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1media/Goodspeed Title Page.png2020-05-03T20:14:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61889-10 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."plain2020-05-07T16:19:38-07:0010/1889Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1874 G W Colton Map Thematic Screenshot_thumb.png2020-05-06T12:12:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61874 G .W. Colton AR Map, LawCo Detail7Perhaps the earliest map to feature Walnut Ridge; note the additions of the other railroad towns since the 1869 map as well.media/1874 G W Colton Map Thematic Screenshot.pngplain2020-05-08T14:07:03-07:001874Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1924C Rand McNally AR Map, LawCo Detail_thumb.jpg2020-05-08T13:35:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61924 Rand McNally Map of AR, LawCo Detail5Map includes each county's townships; note the presence of the Cache Valley Railroad spur line at Sedgwick.media/1924C Rand McNally AR Map, LawCo Detail.jpgplain2020-05-09T15:40:20-07:001924Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1869 G W Colton Map Thematic Screenshot_thumb.png2020-05-06T12:11:04-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61869 G .W. Colton AR Map, LawCo Detail5Map shows the planned location of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad through eastern Lawrence County.media/1869 G W Colton Map Thematic Screenshot.pngplain2020-05-08T14:06:33-07:001869Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/AHTD 1933 Road Map Thematic Screenshot_thumb.png2020-05-06T11:52:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61933 AHTD Roads of AR Map, LawCo Detail4Map illustrates that in 1933, Highway 63 still went through Powhatan and thus bypassed Black Rock & Portia.media/AHTD 1933 Road Map Thematic Screenshot.pngplain2020-05-09T14:48:30-07:001933Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1878C GLO AR Map, LawCo Detail_thumb.jpg2020-05-08T12:48:12-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61878 GLO Map of Arkansas, LawCo Detail4Depicts Walnut Ridge as well as several now-vanished outlying communities such as Rhea and Buncombe Ridge.media/1878C GLO AR Map, LawCo Detail.jpgplain2020-05-08T14:05:59-07:001878Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-26 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 7 - Lee Ridgeway Shot_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:37:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-26 Memphis Commercial Appeal TN pg 73Lee Ridgeway is not expected to live after being shot by Alf Bagley.media/1908-10-26 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 7 - Lee Ridgeway Shot.pngplain2020-05-31T20:05:37-07:0010/26/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1935-08-23 Powhatan Jail Turned Into Community House - Ogden UT pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-17T19:52:14-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61935-08-23 Ogden Standard-Examiner UT pg 43The Powhatan jail is turned into a community house.media/1935-08-23 Powhatan Jail Turned Into Community House - Ogden UT pg 4.pngplain2020-06-17T19:55:24-07:0008/23/1935Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1870-06-30 WR in List of AR Post Office Locations Perhaps First Mention of WR - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-13T12:07:58-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61870-06-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 43Walnut 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.media/1870-06-30 WR in List of AR Post Office Locations Perhaps First Mention of WR - AR Gazette pg 4.pngplain2020-05-13T12:13:23-07:0006/30/1870Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1909C Ellis Davis AR Map, LawCo Detail_thumb.jpg2020-05-08T13:24:55-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61909 George Cram & Ellis Davis Map of AR, LawCo Detail3Original map is part of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, at www.davidrumsey.com.media/1909C Ellis Davis AR Map, LawCo Detail.jpgplain2020-05-08T14:11:08-07:001909Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1897C Rand McNally AR Map, LawCo Detail_thumb.jpg2020-05-08T13:00:25-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61897 Rand McNally AR Map, LawCo Detail3Map shows the routes of the Kansas City, Ft Scott, & Memphis RR and the St. Louis, Iron Mtn, & Southern RR through Lawrence County.media/1897C Rand McNally AR Map, LawCo Detail.jpgplain2020-05-08T14:13:37-07:001897Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1896-01-24 Account of Trouble At and Following Populist Meeting at Powhatan - Haven KS pg 3_thumb.png2020-05-29T14:07:14-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61896-01-24 Haven Weekly Record KS pg 33Trouble occurs at and following a Populist meeting in Powhatan after a group of young boys disturb the meeting and a man throws a stick of wood at one of them in return.media/1896-01-24 Account of Trouble At and Following Populist Meeting at Powhatan - Haven KS pg 3.pngplain2020-05-29T14:18:00-07:0001/24/1896Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-06-05 Childers Homestead Near BR Real Estate Ad - Woodward OK pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-07T12:39:54-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-06-05 