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Annotated Contents:
Vol. 1, No. 1 Sept., 1955
Arkansas Pioneers of 1832 of War Eagle, Arkansas: The Sylvanus Blackburn
Family, by Vera Key, (6 pages)
Vol. 1, No. 2 Nov., 1955
The VanWinkle Story, by Alvin Seamster (a separately-printed insert)
Mt. Pleasant Community (history of), by W. R. Edward, p. 3
Readin', Writin', 'n 'Rithmetic (early pioneer schools), p. 4
Our Pioneer Homes (log cutting and cabin raising), p. 5
The Small Pioneer Mill (home grinding of meal), p. 5
Camp Walker (history of), Alvin Seamster, p. 6
The Descendants
of Mark Smith (family history), by Margaret Trautman, p. 7
Vol. 1, No. 3 Feb., 1956
Settlement of Benton County, Arkansas, by Louise Plank, p. l
Soldier of 1812 (David McKissick), p.2
Lovely Purchase (Major William L. Lovely) - Short History, p. 2
How We Pronounce It (Arkansas), no author, p 2.
Bentonville
- The County Seat In Review, (Taken from Judge William A. Dickson's
1928 article; contains information about early churches, first lodge, early
roads), no author, p.3
Other Early Settlers (Richard Burgess, Joseph and Charles Neal, Archer
and Samuel Wilson, etc.), p. 7
The County's First Poor House, no author, p.7
Bentonville Churches Before 1850, no author, p. 8
Recollections of Mrs. Betty Woods Lee, by Mrs. Lee, p. 9
Early Benton County Milestones, by Alvin Seamster, p. 10-11
Some Early Business Transactions in Osage Township, by Bryce Woods, p.
11
A School House Is Planned in Bentonville, 1841 Style, Includes a list of
subscribers to the building, no author, p. 13-16
The Thomas Nichols Family - Wagon Train to AR, by Myrtle Nichols Noecker,
p. 13-16
Production Data (Crops in 1840), p. 16
How Towns in Benton County Received Their Names (Article from Goodspeed's
1889 History of Benton County, Arkansas), p. 17
Vol. 1, No. 4 May, 1956
No Table of Contents
The General Store (refers to sketch on cover)
Meeting at Pea Ridge, p. 1
Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Historical Society, p 1
Post Offices and Postmasters 1856, from Mitchell's Atlas 1865, p. 2
Lt. Colonel Paul Liggett Anderson, p. 3
Communist Colony in Benton County AR (Harmonial Vegetarian Society), by
Clifford Fry, p.4
The New Hope Community, by Huey Huhn, from information from Marcus Gould,
p.6.
The Applegate Drug Store, p.8
Samuel Dee Woods Writes (Family history and information
on Raphael W. Hansard), p. 9
Our Trip to Pea Ridge Battlefield and Elkhorn Tavern, p. 10
Things to Remember About the Early Settlers, by Alvin Seamster, p. 11
More About How Towns in Benton County Received Their Names, Benton County
Record and Democrat, 1930, p. 12
By-laws of BCHS (Revised April 8, 1956, p. 14
Vol. 1. No. 5 August, 1956
With alphabetical Table of Contents
Commemorative Issue: Celebrating Rogers Diamond Jubilee, 1881-1956
Front Cover: That First Frisco Train, by Lon A. Pace
Introduction (Rogers 75th - Diamond - Jubilee), by Erwin Funk, Editor
of the Rogers Democrat, 1896-1930
Margaret Jackson Blansett, Another Eye Witness of that First Train, ‘Old
No. 17,' which came into Rogers; Gives the Following Account of the Event,
p. 1
A History of the Sikes Family, by Erwin Funk, pp 2- 4.
