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Vol 3. No. 1. Nov., 1957
 Tuck's
Chapel and Cemetery
Tuck -
Crest and Coat of Arms, p. 3
Tuck's Chapel,
by Pauline Carnell,
pp. 4-11
A Pea Ridge
Boy was American Aviation Ace in A.E. F. (Field Kindley), by
Erwin Funk, p. 12
Warren
H. Wright Lived in Benton County 80 Years, by Erwin Funk, p. 12
Records
of a Confederate Officer - From the Day Books , Scrap Books and Receipts
of Capt. William Frazier Patton, p.13
Do You
Remember When? (various news items from 1889 and 1890) from Horton Miller
scrapbook, p. 16
Bills
Adopted By Teachers of Benton County August 8, 1898, to Provide for County
Examiner of Schools, p.17
The Pea
Ridge Normal School, by Jo S. Stevenson, p. 18
Hendrix
Academy at Orchard (now Gentry) in 1898, p. 18
Widows
Receiving Confederate Pensions, p.19
Aunt Ann
Gilbert, Last Living Benton County Slave, (Obituary,) 1957),
p. 20
Memories
of Aunt Mary Ann Gilbert, by Will Plank, p.20
Civil
War Stories, by Bessie L. Tuck Rogan, p. 21
How Devil's Eyebrow Got Its Name, by Erwin Funk, p.22
Some Township
History, by Erwin Funk, p. 23
More Marriage licenses, 1868-1869, p.25
Vol 3. No. 2 , Jan. 1958
Table of Contents on Cover
Ground
Breaking Ceremony, New Daisy Manufacturing Plant, South of Rogers, AR.
Civil
War Experiences of a Benton County Youth. By J. G. Heaslet
(contains Heaslet genealogy and gravestone information), p.3
How Old
Is Cross Hollows?, by Erwin Funk, p. 10
Benton County Hammacks (family history), by Henry Hammack,
p. 12
Fayetteville
Member Sends Interesting Note Regarding the Basham Family, by Elsa Vaught,
p.15
The Spring
Creek Missionary Baptist Church During the 19th Century, by Thomas
Rothrock, p. 16
Professor
J. R. Roberts and the Pea Ridge Academy, by Erwin Funk, p. 21
More Marriage
Licenses (1868-1869) Erwin Funk, p.22
A Slave
is Freed - A Slave is sold, by Alvin Seamster, p. 24
Land Transfers
By County People from 1846 - 1853(Book B, Benton County Circuit Clerk Records),
p. 25
Elisha
J. Highfill, by Thomas Rothrock, p.27
Vol 3. No. 3. March 1958
Table of Contents on Cover
Early
Mills in Benton County (Wager, Osage-Alden), by Maud Rice and Emmaline
Rife, p.1
Benton
County Newspapers Established Prior to 1880, by Erwin Funk, p. 5
Souvenir
- School District #54, Hazel Valley, Benton County, AR, Aug. 29 - Dec.
15, 1899, p.6
Charter Members of the American Legion, Benton Co., AR,
.by Ray Henry, p.7
Reminiscences
of Old Anderson Township and Its People, by George Gearhart, p.8
Analysis
of Benton County Census Report for 1850, by Erwin Frank, p. 13
The Tuck Coat
of Arms, p 13b
Program of Teachers' Institute at Osage Mills, April 1887,
p. 14
Rogers
Academy and Prof. J.W. Scroggs, p. 14
An Old
Letter from Baties' Prairie (collrction of Mary Trone Linthicum)
