History of Craighead County, Arkansas
Author: Harry Lee Williams
Publisher:
Published: 1930
Total Pages: 668
ISBN-13:
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The History of Craighead County, Arkansas
Author: Harry Lee Williams
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 737
ISBN-13: 9780914546153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJonesboro and Arkansas' Historic Northeast Corner
Author: Ray Hanley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738519470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Union soldiers returned North after the Civil War, they brought home stories of a sparsely populated area with bountiful timber and potential for homes and farms. Over the next 50 years, first by wagon train and then by railroads, settlers came to build not only homes and farms but also thriving communities in the Clay, Greene, and Craighead counties of northeastern Arkansas. Today, visitors and residents of the area see the bustle of Jonesboro and the thriving Arkansas State University. Readers of Jonesboro and Arkansas' Historic Northeast Corner will discover Jonesboro as it lived a century ago, a promising town of 7,000 citizens. As the 20th Century opened, modern and attractive towns such as Corning, Piggott, Rector, and Paragould began to thrive. The evolution of these historic areas-from slow-paced villages with dirt roads and horse-drawn wagons to the bustling towns of the late 20th century-is chronicled in this Images of America edition.
Goodspeed's History of Craighead County, Arkansas
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Publisher:
Published: 1889
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaunted Jonesboro
Author: Edward Underwood
Publisher: History Press (SC)
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781609493660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy all outward appearances, Jonesboro is a thriving northeast Arkansas community built on a proud past and a successful university. Yet something dark and chilling lurks beneath the surface of this historic city. Join ghost expert and Jonesboro native Edward L. Underwood as he recounts the city's haunted history and ghostly activity. From the spirits that drift through Keller's Chapel graveyard to the story of Augustus Ellison, the Civil War soldier who still wanders Union Street, Haunted Jonesboro explores the eerie remnants of history that refuse to stay in the past. With stories from throughout Jonesboro and across Craighead County, this is a collection of tales that no Arkansan will want to miss.
Arkansas in Ink
Author: Guy Lancaster
Publisher: Butler Center Books
Published: 2014-09-01
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 1935106740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1837 Representative Joseph J. Anthony stabs the speaker of the house to death during a debate about wolf pelts. In 1899 Hot Springs police shoot it out with the county sheriffs over control of illegal gambling. In 1974 President Richard Nixon resigns in part due to the outspokenness of Pine Bluff native Martha Mitchell. In this special print project of the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, legendary cartoonist Ron Wolfe brings these and many other stories to life. Accompanied by selected entries from the encyclopedia, Wolfe’s cartoons highlight the oddities and absurdities of our state’s history. Seriously, you couldn’t make up this stuff.
The Craighead Family
Author: James Geddes Craighead
Publisher:
Published: 1876
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Craighead was born in Scotland and later moved to Ireland where he eventually died in Londonderry in 1711. His son, Thomas, immigrated to New England in 1715 and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1733. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, Tennessee, Ohio, New York, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Texas, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and elsewhere.
Start a Revolution
Author: Ben Bizzle
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2014-12-11
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0838912834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Arkansas, Bizzle and his colleagues defied common practices by using creative risk-taking in marketing and outreach to transform their library into a dynamic institution that continues to grow and thrive.
Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley
Author: Dan F. Morse
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2014-05-10
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1483260968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley describes an archeological reconstruction of the preceding 11,000 years of an extraordinarily rich environment centered within the largest river system north of the Amazon. This book focuses on the lowlands of the Mississippi Valley from just north of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Arkansas River. Organized into 13 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the territory between the Ohio and Arkansas rivers. This text then attempts to humanize the archeological interpretations by reference to social organization, settlement system, economy, religion, and politics. Other chapters focus on understanding the nature of change through time in the Central Mississippi Valley. This book discusses as well the difference between an old braided stream surface and the younger meander belt system. The final chapter deals with the investigation of prehistoric Indian remains. This book is a valuable resource for archeologists, zoologists, and scientific hobbyists.
A History of Greene County Arkansas
Author: Vivian Hansbrough
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-06-07
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781490378824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work provides a basic foundation and fundamental source for beginning your genealogical research into Greene County, Arkansas. The author's approach is similar to many 20th Century authors addressing such topics as the early settlers, early history, early modes of transportation, education and schools, banking, newspapers, towns and villages, wars and conflicts, churches, and county officials.
