Re-discovering Camp Walker, "It was a cold and blustery day in January. . ."   Cover Photo
  President's Message, Credits for 2001 accomplishments and a challenge for 2002, ifc
  Where on Earth Was Camp Walker?: Update on the campaign to replace the "Lost" Civil War Historical Marker, p2
  The Barbara P. Easley Memorial Collection of Early Benton County Newspapers: How two sisters' ambitious "obituaries" project led to BCHS becoming custodian of a set of early newspapers on microfilm, p6
  Verla McAnelly: An Appreciation - Reminiscences on a friendship over many years, by Annabelle and Kenneth Plumley, p7 
  JBU Through the Decades, Brief history, introducing the current special exhibit at the Siloam Springs Museum, by Don Warden, p8
  2001 Christmas Meeting, Record of the December 2, 2001 session, including installation of officers, show and tell, and Harold Hawkins' report on prospective moving of the Benton County sesquicentennial marker to make room for widening of US Hwy 62, p10 
  "Burial Plots and Bouillon Cups," Humorous monologue by Pauline Carnell, describing how she was richly rewarded for doing a friend a favor, p12
  "Tired Iron of the Ozarks" Tractor Tour, Tells of the odyssey last year of a caravan of antique tractors from Springtown over the mountains to Ozark, by Mary Ann Hoppe, p14 
  Civil War Skirmishes Re-enactment , by Leah Whitehead, Appreciative reminiscences and prospects for the future, by the organizer, p16
  Raspberries Run Deep: Linda Levine's recollections of her girlhood friendship with author/poet Edsel Ford, and a weblink to the UA Library's special collections, p18
  Ruth Taylor Wasson, An account of her life, by her son, John Taylor Wasson, p20
  My Precious Aunt Ruth (Wasson), Tribute by niece Janice Barnett Low, p20
  Raymond Jefferies, Obituary of a former BCHS president, p21 
  Maxine Holloway Reflects, Origins of the Cash family, traced from a noble's wedding in 12th century Scotland, p22
 
Keeping Up With BCHS
Upcoming Program Notes  1 & 5
BEEP for Tom Duggan on BC RR's 15
Index of Each Pioneer Issue Online?  15
Invitation to Readers  7
Benton County Museum Listings  21 & 23
Recent New Members  24
Joining the Society  24
Publications Available from the BCHS  ibc

  Three dear members, at BCHS Christmas 2001 gathering,  Back Cover Photo

  Keeping Up, With BCHS
Upcoming BCHS Program Notes  3
BEEP for Genealogical Research 9
Flash: Sesquicentennial Monument  9
Donations Welcome for Renovations  9
Coming in Future Pioneers  23
Peel House News  23
Civil War Marker News (new and old).. 24-25
In Memory of Jill McKenna 23
Tom Duggan is Honored   23 
Notable Weblinks  23
Recent New Members  26
Joining the Society  26
Publications Available from the BCHS  27
  BCHS Director, Artist Becky Christenson, begins a final step in restoring the Cross Hollows historical marker, which was originally installed in 1962  Back Cover Photo

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Feature Articles
   Cover Story: Trail of the Centuries, in which Harold Hawkins shepherded moving of the Benton  County   Sesquicentennial   Monument to make way for widening U.S. Hwy 62  4-5
  The Old School Complex Historic District - Sulphur Springs Community Center includes a 1942 WPA structure and features a regular Sunday dinner 6-7
  The 2002 Cross Hollows Dig, in which Lowell school children study remains of an early lime factory and express concern over expected loss of the historic site's natural beauty, by Tom Duggan  8-9
   Re-installing the Cross Hollows Historical Marker: resurrection after sandblasting away the ravages of time, by Tom Duggan  10
   Highfill: Apple Orchards to XNA - towards the end of the city's first century, the regional airport has started a chain reaction of change, with mixed reactions, by Cassie Elliott 11-13
   Camp Walker Historic Marker Stands Tall Again, after a five-year absence, thanks to the Benton County Judge and Road Department   14-15
   Allen Canning Company: from Tomatoes to Watermelon Rinds - and don't forget Popeye, by Don Warden  16-17
   Arkansas' Atlantis - "Revealing" the Submerged Town of Monte Ne, Coin Harvey's uncompleted project and the famous unbuilt pyramid. . 18-22
   The "Gravette Overpass" - success of campaign for "novel" solution  ends dangerous east-west separation by the KCS RR. 23
   Sager Creek Arts Center Hosts BCHS for program by Don Warden; Director Bepp Morrison invites tour of major painting exhibit by members of Ozark Art Alliance  24-25

