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VoL 11, No. 1, April, 1987 EDITOR: Amelia Martin ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough CONSULTING EDITOR: Carolyn Pollan GUEST WRITERS: May Gray Ann M. Sims INDEXING: Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough PROOFREADERS: VOL 11- NO- 1 APR|L, 1987 Staff Warren McCullough Fort Smith Historical Society Ten Years Old 2 BOARD AND OFFICERS: .... . „ ~ . , , . , , , , . , , , , . ." What a Decade! 1976-198Q7C QQ6C 4 Joel 0Stubbtefield , nPresident Donald C. Peer, Vice President Mary Nell Euper, Recording Secretary Fmal Sebastian County, Arkansas Jo Tillery, Membership Secretary Sesquicentennial Event, Naturalization 15 Thelma Cousins, Correspondence Secretary Thelma Wray, Treasurer Poets and Poetry, Gretchen Youmans 20 Velma Barber Pat Birkett ln Loving Memory 21 Gilmer K. Dixon Christine Johnson Inquiries 24 Mary Lou Jacobsen Ben B. Johnston Genealogy News 25 Larry Larson Amelia Martin Letters from Readers ... 27 Bob McCann Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough Arkansas 1836-1986, poem 28 Guy Nichols Elizabeth "Dibby" Reutzel News and Opportunities .... .29 Phil White Membership in the Fort Smith Historical Book Notes 32

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The Fort Smith Historical Society, Inc. CQVER. Bj|| Hutcheson, Mike the Horse, and Phil White. c/o Fort Smith Public Library ph t b c , Copeland. Courtesy of Southwest Times Record. 61 South 8th Street Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901 ©Copyright 1987 ISSN 0736 4261 Types of memberships: By the Fort Smith Historical Society, Inc. Annual $ 10.00 c/o Fort Smith Public Library Annual Contributing 20.00 61 South 8th Street Annual Sustaining 50.00 Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901 Life (Individual) 100.00 Journal Back Issues ... Eachcopy 5.00 CHANGE OF ADDRESS: (For mail orders, add 750 mailing charge per copy.) Change of Address Cards are free at your post office. If you move, We welcome the loan of Fort Smith historical please fill one out and send it to: Fort Smith Historical Society, material and will return promptly. 61 South 8th Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901. The Fort Smith Historical Society, Inc. is a ., .. ,...... ,. , , , . , non-profit organization under Sec. 501 (c) No P°rtlon of thls Pub"catlon maV be reproduced in any form, except (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. for brief excerpts for review purposes, without the consent of the Gifts and legacies are deductible. Editors of The Journal. 1 Amelia Martin

Ten years ago, on April 15, 1977, the Fort Smith After discussion, it was decided the Fort Smith Historical Society was formed to meet a long- organization should be separate and apart from the standing need for an organization with the specific South Sebastian County Historical Society with purpose of collecting, identifying, preserving and membership open to anyone who would like to join. publishing the written and oral history of the Fort "Fort Smith Historical Society" was chosen as the Smith area. name for the organization and The Journal of the The purposeof thisarticle is to briefly recountthe Fort Smith Historical Society as the name of its semi- history of the Society and tell about some upcoming annual publication. features in The Journal. Temporary officers chosen were: Carolyn Pollan, Many books and articles had been written about chairman; Fadjo Cravens, Jr., vice chairman; Thelma the fort built at the confluence of the Poteau and Wray, secretary-treasurer; Taylor Joyce, editor; Arkansas rivers, that was named Fort Smith, and the executive board, Chris Allen, Eloise Barksdale, town by the same name that grew around it, but this Gladys Krone, Bernice Cole and Amelia Martin. did not serve the purpose mentioned above, and Other organizational meetings were held, Articles much Fort Smith historical information was being of Incorporation were signed, a tax exempt status destroyed and lost forever as attics and storerooms secured, a logo designed, and on April 15, 1977, a were cleaned and old diaries, letters, ledgers, photographs, etc. were disposed of. final organizational meeting was held. Keenly aware of the need to preserve Fort Smith The following officers and executive board were history, eleven concerned persons met in the elected: Carolyn Pollan, president; Christine Allen, community room of the Fort Smith Public Library on vice president; Thelma Wray, secretary and treasurer; October 29, 1976, to discuss the possibility of Amelia Martin, corresponding secretary; Fadjo organizing a historical society in Fort Smith. Cravens, Jr., Robert Taylor, Bernice Cole, Violet Carolyn Pollan, acting as moderator, called the Burton and Taylor Joyce. meeting to order. Others in attendance were: Fadjo Other persons who have served as president of the Cravens, Jr., Amelia Martin, Chris Allen, Thelma Society are: Christine Allen, Phil Miller, Amelia Wray, Gladys Krone, Doris West, Taylor A. Joyce, Martin, C.B. "Pat" Porter, and Joel Stubblefield. Edwin P. Hicks, Eloise Barksdale and Violet Burton. In September, 1977, the first issue of The Journal Following a discussion of the need for protecting of the Fort Smith Historical Society was published written and oral history and for a Fort Smith with Carolyn Pollan and Amelia Martin co-editors. publication, followed. Means of financing and This issue was funded by contributions from the organizational procedures were also discussed, as organizers and a $1,000 donation from Public well as the possibility of joining forces with the Historical Restorations, Inc., with future issues to be South Sebastian County Historical Society. A financed from membership dues. A membership constitution and by-laws committee was appointed campaign was launched, and today the membership to submit a proposed constitution at a meeting set has grown to approximately 500 members. for Friday, November 19. Named to the committee In 1983, Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough joined the were Taylor Joyce, chairman; Gladys Krone, Amelia Journal staff as associate editor. Martin and Fadjo Cravens, Jr. Through the combined efforts of FSHS members, At the second organizational meeting, others had dedicated rsearchers, writers and persons who have joined the original eleven. They were: Mrs. Byron shared historical materials and memories, The Dobbs, Bernice Cole, Mr. & Mrs. William Mikel, B.E. Journal is a publication we are proud to have Koschel, Hubert Curry and Sarah McCullough. represent Fort Smith. Mr. Curry and Mr. Koschel, from the South Through the years, The Journal and its writers Sebastian County Historical Society, discussed the have won a number of awards in local history history of that organization, the purpose forwhich it competition sponsored by the Arkansas Historical was formed and its projects. Association. As membership increases and more money for Dr. Lee Byrne, 1918-1920 printing is available, The Journal will be even larger C.J.Tidwell, 1920-1923 and better. You can increase the membership!! Give J.W. Ramsey, 1923-1954 memberships to friends and relatives — they are Chris Corbin, 1954-1971 welcome gifts that give pleasure for years to come. Dr. C.B. Garrison, 1971-1986 Dr. Benny Gooden, 1986- Show your Journalto family, friendsand neighbors. Encourage them to join. You are wondering about the picture on the cover As we begin our eleventh year of printing, of this issue of The Journal? This is a graphic portrayal of history made on February 24, 1987. remembering that today is tomorrow's history, in Bill Hutcheson, president of Hutcheson Shoe this issue we are featuring an overview of the past Company, is riding Mike the Horse, led by Phil ten years of history in Fort Smith, as well as our usual White, Mike's owner. features, including the 100-year-old news from the Hutcheson'sfather, William L. Hutcheson, founded newspapers of 1887. At another place in this issue, the shoe company in 1923 which was housed in we also include contents of past issues. Adelaide Hall on Garrison Avenue. In 1962, the The Journal, in the immediate future, will feature company began operating the shoe departments in the Federal Court of the Western District of all Wal-Mart stores (owned by Sam Walton of Arkansas and the Federal Judges; more school Bentonville, Arkansas, and said by some to be the histories and biographies of superintendents of Fort richest man in America). Smith schools; the docket of Fort Smith Justice of Hutcheson Shoe Company then merged with Wal- the Peace, Samuel Edmondson, 1860-1861; and Mart in 1978. Presently, Fort Smith is the head- much more. quarters and national distribution center for all Readers, here is another chance for you to help shoes sold in Wal-Mart stores. your editors. If you have biographical information Bill Hutcheson promised associates in the Wal- about any of the Federal judges or school super- Mart shoe department that if they exceeded sales intendents, please let us know by mailing the goals set for 1986 that he would trot "Godiva-like" information to us at the Fort Smith Public Library, 65 down the main street of Fort Smith. South 8th Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901. It will Wal-Mart stores sold the shoes and here Hutcheson, donned in pink tights and blond wig, is enrich the material we already have. taking his ride on the trusty Clydesdale, much to the The Judges Are: delight of Wal-Mart associates and other local Benjamin Johnson, 1836-1849 citizens, and to the pleasure of the Chaffin Junior Daniel Ringo, 1849-1861 High School Band which accompanied the whole William Story, 1871-1874 stunt. Isaac C. Parker, 1875-1896 Mike is also pressed into service during the warm John H. Rogers, 1896-1911 summer months to furnish carriage rides to citizens Frank A. Youmans, 1911-1932 and tourists. Heartsill Ragon, 1933-1940 Phil White is on the board of directors of The Fort Smith Historical Society, and some of his accom- John E. Miller, 1941-1967 plishments are included in the accompanying story, Paul X.Williams, 1967- "What a Decade". Harry J. Lemley, 1938-1958 J. Smith Henley, 1958-1975 Terry L. Shell, 1975 Oren Harris 1965-1976 Richard S. Arnold <3|0rt J$>mtt!j ^Historical H. Franklin Waters Do you know how much you are loved Morris S. Arnold and appreciated? Your support and Elsijane Trimble Roy George Howard assistance make possible the preservation of Fort Smith history for future genera- Superintendents of Fort Smith Schools tions. Withoutyour on-going support, the N.P. Gates, 1884-1890 Dr. James Holloway, Sr., 1890-1902 Fort Smith Historical Society and The B.W. Torreyson, 1902-1905 Journal could not exist. J.W. Kuykendall, 1905-1915 Geo. W. Reid, 1915-1918 a 1976 - 1986 Sarah Fitzjarrald

Most of us tend to think of history as events that There has been a shift away from vocational happened twenty-five, fifty or a hundred years ago, programs to high tech areas such as electronics and often forgetting that today becomes history when data processing. Surprisingly, however, Westark the sun falls below the western horizon. does not quite reflect the national trends in that To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Fort there has been a significant increase in education Smith Historical Society, we thought it would be fun majors. Business courses remain popular. to recapture the high points of the development of The most significant change in Westark is probably our town during the past ten years. The research has proved to be quite a revelation. We knew that Fort the increase in the number of computers. Ten years Smith was good, but the progress in ten years ago, there was one large mainframe computer. It has surprised even us. been replaced by a larger, more powerful computer And in the process, we gained a new perspective connected to 38 terminals scattered over the on the pioneers who have walked gallantly through campus. There are also more than 100 other our Journal pages. They were probably not aware computers in classrooms, labs, offices and in other that they were making history, either. locations. One of the first things that happened in the early Ten years ago, secretaries and secretarial science Fort, even before Fort Smith became a town, was students were excited about electric typewriters that that a professor taught a class of three students. Fort used correcting tape to erase errors. Since then, a Smith has always been educationally oriented, so word processing revolution has occurred. There are let's begin with that. now more than 25 work stations, and from every SCHOOLS telephone on campus, faculty members may dictate Our public schools have remained fairly constant letters and tests to a centralized word processing during the last ten years. In 1977 we had 28 schools, center at any time, day or night. and in 1986 we had only 27. However, as older High technology has also affected the instructional schools were dropped from the system, newer and process in many ways. Westark now provides larger schools were added. The two latest are Tilles educational programming and college announce- and Euper Lane (elementary schools). Student population has dropped from 12,956 in ments to more than 27,000 area homes over Channel 1977 to 11,771 in 1986. One of the contributing 17 on the local TV cable system. Since the fall of factors in this drop is the number of private schools. 1986, students have been able to take the classroom There were nine private schools in Fort Smith ten portion of certain courses via TV, with travel to the years ago, and in 1986, fifteen. The majority of campus only for orientation, lab work, review private schools are church-affiliated and church- sessions and tests. sponsored. The newest is Trinity Junior High Westark has also had a new program since the School, managed and maintained by the three early 1980s, that of the Business and Industry Catholic Churches in Fort Smith. Institute, which has a staff working exclusively to In addition to public schools, and incorporated in develop custom training for area employers. Its most the overall program, is an adult education center of popular product is the statistical process control which we may be proud. training for Fort Smith area manufacturers. We also have Westark Community College, which The appearance of the campus is now changing. A is one of the state's finest. There are currently 3,692 new two-million-dollar library is being completed, students enrolled, representing an 11 percent as well as a major expansion of the student union. increase over that of ten years ago. However, the most significant change in Westark The percentage of women students has grown from 44.1 to 56.8 in the ten-year period, and students is not discernible in appearance. Quality enhance- are slightly older, both men and women. Ten years ments such as upgrading assessment tests for new ago the average age was 25.7; now it is 26.8. students, periodical evaluation of instructors by Vocational students have dropped from 45.5 classroom visitation of supervisors, grading criteria percent in 1976 to 32.3 percent currently. and other requirements have been tightened. Much of the growth in enrollment has come from As Richard Hudson, Vice President for Planning the surrounding area. Presently almost 55 percent of and Development, says, "The college is now poised the students live outside Fort Smith, whereas ten to assist Western Arkansas in another decade of years ago the percentage was thirty-four. growth and economic development." FORT SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY Denominations listed are Adventist, Apostolic, Essential to the enhancement of education, Assembly of God, Baptist, Bible Missionary, Catholic, cultureand aesthetic appreciation of any community Charismatic, Christian, Christian Missionary is its library. Fort Smith is fortunate to have one of Alliance, Christian Science, Church of Christ, Church the best. of God, Church of God in Christ, Church of Jesus Since 1976 the library has received some $148,500 Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Episcopal, Full Gospel, in different monies, federal and state grants, and a Independent Fundamental, Interdenominational, share of the Fort Chaffee mineral rights. It also Lutheran, Methodist, Methodist-United, Nazarene, shared $35,000 with 16 other counties in the Library Non-Denominational, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Religious Science, Salvation Army, Unity, and the Development District I. aforementioned Jewish Congregation. This money, averaged over ten years, represents a As might be expected in our part of the country, very low budget in supplying goods and materials the Baptists are well in the majority, followed by for the operation of a library. What has been done Methodists, Church of Christ, Christian, Presbyterian with the money is nothing short of phenomenal. and Pentecostal. Along with the purchase of more books to add to The three Catholic Churches are among the the stacks, there was also a new bookmobile added oldest churches in town, even though Catholics are to the system. One of the branch libraries was moved in the minority, representing the state average of from Midland Avenue to the Northside Community about 3 percent. The Jewish Congregation is also Building at 3606 North Albert Pike. one of the oldest churches in town, and they too are A book security system was installed in 1983. in the minority. One of the most significant additions to library What else can we say except that we love the service was the joining to the On-line Computer Lord? Library Center (OCLC) system in early 1985. HOSPITALS Shortly after that, a microcomputer was purchased Sparks Regional Medical Center is the oldest and for the library office. largest of the three hospitals in Fort Smith. It began Thelma Wray, head librarian since 1972, retired in in 1884 as St. John's (Episcopal) Hospital, then September, 1985, and was succeeded by Larry became known as Belle Point Hospital, and later Larson, who is still serving in that capacity. named Sparks Memorial Hospital. Library materials have been purchased for older From its beginning, Sparks has been constantly readers, large print books (fiction and non-ficton). growing, serving the people of Fort Smith and Television and video cassette recorder (VCR) was surrounding area. bought for library programming. It now covers approximately six city blocks, and And, finally, money was provided to add the the last ten years has seen improvement and library holdings to the OCLC data base. upgrading of all its prog rams, as well as the addition OCLC makes available eleven million books held of always newer, more up-to-date equipment. Its in more than 6,000 libraries in the United States, newest is Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the very Canada and Mexico. We can now share what we latest in high-technology for taking pictures inside have in our library. the human body. Importantly, also, is that putting the library's Another exciting innovation for Sparks is the new holdings into machine readable form, the library is Litho-tripter, an instrument for dissolving kidney taking its first step toward automation. stones by using water and sound waves to disintegrate As Larry Larson said in a recent newspaper them, thereby avoiding the necessity for surgery. A interview, "In the future, we'll be able to have an mobile unit, Sparks will share its use with five other on-line card catalog and circulation system." He area hospitals. predicts it will happen some time in the next five Sparks Hospital has an in-patient Care Unitforthe years. treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. It has a Larson has no doubt that the people in our town childbirth center, and an out-patient hospice like what they see happening in the library. In 1986 program. the voters of Fort Smith approved with a 62% The hospital maintains the Tele-Care program, in majority the reinstatement of theone-mill library tax. which elderly people may enroll. The person using CHURCHES Tele-Care calls in to the hospital each day by a When enough people gathered around the early certain time. If the hospital does not hear from one of Fort to be recognized as a town, one of the first the people enrolled, a staff member calls the public buildings erected was a community church. individual's home to see if everything is all right. Called the "Union Church", it was used by both During the last ten years, the hospital has added Baptists and Methodists. We have been "into" the Marvin Altman Fitness Center, an Ambulatory religion since the very beginning. Surgery Center, and a Free-Standing Fitness Center We were, however, very surprised to discover that and Sports Medicine Clinic, as well as other we have added 26 churches to those of 1977. We can programs. now boast of 108 houses of worship, including the Sparks also has a helicopter pad for receiving Jewish Synagogue. patients and transporting them elsewhere, if needed. One of the unique features of the hospital is its Just north of the hospital, on the grounds proper, co-generation plant which supplies all the electric is the Udouj Wellness Course, a half-mile walking power needed for the operation of this fine institution. path for employees and the public. Directly across the street from Sparks Regional St. Edward Mercy Medical Centeralso maintainsa Medical Center is the new Fort Smith Rehabilitation helicopter pad. Hospital. It is the smallest hospital facility in Fort The hospital is now in the process of doubling its Smith, having a 54-bed capacity for the treatment of twenty-one bed Intensive Care Unit to forty-two. patients. It is owned and operated by Rehabilitation Hospital Services Corporation, whose headquarters DOCTORS, DENTISTS AND are in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. OTHER HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL Thissmall, privately owned hospital specializes in As might be expected, the last decade has shown a all types of rehabilitation, including occupational, remarkable increase in qualified people to care for physical, respiratory and others. us. Physicians and surgeons have grown by fifty, An underground "service" tunnel connects Fort and we now have some 225 listings in the telephone Smith Re-Hab Hospital with Sparks Hospital, allow- directory. ing Sparks to transport (by lease contract) goods Dentists have almost doubled, having increased and services needed by the smaller hospital. It is also by forty. We now have 87 dentists. convenient for staff members and other employees Physical therapists and chiropractors are also to walk to and from both units. growing in numbers. St. Edward Mercy Medical Center is the second The "new kid on the block" in medical and dental largest hospital in Fort Smith. It first began as St. care is the "convenient-care, no-appointment- Edward's Infirmary, owned and operated by the needed" clinic. These clinics have made their Mercy Nuns, changing its name to St. Edward Mercy Hospital in 1907. appearance in the last three years. We now have St. Edward moved to the east-side of town and more than half a dozen and we predict more. built a new hospital on Rogers Avenue. It, too, has Another health-care related field is the home care shown much growth during the last decade. service. Set up for the elderly and handicapped, it is St. Edward is also acquiring Magnetic Resonance alsogrowing rapidly. The Area Agency on Aging isa Imaging, sharing a mobile unit with Washington prime example. Along with other services, it has a Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. hospice program in which most terminally ill The hospital now has a six-bed in-patient hospice patients wish to remain at home. However, the unit for the care of the terminally ill, with bedrooms Agency has contracts with the area hospitals to take and other facilities available for the support of the those patients who decide to be hospitalized. patients' families. The Agency is also responsible for funding the Among the hospital's accomplishments isthe new Senior Citizens Center, which, in turn, provides four-level physicians' office complex constructed meals-on-wheels, as well as in-home and skilled on the main Medical Center campus. care. There is also the construction of a three-level The Area Agency on Aging is funded by Medicare, outpatient Childbirth Center to help meet the fund-raising, gifts, memorials and some insurance demand for outpatient services and a different policies. approach in concept of child care and delivery. We cannot leave the subject of health care without But probably its crowning achievement is the new mentioning in passing that the Fort Smith-Sebastian 80-bed Harbor View Mercy Hospital two miles east County Health Department moved from its rickety of the main campus. This all-private-room psychiatric old quarters in 1980to a new building on South 70th hospital sits on a hill, overlooking the lower areas Street. which lie along the Arkansas River. There is also We are well cared for. care and treatment of patients in alcohol and drug abuse. THE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Instead of Tele-Care, St. Edward Mercy Medical Known locally as "Judge Parker's Courthouse" Center has Life-Line, a joint program with the Fort since the turn of the century, it was designated a Smith Pilot Club members. Elderly people may rent, National Historic Site in 1963. In that year there were or buy, small electronic units which are worn as 8,017 visitors; by 1977 the number had increased to necklaces, bracelets or separately in a pocket. In case of trouble, such as a fall, a button is pushed on 98,198; and in 1986 there were 160,019 visitors. the unit, signaling the hospital. The hospital calls Encompassing approximately twenty acres, it also back, and if the person is unable to respond, alertsa includes the Old Fort Commissary, one of the oldest, responder previously designated by the person. if not the oldest, building still standing in Fort Smith. The small units rent for $8.00 per month. A larger The commissary was used for many years as a voice unit which allows the person to talk directly to museum, but is now closed. However, the building the hospital leases for $15.00 per month. The has been restored and is awaiting staff and personnel program now has 85 units in operation and hopes to to become once again a high point of interest to have 120 by the end of 1987. visitors to the site. The last ten years have shown much restoration of temporary city, the ninth largest in Arkansas. The the courthouse and many improvements to the refugee population peaked on June 24, 1975, at surrounding area. The courthouse building has 25,055. And by 20 December 1975 when the center been re-roofed, and it has been re-pointed, meaning closed, over 50,000 refugees had been processed that the mortar between the bricks has been there. removed and replaced with mortar as historically Again the post resumed its mission to provide accurate as it was possible to make it. facilities and support of National Guard and Army There is a new wayside parking, and the gallows Reserve units for summer training and weekend has been moved to the original site. Four non- training throughout the year. historic buildings have been taken down in the area. Again in May, 1980, Fort Chaffee became a refugee center, this time for the Cuban refugees. In Archeologists have been busy excavating, always August of that year, it also became a consolidation adding to the interests of "just how it was" in the center for Cuban refugees. early days of the Fort. During the excavation, the When it was over, there had been an accumulative exact spot was found where the original flag was total of 25,390 refugees who had been processed flown. Now, only a few feet away, so as not to disturb through the resettlement center. that excavation, a new flag pole was erected in 1986, Chaffee employees again began preparing the flying the United States flag with 37 stars, repre- post for its present mission to provide facilities and senting the number of states when it was first flown support for summer training of National Guard and in the period 1867-1876. Army Reserve units. The flag is 36 feet across and 20 feet in depth. It is an outstanding landmark during daylight hours, and OLD FORT MUSEUM lighted at night, it offers a special liftto the spirit and heart of each of us. Except for technological excavation, restoration work has been done by local labor. Local organiza- tions have assisted in planting trees and other beautification work, among which are the Fort Smith Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Boy Scouts, Junior League and others. There is also a support group, the Old Fort Militia. Effective February, 1987, a one-dollar fee is charged for touring the site. FORT CHAFFEE Originally known as Camp Chaffee, construction began in September, 1941, and was finished in December of that year, when it assumed its first mission — to mold armored divisions. It covered over 90,000 acres during the height of World War II, but is now reduced to 71,000+ acres. Old Fort Museum Situated some eight miles southeast of Fort Smith, it has played an important part in the economy of the The Old Fort Museum opened in 1979 at its city. present location on Rogers Avenue with exhibits The post had opened and closed at least three which had been shown formerly in the Old times before 1956, when in March of that year it was Commissary building at the National Historic Site. redesignated as Fort Chaffee and became a perma- Since that time, many exhibits have been added and nent installation. during the last three years there has been a There were still periods of active and inactive revitalization of energy and interest in the museum. status until December, 1963, when the Department One of its most charming attractions is the old- of Defense announced that Fort Chaffee would be fashioned soda fountain which dispenses inactivated again at the end of June, 1965. "delectables" to visitors. It also is the background for The mission of the post at that time became to many antique items found in the very old drug providefacilitiesandsupportforsummertrainingof stores, which some of us might remember. National Guard and Army Reserve units. A system of "collections management and storage" Then in 1974, the post was redesignated as U.S. has been introduced whereby artifacts are being Army Garrison, Fort Chaffee (Semi-Active), and properly treated, and put in optimum condition for Chaffee personnel were in the process of preparing storage and preservation. for that phase of its operation when the unprece- All storage rooms have been cleaned, also with an dented fall of Vietnam occurred. eye to the proper storing of artifacts. Fort Chaffee became a refugee processing center At this writing there is much enthusiasm because in April, 1975, and the first refugees arrived on 2 May the staff and employees are ready to hang the mural 1975. In just 12 short days, Chaffee became a to accompany the transportation exhibit. During 1986 there were approximately 27,000 Each model is a unique idea in its own right. In adults and 13,500 children (paid admissions) who miniature, these are the ideas that made America the visited the museum. great industrial nation it has become. The entry fee has been increased, effective The museum is housed in a house which was built January 15th, to $2.00 for adults and 50