in August 1847, by Erwin Funk, p.17
Last Will and Testament of Robert Dickson - 1849, supplied by Alvin Seamster,
p. 18
Leaves
Mayville for Railroad Town (Thomas Richard Keith), Alvin Seamster, p.18
A Good
Country - A Look at Pea Ridge, Garfield, Brightwater , and Avoca In the
Spring of 1889, A. W. Hurley,
p. 19
Gravette
Was Seven Years Old August 9, 1900, Gravette Gazette, p. 21
Old Marriage
Licenses Benton County 1869 - 1872, p. 22
The Benton
County Hammacks - An Appendix, Henry Hammack, p.23
Vol. 3, No. 4 May, 1958
Table of Contents on Cover
The Confederate
Veterans' Reunion in Bentonville In Sept. 1891, Benton County Sun, p. 2
Notes
on Confederate Leaders, (John S. Marmaduke, Frances M. Cockrell, Edward
C. Cabell, Joseph O. Shelby, James F. Fagan, Maj. Gen. Shoup, Maj. Gen.
Hindman, N. B. Pearce), by Will Plank, p. 8
The Spectator's
Story of the Battle of Pea Ridge, author unknown, p. 9
Silver
Springs and Monte Ne, by Erwin Funk, p. 11
Not All
Corn Went to the Mill, by Erwin Funk, p. 12
Betty
Blake (Mrs. Will Rogers) Born Near Silver Springs (Old Name of Monte Ne),
by Erwin Funk, p.12
William
Hope "Coin" Harvey and Monte Ne, by Erwin Funk, p.12
Maysville
Man Became Famous as Military Strategist in United States Army, (Capt Dumas),
by Will Plank, p.14
Rogers and the Mystery of the Passenger Pidgeon, by Erwin Funk, p. 15
Old Marriage
License Records Benton County 1869-1872, p.17
Touring
Benton County in 1902 With the Political Menagerie, by Erwin Funk, p. 18
Tennessee
Cousins Write Benton County Kindred the Family News in 1865, by D.K.
Maxwell to a Cousin Griffin, p.23
Elm Springs
Academy, Benton County Democrat news item, p. 24
Bentonville
Public School Opens 5 Sept. 1898, Benton County Democratnews item, p. 24
Sale of
Slave, Phinehas & Rachel Holmes to James N. Wallace...1837, p. 24
Sale of
Slave, Barnett Forsyth to Gideon G. Pace...1838, p. 25
Benton
County Slaves in 1859, by Erwin Funk, p. 26
Letter
to Ozias Maxwell from Calvin Maxwell, 1865, p.26
Benton
County Horticultural Society Meeting July 25, 1902, Benton County Democrat,
p. 27
Vol. 3, No. 5 July 1958
Table of Contents on Cover
Bentonville
College, by Alvin Seamster, p.1
Those
Razorback Hogs Weren't Always as Advertised, by Will Plank, p. 2
The Osage
Mill Story, by Elsa Vaught, p.3
As We
Little Girls Saw It - Life in Eastern Benton County Before and After the
Turn of the Century, by Lillie Preston, p. 4
Rogers
Has Seen Many Newspapers Come and Go, by Erwin Funk, p. 10
Lowell
Was Laid Out in 1881, by Erwin Funk, p. 12
Pratt
Cemetery and the Pratt Family, as told by Martha Pratt Voltz to Lottie
Mistie, p. 13
Still
a Mystery - Who was "the Spectator", p. 16
James
Travis - Soldier, Hunter, Freighter, by Erwin Funk, p. 17
The Blackburn
Cemetery at War Eagle, by Alvin Seamster, p. 17
News Notes
from the Lowell Leader, Vol. 2. No, 1, Jan. 23, 1903, by Ed J. Huggett,
Editor, p. 19
First
Records, provided by Alvin Seamster, pp 21-22
- First Partition Suit, filed Nov. 1837 term;
- Rule of the Court 1897,
- First Deed in Benton County, AR, May 12, 1838. Samuel and Martha
Whitehead to Singleton Langston;
- Certificate of John B. Dickson, Clerk of the Circuit Court,
16 July 1838 signature;
- Transfer of slave Ezekial Dickson to James M. Dickson, 26 May,
1837
Old Marriage
License Records Benton Co. 1869-1872, p. 22
Vol 3, No. 6 Sept. 1958
Table of Contents of Cover
History
of the Benton County Fair, Report of Secretary, 1903, p. 3
The Benton
County Free Fruit Fair, by Ruth Dickson Berry, p.3
Rogers
Held First Benton County Fair in 1888, by Erwin Funk, p. 6
A Most
Unforgettable Experience (James Patton water grist mill), by W.R. Edwards,
p. 9
Uncle
Zack Baker Was a Most Colorful Character, by Erwin Funk, p. 11
More Notes
on Old Bentonville College of 1895-1897 - Part Two, p. 13
Benton
County Men Served in Most Important Engagements in Cherokee Territory,
by Will Plank, p. 16
"Arkansas
Bound," poem, by Eve & Huey Huhn, p. 19
Late Rogers
Diamond Jubilee Ripple, a tidbit submitted by Erwin Funk, p. 20
First
Will Probated in Benton County, Samuel Tevan, 1838, Alvin Seamster, p.
20
Interesting
Bits From Old Newspapers - Those Good Old Days in Gravette - p. 21
Public
Notaries in Benton County in an Early Day, p. 22
Vol. 4 No. 1 Nov. 1958
Table of Contents on Cover.