My Early Memories of Rogers, by Georgia Eaves Godley, p. 5
Dr. Albert W. Marshall Saw Rogers Grow Up, by Erwin Funk, p. 6
Memories of Tom F. Morgan, by Vera Key, p. 8
Excerpts from Souvenir Issue of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Town of
Rogers, Arkansas Standard (magazine) p. 11-14
My First Impression of Rogers, by F. P. Rose, p. 14
J.B. (Bode) Stary remembers First Frisco Train, by Mrs. A. C. Brogan, p
15
The John W. Bryant Family, by Marjorie Bryant, p. 16
Some Early Day Businesses of Rogers, p. 19
The Apple Blossom Festivals in Rogers, Margaret Troutman, p. 21
Fifty-nine Years a Milliner, Maggie (Mrs. J. A.) Pollock, p. 22
The Stroud Family, Charley Stroud and Lola Dodson Morgan, p.23.
Important Dates and Events in the History of Rogers, p. 25
Growth of Rogers Churches, p 27
The Old Blake Home, by Lottie Mistie, p. 32
Leading Citizens of Rogers Fifty Years Ago, by Erwin Funk, p. 33
Vol. 2, No. 1 Nov., 1956
(No Table of Contents)
The Story of Siloam Springs, by T. P. Fulton, p.1
Pioneering in Siloam Springs, by Stella Denny Holbrook, p. 2
Business and Professional Men of Siloam Springs, as Advertised in the Siloam
Springs Herald, March 22, 1901, by A. W. Perrine, p. 5
The Siloam Springs Celebrations, by
Louise Plank, p. 6
Excerpts from Godspeed's 1889 History of Benton County, p. 7
Dedication of Plaque at Oakley Chapel, by Harold Womack, p. 12
The Carnahan Sisters of Avoca, no author, p. 12
Our Highways, by Huey Huhn, p. 16
Vol. 2, No. 2 Jan., 1957
The Pea Ridge National Military Park (cover)
Pioneering in NWAR: Memoirs of the late Miss Margaret Wood, p. 1
Palace Art Galleries, Monte Ne, by Mrs. Robert Buhrkuhl, p.5
The Confederate Reunion of 1895, by Alvin Seamster, p. 6
The Horsleys, by D.B. Horseley, p. 7
Public Roads 1869, by R. F. Whiteside, p.7
Armed Students Guard Rogers Academy Campus, by Erwin Funk, p. 8
Rutherford, N.J. Founded by Waling VanWinkle, p. 9
Prairie Grove Memorial Park, by H.G. Huhn, p. 10
Squally Days in Benton County (Life During Civil War), by W. R. Edwards,
p.12
Old Courthouse Records, supplied by Alvin Seamster, p. 15
Early Benton County Marriage Licenses Book 1, (no author), p. 17
One of the Early Chancery Court Cases in the County (Divorce: Daniel Copeland
v. Elizabeth Copeland), p. 18
Vol. 2, No. 3 March 1957
Poem "Elkhorn Tavern," by Lucindia Cox, p. 1
The Battle of Pea Ridge, by Bill Butler, p. 2
The Pea Ridge National Military Park, by Alvin Seamster, p. 3
New Old Map of Battlefield p.2 (Old map reprint p. 4-5)
Pea Ridge Park Is Expected to Be in Operation During Fiscal Year Starting
July 1, newspaper items, p.6
A Correction: Margaret Woods Memoirs, (V. 2, No. 2, p.1) p.9
Benton County Soldiers Serving in the First Indian Brigade p.10
List of units and commanders (Confederate and Union) involved in the Battle
of Pea Ridge) pp. 11 - 12
Some Interesting History of the Woods Family of Benton County, Samuel Dee
Woods, p. 13
A Reminiscence of Coon Hollow, David Compton, p.15
Find the Defendant (Stand Watie) ‘Not
Guilty,' by Alvin Seamster, p. 17
Burials in Bozarth Cemetery, Northwest of Gentry, p. 18
Marriage Licenses 1864-1867, p. 19
News Item From Twenty Years Ago, Column, Obit of Martha Stroback Kendrick
(Mrs. W. L.), p.22
A Shotgun Operation, Vera Key, p. 23
Some Data on the Early Schools of Siloam Springs, Sabra Davis, p.26
Vol. 2, No. 4 May, 1957