Woodward News OK pg 12A real estate ad for the Childers farm near Powhatan notes the farm's many amenities.media/1908-06-05 Childers Homestead Near BR Real Estate Ad - Woodward OK pg 1.pngplain2020-06-07T12:42:23-07:0006/05/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1902-03-14 Man Goes to WR for Mules, Gets Bride Too - Arkansas Democrat pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-03T14:43:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61902-03-14 Arkansas Democrat pg 32A man goes to Walnut Ridge to buy mules, falls in love with the step-daughter of his Thanksgiving dinner host at WR, and the two are later married.media/1902-03-14 Man Goes to WR for Mules, Gets Bride Too - Arkansas Democrat pg 3.pngplain2020-06-03T14:50:13-07:0003/14/1902Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-12-18 Powhatan Farmer in WR Taking Christmas Tree Orders - AR Democrat pg 16_thumb.png2020-06-12T14:56:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-12-18 Arkansas Democrat pg 162A Powhatan farmer visits Walnut Ridge to take Christmas tree orders.media/1913-12-18 Powhatan Farmer in WR Taking Christmas Tree Orders - AR Democrat pg 16.pngplain2020-06-12T14:58:32-07:0012/18/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1938-05-10 Governor Buys BR River Ferry to Compete with Powhatan Bridge - Hope Star pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-18T14:13:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61938-05-10 Hope Star pg 12The governor of Arkansas buys a Black Rock river ferry for the state, to compete with Powhatan's toll bridge.media/1938-05-10 Governor Buys BR River Ferry to Compete with Powhatan Bridge - Hope Star pg 1.pngplain2020-06-18T14:16:09-07:0005/10/1938Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1888-01-05 WR and Hoxie Turn Dry Towns - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-17T14:20:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61888-01-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 22A 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.media/1888-01-05 WR and Hoxie Turn Dry Towns - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2.pngplain2020-05-17T14:24:24-07:0001/05/1888Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1902-12-05 Impressive Detailed List of LawCo Industries - Arkansas Democrat pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-03T18:47:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61902-12-05 Arkansas Democrat pg 32The Arkansas Democrat publishes a detailed list of Lawrence County industries and notable farm operations.media/1902-12-05 Impressive Detailed List of LawCo Industries - Arkansas Democrat pg 3.pngplain2020-06-03T18:55:02-07:0012/05/1902Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1917-05-14 Family Injured on Car Ride from Powhatan to Hoxie - AR Gazette pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-13T13:50:33-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61917-05-14 Arkansas Gazette pg 12A family is injured on a ride from Powhatan to Hoxie when their car strikes a log in the road.media/1917-05-14 Family Injured on Car Ride from Powhatan to Hoxie - AR Gazette pg 1.pngplain2020-06-13T13:53:55-07:0005/14/1917Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1895-03-29 County Treasurers Safe Blown Open at Powhatan - Springfield MO pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-29T13:50:43-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61895-03-29 Springfield Leader and Press MO pg 12A man is charged with blowing the safe open at the county treasurer's office in Powhatan.media/1895-03-29 County Treasurers Safe Blown Open at Powhatan - Springfield MO pg 1.pngplain2020-05-29T13:52:26-07:0003/29/1895Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1903-08-06 Phone Lines Installed from WR to BR, Powhatan, and Pocahontas - AR Democrat pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-03T20:28:07-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61903-08-06 Arkansas Democrat pg 52Telephone lines are installed from Walnut Ridge to Black Rock, Powhatan, and Pocahontas.media/1903-08-06 Phone Lines Installed from WR to BR, Powhatan, and Pocahontas - AR Democrat pg 5.pngplain2020-06-03T20:29:40-07:0008/06/1903Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-01-22 Man Wanders Into Courthouse as Spectator But Arrested - Augusta KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T08:47:54-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-01-22 Augusta Daily Gazette KS pg 12A man enters the Powhatan courthouse as a spectator, but is soon arrested instead.media/1921-01-22 Man Wanders Into Courthouse as Spectator But Arrested - Augusta KS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T08:49:38-07:0001/22/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1905-06-18 WR Column, Social and Travel News Briefs - AR Democrat pg 13_thumb.png2020-06-05T12:41:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-06-18 Arkansas Democrat pg 132A list of social and travel news briefs from Walnut Ridge includes college students returning from Batesville and Fayetteville.media/1905-06-18 WR Column, Social and Travel News Briefs - AR Democrat pg 13.pngplain2020-06-05T12:45:56-07:0006/18/1905Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