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Belle Grove School, Fort Smith's oldest school building, is now an apartment house with luxurious apartments. The list goes on and on — the Carney building, the Tilles building, Media Square and others. But one of his most imposing restoration projects is the Old Cumberland Presbyterian Church which Fort Smith Plaza Hotel, completed in 1986. Name changed to houses Phil White's own business, Asylum Design. Holiday Inn Civic Center. 255 rooms; 13,426 square feet of Brunwick Place, another of White's projects, is meeting space; and banquet facilities for over 1200. Photo now a complex of stores, apartments, offices and a courtesy of City of Fort Smith. galleria. Charming and unusual, the street in front furnishes space during the spring, summer and fall months for the Farmers' Market, open Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Farmers' Market may not be as new as simply "brought back."

Brunwick Place with restored Old Cumberland Presbyterian Church in left background. Lobby of Holiday Inn Civic Center. Photo courtesy of Holiday Inn. 13 Christmas 1986 saw lights and decorations on Fort Smith as your tourist headquarters, go to the Garrison Avenue for the first time in years. As Carrol I races one day in Sallisaw. Visit the Cherokee says, "There is a revitalization of spirit." attractions another. Board a boat on the riverfront Even though Fort Smith is a small town, relatively and cruise over to Van Buren to shop historic Main speaking, we serve a trade area which has a fifty- Street. The next day, why not hop on a train at the old mile radius, with a population of approximately depot (which now sits alongside a private railroad on 200,000 people. which a passenger train could be added), rumble Across the Arkansas River to the north, we have through the Boston Mountains, eat a meal on the Van Buren, a smaller city of beauty and charm with rails, visit Fayetteville, enjoy an afternoon return trip, its own active historic restoration. arriving back in Van Buren just in time for a On our west, across the state line in Oklahoma, we moonlight cruise on the river and a late dinner at an have Blue Ribbon Downs, parimutuel race track area restaurant, perhaps followed by a little live (quarter horses). entertainment and dancing. With a strong Chamber of Commerce, headed for "Impossible? Notatall.The overwhelming majority 31 years by the late Paul Latture (see April, 1986, of everything needed to develop such a vacation issue of The Journal), industry has been sought and experience is already here. We just have to put it all has come to the area, bringing a solid and lasting together and use our imaginations a bit." prosperity. The Chamber of Commerce is still going strong, with an interest not only to new industry but Fort Smith is now the sister city of Cisterna, Italy, to tourism as well. Richard Sugg succeeds Paul due to our own Darby's Rangers. All we can add to Latture. Moseley's comments is that the tourist might wish to We can look forward with much optimism. But see Cisterna Square, soon to be opened on Garrison Jack Moseley, editor of the Southwest Times Avenue and ride the trolley, soon to run again i'n Fort Record, says it best: Smith. "Consider this tourism possibility: The way we see it, imaginations have been fired up "Come to Fort Smith for the National Historic Site. for ten years, and the pot is boiling. Nothing is Not for just a few hours, but for several days. With impossible.

Norma Shaffer, Fort Smith School Administration Col. Henry S. Larsen, Fort Chaffee Teri Edwards, Fort Smith School Administration Capt. Jerry W. Gregory, Fort Chaffee Bill Gordey, Fort Smith School Administration Margaret Vest, Historian, Fort Chaffee Joel Stubblefield, Westark Community College JoAnn Kyral, Superintendent, National Historic Site Richard Hudson, Westark Community College Tom Crowson, National Historic Site Lucy Fry, Sparks Regional Medical Center Guy Nichols, National Historic Site Sister Cabrini Schmitz, St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Oakland DeMoss, National Cemetery Lucinda Lewis, Life-Line Coordinator Danny Sessums, Director, Old Fort Museum Henry T. Duke, Fort Smith Rehabilitation Hospital Katherine Boulden, Fort Smith Little Theater Larry Larson, Fort Smith Public Library Verna Soifer, Fort Smith Philharmonic Auxiliary Gail Underwood, Fort Smith Public Library Edith Lincks, United Way James W. Moore, Chief, Fort Smith Fire Department Gloria White, Project Compassion Cpl. Bob Stevenson, Police Community Relations Sue Sherman, United Way Janie Glover, Chamber of Commerce (Fort Smith) Reba Ciulla, Fulfill A Dream Jennifer Brown, Director, Gregory Kistler Treatment Debbie Chandler, Fulfill A Dream Center for Physically Handicapped Children Mrs. Donna Heslin, Manager, Area Agency on Aging Vic Forsgren, Borderline Chili Heads Joan Stratman, City Administration Kathleen Gray, Cooper Clinic Dee Carroll, Director, Coalition for Development Mrs. Josephine Decker, Holt-Krock Clinic Harold Thomas, Manager, Fort Smith & Van Buren June Bradney, Holt-Krock Clinic Employment Security Division Jack Moseley, Editor, Southwest Times Record Polly Crews, Fort Smith Art Center Janet Corbin, Fort Smith Junior Civic League Phil White, Asylum Design Dorothy Williams, Altrusa Club Mrs. Nenya Hayworth, Asylum Design Lee Merry, Fort Smith Junior League

14 Amelia Martin

December 17, 1986, is a date to be remembered Church, Van Buren, Arkansas. John F. Cook, III, forever by the 177 residents of the Western District attorney, Immigration and Naturalization Service, of Arkansas who became citizens of the United Memphis, Tennessee, presented the petitioners, and States of America on that day, and others who the Oath of Allegiance was administered by Sallie attended their naturalization ceremony. Lea Champion, Courtroom Deputy Clerk. All naturalization ceremonies are special to Candidates were welcomed by Violet Isaacks, persons involved in them, but this one held extra Regent of the Fort Smith Chapter, Daughters of the special meaning. It was the last of many special American Revolution. In her welcome, Mrs. Isaacks events held in Sebastian County during the Arkansas said, "We fought for and won this country and we Sesquicentennial Celebration; is believed to be the want you to share it, support it, be loyal to it, and love largest naturalization ceremony ever held in it as we do." Arkansas; and it was the privilege of the principal State Senator Travis Miles' message to the new speaker, State Senator Travis Miles, to have Gaing citizens has a message for all citizens of our great Nguyen, for whom he was guardian until her nation, a reminder of our great privilege to live in the eighteenth birthday, and five members of her family United States of America, for whose freeedom our among the 177 new citizens. forefathers fought and died. With Senator Miles' The 177 persons, representing thirty-five nation- permission, the body of his address follows: alities, were proclaimed citizens by the U.S. District "'East is East, and West is West, Judge, Morris "Buzz" Arnold, in a solemn ceremony And never the twain shall meet, held in the Holiday Inn Civic Center in Fort Smith. Till earth and sky stand presently After residing in the United States five years or At God's Great Judgement seat. longer, and many months of studying the history But there is neither East or West, and government of the United States, taking written Border, nor breed, nor birth, and oral tests and demonstrating good moral When two strong men stand face to face, character, the 177 candidates pledged their alle- Though they come from the ends of the earth.' giance to the United States of America and were "To all you new Americans, I want you to know awarded citizenship. that, in one way at least, I am envious of you. You The ceremony began with the Presentation of have become Americans by choice, rather than by Colors by the Arkansas Army National Guard and an accident of birth. First, you have come to America, invocation by Dr. Stanley Farmer, First Presbyterian and I suspect for some of you, that alone was a major

New Citizens take Oath of Allegiance led by Sallie Lea Champion, Courtroom Deputy Clerk. Photo courtesy Southwest Times Record. 15 accomplishment, won at a cost of material and creeds were fused together, and people became possessions, leaving members of your family, and a 'Americans' in the truest sense of the word. farewell, perhaps forever, to your homelands. Your "I would suggest to you that today your city, Fort very being here represents a victory. Then you made Smith, Arkansas, has become a 'melting pot' of the decision to seek American citizenship, and that peopleand cultures. I am proud of that, and I believe required the overcoming of obstacles, such as the you should be, too. barriers of language and customs. You had to study, "Consider for a moment that in a five-mile drive to learn a new way of life, and I commend you for from downtown Fort Smith to Wildcat Mountain that. You are Americans by choice, and I can only Road, if your taste desires, you can experience a imagine how that feels. I will never experience it for Greek salad, an American hamburger, a dish of myself. European-inspired yogurt with your choice of "I want to tell you that you are now citizens of the toppings, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Vietnamese greatest nation on the face of the earth, the greatest packaged foods, Southern barbecue, Hagen-Daz social experiment in the history of mankind, a Ice Cream, Italian pizza, Mexican tacos, and Chicken country founded on the principle that one nation, Chow Mein. Your food might be served by anyone under God, can be indivisible, with liberty and from Zisimos Catsavis to Jim Lewis to Tommy justice for all. Caldarera to Steven Chen. "Yours is a nation made up of fifty states and some "While you're driving out Rogers Avenue, you 250 million people who believe that they are might have the opportunity to wave to people from endowed by their creator with certain inalienable any of a hundred different nationalities and cultural rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the backgrounds and by turn ing your radio dial, listen to pursuit of happiness. Yours is a nation that was anything from the Russian Tchaikovsky to the forged to overcome oppression, tempered in the American Willie Nelson to the Australian Olivia awful crucible of civil war, and flourishes today as a Newton-John to the English Duran Duran. And, if beacon of freedom, hope and prosperity for all the the time of day is right and one of the establishments world to see. you visit has a television on, you just might get to see "You are Americans now, and I want to encourage performances by such great American performers you to 'drop the hyphen1. You know, in some as Mikhail Baryshnikov, or great American athletes quarters, it is considered fashionable to be Irish- like Fernando Valenzuela, Alberto Salazar, Uwe Von Hyphen-Americans, or German-Hyphen-Americans, Schamann or Akeem Olajuwon. or Italian-Hyphen-Americans, or Afro-Hyphen- "Right here in western Arkansas we are a part of a Americans, or Japanese-Hyphen-Americans, or melding of people, customs and cultures that could Cuban-Hyphen-Americans, or Vietnamese-Hyphen- exist, in all this world, only in America, The Land of Americans. Webster's Dictionary defines 'hyphen' the Free and the Home of the Brave. as a symbol used to divide and I have to wonder if a "And now, you're a part of it, and we're glad. I'm hyphenated American is indeed adivided American? going to presume to tell you something about the I say to you, 'drop that hyphen' because you're cultural heritage we now share. You know we Americans now. Americans like our music. We like to sing about the "Sure, it's okay to hold on to memories, to Sidewalks of New York, the Moon over Miami, the preserve and pass along your culture, and we'll all be Yellow Rose of Texas, the Saint Louis Blues, A the richer for it. But don't use it to divide, to set House in New Orleans, Chicago, Chicago That yourselves apart, because we were all immigrants Wonderful Town, Colorado Rocky Mountain High, once, and we're all Americans now. The only Oklahoma Where the Wind Comes Sweeping O'er difference is a generation or two, or five, or ten. You the Plain, and how We Left Our Hearts in San know, there have been times in our nation's history, Francisco, Our City by the Bay. when we... quote, Americans, unquote... did use the "America, it's a beautiful land. It's beautiful for hyphen to set people apart, like when the potato 'spacious skies', like I hope you'll someday see, in, famine devastated Ireland in 1846, and Irish immi- say Montana, the 'Big Sky Country'. 'For amber grants were greeted in New York with signs that waves of grain', like we have in Arkansas, Texas and read, 'No Irish need apply', when they sought jobs to Oklahoma. For 'purple mountain majesties', and support their families. So they fanned out all over boy, do we have them, the Catskills, the Alleghenies, this land and became a part of the American Dream. the Adirondacks, the Smokies, the Ouachitas, the At least two of their descendants have attained the Ozarks, the Sierras, and thegranddaddy of them all, high office of President of the United States, So, the Rockies, standing majestically 'above the fruited 'drop the hyphen' — you're Americans now, and plain', which you'll find, as far as the eye can see, in that's what counts. Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and the Dakotas. "You know, the United States of America is the '"America! America! God shed his grace on thee.' world's oldest living republic, and at various times in This is a prayer we say, every time we sing this song, our nation's history, we have regarded the great 'America the Beautiful'. It's a prayer we earnestly population centers of our nation as 'melting pots' mean, and one which we believe God has truly —cities like New York and San Francisco, and more answered, just like when we ask Him to 'crown they recently, Miami — melting pots, where culture, races good with brotherhood'... well, maybe He, and we, 16 are still working on that one. We're not quite there you know, we Americans have an annoying habit of yet, but we keep asking because we are striving for picking out just a part of our favorite poems, and brotherhood, 'from sea'... the Atlantic on the east... committing that part only to memory. I, for one, like 'to shining sea'... the Pacific on the west. America is to look at the entire poem, because sometimes, the 'beautiful for Pilgrims' feet' ... you know, the first less familiar portion is just as meaningful as the immigrants, 'whose stern, impassioned stress' ... more often quoted one: that means they were determined in the face of great The New Colossus odds and obstacles that we can't even conceive of By: Emma Lazarus today. 'A thoroughfare', like a road, a wide, open (Inscribed on a tablet in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903) highway, 'for freedom beat, across the wilderness'. You know, this country was once a wilderness. It's "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, hard for us to imagine now, but those first settlers With conquering limbs astride from land to land; had to carve a nation out of a wilderness, and we can Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand be truly thankful that they did. 'America! America! A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame God mend thine every flaw.' That's another little Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name prayer we pray because we know we sure aren't Mother of Exiles, From her beacon-hand perfect. We've come a long, long way, but we still Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command have a long way to go. And it continues, 'confirm thy The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. soul in self-control'. That means self-regulation to 'Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she see that we don't ever get too big for our britches and With silent lips. 'Give me your tired, your poor, that we always have respect for the rights of others. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, 'Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.' The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Liberty, of course, means freedom ... 'liberty in law' Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, means that we are a democracy. We govern I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'" ourselves. Our nation is built on a cornerstone of After Senator Miles' final words, the candidates freedom, and we make our own laws to protect and lined up to receive their certificates of naturalization. preserve it. The ceremony was closed with all present repeat- '"O beautiful for heroes proved, in liberating strife' ing the Pledge of Allegiance led by Girl Scouts of — that meansthat we Americans have always fought America Troop 188, and the retiring of the colors. for what we believed in, from Valley Forge and Following the ceremony, new citizens, relatives Bunker Hill to Gettysburg and Appomattox, to and friends attended a reception hosted by the Fort Belleau Wood and Chateau-Thierry, to Sicily and Smith Chapter DAR. Normandy and Bastogne, Guam, the Marianas and Corregidor, from the Yalu River to Pork Chop Hill, to The National Society DAR, which was organized Phnom Penh, Pleiku and the Mekong Delta 'who in 1890 by a group of women for the promotion of more than self their country loved, and mercy more Education, History and Patriotism for Americans, than life!' Well, that just means that the principles we has long been intrested in those who have come to believe in are more important, sometimes, than American shores seeking a new home. whether we live or die... and some of us have died to In 1913, thissociety founded in Washington, D.C., defend them. the Americanization School for helping persons of '"America! America! May God thy gold refine, till all foreign birth who live in the United States to get an success be nobleness, and every gain divine.' That, education and learn the history of America. of course, is just another little prayer, which says all By an act of Congress in 1919, this school was these great riches we have here in America need incorporated into the District of Columbia school always be used in the right way, to help people, and system, but the National Society Daughters of the fortheglory of Almighty God. 'O beautiful for patriot American Revolution has continued to printthe DAR dream, that sees beyond the years,' we're a nation of Manual for Citizenship which is distributed to all dreamers, you see, and we always will be. We love candidates for citizenship to assist them in their our country and we want the best for her. Thine study. The manual was originally printed in nineteen alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears', languages and English, but is printed in English only well, maybe not always, but we're working on it, and now, in accordance with the United States Immi- hopefully, someday, our cities will be shining and gration authorities. pure, and pain and suffering will be all but The Fort Smith Chapter DAR was organized in eliminated. A lot of us are working toward that end, 1912 as the Martha Baker Thurman Chapter (name and now that you are American citizens, you can changed in 1960). As far back as records are help. 'America! America! God shed His grace on available, members of this Chapter, with the cooper- thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from ation of the District Court, have made all arrange- sea to shining sea. Amen.' ments for naturalization ceremonies held in Fort "Familiar to all Americans, probably even to you Smith. This includes planning the agenda, securing newest ones, is the brief poem with which I nowshall color guards and speakers, and providing a reception close. At least, a part of it is famliar to you. Because, after the ceremony.

