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.

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.

Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley
Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley

Author: Dan F. Morse

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1483260968

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Archaeology 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.

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.

A History of Greene County Arkansas
A History of Greene County Arkansas

Author: Vivian Hansbrough

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-06-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781490378824

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This 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.

A New Plantation South
A New Plantation South

Author: Jeannie M. Whayne

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780813916552

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Whayne also offers an analysis of the forces at work on the local level. She suggests that concerted opposition to modernization existed even before New Deal programs gave power to the planters in the 1930s. She also demonstrates that the Arkansas delta experienced many of the same conflicts based on social class and racial caste that were evident in former slaveholding areas.