In Memorium
- Margaret Jackson Blansett, p. 2; Claude H. Strode,
p. 3; Henry E. Brashear, p. 3, and cont .p 20
Bentonville's
First Sunday School After the 1886 War, by Alvin Seamster, p.3
Great
American Air Base Named After Benton County Flying Ace, author unknown,
p. 4
Uncle
Peter Carnahan Writes of Events in His Ministerial Life of Long Ago,
p. 8
Recalling
the Kruse Gold Mine in Rogers, by Erwin Funk, p. 10
Maysville's
Big Fire of March 12, 1891, author unknown, p. 14
Some Prominent
People in Bentonville's Past, p. 14
The Pea
Ridge Battlefield as Seen by Citizens in 1921 (fifty-nine years after the
war), article by T. S. Rice in "Southwest American" magazine,
p. 15
Ku Klux
Klans in Benton County, by Erwin Funk, p 17
Railroad Contract for Building of the Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad Company,
Benton County Democrat, March 8, 1898, p. 21
Siloam
Springs ‘Doings' in 1881, City Records, p. 22
Interesting
Bits from Papers of 1893, p. 23
Benton
County Horticultural Society Meets June 1893, p.23
Bentonville
Market Report as of June 21, 1893, p.23
1893 County
Sunday School Convention to he held in Rogers, p.23
Old Marriage
License Records, Benton County, 1869-1872, p. 24
Vol. 4. No. 2 Jan. 1959
Table of Contents on Cover
Daisy
People from Michigan, p. 1
History
is an Accumulation of Facts, by Erwin Funk, p.4
Decatur
Once a Big Fruit Shipping Point, by Will Plank, p. 6
The Callaghans
Lived in Benton and Washington Counties, by Alvin Seamster, p. 9
Miscellaneous
Benton County Firsts, by Erwin Funk, p.13
My Story
of Siloam Springs Eighty-Six Years Ago, by Rev. C.H. Hatfield, p.17
The Following
is an Interesting Letter Which Tells of the Aftermath of the Civil War,
by Caroline Curtis to Harriet Woolsey, p.18
Benton
County's Best Known Citizen Prior to the Civil War: Judge A. B. Greenwood,
by Erwin Funk, p.19
Topics
for Argument in the Gay Nineties - Rogers Arkansas,by Erwin Funk,
p. 21
The Good
Old Days on the Farm (Ice Cream Social at Pea Ridge), p.23
Vol. 4 No. 3 March, 1959
Table of Contents on Cover
A Brief
History of Cave Springs, by Mrs. Wallace Venters, p. 2
Some Interesting
History of Cave Springs, by Reba Oakley, p. 4
Erwin
Funk Remembers Cave Springs, p. 7
Interesting Bits from Old Newspapers: Cave Springs Progress,
July 28, 1911; Cave Springs Star, March 22, 1912, p. 7
Bartlett's
Cave - Now Cave Springs, by Pearl T. Banks, p. 10
Roasting
Eggs at the Spring, by Esther McClure Carter, p. 10
Railroad
Time Table - Rogers Southwestern Railway, p.11
Earlier
Settlers, by Alvin Seamster, p. 11
A Glimpse
of Cave Springs Today, p. 11
When Tobacco
Was King in Benton County, by Will Plank, p. 13
News from
Benton County Democrat, April 23, 1887, p. 15
The Benjamin
Bingham and Nancy Bingham Family, p. 16
Notable
Arkansans: James H. Berry, p. 17
A Missourian's View of Bentonville, Bentonville Sun, Mar
21, 1891, p. 19
Hezekiah Highfill, By Ethan Alyn, p. 20
The Good
Old Days of Benton County Pioneers, by Erwin Funk, p. 21
Final
Installment of Benton County Newspaper History, Items From the Benton County
Democrat, June 11, 1887, p. 24
Volume 4, No. 4 May 1959
Table of Contents on Cover
A History
of the Building That Has Been Known for More than 100 Years as the Elkhorn
Tavern, by Elsa Vaught, p. 3
Notes
on the Jesse C. Cox Family with a Partial Genealogy of His Four Sons Who
Lived in Benton County, by Elsa Vaught, p. 5
Judge
David Compton, ‘Pioneer' Member, Dead, p. 9
Howard
M. Cox Dies in Kansas, Obit., p. 11
Bessie
Hanson Lampe Dies, Obit., p. 10
Mrs. Louzena
Pattishall Burgin Dies, Obit., p. 11
Home Near
the Pea Ridge Battle Field Looted (Includes Civil War Story), by Erwin
Funk, p. 11
Company
"A" Arkansas Home Guard Militia Organized by Joseph R. Rutherford, p. 12
Confederate
Veterans Entertained at a Dinner Party, Nov. 18, 1909, by Erwin Funk, p.