17 NATURALIZATION RECORDS procedural requirements that so far have been the The Fort Worth Branch of National Archives has foundation of U.S. policy and legislation in this field. custody of approximately three feet of naturalization Eligibility requirements were as follows: (1) sex: records created by the Fort Smith Federal Courts. male or female, (2) age: 21 or over (the children of a The naturalization records of the U.S. District Court successful applicant became citizens automatically, include declarations, petitions, and oaths of admis- others under 21 could initiate regular procedures sion (1872-1906); declarations of intention after the upon attaining that age), (3) race: "white", (4) 1906 Act (1907-1949); petitions after the 1906 Act residency: 5 years within the United States, including (1911-1964); and stubs of naturalization certificates 1 year within the state in which the court of (1907-1926). The records of the U.S. Circuit Court application was located, and (5) general attributes: include naturalization orders (1900-1906) and peti- "free," of "good moral character" in the eyes of the tions (1906-1911). court, and loyal to the United States. NATURALIZATION LAWS Procedure was a two-step affair. After at least two Since the founding of our nation, the process of year's residence, an alien filed with a court a naturalization has been of concern to the people of "declaration of intention" to become a citizen. At the United States and through the years laws least three years after filing a declaration, he or she governing naturalization have changed many times. could return to court and file a "petition for The following narrative, which gives a brief back- admission to citizenship," which the court then ground of these changes, is used by the National granted if finding the applicant otherwise eligible. Archives in its various microfilm publications of The one exception to the generally liberal naturali- naturalization records: zation process established in1795 was the result of a movement against foreigners in the United States NATURALIZATION that arose during the undeclared naval war with Since colonial times, the process of naturalization France. The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, among has been of special concern to the people of the other things, required the filing of a declaration 5 United States. A grievance against George III on this years before admission to citizenship and residence point appears in the Declaration of Independence: of 14years in the united States, including 5years in a "He has endeavored to prevent the population of state (1 Stat. 566). Reaction against the harshness of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws this law finally became so strong that on April 14, of Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass 1802, Congress supplanted it with a new naturaliza- others to encourage their migration hither..." The tion act (2 Stat. 153), which reasserted the provisions concern carried over into the Constitution which of the 1795 act. provided that "The Congress shall have the Power... The act of 1802 was the last piece of legislation To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization..." affecting the basic nature of naturalization until (article 1, section 8). Although this concern shifted 1906. During these 104 years, a number of revisions from one of welcome to one of judicious selection, it were made that merely altered or clarified details of took over 100 years to do so and the tradition of an evidence and certification without changing the open door remains operative, especially for political basic nature of admission procedure. In 1824, for refugees. instance, Congress passed an act affecting applicants From the beginning of its independent existence, who had to wait until they were 21 to initiate the Government of the United States has placed the naturalization procedures by allowing them to count final decision in citizenship applications on judges. their residency as minors toward the 5-year residence From 1790 to 1906 the courts were the sole requirement (4 Stat. 69). In 1855, citizenship was administrators of naturalization laws, and although made automatically possible for alien wives of U.S. U.S. consular and Immigration and Naturalization citizens (10 Stat. 604). In 1862, Congress waived the Service officers now dominate the initial naturaliza- filing of declarations by aliens honorably discharged tion process, the courts remain the authority that from the Union Army (12 Stat. 597). A similar act grants citizenship. "Any common law court of covering the Navy and Marine Corps was passed in record" has been available to alien applicants since 1894 (28 Stat. 124), and in 1918 an omnibus act valid the passage of the first naturalization law in 1790, to this day was passed that retained these provisions and this phrase has embraced federal, state and and added that military service of 3 years or more territorial courts, as well as those of pre-territorial entitled an alien to file for citizenship (40 Stat. 542). organized units such as the District of Alaska. In 1870, the naturalization process was opened to The first naturalization act, passed by Congress aliens of African descent (16 Stat. 256). on March 26, 1790 (1 Stat. 103), allowed an alien to By the turn of the 20th century, the steadily obtain citizenship by one visit to a court after only 2 increasing numbers of immigrants entering the year's residence in the United States. Congress, United States each year had given rise to a number feeling that it had set the standard for citizenship too of problems, among them the increasing burden low, repealed this act and passed another on placed upon clerks of courts, who did most of the January 29, 1795 (1 Stat. 414), which, except for a work related to naturalization procedures. To relieve brief period (1798-1802), established eligiblity and this burden and to provide a "uniform rule for the 18 naturalization of aliens throughout the United Immigration Act. Congress did pass an act on States," Congress passed an act on June 29, 1906 September 22, 1922 (42 Stat. 1021), that retracted (32 Stat. 596), establishing the Bureau of Immigration automatic citizenship for alien wives of U.S. citizens, and Naturalization, and put some of its officers in although they could file a petition for citizenship charge of examining the petitions for citizenship after a 1 -year residency and did not have to file any filed at courts. Although the judges kept their declaration. In 1940, Congress passed a law that independence, henceforth the findings and recom- required both parents must be citizens before mendations of this agency have been the basis for minors could acquire citizenship based on parental final determination of courts as to the admission, status (54 Stat. 1145). denial, or continued investigation of alien petitioners. A new Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952(66 Although arguably only technical, the change to Stat. 163) introduced three changes worth recording executive branch control over the examination here. It extended annual quotas of not fewer than process was a basic one. 100 immigrants to countries whose citizens had During World War I, immigration visas were first previously been ineligible to enter the United States introduced, and with the passage of the Immigration as candidates for citizenship. It also established an Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 153), these documents became overall annual ceiling at a flat one-sixteenth of one necessary to enter the United States. The require- percent of the population of the United States as of ments for obtaining visas could be called the initial 1920, replacing the previous system whereby step in naturalization from that time onward. The Congress reestablished the overall figure period- salient feature of this act was the establishment of a ically. Lastly, it eliminated the mandatory filing of a ceiling upon the total number of immigrants that declaration of intention, presumably because this could enter the United States each year. Immigration step had been replaced for all practical purposes by in unlimited numbers, which had been so desirable during the late 18th and in the 19th century, came to that of obtaining an immigration visa. The role of the an end at this time, even for "whites." The act courts was thus reduced to making the final introduced a "national origins" quota system based determination on admission. on the 1890, later the 1920, census. In effect, this The last overhaul of the immigration and naturali- gave immigrants from the British Isles and West zation system to date (1981) occurred with the Europe an advantage over those from other parts of passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of the world. Independent countries of the Western 1965 (79 Stat. 911). This act eliminated the national Hemisphere were exempted from the quota system. origins quota system, giving to all independent There was no major change in naturalization laws countries the same number of entrants under the for a considerable period following the 1924 overall ceiling.

SOURCES Program, Naturalization Proceeding, December 17, 1986 Fort Smith Times Record, December 18, 1986, pages 1A and 7A Secretary's minutes, Fort Smith Chapter DAR Ritual, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, page 22 National Bylaws and DAR Handbook of the NSDAR, page 89 Manuscript of address of Senator Travis Miles Preliminary inventory describing the records of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (other court divisions are included) held in the National Archives, Fort Worth, Texas, Branch.

CREDITS Jack Moseley, Editor, Fort Smith Times Record Barbara Rust, Archivist, National Archives, Fort Worth Branch Sallie Lea Champion, Federal Courtroom Deputy Clerk, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division Barbara Tustin, Deputy Clerk, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division State Senator Travis Miles 19 Sarah Fitzjarrald

Gretchen Youmans was born July 10, 1895, in Fort Smith. Her parents were Frank and Delia (Enroughty) Youmans, and her father was a former federal judge for the Western District of Arkansas. A lifelong resident of Fort Smith, Gretchen grew up with three brothers and two sisters, attended local schools and graduated from Fort Smith High School (now known as Darby Junior High). She wasa memberof First United Methodist Church, Lydian Sunday School class, the National League of American Pen Women (FortSmith Branch),anda charter memberof the FortSmith Branch of the Poets Roundtable of Arkansas. She served First United Methodist Church for many years as assistant librarian. Deeply religious, Gretchen's serious poetry reflects her faith. But she also had a spark I ing sense of humor and a rare charm which touched everyone she met. Gretchen Youmans She died December 19, 1986, at the age of 91, leaving a legacy of poetry and memories which will endure. She is survived by a sister, Catherine McCartney, of Fort Smith, and a brother, Paul E. Youmans, of Denver, Colorado, several nieces, great-nieces and great-nephews.

THERE WAS A STAR WESTWARD HO There was a star, Lord, On galloping chairs Always ahead to mark We cross the plains The way that led me to the manger In the room upstairs, Where you lay. But when it rains Light shown all around you when Then John and Mary I saw you there, but not as now, Come inside, Now in the dark. And each one wants a horse to ride. How did you find me, Lord? More horses though, There is no light, For John and Mary, There is no star, Would crowd things so But here beside me in the night There on the prairie, You are. That we all climb FIRST BIRD SONG Up on the bed, Melody trickling into dawn, And go by wagon train Waking spring, and breaking Instead. Silences these months unbroken, MIDSUMMER MOCKINGBIRD Is strangely yours, Mockingbird. Out of the deep night stillness Can it be remembered music A single golden raindrop of sound, Heard in the summer past — or is your ear Repeated, growing in volume Attuned to hear your whole life long, Into a deluge of molten music, The lilt of every song Pours into a world of moonlight That has been tossed upon the air Struck breathless by this cascade of melody. And never lost? SURPRISES ARE SURPRISING MY NIGHT LIFE Mother looked like Mother "Lift up your head, your posture is wrong," when I went away on Monday Helpful friends offer as we walk along, To visit Grandpa, but when Father "Straighten your shoulders, your waistline draw in, brought me home on Sunday Thrust forward your chest, and pull backward your chin." The house was lighted, and I saw her My faith lacking now in my physical grace standing at the door, I feel need of building it back into place — And thought, "I didn't know that she And, listing domestic concerns by the score was beautiful before." I say my goodbyes, and go into my door Did Father see? I tried to speak, To work at my stance, but to find I forgot then felt I needn't do it — What parts should protrude, and what others should not. The way he smiled showed plain as day So waiting for dark seems the course left to me — that he already knew it. I break all the rules, and walk comfortably.

20 VERNASOIFER February 17,1987 Verna Soifer, 87, What stifles you? Check your mental allergies. newspaper columnist, What bores you? Switch to something that piques retired teacher, poet, your interest. and contributor to The What triggers your anger? Name it and find out why. Journal, died February 13,1987, inaFortSmith What disgusts you? Avoid the experience if it is something revolting. hospital after a brief illness. What frustrates you? Work to prevent it happening. What frightens you? If it is reasonable, it can be She was a member of understood and somewhat alleviated, usually. the United Hebrew Con- What depresses you? There is much help available gregation, Retired for you — find it. Teachers Association, What worries you? You can quit being a worry- the Fort Smith Branch wart, if you wish. of the National League of American Pen Women, What makes you sick? It could be psychosomatic. and other civic organizations. If a Physical doesn't tell why — then it's up to you. She began her professional writing career at the These questions are all negative. Check your age of 75 and had become a daily contributor to the answers. They will help you know yourself. Southwest Times Record with her column "Living This column was followed by the editor's note that With Yourself", which gained her many fans. saddened her many readers: "Due to the death of Throughout her long career as teacher and civic- Verna Soifer, this is the final column." minded citizen, she received many awards, among Verna Soifer is gone, but her influence lives on in which was the prestigious "Golden Apple". the lives of the students she taught and the words of She is survived by two sisters, Lois Craig and wisdom in her column. Helen Aingworth, both of Stillwater, Oklahoma. (For a copy of her biography and some of her JOHN LUCE writing, see the September, 1985, issue of the Fort John Luce, who Smith Historical Society Journal.) served the citizens of Verna Soifer wrote to many people in varied Fort Smith for more positionsin life, butoneof hercolumnsin particular than 40 years and was spoke to everyone: recognized nationally Self Pity as an expert in water Poor little me! I never had a chance. The odds were resource development, against me. Things didn't work out right for me. I died February 17,1987, could have if... I wanted to but... Stop it! Stamp your in Fort Smith. Burial foot — face yourself, Honey, you just didn't show was at Oak Cemetery yourgutsiness. Of course you had talent. You even with a Masonic grave- had a lukewarm desire. A burning desire? No, or you side service. would have tried harder. When all is said and done, As an employee of you've got to make your own chance. It's absolutely the Fort Smith Water up to little old you! Get with it NOW. Department, which he later headed for 25 ye.ars, We share with you her last two newspaper Luce and fellow city workers saved the city from columns, printed in the Southwest Times Record: being totally without water in the summer of 1929. February 15 , 1987 With less than one 24-hour supply of water for Cantankerous people can be the most difficult 38,000 people, Luce supervised the non-stop digging problems of their families who love them the most. of a 400-foot canal that brought water to the city Don't we know? We see the varying examples all after the Poteau River became so low that municipal around us. We are all for those of sturdy inde- pumps were useless. The men's frantic but successful pendence; but when that independence becomes effort, which was partially conducted by lantern light stubborn, unreasonable resistance, families should in a snake-infested river bottom, went unreported to be firm, just, loving — but they should not feel guilty the people of Fort Smith for more than 50 years. in refusing to continue the impossible. In 1947, Luce, 24 city workers, the U.S. Army I'm talking to myself and to my peers of the Corps of Engineers and hundreds of volunteers eighties and the nineties — for goodness sake — were involved in a massive effort to keep downtown let's try to give a little, yield a little, and be more Fort Smith from being flooded when a leak developed flexible at this stage of life. We must, we must, for the in a reservoir dam at Wister on the River. The leak sake of those who love us and are responsible for us. was plugged, and the potential disaster was averted.

21 John Luce went on to become city water superin- of the Men's Fast Pitch Softball Association; and tendent, to serve three seven-year terms as chairman secretary of the Fort Smith Rotary Club. of the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation A graduate of the University of Alabama, he also Commission under both Democratic and Republican did graduate work in history at the university. governors, to be chairman of the Southern Water In March, 1985, he was elected to a three-year Resources Board, and be awarded the nation's term on the Fort Smith School Board. He also was highest honor for water supply development — the chairman of the school board's athletic committee Fuller Award. and served on the board's properties committee and President Gerald Ford in 1976 named Luce to public/student affairs committee. head the Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River He is survived by his wife, Sarah; two daughters, Compact Commission that oversees water develop- Margie of the home and Dotti Newberry of Rogers; a ment projects in both states. Luce retired from that son, Eddie of Fort Worth, Texas; two sisters, Francis post in 1983. Philbrick of Tacoma, Washington, and Patsy Stevens Shortly before his death, Luce was recognized for of Birmingham, Alabama; a brother, A.J., of his work with the Soil Conservation Service in Florissant, Missouri; and two grandsons. western Arkansas, where he planned and executed dozens of flood control and water supply projects that eliminated many rural floods and assured GUY HIXSON adequate water supplies for smaller communities. Guy Hixson, 76, a A lifetime member of the American Water Works business manager for Association, he was instrumental in developing the Fort Smith School licensing and professional planning for major water District, died November projects in Arkansas, where he was a leader in the 4, 1986, in a Fort Smith Arkansas Water Works Association for many years. hospital. Burial was at A member of St. John's Episcopal Church, he was Roselawn Cemetery. a 32nd degree Mason and member of Belle Point He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 20, where he was a past master. the First United He is survived by his wife, Fern; two sons, Bill of Methodist Church, Fort Smith and John B. Luce, Jr., of San Antonio, Lions Club, Sebastian Texas; two brothers, William F. Luce of Guatemala, County Tax Board, Central America, and Charles M. Luce of Irving, County Board of Texas; three grandchildren and two great- Education, Retired Teachers Association, and grandchildren. Aldergate Sunday School Class. He is survived by his wife, Verneil; two daughters, Guyla Hardman of Helena and Marsha Willis of Fort CECIL WELLER, SR. Smith; a half sister, Leda Lockwood of Muldrow, a Cecil Weller, Sr, a Fort step sister, Pearline Brawdy of Muldrow; two Smith School Board brothers, Marvin of Fort Smith and Carl of Muldrow; member who was active three half brothers, Evert of Tahlequah, Wayne of in many civicandchurch Fort Smith and Waydron of Dallas; and three groups, died in his home grandchildren. December 29, 1986, of a heart attack. Weller was a deacon KEN CHRISTOPHER of Grand Avenue Baptist Ken Christopher, 76, a member of the Fort Smith Church, serving a five- Historical Society and a contributor of historical yearterm on the National information, died October 16, 1986. Burial was at Sunday School Board of Oak Cemetery. the Southern Baptist He was a self-employed real estate broker, a Convention, and was a member of the Fort Smith Board of Realtors, Boy Scouts of America executive in the local Southside Rotary Club and the First Christian Westark Area Council from 1969 through 1981. Church, a charter member of the Quiet Birdman He was chairman of the Fort Smith Parks and Association, an Air Force veteran of the Korean War, Recreation Commission, a board he served on since and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. 1983, a member of the Sebastian County Park He is survived by his wife, Louise; three daughters, Commission since 1984, and a veteran of the Korean Connie Smith of Fort Smith, Beth Turtle of War. Manhattan, Kansas, and Kimberly Allen of Manitoba, He served as finance chairman and president of Canada; a son, Robert Christopher of Snowmass the Fort Smith Girls Shelter; chairman of the Village, Colorado; a stepson, Dr. Walden Williamsof Salvation Army Advisory Board; past metro chairman Jonesboro, Arkansas; two brothers, Tom Christopher of Christian Businessmen's Committee; past chair- of Princeville, Illinois, and Jerry Christopher of man of the mayor's prayer breakfast; past secretary Moline, Illinois; and six grandchildren.

22 ERIC ALLEN of KerrvJIle, Texas; two sisters, Audrey Czarnikow of Eric Allen, nationally Scott, Oklahoma, and Vangie Burris of Roland; two known novelist and Fort brothers, Dayton of Roland and John of Liberty; 10 Smith area newspaper- grandchildren and one great-grandchild. man, died October 27, FLORENCE ST. JOHN 1986, at age 70. He lived at Li be rty , Florence M. St. John, 79, a retired school teacher Oklahoma, and is and contributor of historical information to the Fort buried in the Liberty Smith Historical Society, died September 10, 1986, cemetery. in her home. She was an English teacher at Darby The most recent of Junior High School from 1928 until her retirement in his thirty novels is 1957, and was a member of First United Methodist "Smoke in the Wind." It Church. is adapted from the A memorial service was held in Roebuck Chapel of 1971 motion picture by First United Methodist Church, and her body was the same name, for donated to science. which Allen wrote the She is survived by a nephew, Sherley Bain Adams screenplay. of Mobile, Alabama. Allen's first novel, "Hangtree Country," first released in 1958 and distributed worldwide in many WILLIE METHENY foreign languages, could be his favorite. Another Willie Lorene Metheny, 65, wife of a former likely favorite is a Gothic mystery, "Voices in the member of the Fort Smith Historical Society board, Wind," published by Signet Books in 1967. It was died in her home March 31, 1986, with burial at Oak written from a woman's point of view, under his Cemetery. mother's name, Erica Long Allen. She was a retired nurse at St. Edward Mercy While Allen spent much of the last 30 years writing Medical Center, a member of West-Ark Church of fiction based on fact, he also worked for many years Christ and the American Legion Auxiliary. as a newspaper writer and editor. She is survived by her husband, Arlie; five sons, In 1963, the Southwest Times Record recruited Robert of Memphis, Ronald of Fort Smith, James him from the Enid (Okahoma) Morning News, where and William, both of Dallas, and Gary of Conway; a he worked as the paper's news editor. sister, Mary Boydstun of Strathmore, California; two Allen spent the first of his nine years writing brothers, Loren Stroble of Independence, Missouri, features for the SWTR "Southside News" edition. and J.W. Stroble of Vernon, Texas; and four His last eight years at the paper were spent as a grandchildren. travel feature writer and photographer. From there, he went to Sallisaw to work on the MAMIE BARTON Sequoyah County Times, and after a year there, Mamie Barton, 86, retired Belle Grove school moved to Muldrow where he purchased the Big teacher, died February 27, 1987, in a Fort Smith Basin Herald newspaper. After a little more than hospital. She was a member of the First Baptist three years in Muldrow, Allen retired to write his Church. Graveside services were held March 3 at novels and short stories at home. Oak Cemetery. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two She is survived by a brother, Hugh Morrison of daughters, Linda Redding of Fort Smith and Waiva Fort Smith, four nieces and two nephews. Strain of Alma; two sons, the Rev. Stephen Allen of The family received friends at the home of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Rev. Bruce Allen Elizabeth Mullens, 5801 South Y Street.

ANNUAL BELLE FORT SMITH TOUR OF HISTORICAL HOMES OLD FORT RIVER FESTIVAL Saturday and Sunday Thursday through Sunday May 16 and 17, 1987 May 7-10, 1987 For information and tickets, write: The Fort Smith Junior League is the Clayton House sponsor of this event that has 514 North 6th Street something for everyone — food, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901 fun, and fellowship. Telephone 501-783-3000

23 Inquiries are printed in The Journal, as space GOODNIGHT allows, free of charge. They must refer to the Fort Am engaged in a massive research project to Smith area or be submitted by members of the Fort develop a comprehensive history of the Goodnight Smith Historical Society. family in America. Have some Arkansas notes on the Goodnight family, but need assistance of anyone REAMS, DUNN, OVERTON knowing of a published history of this family at any Need additional information re above family time. Wilbur H. Eskite, Jr., 13414 Dowlais Drive, names. Would like to correspond with anyone doing Rockville, MD 20853. research on these families. REAMS, Fort Smith area 1880. Need death date for Amanda E. Dunn, widow WALTON, BUCHANAN of James Dunn, last known date in Fort Smith 1900. Need burial placeof Henry J.Walton. I quote from Need further info regarding Vinnie Reams m. James letter written in Fort Smith, dated May 19, 1863, by Overton of Bonanza 1900. Other REAMS given J.E. Buchanan to someone addressed as "Pap": "I names: William H., Mark, Millie, Lily, Nettie, Claude, am sorry to tell you that Henry Walton is dead. He Clayton. Families also lived in Indian Territory. Betty died on the 18th of this month... You can tell his wife Gill, 2321 Felicia Avenue, Rowland Hts., CA 91748. that he was put away as decent as could be expected..." Also, who was J.E. Buchanan? Mrs. BALL, BOESSER, GIVENS, HUFF, JUNK Elvon H. Cline, Route 2, Box 125, Ozark, AR 72949. Have photographs of members of the Ball, Boesser, Givens, Huff and Junkfamilies who lived in CHANDLER Fort Smith 1890-1910, which I would like to give to Looking for burial site of Roy Chandler and his descendants. Please contact Joyce Page, 7501 Long wife, Dovie. Died in Fort Smith in the late 1950s. Mrs. Pine Drive, Springfield, VA 22151. J.L. Fuller, 203 F Street, Taft, CA 93268.

