WHOA: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Online ArchiveMain MenuIntroduction & NavigationArchive CrossroadsView Archive By Source ThemeView Archive By Timeline of SourcesView Archive By Source LocationsView Archive By Source TypeView Research on Pre-WWII WR & HoxieEdward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie School Damage from 1927 Tornado - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T11:39:15-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie 1927 Tornado Damage, School Building3Shows damage from the May 9, 1927 tornado; the disaster killed two Hoxie students, among others.media/Hoxie School Damage from 1927 Tornado - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010.jpgplain2020-12-02T10:13:03-08:0005/09/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Plunkett-Jarrell Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T10:28:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, Plunkett-Jerrell Grocery Warehouses3Shows 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.media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Plunkett-Jarrell Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010.jpgplain2020-12-02T11:07:50-08:0003/20/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-05-12 Picture 1 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39_thumb.png2020-06-17T08:15:04-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-05-12 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 39 pt 13Picture 1 of a Post-Dispatch news spread on Arkansas/Missouri tornado damage shows what is left of the Downing Grocery Store in Hoxie.media/1927-05-12 Picture 1 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39.pngplain2020-06-17T08:19:35-07:0005/12/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 School Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T10:37:42-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, School Building3Shows damages to the 1908 school building. Image property of James Whitlow; I of A WR&H pg 111.media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 School Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010.jpgplain2020-12-02T11:16:36-08:0003/20/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-02-06 Brinkley Cyclone Relief Donors from WR - Arkansas Gazette pg 30_thumb.png2020-06-07T20:48:40-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-02-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 303Walnut Ridge citizens and a WR business are among those donating to tornado relief efforts for the town of Brinkley.media/1910-02-06 Brinkley Cyclone Relief Donors from WR - Arkansas Gazette pg 30.pngplain2020-06-07T20:55:56-07:0002/06/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-05-12 Picture 3 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39_thumb.png2020-06-17T08:27:08-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-05-12 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 39 pt 33A third picture of Hoxie-Walnut Ridge tornado damage in the Post-Dispatch shows a wrecked Walnut Ridge house.media/1927-05-12 Picture 3 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39.pngplain2020-06-17T08:29:59-07:0005/12/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1929-06-22 Recent Tornadoes Result in Flurry of Storm Cellar Construction - Kane PA pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-17T09:42:47-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61929-06-22 Kane Republican PA pg 22Recent tornadoes in Arkansas result in an uptick of storm cellar construction around Walnut Ridge and beyond.media/1929-06-22 Recent Tornadoes Result in Flurry of Storm Cellar Construction - Kane PA pg 2.pngplain2020-06-17T09:43:41-07:0006/22/1929Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-03-24 Electric Light and Street Car Service Resume in WR Following Storm - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-12T10:48:20-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-03-24 Arkansas Gazette pg 22Electric light and streetcar services resume in Walnut Ridge following post-storm/tornado cleanup efforts.media/1913-03-24 Electric Light and Street Car Service Resume in WR Following Storm - AR Gazette pg 2.pngplain2020-06-12T13:56:02-07:0003/24/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1938-03-31 Tornado Smashes Through Minturn and Passes South of WR - NW AR Times pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-18T14:07:40-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61938-03-31 Fayetteville NW Arkansas Times pg 42A tornado hits Minturn and passes south of Walnut Ridge, injuring at least ten people and killing two.media/1938-03-31 Tornado Smashes Through Minturn and Passes South of WR - NW AR Times pg 4.pngplain2020-06-18T14:08:53-07:0003/31/1938Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie Tornado 1927 Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T11:43:04-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie 1927 Tornado Damage, Houses2Shows the wreckage in a residential area of Hoxie; image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.media/Hoxie Tornado 1927 Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010.jpgplain2020-07-09T11:44:11-07:0005/09/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-05-10 Twenty-two Killed By Tornado in WR, Hoxie, Egypt - Wilmington DE pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-17T08:07:53-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-05-10 Wilmington News Journal DE pg 12At least twenty-two are killed by a tornado in Egypt, Hoxie, and Walnut Ridge.media/1927-05-10 Twenty-two Killed By Tornado in WR, Hoxie, Egypt - Wilmington DE pg 1.pngplain2020-06-17T08:09:08-07:0005/10/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/WR Blade 1927 Tornado Coverage - WR-Hoxie FB Dwight Lane Oct 2012_thumb.jpg2020-07-08T19:40:14-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-05 Walnut Ridge Blade, Section of Front Page2A 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.media/WR Blade 1927 Tornado Coverage - WR-Hoxie FB Dwight Lane Oct 2012.jpgplain2020-07-08T19:46:49-07:0005/11/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Front St Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T08:43:36-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, Front St2Depicts downtown Hoxie buildings damaged by the March 20, 1913, tornado that swept through the area; image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Front St Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010.jpgplain2020-07-09T08:44:48-07:0003/20/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927 Tornado Damage - FBC WR_thumb.jpg2020-05-10T17:53:17-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, 1927 Tornado Damage in Hoxie2View 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."media/1927 Tornado Damage - FBC WR.jpgplain2020-05-10T17:55:16-07:0005/10/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Hotel Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T10:10:23-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, Hotel2A photo of additional damage caused by the March 20 tornado; image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Hotel Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010.jpgplain2020-07-09T10:22:15-07:0003/20/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie School Damage from 1927 Tornado - Butler Center EofA_thumb.jpg2020-05-11T16:24:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie Grade School Damage from 1927 Tornado2Shows the damage done to the school building after the May 9, 1927 tornado. Photo courtesy CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas.media/Hoxie School Damage from 1927 Tornado - Butler Center EofA.jpgplain2020-05-11T16:26:56-07:0005/10/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-05-12 Picture 2 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39_thumb.png2020-06-17T08:22:20-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-05-12 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 39 pt 22A second picture of tornado damage in the Post-Dispatch shows a wrecked train blown off the track at Hoxie.media/1927-05-12 Picture 2 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39.pngplain2020-06-17T08:24:32-07:0005/12/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Union Station Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010_thumb.jpg2020-07-09T10:41:15-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6Photo, Hoxie 1913 Tornado Damage, Union Depot2Depicts the damage inflicted on the depot by the March 20 tornado; image courtesy of Larry Dobbs.media/Hoxie Tornado 1913 Union Station Damage - Larry Dobbs FB May 2010.jpgplain2020-07-09T10:42:42-07:0003/20/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-03-21 Details of Hoxie Tornado Damages in Front-Page Column - AR Democrat pg 1-min_thumb.png2020-06-12T08:48:48-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-03-21 Arkansas Democrat pg 12The Arkansas Democrat gives details of tornado/storm damages at Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Minturn, and elsewhere.media/1913-03-21 Details of Hoxie Tornado Damages in Front-Page Column - AR Democrat pg 1-min.pngplain2020-06-12T09:02:23-07:0003/21/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-05-12 Picture 4 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39_thumb.png2020-06-17T08:32:50-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-05-12 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 39 pt 42A fourth picture of tornado damage in Lawrence County shows an overturned car outside a Hoxie house.media/1927-05-12 Picture 4 of Hoxie-WR Tornado Damage - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 39.pngplain2020-06-17T08:33:45-07:0005/12/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6