  Flood water swirls near Allen Canning general offices on June 8, 1974.  Back Cover Photo

  1903 Benton County Atlas - Title page of the century-old document promises a wealth of historical treasures .  Cover Illustration
   President's Message 2
  Annotated Table of Contents   3

Feature Articles
  Rare 1903 Atlas Re-born as Affordable CD - Our popular original-edition 1903 Benton County Atlas has been re-issued in searchable PDF format to preserve it for continued long-term use and wider distribution. The Centennial Edition CD is available on special offer.  4-5
  Callahan Springs Stop on the Butterfield Trail - Bill Brown, seasoned Executive Director of the Office of Human Concern (OHC), 506 East Spruce St., Rogers, is mindful of the site's long and rich history.   6-8
  Proud Past Energizes Sulphur Springs -  Shiloh Community hosted BCHS July Meeting. The varied program included a tour of the historic  Kihlberg and Livingston Hotels, led by Elder David McClure.   9
  My WAC Story - A member of the Northwest Arkansas Women Veterans describes her WWII overseas service in a deliberately calm, matter- of-fact narrative.  By Betty Smith. 10-13
  Gone Fishin' - Illustrated reminiscences of boyhood and family fishing expeditions on Siloam Springs's Sager Creek and elsewhere.  By Michael Rapp    14-16
   Highfill: Past, Present, and Future - Cassie Elliott's BCHS program, 9/8/02, in which she explained how  a successful fight to prevent de- annexation by XNA produced a flow of tax revenue to fund "measured growth" 17
  Finishing Touches: New Home for the Lowell Historical Museum - The city has appropriated funds to permit volunteers to complete  renovations by Christmas, 2002.  By Tom Duggan.  18-19

Keeping Up, With BCHS
Coming in Future Pioneers  2
Upcoming BCHS Program Notes  3
Notable Weblinks  25
Donations Welcome for Renovations  25
News from Museums  26
Joining the Society  26
Publications for Sale by BCHS   27

  Complete Name Index, Vol. 47 (2002)  20-25

  WAC's at English Bomber Field 'Cycle to Work  During WWII .  Back Cover Photo

Feature Articles
   Northwest Arkansas Heritage Trail Plan - A regional network of bicycle and pedestrian facilities connecting NWA citizens and visitors to our rich historical, cultural, and recreational  assets (with map).  4-6
   The Story of the Arkansas Flag - The proud battleship USS Arkansas, commissioned in 1912, was the trigger to create a state flag .   7
    World War II Service Briefs - Experiences of some members of NWA Women Veterans: their own stories, compiled by Betty Smith   8-9
   General Curtis's Uniform Coats Acquired by Pea Ridge National Military Park - The story of Samuel Curtis's career and death.  Financial contributions invited. By David Lewis.  10-11
   Brushing Up - Refurbishing the memory of Camp Stephens.  Reports on progress towards restoring the marker and transforming the site into a visitor-friendly attraction.  Includes centerfold of Al Einert's design. 12-15
   Present at the Creation (1954-1989): BCHS and the Pea Ridge Memorial Association - Early Days of the Society, with highlights such as the political struggle to create the Pea Ridge Park. By Pauline Carnell (reprint), with group photo of the board at the 1989 Christmas Party 16-17 
   Red Apple Warrants - During the Depression, Siloam Springs city and merchants used scrip to keep business flowing.  By Michael Rapp 18
   Cultural Tourism: A Centennial Preview - At the time of the Civil War Centennial, the White River Valley Historical Society, our neighbors in southwest Missouri, spoke out for increased promotion of cultural tourism as an economic development strategy  19
   Wild Animal Rituals in Benton County - A follow-up on the Cave Springs "Coon" story and a report on festivities of the erstwhile Benton County Possum Club 20-21
  Ghost Train to Caverna - Recounts the epidemic of railroad fever rampant in northwest Arkansas and neighboring regions during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Chronicles the ambitious but ill-fated project mounted by 18 Bentonville investors to build a railroad from Caverna on the Missouri border through the Boston Mountains to Clarksville. By Tom Duggan 22-25

