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Arkansas Historical Quarterly Index W Arkansas Historical Quarterly Index 1942-2000 hauling apples, 43:110 W making of, in Columbia Co., 2:224 Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade: Wheeled Vehicles and W. I. L. Air School, St. Louis. Mo., 51:230 Their Makers, 1822–1880, by Mark Gardner, W. R. Lee Wagon Hub Mill, Shirley, 33:287 noted, 59:345 Wabash Railroad, 24:30, 42:109 Wagy, Tom, 57:161 Wabbaseka, Jefferson Co., 31:230 AHA local arrangements chmn., 56:97, 376 Wacaster, J. L., Hot Springs, mentioned, 16:207, 210 "Governor LeRoy Collins of Florida and the Little Wachittaw, 40:229–31 Rock Crisis of 1957," 38:99–115 Wachtendorf, Ona Marie, Conway, 47:124 "Little Sam Faubus: Hillbilly Socialist," 53:263–89 Wackerman, A. E., Crossett, 24:210 "Memories of a Mountain Woman: Addie Joslin Waco Aircraft, of Ohio, 51:240, 242 Faubus, 1892–1936," 57:1–16 Waco Indians, 37:349 papers by, 52:345, 54:377 Waco School, Polk Co., 35:252 Wahan, J. T. (Blytheville planter), 5:271 Wadded Moccasin (Sioux), 38:29 Wahl, Charles, Conway Co., 52:288, 289, 385–86 Waddell, James J., Jackson Co., 12:71 Wainright, Thomas, Fayetteville, 16:164 Waddell's Farm, Jackson Co., skirmish at (1862), 22:167 Wair, W. W., Prairie Co., 11:216 Wade, Sen. Benjamin F., of Ohio, 38:351, 353–54 Wait, Robert E., Little Rock, 4:165 Wade, Dr. C. M., Hot Springs, 49:271 Wait, William B. (Little Rock banker), 2:371, 13:409, Wade, G. C., Fayetteville, 5:23n 411, 23:68, 25:139 Wade, H. King, Fayetteville, 34:110 and Cairo and Fulton RR, 7:114 Wade, James R., 50:164 Waits, George (CSA), in 1st Ark. Inf. Regt., 35:58, 84, 89 Wade, Lynn F., Fayetteville, 34:365 Waits, Wally, Richardson, Tex., 43:189, 44:97, 45:190, Wade, Mrs. Lynn F., 31:375 46:206 Wade, Michael G., Blytheville, 41:294 Wakefield, Dan, 56:336 Wade, O. J., Little Rock, 14:91–92 Wakefield, Zera, Union Co., 12:241 Wade, Ophelia Richardson, book by, noted, 36:67–68 Wakely, Lemuel, Howard Co., 12:271, 15:88, 31:367–68 Wade, William (CSA arty. officer), of Mo., 22:242–43, Wakeman, Margaretta, 19:212n 246, 248 Wal-Mart, and power in Ark., 57:101–2 Wade-Davis Bill, 20:331, 51:127–28 Walcott, Greene Co., 13:53, 61 Wadittesha Wallishka (Black Clay Bayou), 40:226 Walden, Edward H., art. on, noted, 13:302 Wadkins, Walt (CSA officer), Grant Co., 7:322 Walden, J. A., Carroll Co., 16:295, 299 Wadsworth, J. S. (USA), and freedmen during the Civil Walden, Mrs. Thomas, Van Buren, 3:9 War, 1:103 Walden, Carroll Co., 33:289 Wadsworth, Yancy, Ashley Co., 16:343 Waldenburg, Poinsett Co., 42:335 Wage scale (1900), 39:130 Waldo, Columbia Co., 10:286, 11:10, 14:381n, 30:214, Waggoner, Judge W. J., Lonoke, and the criminal-law- 216, 32:371, 35:34, 45:54, 47:70 reform movt., 5:3 origin of name of, 11:8–9 Wagner, Bonaventure, 56:83, 84 Waldon, Dr. Lon, 37:237 Wagner, Clarence M., book