FIX PARKS, QUESENBURY We are attempting to locate the burial place of Seeking information on Adeline Parks Cyrus L. Fix. Our information says he died at Lone Quesenbury, wife of Wm. Minor Quesenbury. Her Wolf, Arkansas, June 17, 1917. Grady A. O'Connor, father believed to be Robert Parks. Lived in Fort Choctaw Historical Society, 2701 North Triple XXX Smith and Cane Hill, Arkansas. Diane Richards, Road, Choctaw, OK 73020. Telephone 405-390-2771. 4004 Ranch View Road, Fort Worth, TX 76109.

BRUCE, CLARK, VERNON FARRIS Looking for information about Asa Clark, b. 1808, Seeking information on Will Farris, sentenced at Maine; died 4 June 1890, Fort Smith. Wife Sarah died Fort Smith by Judge Parker. Robert J. Farris, 76955 1891. Need parents and Sarah's maiden name. Have Nellie Lane, Cottage Grove, OR 97427. connectionstothe Bruceand Vernon families. Steve Clark, c/o C.W. Clark, Route 1, Box 553, Hackett, AR DUNLAP, GOFORTH, TRAYLOR, WILSON 72937. Need any information on wagon train from Alabama and Mississippi which went through RHODES Sebastian Co., Ark., ca 1884, on the way to Indian I am looking for information regarding Jacob Territory. Supposed to have been quite a large one. Rhodes from South Carolina and Jefferson County, Some families: Dunlaps, Goforths, Traylors and Arkansas, in 1855 or '56 who went to California with Wilsons. Rev. William Harvey Wilson, b. 2-11-1852 a wagon train from Fort Smith. Our information is (prob. Ala.), d. 2-2-1892, Cravens, Choctaw Nation, that he joined up with an ox team and took six IT. (now Latimer Co., OK); m. Nancy Jane Traylor, months to reach California, arriving in 1856. He b. 8-28-1861, Alabama, d. 7-18-1943, Wilburton, would have been 20 or 21 years of age upon his Latimer Co., OK. Rev. Wilson was said to have departure and would have been traveling as a single preached a sermon on Sugar Loaf Mountain ca 1884. male. Harvey B. Rhodes, 20824 Lakeside Court, Apparently stayed in Sebastian County until at least Sonora, CA 95370. 1890 before moving on. Marilyn Swan-Dyer, 1643 North Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67208. 24 The following letter comes from Mrs. E. Joyce The address for the Jefferson County Genealogical Christiansen, 408 West Chestnut, Butler, MO 64730: Society is P.O. Box 2215, Pine Bluff, AR 71613. "I would like to tell you about two books that I have — • — published. Polk County Genealogical Society may be con- "First, there is Our James Crow. This James Crow tacted by writing P.O. Box 12, Hatfield, AR 71945. was my Gt-gt-grandfather. He entered Revolutionary — • — Warfrom Virginia. Afterthe War, he lived and died in Proceeds from the sale of The Mountain Meadows Monroe Co., W. Va. I proved his connection to my Massacre, An Outlanders View, by Jim Lair, will be branch of the family (Crow family), and his service used for the preservation projects in progress at the record, making him a newly found Patriot. I have 400 1880's vintage courthouse in Berryville, Arkansas. bloodline descendants listed in the book, with some Price of the book is $30.00 plus $2.00 postage. Order information on each of them, pictures, newspaper 1 from Carroll County Historical & Genealogical items, etc. The book has 193 pages, 8 /2 x 11. Is Society, P.O. Box 249, Berryville, AR 62616. indexed. Paperback. Price, $15.00 postpaid. — • — "Then, I still have some Bates County Missouri Those who are interested in south Logan County, Cemeteries. I searched for, found, and read 92 Arkansas, may be interested in contacting Wilba cemeteries in Bates Co. The book is in two volumes 1 1 Yandell Welling, P.O. Box405, FortSmith.AR72914. with a total of 997 pages, 5 /2 x 8 /2, is semi-hard back. She has published some marriage and cemetery There are more than 5,000 surnames listed in them. records for the southern district of Logan Co. It has an overall surname index, with each cemetery 0 having its own index also. Also there are directions If you research in Indiana Courthouses, for 50$ for finding each cemetery and a Bates Co. map. request a copy of Research in Indiana Courthouses; These sell for $25.00 postpaid for the set." Judicial and Other Records. Write to Mrs. Emma — • — Lents, Family History Section, Indiana Historical Ms. Keelie Thomason is publishing genealogical Society, 315 West Ohio, Indianapolis, IN 46202. material on Stoddard Co., MO. She currently has — • — Marriage Records, 1876-1885, approx. 100 pages. Price changes: Arkansas birth certificates are now Price $10.95 plus $2.00 shipping. Coming soon $5.00, with full name, town, county, date, names of Stoddard Co, MO, Birth, Death and later Marriage both parents required; death certificates are $4.00. records. Ms. Thomason's address is Rt. #3, Box 139, — • — Dexter, MO 63841. — • — Ohio State Dept. of Vital Statistics has reduced the Worthington Descendants is a newsletter edited cost of uncertified copy of birth and death records to by Frances Brengle which is written quarterly. $1.10 per copy. — • — Includes unlimited query column related to the Worthington family. Annual subscription $12.00. Vital record fees for Maine are now $5.00 for Frances Brengle, 6619 Pheasant Road, Baltimore, certified copy, $3.00 for uncertified copy. If no date MD 21220. is known, search fee is $10.00 per hour. — • — — • — Address for editor of MacCubbin Clan Lines is The latest genealogy fraud is now the genealogy Miss Sheila L. Martin, 1 Goodman Lane, Pensacola, chain letter. The letter states that chain letters are FL, 32506. illegal, but this one is merely selling a service. IT IS — • — STILL ILLEGAL. DO NOT PARTICIPATE. IF YOU Frontier Researchers, located in Fort Smith, has a RECEIVE ONE, CONTACT YOUR POST OFFICE. new mailing address. It is: Frontier Researchers, — • — P.O. Box 2123, Fort Smith, AR 72902. Address for some family publications: Frontier Research, currently published by Frontier BLACK Family Research Organization, P.O. Box Researchers of Fort Smith, is currently printing a 665, Harrah, OK 73405. series containing the names of all known HEYDON-HAYDEN-HYDEN, 7911 Yancey Drive, Confederates who fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge. Falls Church, VA 22042. f MOYER-ARENDELL and LOONEY-CLAYTON, A new historical and genealogical society has 1910 Fordham Place, Gretna, LA 70053. been formed in Saline County, Arkansas. Dues are VAUGHN, Etc. Newsletter is edited by Verna $5.00 per year, and includes the newsletter. Write Banes, 5302 Marsh Creek Drive, Austin, TX 78759. If Saline County Heritage and Historical Society, P.O. anyone has information on any VAUGHAN (any Box 221, Bryant, AR 71613. spelling), please send it along to Mrs. Banes.

25 The Arkansas History Commission has announced The Archives is open for research to the public. they now have a new seven roll set of indexes to Normal hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. pension given by the U.S. Government to veterans of -5:00 p.m. the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the various Indian — • — wars, and a few early Civil War soliders. These Glenn Gleanings is a newsletter containing payments were made for service in the regular army, GLENN family records and inquiries. It is edited by navy or marine corps. The files are in alphabetical Bette Brengle-Poole, 2203 Aquila's Delight, Fallston, order and give: name of veteran, name of dependent, Maryland 21047. Issue 5 contains eight pages. service unit, certificate number and state of Particularly interesting in this issue isan article "The residence. Name and Family of Glen(n)" and a two page — • — autobiography written by J.R. Glenn, born James and Mary Veatch Ellis, Their Sons and September 7, 1849, in Cherokee County, Alabama. Other Descendants, was published in 1985 by Ann- Jannette Emerson, 540 Latimer Road, Santa Monica, CA 90402. 6x9 inches, 704 pages, illustrated, The Fort Smith Historical Society has received a indexed, $35.00. new concept Ancestry Chart from the Scrimgeour Genealogical Concepts Company. This chart allows the user to chart nine generations of ancestors, not From the Genealogists Notebook, Genealogical only by name, but also by life span, locality and Association of Sacramento Bulletin: occupation. It is 23 x 35 inches, printed on high "VIRGINIA STATE PENSION ACT, was enacted quality cardstock, and is supplied in a sturdy mailing prior to the Federal Pension Program, and paid tube. more. Therefore, the 465 Revolutionary War The chart is not available in stores, but may be pensioners, residents of Virginia, signed the Virginia purchased directly from Scrimgeour Genealogical State Pensions and not the Federal Pension. For Concepts, Midtown Mall, Box 187, Worcester, MA information write: Archives Division, Virginia State 01614. Phone 617-753-1392. Price per copy, $7.95 Library, 12th & Capital Streets, Richmond, VA plus $2.00 postage and handling. Quantity prices are 23219. available upon request. "REVOLUTIONARY WAR: The Branches of the National Archives and Records Service now have available a complete set of the following: M804, Mary Frances Beasley of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land has published a 194 page book, Culp and Related Warrant Application File, 1800-1900; M881, Compiled Families, which is carefully researched and well Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the written. Softbound copies, indexed, price $25.00 American Army during the Revolutionary War; and postpaid. May be ordered from Mary Frances M860, General Index to Compiled Service Records Beasley, 613 Clifton Court, Fort Smith, AR 72903. of the Revolutionary War Soldiers." — • — 0 The Tulsa Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 585, MAINE: The Bangor Daily News is running a query Tulsa, OK 74105-0585, has published Shadows of column in the Sat/Sun edition. They ask for the Past, Volume 1. This book is an inventory of the genealogy questions. Write Family Ties, Bangor cemeteries of the northern section of Tulsa County, Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04401. Oklahoma. The cemetery inventories were collected — • — by the Girl Scout Troop 202, of the Magic Empire Council, for their community service award under A GUIDE TO FAMILY HISTORY SOURCES the direction of TGS member Margaret Hawkins. IN THE WINTHROP COLLEGE ARCHIVES The 81/2 x 11 inch vinyl covered, velo bound, The Winthrop College Archives in Rock Hill, North indexed volumes are $20.00 plus $3.00 postage and Carolina, has issued A Guide to Family History may be ordered from the Tulsa Genealogical Sources in the Winthrop College Archives, a Society, P.O. Box 585, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101-0585. comprehensive listing of 500 family surnames for Volume II, covering cemeteries in the southern which information is available. Also included in the section of Tulsa County, will be published in 1987. guide are record groups containing family history information available in the Archives. Theguide isavailablefor$6.00, including postage. The Clan Buchanan Society of Arkansas, Louisiana To order, please write to: Archives, Dacus Library, and Texas are looking for Buchanans and their Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C. 29733 or call 803- septs. Please contact H.G. Buchanan, 2610 Creswell, 323-2131 (ext. 28). Shreveport, LA 71104. 26 from

Your editors appreciate your letters and comments. Thank you so much for answering my letter and We are pleased if you enjoy The Journal, and your for the information you were so kind to find for me. words of encouragement and appreciation add fuel Enclosed is my membership application and to our efforts. Thank you, too, for being alert to $10.00 for membership to your organization. I am errors and for caring enough to tell us about them. enclosing additional money to purchase the three Accuracy of any manuscriptsubmitted for printing volumes of The Journal that contain information on in The Journal is the responsibility of the writer, but Blaney and Jesse Harper... because our aim is for 100% accuracy, each Thank you again for your help. I am looking manuscript is carefully edited for both writing and forward to membership with the Fort Smith Historical content. Obvious errors are corrected, but unfortu- Society and receiving The Journal. nately all resource materials for the article are not Nancy Kennedy, Russellville, AR available to your editors. Accuracy and quality of — • — any writing are only as good as the amount, type and The purpose of this letter is to correct the condition of research materials available and the statement on page 20 of the current Journal, that integrity and ability of the researcher and writer. "Mr. Chris Corbin resigned as superintendent of When research cannot be done entirely from schools." primary records, writers must use secondary sources Mr. Corbin was superintendent for seventeen and take the chance of picking up and using years with an outstanding record butwasfiredinthe inaccurate statements made by previous writers. first year of a three-year contract by an over-zealous Please keep up your efforts to locate and make school board. He sued for the balance of his contract available primary source materials: i.e., letters, diaries, and was successful. The district had to pay the journals, dockets, photographs, etc. Also, all sub- remaining time on his contract as the board did not mitted manuscripts regarding Fort Smith history are have reasonable cause for dismissal. He later considered for publication in The Journal. became the athletic director at Westark Community One publication carries this notice: "Errors found College, and at that time the school board paid only in this publication are put there on purpose. We aim the difference between his salary and his contract to please everyone, and some folks are always salary from the Fort Smith system. looking for mistakes." This is not true of The It is not fair to Mr. Corbin to gloss over his unfair Journal. Any error in The Journal is accidental and dismissal with a statement that he resigned. will be corrected when written proof of correction is Bill Bardrick, Fort Smith, AR 0 presented. Keep the comments coming, good or bad! I've been called lots of names, but never "Leon." Amelia Martin, Editor GREAT ARTICLE. Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough, Associate Editor Don Bowers 0 (Don was student body president at Northside High I want to thank you all for the many hours of School in 1945.His name is listed as Leon Bowers on page pleasure that The Journal has given me. I look 17 of September issue. "Printers gri ml ins" must have done forward to receiving each new issue and when it that, but we apologize. Thanks for the note, Don.) arrives, everything else is put aside until I have read it from cover to cover... A copy of The Journal (Vol. 10. No. 2) was brought Mary Bradney Sanders, Huntington Beach, CA to my attention; of course I was fascinated with its — • — contents. However, you may have an error on page Enclosed are my dues for 1987. As usual, I look 6, regarding the years 1936-37. "Grizzly Field was forward to receiving my Journals, and I enjoyed christened by John P. Woods, school board reading the article on the "Boston Store." My wife member." This surely was John Rudolph Woods. and I shopped there when I was stationed at "Camp Mr.Woods signed my 1936 FSHS diploma as "J.R. Chaffee," and reading the story, I was reminded of Woods." My family named me "Rudolph" after Mr. the time I went in to make a purchase and told the Woods" middle name. He was president of Woods young lady who waited on methat I would like to buy Mfg. Co., manufacturer of men's work and dress some "shots." She looked at me rather funny and clothing, located at the foot of Garrison Avenue, said, "Buy what?" I said, "Shots. You know, south side corner of the bridge. I worked in that underwear." She laughed and said, "You must be factory two summers while in high school there. from Boston, you mean shorts." It probably loses Further along in the article you note that the five new something in the telling, but we both had a good stadium classrooms were occupied by FS Junior laugh at it at the time. College. I had my beginning freshman classes there Bob Bolin, West Newton, MA in the college before going on up to the University in Fayetteville. Mr. J.J. Haralson, architect for the

27 stadium, was my Sunday School teacher at First sponsor, Betty Ruth Morris? She was our sponsor Methodist Church. Your wonderful publication when we were juniors, and because we loved her so allowed me to return in memory to those "great old much, we convinced "Skipper" Farnsworth we days!" should be able to keep her as our senior sponsor. Thank you! This set a new pattern — the sponsors worked with James Rudolph Woodruff, Ch, Col, USAF, Ret. the same class for two years — junior and senior 7295 Shoup Road, Black Forest years. This means Mavis Morton could only have Colorado Springs, CO 80908 been seniorsponsorevery otheryearat most — and — • — doesn't account for the fact that Dr. Morris was our To Whom It May Concern: sponsor, and that Robert Daniels was senior I am a member of the class of 1965 at Northside sponsor one year. High School, and was very upset by the inaccuracies These three people deserve more than you have in the article about that fine school. Also, at the given them. They were all three outstanding spon- selection of information presented about each year. sors. Also, when Mr. McAlister resigned, Dr. Morris I was very active in all school activities and could not was asked at the last moment to come in as Student remember any of the trivia listed for historical Council sponsor. purposes. Perhaps you can't do anything about it, but I just You omitted the name of George McAlister, who had to say my piece. until he resigned and moved to Westark Community I am not signing my name because you would College was sponsor of the best Student Council in know me and I don't want to get on your bad side. I the state. He was sponsor for a number of years until am just speaking for many Northside graduates who he resigned in the summer of 1965. loved Mr. McAlister, Mrs. Morris and Mr. Daniels. You said Mrs. Morton was sponsor of the senior Member of '65 class for ten years. How did you overlook our "The Greatest Class Alive" 1836 - 1986 May Gray I Statehood was hers, her star the twenty-fifth —*** We have always known that long before Bright against the blue. Men stood by the river's edge, or tilled the sod, IV When only the sea-birds circled the air and shore, America's wars were her wars; This land belonged to God. The broken homes, the spilled blood, the cold. "I see His face in every flower* We were the ones who reached up for the stars; The thunder and the singing of the birds The slaves bought and sold. Are but His voice — and craven by His power "I see His blood upon the rose* Rocks are His written words." And in the stars the glory of His eyes. They revered His voice in flower and stone, His body gleams against eternal snows, Our Pioneers who live in memory. His stars fall from the skies." Some pages are dim but they recorded their own V Illustrious history. Faith beyond the sight regains II A sense of right, and I heard a man say: Standing on this ancient peak "As always the people rule" and this remains I listen from high above the stars it seems; Our Motto to this day. The deep past stirs, the restless rivers speak — The apple blossom is our flower, And the sparkling, singing streams. Our tree the fragrant pine; the mocking bird As wanderers who bravely faced Our own, magnetic as the shining hour The wilderness, these Pioneers found Its newest song is heard. The friendly tribe of Quapaws who erased Not any dream is quite forgotten, The dark and bloody ground. Nor is remembrance suddenly removed. So did they find a garden-place, Our history contains what time has taken Another home, an earth to build a fire on, And those we have loved. Meadows and fields that interlace, VI Loveliness and song. A chapel bell chimes the hours Ill Of what we were and are. On ribbons of stone With equal statutes, equal rights, And steel, and progress with its hopes and fears, Arkansas became a Territory.** We are back in the present zone. We see, from valleys and majestic heights Tempered by thoughts beyond mere things Her wonder and her glory. The bright reach of the spirit lingers on. Fostered alike by the commonwealth History widens in a sweep of wings, And the vision of things to come, old and new, A bough in bloom, a song. * J.M. Plunkett 1817 *** 1836

28 1987 ANNUAL MEETING FORT SMITH TROLLEY MUSEUM FORT SMITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 p.m. Student Union Building Westark Community College Parking at 50th Street or Kinkead Avenue Entertainment, Refreshments, Business The restoration of streetcar #224 is progressing at a more rapid and interesting pace. The electrical and FORT SMITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS air controls are being installed. This requires much CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY! study and time since there are no models or — • — blueprints to illustrate the proper connections. ANNUAL MEETING Track connecting the Frisco track and the carbarn is ARKANSAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION also being built. April 16-18 You have an open invitation to visit and work any Pine Bluff, Arkansas Tuesday evening, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and The theme of the program is "The Arkansas Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Family: Tradition and Change." Papers will address The project also continues to need finances and materials to complete. All financing has been this broad category through topics such as work, voluntary. Donations are tax deductible. religious values, leisure, farm life, folklore, A recent donation of two cabooses to the biography, black history, and women, to nameafew. museum, one from the Union Pacific Railroad and For more information, write: Walter Brown, History one from the Burlington Northern Railroad, adds to Department, 12 Ozark Hall, University of Arkansas, the museum's collection of railroad history. The goal Fayetteville, AR 72701. is to set these two cabooses on the museum — • — property, and after restoration, display Fort Smith ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF FORT SMITH railroad memorabilia that cannot be displayed in the SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATORS' PIONEER Old Fort Museum transportation area. ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Fifty years from now, a caboose will be as rare as a trolley is today. Thursday, April 23, 1987 0 Old Fort Museum ARKANSAS NEWSPAPER PROJECT 320 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas The National Endowment for the Humanities has 0 announced an award of $6,072 to the University of The Fort Smith Historical Society is constantly Arkansas Libraries for a newspaper planning grant searching for Fort Smith historical diaries, letters, called the Arkansas Newspaper Project. The grant ledgers, photographs, etc. If you have this type of will support the development of a plan to identify information you can share, please contact the Fort and to catalog into the O.C.L.C. database news- Smith Historical Society by mail at 65 South 8th papers held by Arkansas libraries, archives, historical Street, or call: societies, and other agencies. O.C.L.C. is a national Amelia Martin 501-783-1237 computer-based library network to which most of Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough 501-646-9542 the large public and academic, as well as a good When cleaning closets and attics, don't throw number of special and school libraries, belong. The away your "junk" papers — bring them to us for planning grant will also support the development of evaluation; they may provide valuable bits of Fort a proposal for microfilming Arkansas newspapers in Smith historical information. need of such preservation measures. Copies will be made and original items returned to An advisory committee has been selected to you if you wish to keep them. provide input into the development of plans for the bibliographic control and preservation microfilming — • — phases, and to assist in communicating project OLD FORT MUSEUM, NEW DIRECTOR objectives and requirements to the community of Danny Sessums assumed duties as Director of the newspaper producers, collectors, and users. Old Fort Museum in Fort Smith on December 1, Committee members include: Dr. Walter L. Brown, 1986. He comes to Fort Smith from the Old Arsenal professor of history at the University of Arkansas; Museum SCA in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he Dr. John L. Ferguson, Director, Arkansas History was curator. Commission; Pat Murphy, Director, Arkansas State Library; C. Dennis Schick, Executive Director,