Keeping Up, With BCHS
Upcoming BCHS Program Notes  3
A Reader Praises 1903 Atlas Project  5
News from Museums  26
Info on the Arkansas Historical Assn.  9
Joining the Society  26
For Sale by BCHS   27

  A Bucolic View of Little Sugar Creek - from Sugar Creek Road, heading towards Brightwater in the valley, where troops moved before the Pea Ridge Battle in 1863.  Back Cover Photo

  Cable and sign mark entrance to Van Winkle Hollow from Highway 12, twelve miles east of Rogers.  Cover Photo
   President's Message 2
  Annotated Table of Contents   3

Feature Articles
   Peter Van Winkle Mill and Home Site - Jewel of Hobbs State Park - Conservation Area.  Plans for development of the newly constituted, renamed, 18-square-mile park, by Steve Chyrchel and Al Knox   4-5
   Tantalizing Remnants to be Seen in Van Winkle Hollow - with photos of the early mill and of today's remains 5-6
   Facts and Artifacts Wanted - Related to the 19th-century community and enterprises at Van Hollow  7 
  Lily White Lime: The Cross Hollows Connection, 1900-1918. Rise and fall of the Rogers White Lime Company and its promoter, F.F. Freeman, by Tom Duggan 8-12
  Arkansas Laws Fail to Protect Historic Cemeteries - BCCPG seeks support for continuing reform efforts.  The saga of ill-fated HB 2263, by Cassie Elliott 13-15
   60 Years Behind the Chair - From 1909 until 1969, Ed and Albert Rapp operated the Rapp Brothers Barber Shop in Siloam Springs 16-18
   WWII Army Nurse - Experiences as an Army nurse in Italy during World War II , by Maxine Tolbert, now of Bella Vista 19
   The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial -Featured in Arkansas Heritage Month programs for May 2003 20-21
   Original Arkansas Survey Plats Available -Plat Maps and Field Notes, beginning with Louisiana Purchase surveys from 1815 and onward - available from State Lands Commissioner as a CD-ROM set  21
   Hiwasse Postal Setup Comes Home - Antique postal service window and boxes returned by Dr. Joe Beasley, nephew of longtime Hiwasse Postmistress Hattie Beasley 22-24
   Online "Encyclopedia of Arkansas" Project - Begun by Butler Center for Arkansas History. Asking for Our Readers' Inputs 25

  Keeping Up, With BCHS

  Upcoming BCHS Program Notes  3
  Gravette Library Program is featured during Arkansas Heritage Month 20
   Old Tom, obituary of George H. Jefferson's big yellow cat, whose lives ran out in 1929.  21
  Program News from Museums  26
  Joining the Society  26
  For Sale by BCHS - books, maps, CD's  27
   A piece of Post Office and Beasley family history is returned home to Hiwasse after 45 years, with logistical help from Mary Jane Fischer and Lytle Cortland, Back Cover Photo

