchinson KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-11T15:17:19-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431912-05-15 Hutchinson Gazette KS pg 13The Walnut Ridge mayor swears in one hundred special officers "to repel any further attacks of night riders on negro farmers."media/1912-05-15 WR Mayor Swears in 100 Special Officers to Stop Citizen Attacks - Hutchinson KS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-11T15:23:45-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/Part 1 of Co K., 3rd BN, 153rd Infantry in 1938 Hoxie - Jon Walter FB WR and Hoxie Oct 2014_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T08:03:48-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743Photo, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry in Hoxie, 1938, pt 1 of 23A group picture of part of the company; image courtesy of Jon Walter, who notes: "The Company Commander was Boas E. Gibson. Other officers were 1LT Julian Beakley and 2LT Alfred L. King. The 1SG was Paul K. Kirkpatrick. In 1938 Co K. met at Hoxie, Arkansas. They deployed to Alaska in 1941. Pictured in this photo: FIRST ROW: L.G. Gray, H.J. Guntharp, R.B. Holder, B.R. Smith, L. Robert, A.D. Sauls, J. Christie, F. Paxton, W.E. Conrey. SECOND ROW: M. Manning, M.E. Guntharp, J.H. Marshall, C.A. Wagoner, G. Johnson, M. Wile, J. Johnson, M. Guntharp, O. Wagoner, J.H. Grigsby. THIRD ROW: H.C. Foster, C.C. Baird, T.E. Davidson, A. Chronister, T. Hutchisson, H.A. Edwards, D. Nichols, W.N. Workman, P.R. Guntharp, C.E. Waddell, P. Poteet."media/Part 1 of Co K., 3rd BN, 153rd Infantry in 1938 Hoxie - Jon Walter FB WR and Hoxie Oct 2014.jpgplain2020-07-09T08:10:49-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1922-06-09 JACKPOT List of LawCo Newspapers Up to 1922 - AR Gazette pg 10-min_thumb.png2020-06-16T19:01:06-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431922-06-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 102The Arkansas Gazette publishes a list of all known Lawrence County newspapers through 1922, giving a brief summary of each paper.media/1922-06-09 JACKPOT List of LawCo Newspapers Up to 1922 - AR Gazette pg 10-min.pngplain2020-06-16T19:15:29-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1898-07-05 WR Corporal Elopes With Paragould Girlfriend After Coin Flip - AR Democrat pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-31T15:26:00-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431898-07-05 Arkansas Democrat pg 42A corporal from Walnut Ridge and his Paragould fiancee elope after a deciding coin flip, and drive overnight to WR en route to their marriage in Pocahontas.media/1898-07-05 WR Corporal Elopes With Paragould Girlfriend After Coin Flip - AR Democrat pg 4.pngplain2020-05-31T15:31:28-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1915-01-20 WR Blade Recounts How Kids Had Not Seen Blue Civil War Coats - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-12T16:12:28-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431915-01-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 62The Walnut Ridge Blade recounts how several local kids had never seen blue Civil War coats before.media/1915-01-20 WR Blade Recounts How Kids Had Not Seen Blue Civil War Coats - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-12T16:14:16-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1935-06-18 Civil War Veteran Age 107 Dies in WR with 212 Descendants - Carlisle PA pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-17T19:58:57-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431935-06-18 Carlisle Sentinel PA pg 22A 107-year-old Civil War veteran dies in Walnut Ridge, with 212 descendants surviving him.media/1935-06-18 Civil War Veteran Age 107 Dies in WR with 212 Descendants - Carlisle PA pg 2.pngplain2020-06-17T20:00:24-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1899-09-29 Sick Volunteer Soldier Dies in Hoxie After Kind Citizen Takes Him In - St Louis pg 5_thumb.png2020-05-31T19:29:17-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431899-09-29 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 52A sick soldier from Texas is taken care of by a kind Hoxie resident, but dies the next morning nevertheless.media/1899-09-29 Sick Volunteer Soldier Dies in Hoxie After Kind Citizen Takes Him In - St Louis pg 5.pngplain2020-05-31T19:31:36-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1917-06-06 Hoxie