29 Arkansas Press Association; Margaret Ross, former held on January 10 at the Holiday Inn Civic Center. librarian for the Arkansas Gazette; Tom Dillard, She was given the award for her love, sympathy and Director, Archives and Special Collections, compassion in her service to the community. University of Central Arkansas; Lucy Robinson, — • — Director, Old State House Museum; Mary Medearis, Three Fort Smith small business people were Director, Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives; named to attend the 1986 White House Conference Bob Razer, Head, Technical Services, Central on Small Business. The Fort Smith residents Arkansas Library System; Amanda Saar, Head, included in the 20-member Arkansas delegation Circulation, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences were: Patricia Boyd, president of Travel Services; Center Library; Larry Larson, Director, Fort Smith Donald Flanders, chairman of the board of Flanders Public Library; Shirley Coleman, Head, Cataloging, Industries, Inc.; and William McGehee, Jr., owner of Arkansas State University Library; Wendy Richter, Mundo Sales Co. Archivist, Garland County Historical Society; Patrick — • — Callahan, Head, Cataloging, U. of A. Libraries; FORT SMITH EDUCATORS WIN AWARDS Shirley Brendel, Head, Collection Development, U. Educators in the Fort Smith Public Schools of A. Libraries; and Michael Dabrishus, Head, continue to lead the nation in the number of winners Special Collections, U. of A. Libraries. — • — in the National Competition in economic education which determines outstanding projects in thefield of WM. O. DARBY MEMORIAL SIDEWALK economic education. Five winning projects A Ranger Memorial Sidewalk has recently been announced thisyear, involving eight local educators, constructed in front of the boyhood home of brings the total number of projects by Fort Smith General William O. Darby, 311 North Eighth Street teachers and administrators to win national acclaim (recently renamed General Wm. O. Darby Street), to 120. The total number of educators to be Fort Smith. The sidewalk was dedicated on Sunday, recognized now totals 155. This figure represents 87 February 8, with military and civilian ceremony, to individuals, with 67 being repeat winners. the Ranger Battalion Association of World War II, Local winners this year are: Stanley Wells and but honors all members of the six Ranger battalions Blanche Hill, Euper Lane Elementary School; June past and present. Haley, Trusty Elementary School; Nancy Braden, Inset in the sidewalk directly in front of the Darby Barling; and Patrick Wheeler, Bill Spicer, Donna home is a granite block bearing the Ranger shoulder Ries and Mae Ruth Cohea, Cook Elementary design, flanked by granite blocks engraved with School. wreaths commemorating honor and glory. Directly — • — under the shoulder design and wreaths are four CHANCERY JUDGES KIZER AND PARTAIN RETIRE separate granite blocks on which the World War II Plaques commemorating service were presented Ranger campaigns, invasions, battles and raids are December 8, 1986, to retiring chancery judges carved. Separate blocks denoting each of the six Bernice Kizer and David Partain at a reception at the battalions lie three on either side of the central Holiday Inn Civic Center. December 31, 1986, was portion of the memorial. — • — retirement date for both. Judge Partain spent his first eight years serving WATER THEME PARK the 15th Judicial District, which included Crawford, Plans have been approved for construction of a Logan and Franklin counties. After redistricting took water theme park at Ben Geren Regional Park. The place, he became chancery judge for the 12th water park, to open some time this summer, will be Judicial District, which consists of Crawford and built on ten acres in the northwestern section of the Sebastian counties. county park. As planned, it will include a wave pool, Judge Kizer became the district's first female four water slides, a concession stand, a gift shop, judge 12 years ago. Before that, she served 14 years and parking. It will encompass the existing Olympic- (seven terms) in the state legislature, representing size and children's pools. — • — Sebastian County. FORT SMITH STUDENT 1986 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR In her third term on the legislature, Kizer became Jonathan Robinson, 18, a student at Southside the first woman to serve on the Legislative Council. High School, has been named a 1986 Presidential She also was the first woman to chair a legislative Scholar. The honor is the nation's highest distinction committee, as head of its budget committee. bestowed upon exceptional high school students. In reflecting on her years in office, Kizer said, "It's Robinson, the son of H. Clay and Mary Ann been such a joy to work in thisfield. I enjoy the legal Robinson of Fort Smith, is among 141 graduating profession and serving people. We're here to make high school seniors who in June will receive the peoples' lives a little better." Presidential Scholar medallion in a White House 0 ceremony. Each scholar also will receive $1,000 SEBASTIAN COUNTY AND FORT SMITH OFFICIALS from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, a private Current Sebastian County and Fort Smith officials philanthropic organization. were sworn into office in a New Year's Day — • — ceremony in the chancery courtroom of the BARBERSHOP QUARTET SOCIETY CITIZEN AWARD Sebastian County Courthouse in Fort Smith. Beula Kozel was selected by Fort Smith's Barber- History was made when Sheriff Bill Cauthron shop Quartet Society as their citizen of the year and became the first person sworn in for eight terms in was presented the Award of Harmony in a ceremony the history of Sebastian County. 30 The names and titles of those taking the oath of Janie Glover has been promoted to special office are as follows: projects manager. She will act as the Chamber's JUDGES: Circuit Judge John Holland, Circuit- staff liaison for on-going activities such as the Old Chancery Judge Don Langston, Circuit Judge Floyd Fort Days Rodeo, the Old Fort Days Futurity/Derby "Pete" Rogers, Chancery Judge Harry Foltz, and Barrel Races, the Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair Court of Appeals Judge John Jennings. and the spring stock show, Old Fort Wellness STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS: Senators Classic, Contact Club and ribbon-cutting cere- Travis Miles and Bill Walters; State Representatives monies for new members, air show, agricultural B.G. Hendrix, Carolyn Pollan, Ralph "Buddy" Blair, tour, annual membership banquet, education ban- quet, film commission and preparation of the local Jr., Jerry King and W.R. "Bud" Rice; and Prosecuting cost of living index, and will organize a new series of Attorney Ron Fields and staff. seminars for small businesses. SEBASTIAN COUNTY: Judge W.R. "Bud" Harper; As projects manager, Glover wil meet with the and Sebastian County Justices of the Peace Loyd rodeo-fair board and other Chamber committees Farrar, Theral Henry, Lynn Johnson, Sr., Larry involved with these projects and assist them in Puckett, Nelson Scott, Gaylon Patterson, Al Udouj, carrying out their activities. Don Carter, Harold Cole, John Mailer, Jr., Jean Glover has been employed by the Chamber for six Carter, Paul Locke and Leo Faulkner. years. She is the recipient of two of Fort Smith's top Sheriff and Collector Bill Cauthron and staff, honors for community service, the Downtown County Clerk Betty Jaber, Circuit Clerk Peggy Sertoma's "Service to Mankind Award" in 1986 and Watson, Treasurer Marcy Porter, Assessor Ronnie the Exchange Club's "Golden Deeds" award in 1984. Raible and Coroner Lyle Johnston. She and her husband, George Glover, have one MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS: Fort Smitn Municipal daughter, Sara. Judge John Settle; South Sebastian Municipal 0 Judge David Rogers; and County Constables James Flemming, upper township; Dean Allison, Midland CHORAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR township; Dean Bray, Diamond township; Glenn Bill Cromer, choral director of Northside High Jeffords, Dayton township; John Vardo, Hartford School, has been named Arkansas High School township; Dale Quails, Center township; Tommie Director of the Year. He has been with the Fort Smith Roberts, Bloomer township; Dayton Manes, Big Public Schools 12 years and has been Northside Creek township; Ray Matlock, Cole township; Gary choral director 10 years. He also directs the Fort Smith Chorale. Clark, Mississippi township; and Don Cagle, — • — Washburn township. FORT SMITH MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS: City SPELLING BEE WINNER Directors at-large Ray Baker, Allan Langdon and Leah Weaver, a student from Harvest Time Junior Ray Stewart; Directors David Beckman, Edward High School, won the Sebastian County Spelling Gross, H.M. "Buck" Shell and Bill Maddox; Fort Bee Saturday, February 21. Leah will join the Smith Mayor William Vines; and Westark Community winners from all other counties in Arkansas to vie for College Board of Trustees members Sam Sicard, the state championship in the Arkansas State Spelling Bee in Little Rock. Conaly Bedell and Carl Corley. First runner-up was Amy Curry from Spradling DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE: Mabel School, and second runner-up was Chris Lee, Sanderson. representing Lavaca Junior High School. Municipal officers of other Sebastian County — • — municipalities were also sworn in. POLICE OFFICERS OF THE YEAR David Overton and Wendell Carruth were named officers of the year of their respective law enforce- FORT SMITH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ment organizations by the Noon Exchange Club of The Fort Smith National Historic Site celebrated Fort Smith. its 25th anniversary as an area of the National Park Carruth is a Sebastian County Sheriff's deputy Service on September 13, 1986, with a number of and Overton is a patrolman/warrant officer in the special events. Fort Smith Police Department. Southside Rotary Club of Fort Smith has donated Carruth, 48, of Lavaca, began his law enforcement a model exhibit of the second Fort Smith to the career 22 years ago with the Fort Smith Police Historic Site. This exhibit, which will be viewed by Department. He joined the Sebastian County Sheriff's about 150,000 park visitors each year, shows the Department in 1973. immensity of the fort which is frequently overlooked Since completing basic law enforcement training because of modern features which were built after in 1965, Carruth hasattended numerous classes and the fort and judicial periods. Presentation of the seminars pertaining to his profession, including a exhibit was made by James Reddick, president of state and local court security seminar conducted by the Southside Rotary Club. the U.S. Marshal's Office. — • — Overton, 28, is a Mansfield native and now lives in Fort Smith. He has an associate degree from CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Westark Community College and a bachelor of arts Richard Sugg has been named president of the degree from the University of Arkansas. Both Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce to fill the vacancy degrees are in criminal justice. He joined the Fort created by the death of Paul Latture. Smith Police Department in 1983. 31 The Fort Smith Historical Society reviews books When we study history, we are so busy on Arkansas or Genealogy when a copy of the book following the current of events that we is received for that purpose. After review, the book is forget history is people like us. When we placed in the Arkansas Room at the Fort Smith remember and look for people amid the Public Library and designated as a gift of the author landmarks of history, we find depth in and the Society. the current. In ARKANSAS IN THE GOLD RUSH, Priscilla McArthur provides much needed information about SEBASTIAN COUNTY, ARKANSAS, "Forty-Miners" from Arkanas who left for the gold DEED AND MORTGAGE BOOK A, 1861-1866 fields from Fort Smith, Van Buren, and other towns Published by Fort Smith Chapter, DAR. 112 pages, in Arkansas. Also, she tells something about those indexed, soft bound. Price $10.00 postpaid. Order they left behind. from: Necessary preparations for treks west were made Fort Smith Chapter DAR as carefully as possible, but were most often based Jo Tillery, Treasurer on inadequate information. This improved as letters 8901 South 28th Street came back from California, but unforeseen contin- Fort Smith, AR 72903 gencies continued to arise. Too much baggage, the Copying and publishing these records was an wrong kinds of food and clothing, too-heavy Arkansas Sesquicentennial Celebration project of wagons, Indian attacks, disease, poor or no roads, the Fort Smith Chapter, Daughters of the American uncertain weather... These were just a few of the Revolution. Sanctioned by the Arkansas Sesqui- difficulties encountered regard less of the em (grants' centennial Commission. route. And once California was reached, many wished to come home but lacked funds. FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, DEATH RECORDS INDEX, Theactual mining was morearduousand uncertain BOOKS I AND II, NOVEMBER 1881-JUNE 1909 than most had anticipated, and quite a few of the Indexed by Wanda Joy Karrant and Wilma Jean men found other work. Hoyle of the Fort Smith Public Library. Library hard Back home, families often had trouble keeping cover binding. Price $22.50 postpaid. Order from their heads above water. The men had expected to Fort Smith Public Library, 61 South 8th Street, Fort send money soon, and lots of it, butthe expectations Smith, AR 72901. Libraries may be billed if preferred. failed to materialize. Some men died; some dis- The Fort Smith City Birth and Death Record appeared. Some families learned this; some didn't. Books were transferred from the City Clerk's office Farms failed or had to be sold for other reasons. to the Genealogy and Arkansas Department of the Usually those left behind suffered as much as the Fort Smith Public Library in 1985. The full set of emigrants, though in different ways. records begin in 1881 and go through July, 1965, for Letters, diaries and newspaper accounts tell the births and through 1963 for deaths. These records story from beginning to end in ARKANSAS IN THE contain valuable information such as age, names of GOLD RUSH. Every bit of it is fascinating, reminding parents, place of birth, place of burial, cause of usagain how resilientourforebears were. It reminds death, etc. At the present time, only books I and II us, too, that greed for gold may have been the primary impetus but curiosity and a sense of have been indexed, but indexing of the other four adventure played a part. books in the set will be completed as soon as ARKANSAS IN THE GOLD RUSH is a gold mine possible. in itself. And you can read it easily, without the Records in the books are recorded chronologically, hardships and hard work it recounts. making itdifficulttofind adeath unlessdeath date is This book, a sanctioned Arkansas Sesquicen- known. The alphabetical index makes it possible to tennial publication, is printed on archival-quality locate a specific death by name. A certified copy of paper and is the first book-length effort to come out the entire record may then be obtained from the of the Arkansas Territorial Restoration's research library for $2.00 and a self-addressed, stamped program. Other books will follow. envelope. Reviewed by Ann M. Sims, Fort Smith Public Library ARKANSAS IN THE GOLD RUSH By Priscilla McArthur. 256 pages plus index. Price GULP AND RELATED FAMILIES $19.95 plus $1.50 postage. Order from The Store, By Mary Frances Beasley. 194 pages, Arkansas Territorial Restoration, 3rd and Scott soft bound, indexed. Price $25.00 post- Streets, Little Rock, AR 72201, or August House paid. Order from Mary Frances Beasley, Publishers, P.O. Box 3223, Little Rock, AR 72203. 613 Clifton Court, Fort Smith, AR 72903. 32 This well researched, well written book is the Well written and documented, the story is a history history of the Kolb/Kulp/Culp family in Germany, buff's pleasure and the researcher's delight. Not Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, only does it have end notes covering each chapter, Mississippi, Arkansas and other states to which the but it also has an index as well. family migrated. Britton has approached her subject with a true Dielman Kolb, Sr., was born ca 1648 in Germany love for history and her Methodist faith. Hersenseof and died there in 1712. His wife was a daughter of humor shines throughout with charming anecdotes Peter Schumacher, who came to Germantown, PA, which bring history alive. It is also reflected in some in 1685. Kolb sons came to America in the early of her chapter headings; for instance, there is the 1700s. Several members of the Kolb family were chapter dedicated to women in the church titled Mennonite ministers. "You Never Can Tell What Women Might Take to Hans Kasper Kolb (anglicized to Casper Gulp) Praying if Left Alone." arrived in America September 15, 1729. There are many good photographs of people, Contains immigration records, Bible records, places and things which add satisfaction. She church records, family charts, letters of adminis- furnishes short biographical sketches of many of the tration, cemetery records, etc. Approximately 70 men who helped build the church spiritually as well photographs and illustrations. as physically. This publication is sanctioned by the Arkansas Of interest to Fort Smith readers is the biography Sesquicentennial Commission. The first printing is (and picture) of Oscar Elmo Goddard, who was born sold out and a second printing is being made. at Hartford, Arkansas, and for whom Goddard Memorial Methodist Church in Fort Smith was named. Goddard became a giant in Arkansas SURNAME INDEX TO THE HISTORY Methodism, and preached at Batesville from 1933 to OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS 1936. Compiled by Clovis E. Miller. Paperback. Price Reviewed by Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough $6.00 plus $1.00 postage. Miss Clara B. Eno spent the better part of seventy years collecting information for her book entitled HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS. CHURCH OF NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 1874-1984 Her 499 page, uncopyrighted and unindexed work By Elliott McDonald McManus. 438 pages, indexed, has had two printings. It was first published in 1950 hard cover, price $24.95 postpaid. Libraries and by the Press-Argus of Van Buren, Arkansas. Miss historical or genealogical societies will be billed on Eno died in August, 1951, at the age of 97. Without a request. Order from: First United Methodist Church, doubt, her work will remain "the standard" by which P.O. Box 489, Newport, AR 72112. all subsequent histories of the county and area must This history spans 110 years of the church's be compared. She was one of Arkansas' foremost activity and influence in Newport. Of special interest historians and very active in the Arkansas History to the members themselves and local citizens of the community, it is also interesting to the casual reader. Commission, as well as numerous other organiza- It is the story of a church attempting to fulfill its tions of historical import. mission, sometimes succeeding beyond the expecta- This index is a long needed tool for expediting tions of the pastors and church workers, sometimes research in this valuable history of Crawford failing and sometimes experiencing a mixture of County. success and failure, but always continuing the struggle. All of which gives it that universal appeal. THE FIRST 100 YEARS, Mrs. McManus met the challenge head-on and FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, gives a full and detailed account of her church. BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 1836-1956 There is a table of contents; an index of illustrations; By Nancy Britton. 181 pages, hard bound, indexed. four appendices covering church membership from Price $15.00 postpaid. Order from: as far back as members were registered, marriages and infant baptisms (1897-1947), United Methodist First United Methodist Church Women Life Memberships, and windows. 615 East Main Street The book isalso fully indexed. With the appendices Batesville, Arkansas 72501 and index, we believe this history will also be very This is the story of the First United Methodist attractive to genealogists. Church at Batesville, Arkansas. The book was begun Reviewed by Sarah Fitzjarrald McCullough in 1984, the bicentennial year of Methodism in America and the centennial year of women's work at SA WMILL, THE STORY OF CUTTING THE LAST First Church in Batesville. It was completed in 1986, GREA T VIRGIN FOREST EAST OF THE ROCKIES marking the sesquicentennial of the church, the By Kenneth L. Smith. 241 pages plus index. Hard Arkansas Conference (Methodist), and the Arkansas bound. Price $28.00. Available from The University State Sesquicentennial. of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR 72701. 33 SAWMILL is a history of logging in the Arkansas The state debt, Jim Crow laws and the development and Oklahoma Ouachita Mountains from 1900 to of highways were all pivotal issues determined by 1950, a penetrating study of the lumber industry, and the General Assembly, and they were followed by a significant view of man's interaction with a major the cutbacks of the depression, the mobilization of forest resource. It is also a social history, in its World War II, the move to industrialize and the account of the lumbermen's quest for the last virgin dismantling of segregation. timber and the effects of its depletion. Kenneth The most famous memers of the Legislature have Smith interviewed more than three hundred people a biographical sketch, and for the first time, a single to bring us a lively history of the cutting of virgin list of all the thousands of present and former shortleaf pine forests. members of the General Assembly is compiled in The Caddo River Lumber Company and the mill alphabetical order. This list is a valuable reference towns of Rosboro, Glenwood, and Forester provided for genealogists. jobs and homes for many local residents during the The color, the drama, the heartaches, the compro- brief heyday of the big-sawmill era. Smith takes a mises and the breakthroughs of the past 150 years of close look at several important timber companies, the General Assembly provide a unique and fascinat- and at the personality of T.W. Rosborough, a man ing view of Arkansas' past. ( who bought and sold vast tracts of land and had an Recommended reading for students of Arkansas almost fatherly concern for both white and black history and every citizen who has an interest in the sawmill workers. functioning of our state government. The recollections included here provide insight into a population who lived through the depression PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINE, CRAWFORD AND years in isolated mountain communities, where cats SEBASTIAN COUNTIES, ARKANSAS, 1817-1976 were sometimes sold as possum meat, and where By Amelia Whitaker Martin. 688 pages illustrated men enjoyed weekend "sip and sniff" poker parties. and indexed. Hardback. Price $21.00 + $1.50 The book is richly illustrated with photographs shipping. Order from: Sebastian Medical Publi- from the time of the mills. cations, 2121 Wolfe Lane, Fort Smith, AR 72901. PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINE is a biographical CALL THE ROLL history of the development of medical care in By Jerry E. Hinshaw. 219 pages plus index. Hard Crawford and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas, written bound. Price $22.95 plus tax at bookstores or order against the background of the history of the area from Rose Publishing Company, 301 Louisiana from 1817 and the building of the first frontier Fort Smith to 1976. It tells the story of the men and Street, Little Rock, AR 72201. women of medicine and their influence on the Published by the Department of Arkansas Heritage, development of the area. It is Crawford and CALL THE ROLL is ostensibly a history of the Sebastian County history never previously published Arkansas General Assembly, but in reality it is a and a gold mine of information for genealogists. history of the state from the perspective of the Contains biographies of more than 1,500 physicians Legislature. The General Assembly is always such a from all over the world who at some time practiced major actor in the state's turning points that its story medicine in these two counties —some lineages is inevitably inseparable from Arkansas' memorable extend back to the 1600's. Thousands of names moments. included. Proceeds from sale of book used for The author, himself a legislator, devoted years of Medical and Para-medical Student Loan Funds. research on the development of the Arkansas Legis- lature and its leading personalities. Beginning with the Territorial Legislature of 1819-1836, Hinshaw THE STREETCARS OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS unravels the saga of the feisty Robert Crittenden, the By Charles E. Winters. 52 pages, softback, construction of the Old State House, the slaying of a indexed. Price $5.00 + 75$ postage. Order from: Fort House member by the Speaker, and the scandal of Smith Streetcar Restoration Association, 2121 Wolfe the Real Estate Bank and the State Bank. Lane, Fort Smith, AR 72901. He traces the agonizing over whether to secede History of the Fort Smith Light & Traction from the Union, the flight of the Confederate Company and the streetcar system of Fort Smith. government to Washington, Arkansas, and the Well researched and written. Lavishly illustrated. turmoil of Reconstruction climaxed by the Brooks- Money from sale of book helps restore Fort Smith Baxter War. streetcars and operate Fort Smith Trolley Museum. 34 of