Feature Articles
   A Day to Remember - August 2nd began with an architectural tour of SE Bentonville.  Then Benton County history buffs, including NAGS, BCHS, BCCPG, and The Peel House Foundation, gave short programs to let the public sample their activities. Capped by Compton marker dedication    4-5
   Honoring Neil Compton - Benton County  Judge Gary Black dedicated a stone marker in honor of the life of Dr. Compton and led a discussion of his life work.  Article features the decade-long, successful campaign for the Buffalo National  River 6-7
   The Railroads of Siloam Springs - Originally called Hico, a Cherokee name, SS was promoted to exploit its mineral springs.  A group of partners eventually secured railroads to serve  diverse commercial interests. The KCP&G, renamed the Kansas City Southern, was the major carrier.  By Don Warden 8  -13
   BCHS Program on Compton Gardens - The 6.5-acre home of the late Dr. Neil Compton, in downtown Bentonville, is being developed as a community center and garden spot.  The project was explained by Leah Whitehead and Scott Starr, and shown to a large audience at the April membership meeting. By Cassie Elliott 14-15
   Judge Hendren's Restored Log Cabins - The July membership meeting was treated to a tour of Jimm and Janet Hendren's reconstructed log cabins at their rolling wooded homestead in northwest Bentonville: one built before, and one after, the Civil War.  By Cassie Elliott 16-17
   Progress in Preservation: Camp Stephens -The site of this Civil War marker at Hwy 72 and Sugar Creek Road is being made visitor-friendly by the County Road Department, as planned by member Al Einert.  At press time, hot mix was being spread on the newly enlarged approach and parking areas.  18-20
   Historic Marker Restoration: The Battle of Maysville - A motorist knocked down and damaged the 40-year-old centennial marker at the Hwy 72-43 junction last winter.  Rescued by Tom Duggan and Avery Hoke, a new aluminum mounting cap has been welded on; the marker awaits final touch-up and remounting.  21

  Keeping Up, With BCHS

  Upcoming BCHS Program Notes  3
  Program News from Museums  22
  Joining the Society  22
  For Sale by BCHS - books, maps, CD's  23

  Map of Southeast Siloam Springs - showing KCS depot and related features, from the BCHS Centennial CD-ROM Edition of the 1903 BC Atlas and Plat Book     Back Cover Photo

Yokes on the Trail of Tears sculpture by Pat Musick, represents a wagon train on the Cherokee Trail of Tears; installation photographed at Tysons Headquarters in Springdale Cover Photo 
   President's Message 2
  Annotated Table of Contents   3

Feature Articles
   Old Benton County Community Centers, compiled by Fred Coffee: A brief story of Dug Hill, and Vaun Schell's account of the Antioch Cemetery,  4-5
   Treasured Memories from Garfield History: e-mails from Judy Little Berry, with a 1961 request letter from Jewell Haswell Hall, an account of the life of Frank Haswell, and a treasured family photograph from 1914, 6-7
   Wildflowers for Camp Stephens Historic Site Notes on Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, for whom the camp was named, and Brig. Gen. Nicholas Bart Pearce, who established the camp.  A progress report on landscaping of the site with help from the County and AHTD, 8-9
   Double Take! People of Color Living in Benton County in 1870 - Re-interpretation of a photo from a 1874 Pioneer, and census details compiled by Mary Marquess,  10-11
  The Cherokee Trail of Tears in Northwest Arkansas compiled from materials provided by the Arkansas Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association and its president Kitty Sloan.  Presents details of 14 detachments arriving in Northwest Arkansas between December 1837 and March, 1839.  12-14
   Photo Identification Chart - Periods of use and identification features for nine old photo formats - from Daguerrotypes to Stereo Cards. A valuable tool for researchers, 15
   Robinson Community Photo ID Challenge:   Bebe Hayes Garcia seeks help from Pioneer readers. When her grandmother Mary Ellen Bruner Hayes died, Ms Garcia received a box of studio-made photos whose subjects are unknown to her, although some have intriguing names and notations on the back. 16-17
  Whose Head Is It? General Dwight Eisenhower or General Omar Bradley?  Read the opinions of the museum staffs on the bronze sculpture 18
  How Things Were During the Great Depression: Matter-of-fact reminders from the pages of the Rogers Democrat - examples from December, 1935 and February, 1940,  19
  Historic Downtown Rogers Trail Bob Morgan's design for the COC Greenways & Trails Committee is adjacent to the Trail of Tears. 20
  Complete Name Index, Vol. 48 (2003), 21-25

Keeping Up, With BCHS

  Upcoming BCHS Program Notes  3
  Program News from Museums  26
  Joining the Society  26
  For Sale by BCHS - books, maps, CD's  27
  Civil War Battles of Benton County, November 8-9, 2003 -  Souvenir Booklet of the Re-enactments - a scene from the cover,   Back Cover Photo