Jonesboro and Arkansas' Historic Northeast Corner
Jonesboro and Arkansas' Historic Northeast Corner

Author: Ray Hanley

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738519470

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When 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.

Arkansas Made, Volume 1
Arkansas Made, Volume 1

Author: Swannee Bennett

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2021-02-11

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 168226131X

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Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.

The Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State 2008
The Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State 2008

Author: Charlie Daniels

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 760

ISBN-13: 9780615232140

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Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels is proud to present the 2008 edition of the Arkansas Historical Report. Published just once each decade by order of the General Assembly, this ready reference is a unique compendium of appointed and elected officials over the state's colonial and territorial periods as well as its 172-year history. Its comprehensive listings of county, state, and federal officials make it a must-have for historians, journalists, genealogists, and other researchers. The 2008 edition also features essays by C. Fred Williams, Jay Barth, David Ware, Ann Early, and George Sabo III that provide insight into the state's history, politics, and Native American cultures. This new edition of the Historical Report includes, for the first time, an alphabetical index of state legislators. It also features a variety of historical photographs and has been substantially redesigned to create a more user-friendly reference tool.

Arkansas in Ink
Arkansas in Ink

Author: Guy Lancaster

Publisher: Butler Center Books

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1935106740

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In 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.

Haunted Jonesboro
Haunted Jonesboro

Author: Edward Underwood

Publisher: History Press (SC)

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781609493660

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By 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.

The Craighead Family
The Craighead Family

Author: James Geddes Craighead

Publisher:

Published: 1876

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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Robert 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.