13
Civil
War Receipts for Miscellaneous Items, Given by Nell Dickson Patton to Alvin
Seamster, p. 14
Confederate
War Bond, p. 15
Of Interest
in 1876, Bentonville Weekly Advance, p. 15
What's
in a Name? (Naming Patterns for towns, sites, etc.), by Erwin Funk,
p. 16
In Memoriam:
F.W. Bartell, Obit., p. 17
Games
and Sports of Half a Century or More Ago, by Erwin Funk, p. 18
From the
Benton County Sun, March 3, 1905, supplied by Mrs. A. C. Scott (mostly
statistics), p. 20
Is Your
Name Listed Here? Interesting Post Offices Uncle Sam Closed Through the
Years, p. 21
Volume 4, No. 5 July, 1959
Table of Contents on Cover
Albert
P. Woods Dies, Obit., p. 1
F.W. Bartell,
Obit., p. 1
Around
Mt. Pleasant, by W. R. Edwards, p. 2
History
of the Methodist Church of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, by Sabra A. Davis,
p. 5
Old Time
Bentonville Baseball and Football Stars, by J. Tom McGill,
p. 11
Rogers
as Seen from a Walnut St. Window, by Erwin Funk, p. 12
A Bit
of History of Benton County Grand Jurors for Circuit Court, April, 1897,
in Bentonville, p.15
Tripping
Through North AR in the Year 1894 (visit to the Pea Ridge Battlefield)
from an article in the magazine Outing, by Lora S. LaMance, p.16
A Missourian's
Life in Arkansas, by A.J. Sanders, p.17
Names
and Dates on Tomb Stones in an Old Cemetery at Cave Springs, p.18
Annual
Gentry Picnic Held in California, p.19
Cross
Hollows, Twice Tenting Ground for Army, p 19
Who is
Lumber Lou? (Jessie Brashears Gilstrap), p. 20
Odds and
Ends of Benton County History, by Erwin Funk, p. 21
- Apple Blosssom Queens 1923- 1927;
- Mary Elizabeth Wardlaw, Bio;
- Rogers Academy Graduate Becomes University Star;
- Believe it or not, This is no Apple Country;
- When ‘ wet ‘ or ‘ Dry ‘ was the Biggest Issue;
- Resented Questions about Personal History;
- Judge Parker was Truly a Big Man)
News Items
from the Benton County Sun, March 21, 1891, p. 23
News Items
from the Sulphur Springs Speaker, June 17, 1893, p. 23
Vol. 4. No. 6 September, 1959
Table of Contents on Cover
The Ozarks
Arts and Craft Fair (War Eagle), by Blanche Elliott, p. 1
Tombstone
Inscription (J.H.S. Blackburn),
p.2
The Eagle-Owl
Battle, by J.H.V.H. (Submitted by Blanche Elliott of War Eagle), p. 6
War Eagle
Water Mills Go Back to 1838, by Blanche Elliott, p. 8
First
War Eagle Post Office Opened in 1883, p. 11
Legend
is all That Remains of Long Ago Days But Folk of War Eagle Were Very Lively,
by Bryan McGinnis, p. 11
How to
Make a Letter of Long Ago - The Callaghan Letter, p. 15
From the
Benton County Democrat, August 25, 1898 (Ordinances), p.16
Two Old
Letters (D.W. McCay to wife Jean; D.W. McCay to son William, 1863), p.17
Another
Old Letter (M.C. Robinson to Sam'l Evans, 1839) p. 19
Old Time
Log Rolling, by W.R. Edwards
p.19
Down in
Arkansaw: That State as Viewed By One Who Lived There (March 1985), by
Erwin Funk, p. 21
Iowa Editor Sees Cherokee Bill and Judge Parker (from Manning, Iowa Monitor,
1898), p.22
Benton
County Political Firsts, listed by Erwin Funk, p. 22
-First and succeeding courthouses,
- First county officers,
- First attorneys,
- First Congressman,
- Succeeding Congressmen,
- James H. Berry sketch,
- Arkansas vs. Arkansaw.