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VOLUME I, NUMBER 1 — SEPTEMBER, 1977 VOLUME IV, NUMBER 1 — APRIL, 1980 VOLUME VII, NUMBER 2 — SEPTEMBER, 1983 Map of Arkansas Fort Smith and the Civil War Fort Smith Cadet Band Fort Smith Incorporation Papers The Action on Massard Prairie Roster, Fort Smith Cadet Band Fort Smith City Streets SAHARA Ladies - Strike Up The Band Fort Smith Early Settlement Civil War Battle Site Markers Song, "In Old Fort Smith" Fort Smith District, Fort Smith Fire Departments Confederate General Orders Fort Smith as a Focal Point for Advancing Sebastian County Marriage Book A Diary of Corrine Sherlock Southard 1883 Newspapers Miss Agnes Oglesby the Military Frontier 1850-1851 Fort Smith Architecture William F. Rowe VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 1 — APRIL, 1984 Fort Smith Presbyterian Church Oral History, Edna F. Tustison Alphonso Trent, One of the Best Poetry and Poets - Eloise Barksdale and Virginia Foster Real Daughters of the Confederacy Hammer's Bands Fort Smith 1877 The Confederate Women Amrita Grotto Band Fort Smith United Daughters of the Confederacy Fort Smith Women During War Between the States Jimmie Grace and His Ozarkians Poets and Poetry, Margaret Montague The Southerners, Edgar A Robinson, Director Fort Smith Historical Society Organization Doc Miller's Orchestras 1879 -1880 Newspapers Clint Fisher and His Musical Buddies VOLUME I, NUMBER 2 — DECEMBER, 1977 1860 Census Fred Rose Telephone Company in Fort Smith Wayne Redden and His Arkansas Valley Boys Oral History, Capt. Roy G. Wood VOLUME IV, NUMBER 2 - SEPTEMBER, 1980 Froebel E. 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Fort Smith District, Rubbings 1881 Newspapers Sebastian County, Arkansas Fort Smith, Hub from which the Inquiries and Genealogy News Western Gold Seekers Went into the Wilderness VOLUME V, NO. 2 — SEPTEMBER, 1981 1885 Newspapers Diary - Wagon Train Journal United Confederate Veterans VOLUME IX, NUMBER 2 — SEPTEMBER, 1985 Sparks Family Col. Benjamin T. DuVal Belle Grove School Fort Smith Wagon Company Poets and Poetry, Prof. D. S. Patrick Martha J. Raines Walker Fort Smith Architecture Jesse Casey Harper, Confederate Soldier Rogers School H. C. Hoffman's Saddlery Shop Architecture, P. Ft. Davis Home My Mother, Thelma Brown, Oral History, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Godt Microfilm Collection, Fort Smith Public Library Taught at Rogers School New Theater Civil War Soldiers Buried in Verna Wheat Soifer Fort Smith 1878 Fort Smith National Cemetery (L-Z) History of DuVal School Journal Award from Arkansas History Association Book Notes, Inquiries and Bloopers Elias R. 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D. of AR, 1875-1896 Captain James Bowlin Letters from Readers A Lawyer's Appraisal of the Parker Court 1882 Newspapers 1885-1886 Newspapers Furnishing New Federal Jail VOLUME X, NUMBER 2 — SEPTEMBER, 1986 Birnie Brothers Funeral Home and Putman Funeral Home VOLUME VII, NUMBER 1 — APRIL, 1983 Fort Smith High School System Judge John Henry Rogers Red Lantern Welcome To Fort Smith The Flag, The Flower and The Honeybee Oral History, Eleanor Boone Rogers She Handled The Mail For Gypsies Arkansas, State Song Fort Smith 1879 All Over The World Governor William Meade Fishback Fort Smith Land Records Neither Snow Nor Rain Boston Store Closing Touches City Fort Smith Post Masters Vinnie Ream VOLUME III, NUMBER 2 — SEPTEMBER, 1979 Some Early Settlers of Fort Smith Area Inquiries Streetcars of Fort Smith and Index to First Sebastian County Will Books Book Notes Fort Smith Light and Traction Company 1883 News 1886 Newspapers

35 FORT SMITH ELEVATOR November 12,1886 - April 29,1887 Abstracted by Dorothy Williams, Pat Birkett and Milton Birkett

This newspaper is on microfilm at the Fort Smith Y.M.C.A. Public Library. Mr. E.S. Chipley, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Little Rock, was in our city several days during the past week. He made *********November 12,1886 * OBITUARY a good and instructive lecture before the Y.M.C.A. Service of Song at the Presbyterian church Sunday Martha Ann Meek (nee Harwell) was born in Newton County, Ga., on April 21st, 1826 and died in evening lastand attended an informal conference at the residence of Gen. Stephen Wheeler on Monday Fort Smith, Arkansas, OctobeMS, 1886. She was the daughter of Vines and Mary R. Harwell, and evening last. The result of the meeting was an agreement by all to reorganize or adopt a new granddaughter of Jackson Harwell, who was known constitution, and it is expected that the association by the name of "Old Hundred". She was married to will now move on and prosper more than ever. F.M. Meek . . . was the mother of eight children. 0

Abaraham Lunsford and Mary A. Johnson were TAYLOR-OAKLEY licensed to marry on Wednesday last. On Wednesday evening last at the residence of J.C. Tucker, the bride's stepfather, Mr. William ********** Taylor was married to Miss Jody Oakley, all of this November 26,1886 city. BANQUET OF THE BAR Judge R.B. Rutherford - Judge J.S. Little *********Decembers, 1886 * On Thursday evening of last week, the members of The new Christian Church on Lafayette Street is the Fort Smith Bar banqueted the retiring judge of nearing completion and is a handsome little structure the circuit court, Robt. B. Rutherford, and his — a credit to the city. recently elected successor, J. Sebastian Little. There was a good attendance and Mivelaz's dining hall at the LeGrande where the large banquet was NEW CHURCH held was pretty well filled. All went well — plenty to The laying of the cornerstone for the new eat and enough wine to brighten their minds. Col. Methodist church in Fishback's addition will be Wm. M. Fishback, who presided, announced the first superintended by the Masonic fraternity on Tuesday toast. "The Retiring Judge," response by W.H.H. next. Those wishing to go out should leave town Clayton, who paid just and good compliments to about 11 o'clock a.m. to be in time. It will be a Judge Rutherford. Judge R. thereupon responded handsome structure when complete. and in a few words, expressing his gratification in — • — knowing that the members of the bar were pleased At the recent meeting of the Masonic Grand with his career as judge. "The Incoming Judge" by Lodge, $250 was appropriated for the erection of a M.H. Sandles, who spoke of Bass Little's many monument to the memory of the late Dr. E.R. DuVal. excellent accomplishments and claimed him to be The same amount was also given toward the both a philosopher and poet. Judge Little in erection of a I ike testimonial of honor to the memory response said he knew how the lawyers on the losing of the late Judge English. side always went for the judge, but hoped all criticisms might be poetic. "T. Bench" response by ********** Hon. I.C. Parker. "The Bar" response by Col. B.T. January 7,1887 DuVal. "The Officers of the Law" response by Col. FOR SALE — Ten 40 acre tracts. Eight of the same Thomas Marcum. "Early Times in Arkansas" are partly improved within six miles of the city; all response by Col. E.G. Boudinot. "Our State" by Hon. timber land but one 40 and it is part prairie and part Thomason of Van Buren. "OurCity" by C.M. Cooke. timber. You can have your choice of all but one 40 at "The Future of Our Profession" by Col. J.H. $15 peracre, one-third cash, and balance in oneand Clendening. The toasts were closed by a few two years at 10 percent. remarks by Col. Wm. Walker on the suggestion of a CARNALL BROTHERS toast to the oldest member of the bar. Among the £ visitors were Hugh F. Thomas, Van Buren; Robt. L. OBITUARY NOTICES Owen, Indian agent, Muscogee, IT.; J.B. Forrester, All obituary notices or tributes of respect exceed- Greenwood. ing ten lines in length are charged for at the rate of five cents per line, which is half rate. Notices of ten 36 lines or less will be published free, if furnished indue funeral will take place today from his residence on time. No deviation from these rules. Notices exceed- the Van Buren road. Judge Milor was about seventy ing ten lines must be accompanied by the cash in years of age, and very robust for a man so far order to insure insertion in full. advanced in life. He leaves a wife and nine children. To ascertain how many lines a notice will make, 0 count the words, seven words to the line. COUNTY BRIDGES CARNALL BROTHERS Not long since the county court let contract for the building of several bridges over streams in this county, among them one over Big and Little Vache The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yates died Grasse. The contractors put the bridges up and we on Tuesday and was buried Wednesday. suppose the county paid for them but as they now — • — stand they are no more use to the public than if they Deputy county clerk J.H. McClure has issued the never had been built, as there is no approaches to following marriage licenses since the first: Sidney L. them on either side, the ends of them standing Haynes and Cynthia Ross, of the territory; Fred several feet from the ground. It is the duty of Schleuter and Bertha Westphal, city; and Daniel someone to look after this matter and it should be Williams and Polly Robinson (colored), city. attended to at once. — • — — • — The Daily Tribune is publishing, from time to time, ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN PASSES AWAY descriptive and biographical articles, together with Mrs. Mary Wilson, wife of the late Thomas E. the pictures of public buildings, handsome resi- Wilson, Sr., died on Tuesday last at the residence of dences and prominent citizens of our city. This is a her daughter, Mrs. H.I. Falconer, of this city, of new enterprise in Fort Smith and we are glad to see it pneumonia after an illness of about two weeks. pushed. Mrs. Wilson was among our oldest citizens, having 9 . spent most of her life at Fort Smith. She was born TO ALL AFFLICTED FEMALES near Lynchburg, VA, April 22, 1822, her parents If you are suffering from any of the diseases moving to this place when she was an infant of nine peculiar to women, Bradfield's Female Regulator months. She leaves three sons and three daughters will cure. Try it. (Thomas E., J.D., and C.P. Wilson, Mrs. V.T. Baxter Send for our Treatise on Woman. Mailed free to of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Falconer and Miss Macha any address. Wilson). — • — ********** MARRIED January 21,1887 Atthe residence of Mr. Frank A. McGibben, in Van IN MEMORIUM Buren, on Tuesday last, Mr. Thomas C. Davis of this On Friday, January 14th, the beautiful daughter of city, was married to Miss Annie Rape, sister of Mrs. Mrs. G.A. and E.A. Scargall of this city, after an F.A. McGibben, Rev. W.A. Sample officiating. illness of but a few hours, passed from this world of — • — tears and sorrow to that haven of perpetual happiness and peace. Emma Grason was just four A slight change of time has been made in the years old. arrival and the departure of passenger trains on the Frisco, which now leaves at 12:45 and arrives at 9:30 ********** p.m., giving us our St. Louis mail a little earlier than January 28,1887 before. BRIDGE MEETING — • — STEPS TAKEN TOWARD BRIDGING THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT FORT SMITH At a meeting of the fire department Tuesday night The great necessity of bridging the Arkansas River J.J. Little was re-elected chief, J. Deiser assistant at this place has for years been apparent to our chief, and Will Stalcup secretary. Pending the citizens, all of whom recognize the fact that it would election of treasurer^ controversy sprang up which be of incalculable benefit to Fort Smith. The time resulted in Hose Company No. 1 withdrawing from having arrived for some action to be taken in the the department, with the understanding that they matter, a citizens meeting was called for Monday would turn over their hose, reel and uniforms to the night last at the Board of Trade rooms. In accordance chief. This is to be regretted, and we hope the boys with the call, a number of our leading citizens met at will reconsidertheiraction and allowthedepartment the appointed time and the following proceedings to stand as it was. were had: On motion John Carnall was chosen ********** Chairman and Geo. Sengel Secretary. Mr. C.F. January 14,1887 Boequin stated that he had made a partial canvass of SUDDEN DEATH the city and secured signatures to about 2,000 Judge Charles Milor, an old resident of this shares at $25 each, and at the suggestion of the chair county, died suddenly on Wednesday at 2 o'clock a recess was taken in order that other signatures p.m. of cramp colic at his home near this city. His might be obtained from those present.

37 The meeting again being called to order proceeded The application from the town council of Fort to business: Smith, duly attested by Mat Grey, mayor of said city, Wm. A Fishback, W.H.H. Clayton and S.A. Williams and Geo. C. Faucette, recorder, praying that said were appointed a committee to draw up articles of city of Fort Smith be raised to the rank of a city of the association and secure signatures to same, and firstclass underthe law provided in such cases, was secure waiver to notice for first meeting. Col. laid before the state board of commissioners of Clayton was appointed to draft text of bill to be towns and cities, said application being accompanied introduced to congress. by a duly certified copy of a resolution adopted by Balloting for nine directors by shares resulted in the city council of the said incorporated town of Fort the election of Wm. M. Fishback, C.F. Boequin, Wm. Smith, asking that said city be declared a city of the Breen, W.N. Ayers, W.H.H. Clayton, Geo. Sengel, first class; and satisfactory evidence being produced Geo. T. Sparks, Stephen Wheeler and Frank Parke. before the board that the population of said city of The corporation will be known as the Fort Smith Fort Smith exceeds the number of five thousand. It is Bridge Company. Adjournment was had subject to by the board, ordered that said city of Fort Smith be the call of the director. declared and raised to a city of the first class and Immediately after the adjournment of the stock henceforth classed as such. holders of the bridge company, a citizens meeting S.P. Hughes, Governor of Arkansas was held with Dr. J.H.T. Main in the chair and S.A. W.R. Miller, Auditor of State Williams as secretary, and a resolution was adopted E.B. Moore, Secretary of State asking the state legislature to memorialize congress Attest: E.B. Moore, Clerk. to grant the charter asked for by the Fort Smith Bridge Company. At the close of the meeting there were sixty-six FATALLY SCALDED holders, and the number of shares taken was On Saturday last, while some hogs were being considerably over 2,000. scalded at the home of J.H. Mershon, his little son, Willie Worth, aged 5 years and 6 months, fell backwards into the scalding barrel, and was burned *********January 28,1887 * so badly that he died on Sunday from the effects. MARRIED Mr. Will B. Hendrix, of this city, and Miss T.B. At the last meeting of the city council, an Bonham were married last evening at the residence ordinance was submitted providing for and regulat- of the bride's father, in Prairie township, about 25 ing the numbering of the houses in the city, which miles from the city, Rev. Alexander, of the will likely be adopted at the next meeting of the Presbyterian church, performing the ceremony. council. An ordinance changing the names of all Mr. Lawson Thrash and Miss Jessie Little, daughter streets running north and south so as to call them by of J.J. Little, repaired to the residence of Rev. J.L. numbers was also presented, and will likely be Massey on Tuesday evening and were joined in holy adopted in the proper time. In accordance with this wedlock in the presence of a few friends. latter ordinance, Ozark, Washington, Wayne and Green, for example, would become 1st, 2nd, 3rd and NEW SALOON! 4th streets and so on. This, we think, is a good idea. The undersigned has opened up a first-class — • — saloon in the Elevator buiding, where he will be BRIDGE COMPANY pleased to receive calls from his friends during the The Fort Smith Bridge Company completed its year 1887. Best of LIQUORS will be kept, for sale by organization on Tuesday evening, when the following the drink, pint, quart or gallon. OSCAR PEPPER officers were elected: Judge Wm. H.H. Clayton, AND OLD CROW WHISKEY A SPECIALTY! president; Col. Wm. M. Fishback, vice-president; PATRICK REILLY S.A. Williams, secretary; and W.N. Ayers, treasurer. The necessary steps have been taken to obtain the *********February 4,1887 * charter, our Legislature having memorialized FORT SMITH congress to grant it, and the papers asking for the Declared a City of the First Class by the Governor charter having been sent to Washington. The question is now settled and Fort Smith is — • — today a city of the first class. In accordance with DIED instructions from the city council, Mayor Grey went On Friday last, Mr. Wolfgang Sieber, an old to Little Rock last week and laid the matter before the resident, died at his home about two miles from this Governor, and below we publish the document city. He was 77 years of age, having spent thirty raising the rank of the Border City: years of his life in this section. He was the father of OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE ) Mrs. Joe Limberg and Mrs. John Donhooe. January 29, 1887 ) Mrs. Mary Bailey, wife of Mr. Wiley Bailey, died on The Board of Municipal Corporations met at the Saturday last at her residence, in the Catholic Grove, office of the Governor; present, S.P. Hughes, thiscity, of cancer of the stomach, and was buried in Governor; W.R. Miller, auditor; E.B. Moore, secretary. the city cemetery. 38 Mrs. Elvira Buchanan, residing about two miles Suburban property is attracting more than ordinary from this city, died here on Saturday last from the attention and sells well. . . effects of getting a piece of meat lodged in her throat During the past ten or twelve days deeds have while cooking at home on the Thursday preceeding been filed for record at the rate of ten to twenty-five her death. per day. Circuit Clerk Stalcup has been compelled to *********February 11,1887 * employ two or three extra clerks to keep up with his THOMAS DOYLE DEAD business. On Friday last Thomas Doyle, one of our oldest citizens, died at his residence in the suburbs, aged *********February 25,1887 * 82 years. Mr. Doyle was a native of Wexford County, A NAVAL CADET TO BE SELECTED Ireland, and came to Fort Smith in 1852, and has House of Representatives ) resided here continuously since that time, having Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, '87 ) married the widow of Samuel Booth, mother of Dr. JohnT. Booth. For many years he did business atthe Notice is hereby given that a competitive examina- corner of Garrison Avenue and Green Street. tion will be held on the first day of April next at Clarksville, Ark., for the selection of a cadet to the United States Naval Academy, from the Fourth BORDER CITY BOOM Congressional District. Real Estate Rapidly All candidates must be between the ages of 14 and Changing at Good Cash Prices 18 years, five feet high, physically sound, well formed, of robust constitution and a resident of the Town and Suburban Property district. Rapidly Advancing in Value Every Day The candidates will be examined in reading, LET HER BOOM! writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, English The long looked for boom in Fort Smith is now grammar, history and algebra. The board of fairly under way, and the future of this point as an examiners will be selected hereafter and from important railway center is becoming more and different parts of the district. more apparent every day. Capitalists, both local and Very respectfully, foreign, are just now scrambling over real estate in John H. Rogers and adjacent to the city, in consequence of which — • — property in many instances has advanced from 50 to August Burghart and Miss Annie F. Gabel were 300 percent in the past three months and is still married on Tuesday morning last at the Catholic going up, with buyers on every hand. Unimproved property is mostly sought after, and brings better Church. prices than improved. The question may be asked, on what is this boom The establishment of a canning factory here the based? What prospects are in store for Fort Smith coming season is now a certainty, and the Tribune that assure capitalists of making money by buying informs the farmers that at least 400 acres of up property at fabulous prices? In reply to these tomatoes, 200 acres of sweet corn and 100 acres of questions, we will give a few pointers: beans and peas will be utilized by it besides a large In the first place the Frisco extention south to amount of fruit. Texas is opening up a new country underlaid with rich coal beds and other minerals and covered with ********** immense forests of pine and other valuable timbers, March 4, 1887 heretofore undeveloped. Coal mines are being Arnold C. Chisholm and Miss Ophelia G. Campbell opened at Hackett City and other points near here were married at the Christian Church in this city on already and scores of new people are coming in Wednesday evening by the pastor. We extend every day. With a bridge over the Arkansas River at congratulations. Van Buren, four miles from here, and a company — • — organized to bridge the river at this place, contem- plated railroads projecting this way are encouraged JAMES M. COLLINS DEAD to come, and will come in the near future. A new We are pained to announce the death on railroad has just been chartered in Kansas called the Wednesday last of Col. James M. Collins at his home Denver and Fort Smith road, which makes seven near this city of pneumonia after an illness of some roads chartered in that state for Fort Smith, and days. Jim Collins has been a resident here and three have been chartered from here to Texas. identified with the interest of this place for more than twenty years. Flattering indications of iron have been discovered — • — near here, and new coal beds are being unearthed in every direction. The discovery of iron twenty miles SALARIES OF OUR NEXT CITY OFFICERS north of here, mentioned in another column, is also At the meeting of the city council on Monday night beneficial to Fort Smith, and all this invited the an ordinance fixing the salaries of officers for Fort building of railroads, and railroads attract capital Smith as a city of the first class passed its second and build up manufactories. . . reading, and went over to the next meeting. It gives 39 the mayor $1,200; police judge $1,200; city treasurer Wm. H. Slagleand FannieWatley procured license $25; city clerk $900; city collector $600; city attorney to marry on Monday last, and proceeded forthwith to $500; city sexton $480; chief of police $800; join their fortunes. policemen $600. 0 — • — Mr. Pryor E. Lee and Miss Mamie E. Hunton, Capt. Sam McLoud has returned from St. Louis, daughter of John B. Hunton, were married on where he ordered eight new street cars and two Monday last by Rev. W.A. Sample. miles of rail. Additional orders will soon follow. — • — HIGHER AND HIGHER Henry Williamsgotthe neat little sum of $6,000for Buyers More Numerous and Heavy Transactions Frequent 50 feet front on Towson Avenue. Avenue Property Reaches Five Hundred Dollars Per Foot The Number of Deeds Recorded Rapidly Increasing The Boom Goes On *********March 11,1887 * The Fort Smith boom continues unabated, and MAMMOTH REAL ESTATE SALE! property of all kinds goes higher and higher every U.S. Military Reservation Lots day. The city is full of capitalists and real estate men, Twelve Hundred Lots Donated by Congress for the and everything else except real estate has apparently Use and Benefit of the Free Common Schools been lost sight of. Several $25,000 and $30,000 of the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas transactions have occurred this week, and some A Large Number of Lots Yet to be Sold heavy profits have been pocketed by prudent A grand sale of lots in the Reserve Addition, which speculators... The boom has come to stay and has adjoins the main business part of this city, on the not yet reached its zenith by a large majority, as south side, has been ordered, by the city council. capital is coming in every day from the north which Sales will be made at public auction to the highest is at once invested and its owner joins the busy bidderforcash, and will positively commence on the throng in the scramble for bargains in real estate. property at 10 o'clock a.m., on Tuesday, March 22, Everything indicates that Fort Smith is to be a great 1887, and continue from day to day thereafter until city in the future. . . the sale shall be closed. The following lots and blocks have been desig- *********March 18,1887 * nated by a joint committee of the city council and RAILROAD AND BRIDGE NEWS school board and will be the first sold. Col. Henry Wood, general manager of the Valley Lots all fronting on Towson Route, which is now a part of the Gould system, has Lots all fronting on Wheeler Street been here several days with a corps of engineers Lots on Rogers Avenue making arrangements to bridge the Arkansas River Lots on Kannady Street and to get right of way through the city, and ground, Lots on Bennett Street say 20 acres, for depot purposes. The engineers are Lots on Mayers Street now engaged in locating a line south in the direction Lots on Atkinson Street of Greenwood and Waldron with Shreveport, La., Lots on Beckle Street probably, as their objective point. Lots on Stryker Street We are enabled to say with a good deal of certainty Terms, cash on day of sale. By order of the city that we will now get a road south. The company has council. bought many thousands of acres of coal lands south Henry Hinch, John Mathews, C.M. Barnes of here. The route will go out from the east side of the Committee city. — • — — • — The sale of lots on the reserve will be one of the DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION most gigantic real estate transactions ever had here. At the convention held on Tuesday evening last, Since the first sale in May, 1885, this property has Judge R.B. Rutherford was nominated for Mayor, become the most desirable in the city and is now Mathew Gray for Police Judge and Tom C. Davis for worth four times what it was then. The sale is being City Treasurer, all of whom will be elected next extensively advertised, especially in Missouri and month. Kansas, and numerous speculators besides those ********** already here will be in attendance. Parties who March 25, 1887 purchased at the sale two years ago have reaped During the past week marriage licenses have been immense profits on their investments. Thomas H. issued from the county clerk'soffice to the following Barnes, for instance, bought at the first sale a lot persons: John Krum to Elizabeth Beckell; Robert H. seventy feet front on Garrison Avenue by 140 on Holt to Alice Wooden, Choctaw Nation; John G. Washington Street, extension, paying $2,000 for it. Gunter to Ruth Counts, Cherokee Nation; Wm. B. Last week he sold an undivided half-interest in it for Yanders to Ellen Varden; Thos. B. Foyle to Ellen $9,625. Ashberry; Andrew Sullivan to Laura Moore.