WWI Soldier Registration Occurs, Auto Parade Takes Place - AR Gazette pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-14T10:21:16-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431917-06-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 52WWI soldier registration and a "grand auto parade" take place at Hoxie; "every one seems imbued with patriotism."media/1917-06-06 Hoxie WWI Soldier Registration Occurs, Auto Parade Takes Place - AR Gazette pg 5.pngplain2020-06-14T10:24:23-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/Part 2 of Co K., 3rd BN, 153rd Infantry in 1938 Hoxie - Jon Walter FB WR and Hoxie Oct 2014_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T08:08:10-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743Photo, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry in Hoxie, 1938, pt 2 of 22A group picture of another part of the company; image courtesy of Jon Walter, who notes that those pictured include: "FIRST ROW: P.K. Kirkpatrick, A.G. Corbett, C.T. Manning, J.M. Wike, E.D. Pope, C.A. Johnson, L.R. Grigsby, G. Dulaney, A.R. Grigsby. SECOND ROW: W.M. Hennessee, M.E. Kisling, G.E. Henry, C.F. Cook, K.J. Foxx, C.B James, L.D. Cox, C.C. Gray, S.L. Austin, J.R. Johnson. THIRD ROW: M.D. Corbett, P.F. Rice, P.C. Slaton, J.N. Wyatt, Z.B. Bilbrey, T.W. Owens II, C. Conrey, J.F. Roberts, W.D. Hibbard, T.D. Felts."media/Part 2 of Co K., 3rd BN, 153rd Infantry in 1938 Hoxie - Jon Walter FB WR and Hoxie Oct 2014.jpgplain2020-07-09T08:10:21-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1900-05-15 WR Man Returns from Visiting Honolulu, Manila - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-02T19:32:19-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431900-05-15 Arkansas Gazette pg 42A Walnut Ridge man describes his experience visiting Honolulu and Manila.media/1900-05-15 WR Man Returns from Visiting Honolulu, Manila - AR Gazette pg 4.pngplain2020-06-02T19:34:57-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1902-02-19 LawCo Telephone Comments on Boer War - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-03T14:33:09-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431902-02-19 Arkansas Gazette pg 62The Lawrence County Telephone newspaper comments on the Boer War in South Africa.media/1902-02-19 LawCo Telephone Comments on Boer War - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-03T14:34:42-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1917-11-08 YMCA Rally Held in Hoxie for War Fund - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-15T09:48:04-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431917-11-08 Arkansas Gazette pg 42A rally is held in Hoxie for a YMCA War Fund, and "Lawrence County will raise its part of the quota for this fund."media/1917-11-08 YMCA Rally Held in Hoxie for War Fund - AR Gazette pg 4.pngplain2020-06-15T09:50:38-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1909-09-02 Gibson of Hoxie Addresses Civil War Reunion - Fayetteville NC pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-07T19:44:29-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431909-09-02 Fayetteville Weekly Observer NC pg 42John S. Gibson of Hoxie delivers an address at the Blue & Gray Reunion in Mammoth Springs that brings back vivid memories to the Civil War veterans present.media/1909-09-02 Gibson of Hoxie Addresses Civil War Reunion - Fayetteville NC pg 4.pngplain2020-06-07T19:48:06-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1917-12-09 Private Fritz Fultz of Hoxie Wounded in WWI Battle - Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-15T10:10:42-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431917-12-09 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 12Private Fritz Fultz of Hoxie is wounded in a WWI battle.media/1917-12-09 Private Fritz Fultz of Hoxie Wounded in WWI Battle - Pine Bluff Daily Graphic pg 1.pngplain2020-06-15T10:11:59-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1909-12-16 Classified Ad for Requesting Info on Civil War Veteran - Washington DC pg 7_thumb.png2020-06-07T20:41:43-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431909-12-16 National Tribune Washington DC pg 72A classified ad from a Walnut Ridge woman requests information on veterans of an Illinois Civil War regiment.media/1909-12-16 Classified Ad for Requesting Info on Civil War Veteran - Washington DC pg 