A News
Item: James Henry Scruggs, contributed by Elsa Vaught (memories of Cross
Hollows, short Bio.), p. 24
A Crop
or Two at War Eagle, contributed by Blanche Elliott, (J.D. Chastain's father's
stories about Chastain family history), p. 25
Vol. 5, No. 1 November,
1959
History
of First Methodist Church , Bentonville, AR (Inside front cover, no author
listed)
In Memoriam
(Benton Countians P.K. Scruggs, J. F. Gulledge, William Elbert Jordan),
p. 1
War Record
of Charles Foxwood, Sr., during the Civil War by Theodore P. Potts, pp
3, 4
History
of Law Enforcement in Benton County AR (stories of early incidents of law
enforcement) by Eli Leflar (Rogers Attorney), pp. 4 - 7
Democrat
County Convention, Bentonville, AR 9 June 1892 (Proceedings, listings of
delegates and members of committees.) No author listed, pp. 7-9
Old Cherokee
House in West Benton County (Hotel built in Cherokee City, AR short item.)
No author listed, p. 9
Clean
Sweep for Arkansas, 29 September, 1911. (Apple growers and their prize-winning
varieties, Tri-State Fair, Memphis, TN. Short Item) No author listed,
p. 9
Mr. Coin
W. Harvey (short item concerning appearance in Court in regard to the Road
Case against the Monte Ne Railway), p. 9
S. D.
Woods and Mrs. Dor Orr opening new store (news item), p. 9
Village Names by Edsel Ford (reprint from Arkansas Democrat 6 September
1959. Concerns Avoca and Brightwater), pp 10, 11
Return
to Pea Ridge (poem by Edsel Ford), p.11
The Haste
Family ( Franklin C. and Barthena) by Mrs. Stella Haste Rascoe, p. 12
W. T.
Patterson, Ninety Years Old, Honored at Pea Ridge (includes biography),
no author listed, pp 13 - 14
Benton County Political Firsts, Continuation by Erwin
Funk. (History of the first Arkansas legislature with some of the representatives,
delegates to the State Constitutional Convention of 186l, Confederate Legislature
of 1864 and redistricted legislature of 1868; 1897 Arkansas Gazette list
of prominent citizens of Northwest Arkansas counties; political candidates
of 1888 and 1898; other political events. First Benton County Grand
Jury members, first petit jury members, description of opening days of
Circuit Court each March and September, first site of Benton County Courthouse;
first store in Bentonville.) Author Edwin Funk, pp 14-15
Pea Ridge
Fathers Name Streets in their Town for Leaders in the Famous Battle, by
Billie Jines, pp 16 and 17
The "Firsts"in
Benton County History by Lois Snelling (chronology of events), pp 17 -
20
Noted
Lecturer Tells of Human Side of the Civil War (Dr. T. Harry Williams' lecture
at the University of Arkansas. His subject: "Fraternizing the Chivalry
in the Civil War".) No author listed p. 20.
County's
Old Settlers Picnic Discontinued. (Celebrations at Osage Mills for 56 years.),
No author listed, p. 21.
Roll of
Membership of Masonic Lodge of Bentonville in 1869. (Found in cornerstone
of Methodist Church), No author listed, p. 21.
Benton
County Old Folks 13 July 1894 (persons who responded to the call of Hansard
and Larreck, Photographers, for pictures during the month of June, 1894.)
Item from Benton County Democrat, p.22
Program
From the Teachers' Institute in 1900 at Bentonville, AR. (Participants
and subjects listed. Clara B. Kennan, contributor, adds comments
on her first days of school.), p 23
Vol. 5 No. 2 January, 1960
Mrs. Frances
Cox-Scott Has a Birthday, Back of front cover
Octogenarian
Remembered the "Bushwhacker" Days: William E. Jordan Biography by his daughter
Cora Wright pp 1, 2, and 3
In Memoriam:
Finis Holmes Wood, Theodore Herman Lampe. No author listed, p
3
Benton
County "Down Under" (Caves and their legends.) By Lois Snelling, pp 4,
5, and 6
"Hog Killing"
Time (In Northwest Benton County). (Family information and the process
of butchering and curing hogs.) By. Rev. W. G. Jones, pp 6-8
Miscellaneous
Bits of News, Benton County Democrat, 11 June, 1887, p 8
Californ-i-a
or Bust (John Riley Woods' letter to his wife Margaret about his trip to
California, 27 September 1852 with added biographical data by his grandson,
Glen Woods.) pp 9, 10, 11
History
Is Being Made Every Day That We Live (For the Year 1910) (From Files of
the Rogers Democrat about Benton County Pioneers who died - and other subjects
- in 1910) by Erwin Funk, pp 12, 13, 14
Grape
Shot and Minie Balls (artifacts found near Potts Hill). By Mrs. H. F. Carnell,
p. 14
Gann's
Ridge (Gann family information, keepsakes, Gann's Ridge School, pioneers,
post office.) By W. R. Edwards, pp 15, 16, and 17.