Bentonville Graded and High School Would Open Sept. 30, 1889 p.3
Report of Cromwell AR School District #23 1889 p.4
Report of Batie School District #25, 1889
p.4
Harmony Grove School, 1889 p.5
Robinson Free School Report Ending Dec. 6, 1889 p.5
Decatur Public School District #46 p.5
Early Roads in Benton County and Their Overseers p.5
Benton County Teachers' Institute Held at Sulphur Springs, Oct. 24, 1889
p.6
Rogers Academy vs. Schools of Today, by Erwin Funk p.7
The Black Jack, Arkansas School, March 4, 1873 p.9
Early Hiwasse Schools, by W. R. Edwards
p.10
Prof. Edwards Honored with a Birthday Celebration, p. 11
Gravestones in Patterson Cemetery, p 12
First Sunday School Organized in Bentonville After the Civil War, June
10, 1886, p. 13
Report of the Benton County Sunday School Convention Held at Rogers for
Year Ending October 1, 1889, p. 14
Alexander Winchester Dinsmore Family, (family history), p.15
Anderson-Dinsmore-Watson Families, (family history), p. 16
Private Thompson of Texas Tells His Experiences in the Battle of Pea Ridge,
by Samuel Thompson, p.17
Early Benton County Marriage Records, p. 20
Burials in Austin Cemetery - four miles above War Eagle, p. 21
Journeyings of Private Squires in the Civil War, by Charles S. Squires,
p. 22
Spring - Dunlap - Cabell Families, by Elsa Vaught, p.23
Vol. 2, No. 5., July, 1957
The Kihlberg Hotel (Sulphur Springs) Cover
The Sulphur Springs ‘Record,' by Will Plank , p. 1
Some Merchants In Sulphur Springs From 1912 - 1915, by Louise E. Plank,
p. 4
Notes on Sulphur Springs, by Mrs. Storm Whaley, p. 5
Reminiscences of Early Sulphur Springs and Its People, by S. Dee Woods,
p. 6
Sulphur Springs Today, p.12
The Wycliffe Movement, p.12
Call for Teachers' Institute, 1873, Alvin Seamster, p.13
Opening of Prize Drive of the Ozarks: Big Event in 1930's, p. 14
The Early Development of the Apple Industry in Benton County, Pearl G.
Banks, p.15
Early Lumber King (J.A.C. Blackburn), p.16
Osage Valley High School (1887), p. 16
A Short History of the Alden Family and the Doctor's Experiences, by Mrs.
Luther Rife, p. 16
Editors Visit the West End of the County in 1889, p.20
Every Day Conveniences Not Old, Erwin Funk, p. 21
Interesting Old Benton County Marriages, p. 22
Post Offices in Benton County From 1865 to 1910, p. 23
Vol. 2 No. 6 , September 1957
Goldsmith Davis and the Ben Davis Apple, Erwin Funk, p. 1
The Blue and the Gray Reunion at Pea Ridge, Sept. 1889, by
A. W. Hurley, p. 3
Arkansas Boys and the Red River Campaign, by Erwin Funk, p. 5
I Remember When (Letter), by Elwood Walker, p.7
The Gay Nineties, As Remembered by Mrs. W. A. Dickson, p. 9
Our Old Home Memoirs, Written by Rev. W. R. Edwards for His Grandchildren,
p.12
Old Settlers' Annual Picnic at Osage Mills, by Maud Wallis p. 14
I Remember When - As Told to Me By My Mother, Minnie Rankin (Hackler)
Smith, by Margaret Troutman, p. 18
Letter to Mr. I. J. Ward from W. J. Howard (Sept. 18, 1857), p.20
Mr. W.A. Burgess, by H.A. Huhn, p.21
An Old Workbench, p.21
October Term Circuit Court, Second Monday in September, 1837, p.22
Uncle Alec Nail, Benton County's Oldest Citizen When He Died in 1920, by
Erwin Funk, p.22
"Benton County Tax Assessments in 1845, by Erwin Funk, p.23
Election Proclamations (Sept. 5, 1898), no author, p. 23
In Memoriam (Lon Andrew Pace, Dr. Elisha Highfill, Besse Gould, Ralph Misenhimer),
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