40 Mary Lillian, the three-months-old daughterof Mr. exception of one alderman, the remainder of the and Mrs. Henry Grasse, died on Friday night last Democratic ticket was elected. from the effects of an overdose of morphine The following is a condensed report of the result: administered by a so-called professional nurse. Mayor — Williams, 696; Rutherford, 576 Police Judge — Grey, 767; Griffing, 437 ********** Treasurer— Davis, 707; Reutzel, 537 April 1,1887 Aldermen — 1st ward, D.B. Sparks, Pat Keating; 2nd Mr. Sam Seward died at his home in this city last ward, S.W. Murphy, C.M. Barnes; 3rd ward, J.J. Sunday morning, after a very brief illness from Little, J.L. Hendrick; 4th ward, F.T. Reynolds, Jos. pneumonia. His age was 38 years. Baker.

CLOSE OF THE SALE OF RESERVE LOTS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals will be received until Monday, 10 $131,633 Realized for the Ninety-Eight o'clock p.m., May 2, 1887, at the office of the Lots Put on the Market Secretary of Board of Commissioners for public The Increased Value of Property as Shown building, Sebastian County, Ark., for the erection by a Comparison with the First Sale in 1885 and completion of a county courthouse building at Below we give the result of the last day's sale of Fort Smith, Ark., according to the plans and lots on the Reserve Addition. . . specifications which may be seen at the office of Bidding at the last day's sale was quite spirited, Nier, Hogg & Byram, architects in Kansas City, Mo., and at Fort Smith, Ark. . . but confined mostly to resident buyers. Geo. H. Lyman, Secretary Board The sales of the ninety-eight lots put on the market run up to $131,633. Two years ago, at the first sale, ********** four hundred lots were sold, some of them the April 15, 1887 choicest pieces on the addition, and their sales Mr. B. Berger died at his home in this city Sunday aggregated more than a thousand dollars less than morning, after a protracted illnessfrom consumption. the sale of the lots just completed, showing an He was 50 years of age. increase in thevalueof property without comparison — • — in the history of the state and with few equals in the THE LAST CITY COUNCIL west. Nor is this value merely speculative. This is AND THE STREET RAILWAYS shown to some extent by the fact that most of the The last council signalized its retirement by an purchasers were home buyers who have seen the utter failure to dispose of one of the most important steady growth of real estate values for the past six or measures that has ever affected the city's interests, seven years and have confidence in the future of our and also by proceedings at the special session on city. Monday afternoon that were of such a nature as to There are about 500 of these lots yet remaining in cause our citizens to hang their heads in shame. possession of the city. From their sale from time to It is known that for some time there has been time, as occasion demands, will be built the finest before the council applications from four different system of public schools in the entire South, and this street railway companies for charters to build lines fact alone is inducing many people to settle here. of street railway. . . To Messrs. C.M. Barnes, H.Hinch and John — • — Mathews cannot be given too much credit for the PAT MCCARTY energy they displayed in conducting the sale. They Is Ushered into Eternity Protesting Innocence worked faithfully in putting it before the public, and of the Murder of the Mahoney Boys attended thesale in person each day until the last lot was knocked off. Much of this large attendance was He Faces His Fate Without Flinching, due to their efforts, and the result cannot but be as Displaying Remarkable Nerve gratifying to them as it is to the people of our city. (Editor's Note: 19 inch story about the hanging available at the Fort Smith Public Library.) *********April 8, 1887 * — • — THE MUNICIPAL CONTEST MADSTONE The Republicans Capture the Mayoralty and One Alderman The madstone that was so successfully applied to The Remainder of the Democratic Ticket Elected Sheriff Williams' hand some time ago when it was so badly bitten by a dog belongs to Mrs. Ward, who The result of Tuesday's election places an out- 1 and-out Republican at the head of our municipal lives at Frank Ward's place, about 2 /2 miles east of affairs and may really be looked upon as a Lavaca and about 18 miles east of Fort Smith. Mrs. Republican victory, for it was secured by dissensions Ward charges $20 for the use of the stone to those in the Democratic party and the usual sharp who are able to pay a fee, but to those who are schemes for which our Republican friends are unable to pay she charges nothing. noted. Mr. Williams' majority is 120. With the ********** 41 April 22, 1887 best water works systems in the south, furnishing FORT SMITH water for all purposes. The United States Court for the Western District of Arkansas is in session here Queen of the New Southwest the year round, disbursing over two hundred The Future Manufacturing Center of the West thousand dollars perannum. It isthe largestcriminal The City that Sits at the Head of the Great Arkansas Valley court in the world, having jurisdiction over the five and in Her Prosperity and Richness Overshadows civilized tribes of the Indian Territory, besides a All Others in Magnificence and Splendor large portion of Arkansas. A United States court- Headquarters of Railroad, Timber, Coal & Mining Interests house and jail are to be erected here at once, the former to cost over $100,000 and the latter $50,000. Her Location, Surroundings and Resources Both are in course of construction now. What Fort Smith Is Doing and What She Has Done In addition to these buildings, there is in process As we receive every day letters from abroad asking of erection a first class opera house. This building for information in regard to Fort Smith, and finding it will cost $75,000 and will, in convenience and beauty impossible to answer all the inquiries by letter, we of finish, be second to none in the South. give the following facts for the information of all concerned. Free Schools Fort Smith is situated on the Arkansas River, one Fort Smith has a magnificent school fund, amount- hundred and fifty miles above Little Rock, at the ing probably to more than half a million dollars in mouth of the Poteau River, immediately on the real estate, which was donated to her by congress, border of the Indian Territory, the Arkansas River the gift being the old military reservation, long since dividing it from the Cherokee Nation, while the abandoned, and join ing the principal part of the city. Choctaw Nation joins the corporate limits of the city We have three large and commodious school on the east bank of Poteau. Its population is now buildings for the whites, and one for colored estimated at 15,000, and is rapidly increasing. Its children. One of the three first mentioned has just growth in the past five years has been phenomenal, been completed at a cost of over $40,000, and others and the increase in its volume of business astonish- will be erected as occasion demands. ing. Surrounded as it is by an excellent farming Bridge Enterprise country, it has grown to be one of the best cotton A company has been formed and a charter has markets in the state, the staple being brought here been applied for to bridge the Arkanss River at this from points as far distant as one hundred miles. place, and active steps are being taken to secure the Between 45,000 and 50,000 bales have been handled building of the structure, which will no doubt here this season. It is connected direct with St. Louis terminate successfully. This is a very important step, by the St. Louis & San Francisco railway, and with Little Rock by the Little Rock & Fort Smith railway... and one from which Fort Smith and the country The route to be traversed is about 80 miles in length, surrounding must derive vast benefit, notwithstand- and passes through a belt of the richest country in ing the river is already bridged at Van Buren, only Arkansas — rich not only in agricultural resources four miles away. but in the finest of minerals as well. Operation will Banks commence on this line in a short time. The city now has three banks, all of them sound The St. Louis & San Francisco railroad is running a institutions and doing a good business. branch line from near Hackett city towards Fair Association Greenwood, the object being to tap the rich coal We also have a Fair Association that owns fields that lay all along this route. The Gould system, valuable grounds adjacent to the city and has been it is said, will also commence operations on a line in existence for nearly eight years, giving annual almost parallel to that of the Frisco. Both these exhibitions, which have done much toward bringing gigantic corporations are struggling forthecream of the resources of our country before the outside these coal lands, as well they may, for in the fields world, and will continue to give our farmers, fruit and hills of nearly every part of Sebastian County lie growers, stock raisers and all others engaged in the untold thousands of tons of the finest coal. Iron, too, industries of the country a chance to exhibit the lies almost at our doors in inexhaustible quantities. products of their respective pursuits. It is generally conceded that Fort Smith is to To Capitalists become a great railroad center and distributing seeking investments for their wealth, this place pointforthefinest section of country in the land, rich offers flattering inducements by her natural advan- in all kinds of minerals, coal and timber, which is tages and surroundings. Manufactories are badly awaiting development, and is a standing invitation to needed — all kinds of them. A cotton factory could capitalists seeking investment for their idle wealth. be supplied with everything necessary to make it a All manner of business is represented here, and success, fuel being abundant and cheap and cotton during the past year trade in all branches of culture being one of the chief industries of the commerce has been excellent. We have one of the surrounding country in every direction. Agricultural largest cotton seed oil mills and compresses in the implements could be manufactured here very world, two foundries, several wagon factories on a profitable, there being an abundance of the finest small scale, street railways (which are to be timber to be had near at hand and extensive iron immediately extended to double their present beds within twenty-five miles and perhaps much length), gas, electric light, ice factory, and oneof the nearer. Coal and water inexhaustible, and all 42 branches of industry could be made to flourish here Armbruster & Kruel, manufacturers of carriages, and in time enrich those who put their wealth into barouches, buggies, trucks, spring wagons, etc., them. To the emigrant seeking a new home, have advertised in this issue. These gentlemen have inducements can also be offered. If you wish to farm, recently located here and will no doubt do well. lands are abundant and cheap within five to twenty- — • — fve miles, but in the vicinity of town they are now DEATH OF MRS. GEN. CABELL high, someasking as high as $300 an acre within less Mrs. Harriet Amanda Cabell, wife of Gen. W.L. than three miles. Farther out, however, good land Cabell, died at the Rector homestead near Fort can be had at from $15 to $40 per acre, unimproved, Smith, Arkansas, on the 16th day of April, 1887... She and improved farms are at all times on the market at was the daughter and eldest child of the late Major reasonable figures, and much of it has doubled and Elias Rector and his wife, Mrs. J.C. Rector, and was born at Bardstown, KY, where her parents were trebled in value during the last three months. There visiting, on the 3rd day of June, 1837. From early is not only a real estate boom here just now, but a childhood she was called "Shingo," a name given building boom, unparalleled in the history of the her by the Indians... She was married to Gen. W.L. city, is now in progress, and hundreds of residences Cabell, then a Lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry, on will be put up this summer, besides a large number the 22nd day of July, 1856. Her bridesmaids were of substantial business houses, and all this invites Miss Mary Gibson, now the wife of Gen. Thomas laborers and mechanics to cast their lot in our Bowen, at that time U.S. Senator from Colorado, and thriving city and grow up with it. The present Miss Belle Flemming. population is composed of people of every nationality About the year 1872 she removed to Dallas, and from every state in the Union, a majority of our Texas... Her remains were taken to Dallas, Texas, late accession being from Mississippi and Tennessee. where she will be laid at rest. We have a pleasant climate, and are never troubled ********** with epidemics of any kind. Our summers are long April 29, 1887 but mild, and ourwintersare never severe, compared The funeral of Mrs. T.J. Hurley, whose death was with the northern states. mentioned in last week's Elevator, took place To close we will say, if you want to speculate, if Sunday afternoon from the Roman Catholic Church you want to go into commercial business of any of this city of which Mrs. Hurley had long been a kind, if you want to engage in manufacturing member. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in this city, and the presence of hundreds of people enterprises, if you want to invest in lands of any at the grave testified to the esteem in which the description, if you want to farm, if you want to raise deceased lady was held. stock, if you are seeking a new home, come to Fort — • — Smith and look around and we are satisfied you will find it to your interest to locate and help us develop Frank Berry, a printer who learned his trade in the E/evaforoffice but who has been absent some time our vast resources in which there is wealth for the and had recently returned to the city, died Tuesday million. morning at the residence of Mrs. Porter after a short illness from typho-malarial fever. Frank was a steady, sober, industrious young man, and his death CITY MATTERS is a matter of great regret among his friends and At the second meeting of the new city council, all acquaintances. the Aldermen were present. Several petitions were — • — heard and laid. John Kennedy and Alex Hoffman Mr. Eugene Henderson and Miss Delia Dickins were elected as Board of Public Affairs, the former were married on Wednesday evening at the residence for the long term and the latter for the short term. of the bride's mother in this city by Rev. W.A. T.S. Osborn, Esq., was elected to the office of City Sample. The wedding wasquietand unostentatious. Attorney and John R. McBride, City Collector. Only a few special friends and relatives of the high A resolution was adopted requiring the Mayor, contracting parties were present. We congratulate Eugene on his desertion of the bachelor brotherhood Police Judge, City Clerk, City Collector and several and trust the future happiness and prosperity of of police to give bond in sum of $5,000 each. An himself and bride will be unimpaired. ordinance was passed appropriating $500 for the purchase of office furniture. A resolution was also adopted allowing each The Engineer Corps of the Fort Smith, Paris & member of the Board of Public Affairs a monthly Dardanelle Railroad commenced work yesterday morning making the preliminary survey of the route compensation of $25; the Captain of the Police for this road. They are now between Fort Smith and Force $70 a month. Central and will push on eastward with all possible speed.

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Adams, Sherley Bain, 23 Bardrick, Bill, 27 Brendel, Shirley, 30 Adelaide Hall, 3 Barksdale, Eloise, 2 "Bridging the Arkansas River at Aingworth, Helen, 21 Barnes, C.M., 40, 41 Fort Smith," 37 Alcholics Anonymous, 9 Barnes, Thomas H., 40 Britton, Nancy, 33 Aldergate Sunday School Class, 22 Barton, Mamie, 23 Brown, Dr. Walter L., 29 Alexander, Rev., 38 Bates County, Missouri, Cemeteries, 25 Brown, Jennifer, 14 Allen, Chris, 2 Battlefield State Park (AR), 10 Bruce and Vernon Families, 24 Allen, Dayton, 23 Baxter, Mrs. T.V., 37 Brunwick Place with Old Cumberland Allen, Eric, 23, por 23 Beasley, Mary Frances, 26, 32 Presbyterian Church in Background, il 13 Allen, Erica Long, 23 Beckman, David, 31 Buchanan, H.G., 26 Allen, John, 23 Bedell, Conaly, 31 Buchanan, J.E., 24 Allen, Kimberly, 22 Belle Fort Smith Tours, 23 Buchanan, Mrs. Elvira, 39 Allen, Rev. Stephen, 23 Belle Grove Historic District, 10 Burghart, August, 39 Allison, Dean, 31 Belle Grove School, 13 Burlington Northern Railroad, 29 ALSAC-St. Jude, 9 Belle Point Hospital, 5 Burris, Vangie, 23 Altrusa, 9 Belle Point Masonic Lodge No. 20, 22 Burton, Violet, 2 American Legion, 8 Ben Geren Regional Park, 30 Byrne, Dr. Lee, 3 American Legion Auxiliary, 23 Berry, Frank, 43 Cabell, Harriet Amanda, 43 Amis de I'Art, 9 "Biloxi Blues," 10 Caddo River Lumber Company, 34 AmVets, 8 Birkett, Milton, 36 Cagle, Don, 31 Arcadia Nighthawks, 9 Birkett, Pat, 36 Caldarera, Tommy, 16 Arkansas 1836-1986, May Gray, 28 Black Family Research Callahan, Patrick, 30 Arkansas Army National Guard, 15 Organization, 25 "Call the Roll," 34 Arkansas Birth Certificates, 25 Blair, Ralph "Buddy," Jr., 31 Camp Chaffee, 7 Arkansas General Assembly, 34 Blue Ribbon Downs, 14 Campbell, Glen, 10 Arkansas History Commission Boequin, C.F., 37, 38 Campbell, Ophelia, 39 Indexes to Pensions, 26 Bolin, Bob, 27 Carillon Tower, 8 Arkansas in the Gold Rush, 32 Bonham, Miss T.B., 38 Carnal), John, 37 Arkansas Newspaper Project, 29 BOOK NOTES, 32 Carney Building, 13 Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Booth, Dr. John T., 39 Carroll County Historical and Compact Commission, 22 Booth, Samuel, 39 Genealogical Society, 25 Arkansas-Oklahoma Fair, 9 Border City Boom, 39 Carroll, Dee, 13,14 Arkansas State University, 30 Borderline Chili Heads, 11 Carruth, Wendell, 31 Arkansas Territorial Restoration, 32 Bost Human Development Services Carter, Don, 31 Arkansas Water Works Commission, 22 (BHDS), 11 Carter, Jean, 31 Armbruster and Kruel, 43 Bost School, 11 Gary, Victor, 12 Army Reserve, 7 Boudinot, Col. E.C., 36 Catsavis, Zisimos, 16 Arnold, Morris S., 3,15 Boulden, Katherine, 14 Cauthron, Bill, 31 Central Arkansas Library System, 30 Arnold, Richard S., 3 Bowen, Gen. Thomas (U.S. Senator Chaffin Junior High School Band, 3 Ashberry, Ellen, 40 from Colorado), 43 Chamber of Commerce, 9, 31 "A Soldier's Story," 10 Bowers, Don, 27 Champion, Sallie Lea, 15, 19 Asylum Design, 13 Boyd, Patricia, 30 Chandler, Debbie, 14 Boydstun, Mary, 23 Avenue of Flags, 8 Chandler, Roy, 24 Ayers, W.N., 38 Boynton, Stribling P., 12 Chen, Steve, 16 Bailey, Mrs. Mary, 38 Boy Scouts, 7 Chipley, Mr. E.S., 36 Bailey, Wiley, 38 Boy Scouts of America, 22 Chisholm, Arnold C., 39 Baker, Jos., 41 Braden, Nancy, 30 Choral Director for the Year, 31 Baker, Ralph, 12 Bradney, June, 14 Christian Businessmen's Committee, 22 Baker, Ray, 31 Brawdy, Pearline, 22 Christian Church, 36 Ball, Boesser, Givens, Huff, Junk Bray, Dean, 31 Christopher, Jerry, 22 Families, 24 Breen, Wm., 38 Christopher, Ken, 22