Stepping
Stones in Benton County History (Items about early days in Rogers) by Erwin
Funk, pp 18 and 19.
More About
the Tobacco Business in Benton County (Bentonville Companies; by-laws of
the Arkansas Tobacco Company.) By Alvin Seamster, p.22
The Old
Wire Road, Benton County's Favorite Highway (History) By Lois Snelling,
pp 22, 23, and 24
Vol. 5 No. 3 March, 1960
The Pea
Ridge National Military Park. (History of efforts to obtain it with names
of persons who worked to bring it to reality.) By Alvin Seamster, pp 2
and 3
Report
on Washington trip (delegation to finalize the creation of the Pea Ridge
National Military Park with the National Park Service, Department of the
Interior.) By Clayton N. Little, pp 3 and 4.
Pea Ridge,
Gettysburg of the West (History of the Battle) By Dr. Walter L. Brown,
reprinted from the Arkansas State Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1956, pp
5 through 13.
Return
to Pea Ridge (Poem by Edsel Ford, Poet Laureate of Arkansas), p 13
The Battle
of Maysville - October 22, 1862. (History of, with copy of General James
G. Blunt's report, reprinted from the New York Daily Tribune, Dec. 26,
1862, front page, column 4.) By Elsa Vaught, pp 14 through 19.
When Rogers
Was Much Younger (Items from a scrapbook compiled by Horton H. Miller)
Submitted by Erwin Funk, p. 19
A Bit
of History of "Cherokee National Seminary" (from The Chronicles of Oklahoma,
Spring 1959, p. 64) An address given by Mrs. Ida Tinnin at Northeastern
College, Tahlequah, OK, on the fiftieth anniversary of her graduation .
She lists Beatties' Prairie families whose sons and/or daughters were graduates
there.) Submitted by Mrs. Tinnin, p. 20
Elkhorn
Tavern Deserted Since Descendants of Original Owner Move to Garfield.
(History of the building and the Scott family at the takeover by the National
Park Service.) By Will Plank, pp 20,21, and 22
Battle
of Dunagin's Farm was First In Arkansas (Ambush near Avoca Fatal to Soldiers
of Curtis's Vanguard, 17 February 1862.( By Will Plank, pp 22, 23
Grim Reminders
of the Battle of Pea Ridge (Relics Found on the battlefield with descriptions
of the arms and ordnance used during the conflict) By Will Plank, pp
23 - 25
General
William Yarnell Slack (details of General Slack's reburial in the National
Cemetery, Fayetteville) By Alvin Seamster, pp 26-27
Garfield,
Arkansas (Original name, Crowell - history of the town) By Alvin Seamster,
pp 28-29
Cross
Writing (Dr. Neil Compton's collection of mid-nineteenth century letters
exhibiting fine penmanship) By H.G. Huhn, p. 29
Erwin
C. Funk (Tribute and biography after his death, 1 February, 1960) No author,
pp 32-33
Two Early
Editors of Rogers (Colonel Graham and Frank Mason) By Erwin Funk, p. 34
Arkansas
Monument on the Vicksburg Battlefield (Sketch of the monument and its inscription;
source of funds for the purchase of the monument) By Elsa Vaught, p. 35
Vol. 5 No. 4 May, 1960
In remembrance
of Pauline Mistie (Active BCHS member who died 28 February, 1960) By Eli
Leflar, p. 2. Obituary, p. 3
Forrest
Larimore (Tribute and biography) No author, p. 4
Mrs. Malinda
Frances Cox-Scott (Tribute and obituary) By Elsa Vaught, p. 5
George
Newton Gearhart (Obituary) No author, p. 6
Address
by Conrad L. Wirth, National Park Service, at the Ceremony Establishing
Pea Ridge National Military Park, Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas, 7 March, 1960
(Text of Mr. Wirth's speech), pp 7- 10
Thank
You, Mrs. Dooley (Short autobiography; she was a granddaughter of Sylvanus
Blackburn of War Eagle Mill) By Mrs. Dooley, 26 January, 1960, p. 12
Oklahoman
Came Back to Arkansas to Visit (Brief biography of James Henry Scruggs)
By Elsa Vaught, p. 13
Alexander
Winchester Dinsmore (Biography of an early Benton County settler) By B.W.
Green of Little Rock. (Note: see also May, 1957 Pioneer), pp 14-15
Resolutions
of Respect (For Mr. A.W. Dinsmore) By E.S. McDaniel, James M. Bohart, Geo.