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 Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61922-06-09 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.pngplain2020-06-16T19:15:29-07:0006/09/1922Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1896-01-27 Second, Varied Account of Populist Meeting Tragedy - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-29T14:15:07-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61896-01-27 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 22A second, varied account of the Populist Meeting tragedy in Powhatan notes that the son of the sheriff that was involved was sixteen, that he and the other boys had been shooting stones, and other details.media/1896-01-27 Second, Varied Account of Populist Meeting Tragedy - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2.pngplain2020-05-29T14:16:50-07:0001/27/1896Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1905-07-16 WR Column, Social and Travel News Briefs - AR Democrat pg 10_thumb.png2020-06-05T12:54:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-07-16 Arkansas Democrat pg 102media/1905-07-16 WR Column, Social and Travel News Briefs - AR Democrat pg 10.pngplain2020-06-05T12:58:12-07:0007/16/1905Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1931-01-15 Car Plunges 100 Ft from Bridge, Perhaps at Powhatan - Blytheville Courier pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-17T15:09:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61931-01-15 Blytheville Courier pg 12A car plunges one hundred feet from a bridge, perhaps at Powhatan, killing one and injuring another.media/1931-01-15 Car Plunges 100 Ft from Bridge, Perhaps at Powhatan - Blytheville Courier pg 1.pngplain2020-06-17T15:10:24-07:0001/15/1931Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-28 Jonesboro Weekly Sun pg 2 - Ridgeway Shot, Lynching Feared_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:46:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-28 Jonesboro Weekly Sun pg 22The Jonesboro Sun provides further details on the circumstances of Alf Bagley's murder of Lee Ridgeway on Main Street.media/1908-10-28 Jonesboro Weekly Sun pg 2 - Ridgeway Shot, Lynching Feared.pngplain2020-05-07T20:48:22-07:0010/28/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1906-01-12 Walnut Ridge Turns Dry - Leighton AL pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-05T13:53:46-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61906-01-12 Leighton News AL pg 22Walnut Ridge once again turns dry, and petitions circulate both for and against the renewal of the saloons' licenses.media/1906-01-12 Walnut Ridge Turns Dry - Leighton AL pg 2.pngplain2020-06-05T13:55:58-07:0001/12/1906Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1934-06-08 History of 1853 Improved Road in Powhatan - Baxter Bulletin Mtn Home pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-17T19:09:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61934-06-08 Mountain Home Baxter Bulletin pg 12A 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.media/1934-06-08 History of 1853 Improved Road in Powhatan - Baxter Bulletin Mtn Home pg 1.pngplain2020-06-17T19:39:57-07:0006/08/1934Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1874-09-26 Horses Traveling Between WR and Powhatan Run Away With Vehicle - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.jpg2020-05-12T12:50:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61874-09-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 42A woman and her two children are injured when the horses towing their vehicle between WR & Powhatan run away.media/1874-09-26 Horses Traveling Between WR and Powhatan Run Away With Vehicle - AR Gazette pg 4.jpgplain2020-05-12T12:54:40-07:0009/26/1874Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-08-06 Powhatan Man Kills Another With Hammer - Arkansas Democrat pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-31T16:04:37-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-08-06 Arkansas Democrat pg 42A Powhatan man is killed with a hammer at his own blacksmith shop.media/1898-08-06 Powhatan Man Kills Another With Hammer - Arkansas Democrat pg 4.pngplain2020-05-31T16:07:42-07:0008/06/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-08-07 Says That Powhatan Man Was Killed Over Watermelon - Washington DC pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-31T17:44:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-08-07 Washington Times DC pg 12A news brief alleges that the dispute in which Powhatan blacksmith Douglas Horton was killed was about a watermelon.media/1898-08-07 Says That Powhatan Man Was Killed Over Watermelon - Washington DC pg 1.pngplain2020-05-31T17:47:58-07:0008/07/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1906-05-13 Black Men Assaulting Railroad Worker at BR - Arkansas Democrat pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-05T15:31:45-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61906-05-13 Arkansas Democrat pg 52A special term of court is called in Powhatan to deal with cases related to an assault on a railroad worker at Black Rock.media/1906-05-13 Black Men Assaulting Railroad Worker at BR - Arkansas Democrat pg 5.pngplain2020-06-05T15:39:08-07:0005/13/1906Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6