7.pngplain2020-06-07T20:43:24-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1918-05-03 Espionage Act Violators Tarred and Feathered - Spokane WA pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-15T12:04:27-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431918-05-03 Spokane Spokesman-Review WA pg 82Four men charged with violating the Espionage Act are tarred and feathered by a Walnut Ridge mob.media/1918-05-03 Espionage Act Violators Tarred and Feathered - Spokane WA pg 8.pngplain2020-06-15T12:10:03-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1888-02-02 QandA about Civil War Deserter Status - National Tribune Washington DC pg 8_thumb.png2020-05-26T09:22:33-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431888-02-02 National Tribune Washington DC pg 82A Walnut Ridge resident writes in to a Q & A column about Civil War veteran pensions and benefits.media/1888-02-02 QandA about Civil War Deserter Status - National Tribune Washington DC pg 8.pngplain2020-05-26T09:24:21-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1911-11-26 Times-Dispatch Endorses Former LawCo Sheriff Surridge - AR Gazette pg 22_thumb.png2020-06-11T12:29:50-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431911-11-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 222The Times-Dispatch endorses former Lawrence County Sheriff W. K. Surridge in his candidacy for a state commissioner position.media/1911-11-26 Times-Dispatch Endorses Former LawCo Sheriff Surridge - AR Gazette pg 22.pngplain2020-06-11T12:33:36-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1918-06-29 Hoxie Woman Visits Paragould and Misses Nephew Going to France - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-15T12:31:19-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431918-06-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 62A Hoxie woman visits friends in Paragould, but in doing so accidentally misses a relative passing through en route for France.media/1918-06-29 Hoxie Woman Visits Paragould and Misses Nephew Going to France - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-15T12:34:37-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1898-05-31 WR Soldiers Enlist, Bring Model of USS Maine - Chattanooga TN pg 5_thumb.png2020-05-30T21:08:04-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431898-05-31 Chattanooga Daily Times TN pg 52The Second Arkansas Regiment leaves for Tennessee, and Company C from Walnut Ridge brings a 3-ft-long carved replica of the U.S.S. Maine.media/1898-05-31 WR Soldiers Enlist, Bring Model of USS Maine - Chattanooga TN pg 5.pngplain2020-05-30T22:01:48-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1912-05-09 WR Race War of 1912 Article - Bamberg SC pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-11T14:35:36-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431912-05-09 Bamberg Herald SC pg 32A newspaper account describes a sequence of conflicts between a group of violent nightriders and an anti-nightrider coalition of black and white citizens, local law enforcement, and the state militia, in what became known as the Walnut Ridge Race War of 1912 (see https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/walnut-ridge-race-war-of-1912-7418/ for details).media/1912-05-09 WR Race War of 1912 Article - Bamberg SC pg 3.pngplain2020-06-11T14:57:28-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1919-01-11 Two Men Talk On Streets of WR About Their Unluckiness - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-15T13:13:05-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431919-01-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 62Two men talk on the streets of Walnut Ridge about feeling unlucky.media/1919-01-11 Two Men Talk On Streets of WR About Their Unluckiness - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-15T13:14:45-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1898-06-01 Description 2 of the WR Troops in 2nd AR - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 3_thumb.png2020-05-31T15:09:23-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431898-06-01 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 32Another paper mentions the Second Arkansas Regiment and its U.S.S. Maine model from Walnut Ridge.media/1898-06-01 Description 2 of the WR Troops in 2nd AR - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 3.pngplain2020-05-31T15:10:59-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743