W. Moore, Committee, People's Bank of Bentonville, p. 16
Remarks
of Hon. Claude A. Fuller of Arkansas in the House of Representatives, Monday,
5 May, 1930 (Text of his speech honoring Mr. A.W. Dinsmore), pp 6-7
Aunt May
Doak (Mary Abigail Robinson: biography and family history) By Margaret
Ann Smith Troutman, pp 18-20
Various
Benton County History Following Civil War (Begins with occupation of Bentonville
by Federal troops, 8 March, 1862. Describes the disruption of civil
government and actions taken by the County Court, including obtaining donations
to rebuild the courthouse.) No author, pp 20-21
Benton
County Has Built Four Court- houses (History, with more details on the
building of the 1928 courthouse. Article contains information from
the 2 December, 1926 Benton County Democrat that lists the contents of
the box placed in the cornerstone, with names of the donors.) By W.R. Edwards,
pp 21-23
Cephus
Washburn, Missionary to the Indians (Outline of his life and ministry.
Hugh Park's book, Cephus Washburn, Reminiscences is mentioned.) No author,
pp 24-25
From Sulphur
Springs Speaker, Vol. 5, No. 47, 17 June, 1893 - John B. Huffman, Editor
(Various items on residents and events), p. 26
Henry
Burke Named Teacher of the Year in Siloam Springs (Brief account) No author,
p. 27
Dr. A.L.
Peacock Honored on 90thBirthday (Brief account with biography) No author,
p. 27
Thornsberry
Church Just Over the Line in Washington County (Short history) No
author, p. 27
The Bentonville
Bank Robbery of 1893 (Eyewitness account) By W.L. Marley, pp 28-31
Bentonville
Shipped During 1897 (Number of railroad cars of various goods and produce,
including 13,345 lbs. of poultry.) No author, p. 31
One Hundred
Years of Grahams in Benton County. (History of the Graham Family, early
settlers.) By Erwin Funk, pp 32 and 33.
Sugar
Cookies (Letter to Mr. Huey Huhn from Paul E. Hulbrok describing a hike
by Boy Scouts in 1912 to the Pea Ridge Battlefield from Bentonville and
the later mapping of the Battlefield. Mr Hulbrok and crew were treated
to cookies and lemonade by a lady resident of the area.), p. 34
Letter
to Huey Huhn from J.R. Craig (about the Eagle Hotel in Bentonville and
owner Mrs. Jane Clark. Recounts General Siegel's interrupted breakfast
story.), p. 35
Vol. 5 No. 5 July, `960
Mrs. Effie
Lee Walker.(Notice of death of BCHS member Mrs. Walker) p1
Report
of the Arkansas Historical Meeting May 6 and 7, 1960, Ft. Smith. Arkansas,
By ElsaVaught, p. 2
Pea Ridge
Park will Play Important Role in National Civil Way Centennial. (Text
of a speech by Karl Betts of Washington, D.C. at the "Deed Day" Ceremony
at the Park on 4 March, 1960.), pp 4, 5, 5, 7, and 8.
The Salt
of the Earth - and of Benton County. (Importance of salt throughout
history; sources of salt for early settlers; refers to Mrs. Hiram Carnell's
account of Tuck's Chapel residents' trip to obtain salt; salt wells in
Indian Territory destroyed by Union troops.) By Lois Snelling., pp 10 and
11
Indian
Troops in the Confederacy (Brief account reprinted from an Oklahoma Historical
Society Quarterly.), p. 12
Pioneer
Tools, Gadgets and Souvenirs (Cites the collection of W.G. Check of Gravette,
Arkansas which occupied more than two thousand square feet of floor space,
plus other items outside .) By W. R. Edwards, pp 13, 14, 15, and 16.
Unusual
Happenings in the History of Benton County. (Rogers Democratcolumn entitled
"It Really Happened" recounted two unusual tales, by Erwin Funk,
p. 16
Osage
Valley High School Commencement Exercises, 1 July 1889 (Complete program
of events with participants.) From Benton County Democrat, 2 July 1889,
pp 17 and 18
News Items
from Benton County Democrat, 2 July, 1889 (Nineteen items about Bentonville
events and residents.), pp 19 and 20
Sulphur
Springs High School, 1918-19 (Brief information about the structure and
the principal, Professor Claud Coffelt.), p. 20
Sugar
Cookies (Maple sugaring on a farm near Sulphur Springs in the 1890's.)