by, noted, 52:474 Waldren, Mrs. T., Van Buren, 25:150 Wagner, Constance, Eureka Springs, 10:218 Waldrep, Christopher, book by, noted, 52:474 Sycamore, revd., 10:105–6 Waldrip, J. J., and Sulphur Rock Acad., 5:90–93 Wagner, Sen. Robert F., of N.Y., and labor relations, Waldron, J. Clark, 48:338 24:17 Waldron, Scott Co., 14:379, 28:166, 174, 185, 365, Wagner, William, Pulaski Co., 43:124 29:123, 125–26, 138, 141, 143, 32:345, Wagnon, William O., Jr., "John Roy Steelman: Native 33:334, 336, 40:86, 141, 42:336, 49:157 Son to Presidential Advisor," 27:205–25 book mentioning, noted, 44:355 Wagon Bayou, Lincoln Co., 7:44 during Civil War, 6:181, 22:167, 25:41, 28:354–57, Wagons, 41:207–8, 211–13 359, 376–78 art. on Springfield Wagon Company, 10:95–103 description of (1859), 13:206–7 caravans of, from Ark. to Calif. (1849), 6:8–9, 13, 22– hist. of, noted, 45:286 85 mail service to (1860), 34:137–38, 143 caravans of, from Harrison to Russellville (1879), reunion mtng. in, 18:139 12:394–95 RR to, 7:168 description of migrant trains of, through Ark. (1858), sch. in, 26:185 17:322–23 Waldron Advance-Reporter, 33:334 758 Arkansas Historical Quarterly Index 1942-2000 Waldron News, 45:286 letters of, 6:164n, 33:172–74 Waldron Reporter, 13:239, 29:154–55 letters to, in Ark. Hist. Comm., noted, 15:275 Waldrop, F. A., Clark Co., 4:324 member, second AHS, 11:134 Waldrop, Mrs. T. B., Arkadelphia, 4:317n mil. reservation in Washington Co., files entry on, Waldrow family, Randolph Co., 4:361 35:358n Waldstein, Ark., RR to, 7:185 paper on, noted, 15:90, 336 Wale, James C., Jackson Co., 43:123 postwar life of, 9:263, 266, 268 Walke, Capt. Henry (USN), leads gunboats against Ark. representation based on slave pop., opposes (1835– Post (1863), 18:240–41, 243 36), 20:238–39 Walker, Capt., of Virginia (steamboat), on Ark. River, secession, opposes, 12:198, 207 1:345 secession conv. pres., 12:209–10, 221–23, 13:174, Walker, Rev. A. T., Texarkana, 5:352 180, 183–84, 14:63, 29:176, 180, 34:140, Walker, Alexander S., Pulaski Co., 48:111, 118–19 39:244–45 anti-Sevier candidate for state auditor (1836), 20:129 service of, to UA, 6:434–35 defeated for gov. (1836), 2:306 slaveholder, 12:72, 58:61–79 defeated for pres. of Ark. Legis. Council, 19:320 and statehood, 3:67–68 duels with Frederick Notrebe, 21:273 thesis on, 42:389 elected to Ark. Legis. Council, 20:25 Whig leader, 20:232, 241 and elec. of 1827, 19:312 and A. Yell, 3:285, 26:182 opposes statehood, 10:143 writes epitaph for Yell's gravestone, 26:378 Walker, Dr. Amos, and Judsonia, 1:88 Walker, Deloss, 44:107–8 Walker, Anna E., 44:197 Walker, E. A., Little Rock, 13:394 Walker, Archilaw (Rev. War soldier), Washington Co., Walker, E. T. (Scott Co. del. to secession conv.), table 1:60 facing 13:184 Walker, B. F. (CSA cav. officer), of Mo., 26:91 Walker, Gen. Edwin A. (cmdr. U.S. troops in Little Rock Walker, Benjamin, Ark. Co., 