44 Christopher, Louise, 22 Davis, Thomas C., 37, 40 Fort Smith Elevator, Christopher, Robert, 22 Decker, Mrs. Josephine, 14 Nov. 12, 1886-April 29, 1887, 36 Christopher, Tom, 22 Deiser, J., 37 Fort Smith Fire and Police Departments, 12 Churches, 5 DeMoss, Oakland, 9,14 Fort Smith Girls' Shelter, 22 Cisterns, Italy, 14 Denver and Fort Smith Road, 39 Fort Smith Heritage Foundation, 9 Cisterns Square, 14 Department of Arkansas Heritage, 34 Fort Smith High School, 20 City Services, 11 Dickins, Delia, 43 FORT SMITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ciulla, Reba, 14 Dillard, Tom, 30 TEN YEARS OLD, 2 Fort Smith Junior Civic League, 11 Clan Buchanan Society of Arkansas, Dobbs, Mrs. Byron, 2 Fort Smith Literacy Council, 9 Louisiana and Texas, 26 Donhooe, Mrs. John, 38 Fort Smith Little Theater, 9 Clark, Asa, 24 Downtown, il 12 Fort Smith, Paris and Dardanelle Clark, Gary, 31 Doyle, Thomas, 39 Railroad, 43 Clark, Sarah, 24 Duke, Henry T., 14 Fort Smith Philharmonic Orchestra, 9 Dunn, Amanda E., 24 Clark, Steve, 24 Fort Smith Plaza Hotel, il 13 Dunn, James, 24 Clayton, William Henry Harrison, 8,38 Fort Smith Police Department, 31 Clendening, Col. J.H., 36 Duval, Col. B.T., 36 Fort Smith Public Library, 5 Coal, 39, 42 Edwards, Teri, 14 Fort Smith Rehabilitation Hospital, 6 Coal Mines, 39 Election Result, 41 Fort Smith, Queen of the New Coalition for Development, 13 English, Judge, 36 Southwest, 42 Cohea, Mae Ruth, 30 Eno, Clara B., 33 Fort Smith Streetcar Restoration, 8, 9 Cole, Bernice, 2 Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 10 Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, 9 Cole, Harold, 31 Fair Association, 42 Fort Smith Times Record, 19 Coleman, Shirley, 30 Falconer, Mrs., 37 Fort Smith Trolley Museum, il 29 Collins, Col. James M., 39 Farmer, Dr. Stanley, 15 Foyle, Thomas B., 40 Compassionate Friends, 9 Farmers' Market, 13 Free Schools, 42 Completion of County Courthouse, 41 Farris, Will, 24 Friends of the Library, 9 CONTENTS OF PAST ISSUES, 35 Faucette, Geo. C., 38 Frisco Extension, 39 Cook, John F. Ill, 15 Faulkner, Leo, 31 Frontier Researchers, 9, 25 Cooke, C.M., 36 Federal Judges, 3 Fry, Lucy, 14 Copeland, Carrol, 1 Ferguson, Dr. John L., 29 Fulfill A Dream, 10 Corbin, Chris, 3, 27 Ferrar, Loyd, 31 Gabel, Annie F., 39 Corbin, Janet, 14 Fields, Ron, 31 Garland County Historical Society, 30 First Christian Church, 22 Garrison, Dr. C.B., 3 Corley, Carl, 31 First United Methodist Church, 20, 22 Gates, N.P., 3 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 21 Fishback, Wm. A., (Col.), 36, 38 Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, 30 Counts, Ruth, 40 Fitzjarrald, Sarah, 4 Gibson, Mary, 43 County Board of Education, 22 Fix, Cyrus L., 24 Gill, Betty, 24 Craig, Lois, 21 Flanders, Donald, 30 Girl Scouts of America, Troop 188,17 Cravens, Fadjo, Jr., 2 Flemming, Belle, 43 Glenn Gleanings, 26 Crews, Polly, 14 Flemming, James, 31 Glenn, J.R., 26 Crime Stoppers, 12 Foltz, Harry, 31 Glover, George, 31 Crittenden, Robert, 34 Ford, Pres. Gerald, 22 Glover, Janie, 14, 31 Glover, Sara, 31 Cromer, Bill, 31 Forrester, J.B., 36 Goddard Memorial Methodist Church, 33 Crowson, Tom, 14 Forsgren, Vic, 14 Goddard, Oscar Elmo, 33 Gulp and Related Families, 26, 32 Fort Chaffee, 7,10 Goldman Hotel, 13 Curry, Amy, 31 Fort Smith, Arkansas,16 Gooden, Dr. Benny, 3 Curry, Hubert, 2 Fort Smith, Arkansas, Death Records Goodnight Family, 24 Czarnikow, Audrey, 23 Index, Book I and II, Gordey, Bill, 14 Dabrishus, Michael, 30 November 1881-June 1909, 32 Gould System (RR), 42 Daily Tribune, 37 Fort Smith Art Center, 9 Grand Avenue Baptist Church, 22 Daniels, Robert, 28 Fort Smith Ballet, 9 Grasse, Henry, 41 Darby Rangers, 8 Fort Smith Board of Realtors, 22 Gray, Mathew, 40 Darby Junior High School, 20 Fort Smith Boom, 40 Gray, May, 28 DAR Manual for Citizenship, 17 Fort Smith Bridge Company, 38 Gregory, Capt. Jerry W., 14 Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Smith Declared a City of the First Gregory Kistler Treatment Center for Fort Smith Chapter, 7, 8,15,17, 32 Class by the Governor, 38 Physically Handicapped Children, 10

45 Grey, Mat, 38 Jaber, Betty, 31 Lobby of Holiday Inn Civic Center, il 13 Gross, Edward, 31 James and Mary Veatch Ellis, 26 Locke, Paul, 31 Gunter, John B., 40 Jaycees, 9 Lockwood, Leda, 22 Hackett City (AR), 39 Jefferson County Genealogical Logging in the Arkansas and Oklahoma Haley, June 30 Society, 25 Ouachita Mountains, 34 Jefford, Glenn, 31 Haralson, J.J., 27 Looney-Clayton, 25 Hardman, Guyla, 22 Jennings, John, 31 Luce, Bill, 22 Harper, Blaney and Jesse, 27 Johnson, Benjamin, 3 Luce, Charles M., 22 Harper, W.R. "Bud," 31 Johnson, Lynn, Sr., 31 Luce, Fern, 22 Harris, Oren, 3 Johnson, Mary A., 36 Harvest Time Junior High School, 31 Johnston, Lyle, 31 Luce, John, 21, por 21, 22 Harwell, Jackson, 36 Joyce, Taylor, 2 Luce, John B., Jr., 22 Harwell, Mary R., 36 Junior Auxiliary, Rosalie Tilles Luce, William F., 22 Harwell, Vines, 36 Children's Home, 11 Lunsford, Abraham, 36 Haynes, Sidney, L., 37 Junior Civic League, 9 Lydian Sunday School Class, 20 Hayworth, Mrs. Nenya, 14 Junior League, 7, 9 Lyman, Geo. H., 41 Help and Hope, 9 Junior League of Fort Smith, 11 McAlister, George, 28 Henderson, Eugene, 43 Keating, Pat, 41 McArthur, Priscilla, 32 Hendrick, J.L., 41 Kennedy, John, 43 McBride, John R., 43 Hendrix, B.C., 31 Kennedy, Nancy, 27 McCartney, Catherine, 20 Hendrix, Will B., 38 King, Jerry, Jr., 31 McCarty, Pat, 41 Henley, J. Smith, 3 Kistler, Wayne and Betty, 10 McCloud, Capt. Sam, 40 Henry, Theral, 31 Kiwanians, 9 McClure, J.H., 37 Henshaw, Jerry E., 34 Kizer, Bernice, 30 Heslin, Mrs. Donna, 14 Knight, Dr. and Mrs. William, 9 McCullough, Sarah, 2 Heydon-Hayden-Hyden, 25 Kolb, Dielman, Sr., 33 McCullough, Warren, 1 Hicks, Edwin P., 2 Kolb, Hans Kasper (Culp), 33 McGehee, William, Jr., 30 Hill, Blanche, 30 Koschel, B.E., 2 McGibben, Frank, 37 Hinch, Henry, 40, 41 Kozel, Beulah, 30 McGibben, Mrs. F.A., 37 History of the First United Methodist Krone, Gladys, 2 Mclntosh, Gen. James B., 8 Church of Newport, Arkansas, Krum, John, 40 McManus, Elliot McDonald, 33 1874-1984, 33 Kuykendall, J.W., 3 Maddox, Bill, 31 Hixson, Carl, 22 Kyral, JoAnn, 14 Madstone, 41 Hixson, Evert, 22 LaLeche League, 9 Mailer, John, Jr., 31 Hixson, Guy, 22, por 22 Langdon, Allan, 31 Main, Dr. J.H.T., 38 Hixson, Marvin, 22 Langston, Don, 31 Manes, Dayton, 31 Hixson, Verneil, 22 Larsen, Col. Henry S., 14 "Marble Hall," 12, il 12 Hixson, Waydron, 22 Larson, Larry, 5,14, 30 Marcum, Col. Thomas, 36 Hixson, Wayne, 22 Latture, Paul, 14, 31 Martin, Amelia, 2, 34 Hoffman, Alex, 43 Lee, Chris, 31 Marvin Altman Fitness Center, 5 Holiday Inn Civic Center, 13 il Lee Creek Dam Project, 11 Massey, Rev. J.L., 38 Holland, Judge John, 31 Lee, Pryor E., 40 Mathews, John, 40, 41 Holloway, Dr. James, Sr., 3 LeGrande (Hotel), 36 Matlock, Ray, 31 Holt, Robert H., 40 Lelemsis, John, 8 Medearis, Mary, 30 Howard, George, 3 Lemley, Harry J., 3 Meek, F.M., 36 Hudson, Richard, 4,14 Lewis, Jim, 16 Meek, Martha Ann, 36 Hughes, S.P., 38 Lewis, Lucinda, 14 "Melting Pot," 16 Hurley, Mrs. T.J., 43 Lillian, Mary, 41 Men's Fast Pitch Softball Association, 22 Hunton, John B., 40 Limberg, Mrs. Joe, 38 Hunton, Mamie E., 40 Lincks, Edith, 14 Merry, Lee, 14 Hutcheson, Bill, 1, 3, por cover Lions Club, 9, 22 Mershon, J.H., 38 Hutcheson, William L., 3 List — Thousands of Present and Mershon, Willie Worth, 38 Inventory of the Cemeteries of the Former Members of the General Metheny, Arlie, 23 Northern Section of Tulsa County, Assembly in Alphabetical Order, 34 Metheny, Gary, 23 Oklahoma, 26 Little, J.J., 37, 38, 41 Metheny, James, 23 Iron, 39, 42 Little, J. Sebastian (J.S.), 36 Metheny, Robert, 23 Isaacs, Violet, 15 Little, Miss Jessie, 38 Metheny, Ronald, 23 46 Metheny, William, 23 Osburn, T.S., Esq., 43 Reddick, James, 31 Metheny, Willie Lorene, 23 Our James Crow, 25 Redding, Linda, 23 Methodist Church, 36 Overton, David, 31 Reid, Geo. W., 3 Mike the Horse, 1, por cover Overton, James, 24 Reilly, Patrick, 38 Mikel, Mr. and Mrs. William, 2 Owen, Robert L., 36 Republican Women's Club, 9 Miles, Travis, 15,19,31 Page, Joyce, 24 Research in Indiana Courthouses; Military Reservation Lots, 40 Pape, Annie, 37 Judicial and Other Records, 25 Miller, Clovis E., 33 Parents of Prematures Support Retired Teachers Association, 22 Miller, John E., 3 Group, 9 Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty- Miller, Phil, 2 Parke, Frank, 38 Land Warrant Application File, 26 Miller, W.R., 38 Parker, Isaac C., 3, 8, 36 Reynolds, F.T., 41 Milor, Judge Charles, 37 Parks, Robert, 24 Rhodes, Harvey B., 24 Mivelaz's Dining Hall, 36 Partain, David, 30 Rhodes, Jacob, 24 Monument, Dr. E.R. Duval, 36 "Pass the Ammunition," 10 Rice, W.R. "Bud," 31 Moore, E.B., 38 Patent Model Museum, 8 Richter, Wendy, 30 Moore, James W., Fire Chief, 12, 14 Patterson, Gaylon, 31 Ries, Donna, 30 Moore, Laura, 40 Philbrick, Francis, 22 Ringo, Daniel, 3 Morning Exchange Club, 9 Physicians and Medicine, Crawford Ritual, National Society DAR, 19 Morris, Betty Ruth, 28 and Sebastian Counties, Riverblenders Barbershop Chorus, 9 Morrison, Hugh, 23 Arkansas, 34 Robinson, H. Clay, 30 Morton, Mavis, 28 Plaza Hotel, il 13 Robinson, Jonathan, 30 Moseley, Jack, 11,14, 19 Poets Roundtable of Arkansas, Robinson, Lucy, 30 Mountain Meadows Massacre, The, 25 Fort Smith Branch, 20 Robinson, Mary Ann, 30 Moyer-Arendeli, 25 Police Officers of the Year, 31 Robinson, Polly, 37 Mullens, Elizabeth, 23 Polk County Genealogical Society, 25 Roberts, Tommie, 31 Murder of Mahoney Boys, 41 Pollan, Carolyn, 2, 8, 31 Rogers, David, 31 Murphy, Pat, 29 Murphy, S.W., 41 Porter, C.B., "Pat," 2 Rogers, Floyd "Pete," 31 National Archives, Fort Worth Porter, Marcy, 31 Rogers, John (Family), 8 Branch, 18 Porter, Mrs., 43 Rogers, John H., 3, 39 National By-Laws and DAR Handbook Portis, Charles, 10 Rosalie Tilles Foundation, 9 of the NSDAR, 19 Poteau River, 21 Rosborough, T.W., 34 National Cemetery, 8 Prairie Grove, AR, 10 Ross, Cynthia, 37 National Historic Site (Fort Smith), Presidential Scholar, 1986, 30 Ross, Margaret, 30 6,14, 31 Press-Argus, 33 Rotarians, 9 National League of American Pen Project Compassion, 10 Roy, Elsijane Trimble, 3 Women, Fort Smith Branch, 20 Puckett, Larry, 31 Russell, Thomas, 8 National Society DAR, 17 Putman Funeral Home, 13 Rutherford, Robt. B., 36, 40 Native Americans for a Clean Quails, Dale, 31 Saar, Amanda, 30 Environment, 9 Quesenbury, Adeline Parks, 24 St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, 6 Naturalization Event, 15 Quiet Birdman Association, 22 St. John, Florence, 23 Naturalization Laws, 18 Ragon, Hartsill, 3 St. John's Episcopal Church, 22 Naturalization Records, 18 Raible, Ronnie, 31 St. John's (Episcopal) Hospital, 5 Newberry, Dotti, 22 "Railroad and Bridge News," 40 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, 42 New Citizens Take Oath, il 15 Ramsey, J.W., 3 "Salaries of Our Next City Officers," 39 NEWSPAPERS, 1886-1887, 36 Ranger Battalion Association of Saline County Heritage and Historical Nguyen, Gaing, 15 World War II, 30 Society, 25 Nichols, Guy, 14 Razer, Bob, 30 Salvation Army Advisory Board, 22 Noon Exchange Club, 9 "Real Esate Sale," 40 Sanders, Mary Bradney, 27 Old Cumberland Presbyterian Reams, Claude, 24 Church, 13 Reams, Clayton, 24 Sandles, M.H., 36 Old Fort Commissary, 6 Reams, Lily, 24 Sawmill, The Story of Cutting the Last of Old Fort Days Rodeo, 9 Reams, Mark, 24 the Great Virgin Forest, 33 Old Fort Militia, 7 Reams, Millie, 24 Scargall, E.A., 37 Old Fort Museum, il 7, 29 Reams, Nettie, 24 Scargall, Mrs. G.A., 37 Old Fort River Festival, 9, 23 Reams, Vinnie, 24 Schick, C. Dennis, 29 Old Frisco Station, 13 Reams, William H., 24 Schleuter, Fred, 37 "Old Town," 12 Rector, Major Elias, 42 Schmitz, Sr. Cabrini, 14 Opera House, 42 Rector, Mrs. J.C., 43 Schools of Fort Smith, Arkansas, 40

47 Scott, Nelson, 31 The First Hundred Years, First United Watley, Fannie, 40 Scrimgeour Genealogical Concepts Methodist Church, Batesville, Watson, Peggy, 31 Company, 26 Arkansas, 1836-1956, 33 Wayne, John, 10 Sebastian County, Arkansas, Thomas, E., 37 Weaver, Leah, 31 Deed and Mortgage Book A., Thomas, Harold, 14 Weller, A.J., 22 1861-1866, 32 Thomas, Hugh F., 36 Weller, Cecil, Sr., 22, por 22 Sebastian County Tax Board, 22 Thomas, J.D., 37 Weller, Eddie, 22 Sengel, George, 37, 38 Thomas Quinn Guest House, il 13 Weller, Margie, 22 Sessums, Danny, 29 Thomason, Hon., 36 Weller, Sarah, 22 Settle, John, 31 Thrash, Lawson, 38 Wells, Stanley, 30 Seward, Sam, 41 Thurman, Martha Baker, 17 West-Ark Church of Christ, 23 Shaffer, Norma, 14 Tidwell, C.J., 3 Westark Community College, 4 Shell, H.M., "Buck," 31 Tillery, Jo, 32 Westark Jazz Band, 9 Shell, Terry L., 3 Tilles Building, 13 West, Doris, 2 Sherman, Sue, 14 Torreyson, B.W., 3 Western Arkansas Ballet, 9 Sicard, Sam, 31 Traylor, Nancy Jane, 24 Westphal, Bertha, 37 Sieber, Wolfgang, 38 Wheeler, Gen. Stephen, 36 Simms, Ann M., 32 Trinity Junior High School, 4 Simon, Neil, 10 Trolley Museum, il 8 Wheeler, Patrick, 30 Slagle, Wm. H., 40 "True Grit," 10 Wheeler, Stephen, 38 Smith, Connie, 22 Tucker, J.C., 36 White, Gloria, 10,14 Smith, Kenneth L., 33 Tulsa Genealogical Society, 26 White, Phil, 13,14, por cover Soifer, Verna, 14, 21, por 21 Turtle, Beth, 22 Williams, Daniel, 37 Southside Rotary Club, 22, 31 Tustin, Barbara, 19 Williams, Dorothy, 14, 36 Southwest Times Record, 14 Udouj, Al, 31 Williams, Dr. Walden, 22 Southwest Times Record Underwood, Gail, 14 Williams, Henry, 40 Community Christmas Card, 11 Union Church, 5 Williams, Paul X., 3 Sparks, D.B., 41 Union Pacific Railroad, 29 Williams, S.A., 38 Sparks, Geo. T., 38 United States Courthouse and Jail, 42 Williams, Sheriff, 41 Sparks Memorial Hospital, 5 United States Court of the Western Willis, Marsha, 22 Sparks Regional Medical Center, 5 District of Arkansas, 42 Wilson, C.P., 37 Spelling Bee Winner, 31 United Way,10 Wilson, Macha, 37 Spicer, Bill, 30 United Way Raft Race, 9 Wilson, Mary, 37 Stalcup, Circuit Clerk, 39 University of Arkansas Press, 33 Wilson, Rev. William Harvey, 24 Stalcup, Will, 37 Van Buren, 14 Wilson, Thomas E., 37 Steen, Gen. Alexander E., 8 Van Buren, Arkansas, 10 Winters, Charles, 34 Stevens, Patsy, 22 Varden, Ellen, 40 Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C., 26 Stevenson, Cpl. Bob, 14 Vardo, John, 31 Wirsing Gun Shop, 13 Stewart, Ray, 31 Vaughn-Schaap House, 9 Wm. O. Darby Memorial Sidewalk, 30 Stoddard County, Mo., 25 Vaughn-Vaughan, 25 Wood, Col. Henry, 40 Story, William, 3 Vest, Margaret, 14 Wooden, Alice, 40 Stratman, Joan, 14 Vietnam Refugee Processing Woodruff, James Rudolph, Ch, Col, USAF, Strain, Waiva, 23 Center, 7 Ret., 28 Streetcars, 8 Vines, William, 31 Woods, John P., 27 Streetcars of Fort Smith, Wagner, Gloria, 10 Woods, John Rudolph, 27 Arkansas, 34, 40 Wagon Train from Alabama and Woods Mfg. Co., 27 Street Railways, 41 Mississippi, 24 Worthington Descendants, 25 Stroble, J.W., 23 Walker, Col. Wm., 36 Wray, Thelma, 2, 5 Stroble, Loren, 23 Wal-Mart Stores, 3 Yanders, Wm. B., 40 Stubblefield, Joel, 2,14 Yates, Frank, 37 Sugg, Richard, 14, 31 Walters, Bill, 31 Sullivan, Andrew, 40 Walton, Henry J., 24 YMCA, 36 Surname Index to the History of Walton, Sam, 3 Youmans, Delia Enroughty, 20 Crawford County, Arkansas, 33 Ward, Frank, 41 Youmans, Gretchen, 20, por 20 Sweet Adelines, 9 Ward Hotel, 13 Youmans, Frank A., 3 Taylor, William, 36 Ward, Mrs., 41 Youmans, Paul E., 20 Tele-Care Program, 5 Water Theme Park, 30 Young Democrats, 9 "The Blue and the Gray," 10 Waters, H. Franklin, 3 Young Women's Christian Association, 9

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