By W.G. Jones, pp 21-22
Confederate
Veteran Remembers (J.W. Jones, the last Confederate veteran in Benton County,
dictates his memories of his life and times.) By Marie E. Andrews, pp 22-24
From the
Diary of an Iowa Soldier's Trek Through Northwest Arkansas (By an unidentified
man who was in the Battle of Prairie Grove. He describes events of
camp life before and after this battle.) No author, pp 24-25
Lingow
Family, Early Residents of Maysville (Short history of Martha Lingow and
her family written by daughter Laura Belle Tracey.), p. 25
History
of Monument to Valiant Soldiers Who Died in Battle for the South (History
of the Confederate monument erected on the Bentonville City Square, and
description of the ceremony at the unveiling.) No author, p 26-27
Bentonville
News of 8 March, 1891 (Six items of local events.) Bentonville Sun, p.
27
From Benton
County Journal, 21 June, 1893 (Nineteen items from various county locations.),
pp 27-29
Unusual
Happenings in the history of Benton County (Two early events.) By Erwin
Funk, p. 29
"Righteousness
Exalteth a Nation; But Sin Is a Reproach to Any People" (A proposal by
T.A. Winkleman of Rogers to post the Ten Commandments in school rooms,
and also to post an admonition to "Remember thy Creator in the days of
thy youth, etc.," plus a "Code for Pupils Ten Years Old and Through the
Teen-Age," printed on a pledge card for each school authority to furnish
to the pupils.), p. 30
News from
the Pea Ridge Pod, Vol. 2, No. 1, Thursday, 9 July, 1914 (eighteen items,
including a report on the opening of the Pea Ridge Normal School, with
curriculum and instructors listed.), pp 31-32
Some Civil
War Marriages (Eleven couples listed, dates range from 1862 through 1865.),
pp 32-33
From the
Siloam Springs Democrat, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1 July, 1898 (Five items, including
a brief report on the city's eighteenth birthday celebration.),
p. 33
Bentonville's
Second County Jail (Brief description of the specifications of the new
jail.) No author, p. 34
Unusual
Happenings in the History of Benton County (Three items: an elephant in
a baggage car jerked the air brake control; a Benton County woman sued
her brother for 45 cents; Mrs. Farmer, elder in the Siloam Springs Church
of the Nazarene, was the first woman to perform a wedding ceremony in Benton
County.) By Irwin Funk, p. 34
Miscellaneous
Benton County Firsts (1877-1960) By Erwin Funk, pp 35- 39
A Nice
Letter (To Mr. H. G. Huhn from Carrie Jackson Davidson about her tardy
dues for Benton County Pioneer.) p 39
Allen
- Jackson Record (From a letter by Carrie Jackson Davidson. Family
record from the grandparents and their children through her parents and
their children.) p. 40
Vol. 5 No. 6 September,
1960
War Eagle's
Seventh Ozarks Arts and Crafts Fair (Brief description of the setting and
type of exhibits.) By Blanche H. Elliott. Back of front cover.
Wild-Life
Around War Eagle Mills in the Year 1860 (History of the area, native birds
and animals), pp 3 and 4
A Very
Nice Letter (To Mr. H. G. Huhn from Robert Lee Mernagh about his life in
Bentonville from 1884 to 1892. He mentions neighbors, fellow church members
and tells of his conversion at age 14.) p 7
Rocks
(A tale about a real estate deal.) By H. G Huhn, p 8
George
N. Gearhart (A brief tribute to his life.) By Mrs. Bertie Parker,
p. 8
Mrs. C.
E. Moore writes (Letter to H.G. Huhn about membership. She encloses
a family history of Mary Elizabeth White Thompson) pp 9, 10, and 11
Honor
Thy Father and Mother (Exodus 19:12) (The story of John Samuel Hackler,
a Methodist minister, and his wife, Sarah Ann Puckett.) By Margaret Smith
Troutman, pp 12 through 25
Ghost
Towns of Benton County, AR (Leetown, Eldorado, Cross Hollows, Bloomfield,
Monte Ne, Brightwater and Avoca.) By Lois Snelling, pp 27, 28, 29
Unusual
Happenings in the History of Benton County, AR. (Three items) Erwin Funk,
p. 29
List of
Names from School Records of Buttram's Chapel...1882... (Names and ages
at the time.) By Alvin Seamster, p. 30
Huffman
Hall Long Prominent in Rogers History (History of second floor room or
rooms in downtown Rogers) By Erwin Funk, pp 31 and 32
Unusual
Happenings in the History of Benton County (1923 and 1916 items) By Erwin
Funk, p 32
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