12:72 crisis, 1957), 30:110n Walker, Benjamin F., Fayetteville, 33:165 Walker, Eliza (Sevier Co. slaveholder), 12:72 letter from (1874), 33:167 Walker, Ernest, 34:251–53, 45:142 Walker, Calvin, Springdale, 32:69 Walker, Eulalie Taylor, Little Rock, 2:7–8, 15:313 Walker, Charles Whiting (Fayetteville del. to 1868 const. Walker, F., Little Rock, 33:322 conv.), 12:139n, 147, 150, 152, 163, 33:124n Walker, F. D., 54:335 Walker, Mrs. Creed, 15:308 Walker, F. P., Chicot Co., 59:175 Walker, Rev. Daniel H., Carroll Co., 6:461 Walker, Felix, of N.C., 24:55 Walker, Judge David, Fayetteville, 3:351n, 32:69, 33:116, Walker, Frank, 49:255 159, 163, 37:188, 313, 41:225–27, 230, 46:12, Walker, Col. Fred. L., and 1941 maneuvers in Ark., 15, 17, 19, 20–21, 49:324, 326, 328, 52:287, 26:103 58:21, 59:166 Walker, G. D., Helena, 5:23n anti-Sevier leader (1836), 20:144 Walker, Gary, Sevier Co., 48:91, 299, 49:98 and Ark. Western RR, 28:302 Walker, George, 50:144 and Ark. Supreme Court Walker, Henry, 54:335 elected chief justice of, 20:334, 338 Walker, Isabelle. See Garland, Isabelle Walker (Mrs. opinion of, on RR-aid bonds (1877), 28:303 Rufus King Garland Jr.) justice on, 6:220, 7:139, 20:334, 338, 28:153n Walker, Isabelle Meredith (Mrs. James H. Walker), art. on, 58:61–79 39:160 art. on letters to, relating to Reconstruction, 16:319–26 Walker, J. C., Columbia Co., 11:7 atty. for Willis Wallace, 14:322 Walker, Dr. J. F., 57:14 atty. for Stand Watie, 14:325 Walker, J. Knox (nephew of J. K. Polk), of Tenn., 23:48 candidate for Cong., 14:327, 26:353–58, 28:130 Walker, J. Vol, Fayetteville, 3:351n, 14:59, 25:203 and Civil War, 31:25, 31, 33:123–24, 130 UA bldg. named for, 30:26, 28 and elec. of 1860, 12:188–89, 198 Walker, J. W., Rogers, 5:309 erects bldg. in Ozark, 13:278–79 Walker, Capt. J. Wythe (CSA), Fayetteville, in 34th Ark. family letters of, published, noted, 15:370 Inf. Regt., killed at Jenkins' Ferry (1864), and Far West Seminary, 29:349n, 353–54 33:111, 124 farm home of, picture of, 58:69 Walker, J. Wythe, Little Rock, 38:288 Fayetteville homes of, 11:225, 31:374 Walker, Jack, Fayetteville, 25:202 pictures of, 44:cover, 76 Walker, Jacob W., Fayetteville, 23:69, 26:182n 759 Arkansas Historical Quarterly Index 1942-2000 Walker, Jacob Wythe, of Ky., 58:63, 65 Walker, Mary, of Ky., 58:63 Walker, James, of Tenn., A. Yell buys land for, in Ark., Walker, Mary, of SW Ark., 50:187 26:182 Walker, Mary (daughter of David), Washington Co., Walker, James (White Co. slaveholder, 1850), 12:72 44:77, 58:78 Walker, James David (CSA; grandson of David), Walker, Max (Pea Ridge Battlefield Comm.), Pea Ridge, Fayetteville, 3:351n, 354, 11:70, 225, 44:77 16:327, 19:77 Walker, Mrs. James David, Fayetteville, 3:351n, 352, Walker, Pamela, 57:118 354n Walker, Philip Jefferson (son of David), Fayetteville, Walker, Dr.
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