Annotated Contents:
Volume 10, No. 1
Jan., 1965
 Cover is entitled "Springtown
Springs."
"Springtown is a Beautiful
Village Located on Flint Creek, 18 Miles Southwest of Bentonville."
History of the town, first settled in 1841, surveyed and laid out in lots
in 1871. 1888 business are listed, fraternal organizations noted
with present day (1965) officers named. No author listed. p2
"My Old Home Town" by Victor
King. Springtown memories and the advent of the Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Western Railroad. Two early day photos. p3
A continuation of Mr. King's
article by Leona King Nillson. She writes of her family's 1883 move
to Springtown. Photo of the William H. King family. p4
Photographs of Springtown
buildings, a group of young men (identified) and a plat map of Springtown.
p6-8
A.D. Chastain, formerly of
Springtown, tells his memories of the town, school and the Reynolds family.
Photograph of the Central Shoe Store and owners on the porch.
p9,10
Another plat map of Springtown,
taken from the 1903 Atlas of Benton County.
p11
"Pioneer Days Around Fairmount
Community" by Mrs. Howard Chastain and others on the early settlers of
what was first called "Georgia Flats." Photographs of the L.N. Dodgen
residence, A.J. Crone residence, livery barn, residence of S.W.Ogdon, B.A.
Bailey, G.A. Sitton, W.E. Ganett, W.H. Edwards, J.M. Richardson, John Givens.
Photo of a man in a roadster in front of Ogdon's Auto Supply (old gasoline
pumps). Sign above second story windows says "Chas. Ogdon - I Buy
Antiques, Relics, Curios." Another photo "Sunday Afternoon at the
Spring." A group of children and adults. Another photograph
of 46 people in front of a barn or "Canning factory"; names of persons
in the photo are listed. Also a family group photograph of either
Grandfather Collins or Grandfather Condrey with a young woman and two children.
Brief history beneath the picture.
p13-25
Volume 10, No. 2 April,
1965
Cover is a photograph of
the Texas Monument to Texas soldiers who served at the battle of Elkhorn
Tavern. Mrs. H.F. Carnell unveils the monument as Boy Scouts stand
by with the U.S. flag.
Obituaries of members Roscoe
C. Hobbs, George W. Wallace, Mrs. C.H. Strode, Miss Bertha Snelling, and
Fred H. Douglas. p28
Text of the inscription on
the Texas Memorial at Pea Ridge. p29
Copy of the Spring Meeting
program of the Society, as they joined with Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Pea Ridge Memorial Association, and the National Park Service, Bentonville
Unit National Guard, University of Arkansas R.O.T.C., and others.
p30
Letter from Mrs. W.E. Bates
enclosing a summary of the history of Captain Samuel Woods and his descendants.
Listed are 6 related articles from previous issues of the Benton
County Pioneer. Captain Woods' family history follows.
At the end is the notation "To be continued in the July Pioneer."
Volume 10, No. 3 July, 1965
Cover is a photograph of
some men in a motor boat near an island in Beaver Lake.
Brief obituaties of members
Mrs. Katie H. Hensley, Hugh Webb, Sr., and Judge Harry A. Lemley.
p46,47
"The B.F. Hobbs Account Book"
by H.G. Huhn. Excerpts from Mr. Hobbs' nursery business entries in
1881. Included are personal expenses such as "house rent each month
- $5.00"; coffin - $25.25"; "digging of grave - $3.00"; "pair of
shoes for Roscoe - $1.00". p48
Continuation of the Captain
Samuel Woods family history, by Lucille Womack Bates. This family
was here very early and there are many related lines. p49-63
Volume 10, No. 4
October, 1965
Cover is a photograph of
Confederate soldiers at the Annual Reunion, about 1908, standing in front
of the Elkorn Tavern. (Men are identified.)
Obituaries (short) of John
Nap Covey and Percy H. Welborne
p67
Photograph of the Class of
1915-16, Gravette, AR. Members are identified. Letter that
accompanied photo gives some current data about 4 of the membes.
p70
"Elm Springs Cemetery" by
Mrs. W.W. Vaught. "American Legion Honors Soldiers of All Wars" (subtitle).
Decoration Day, 1965 project for the Beeley-Johnson Post of the American
Legion. Photo of a portion of the cemetery heads this article.
p71,72
"The Carden Family" by Ezra
F. Carden. Photo of John and Victoria Testerman Carden. This
history includes their children, children's spouses, and tells the story
of the writer's grandfather and his parents. Included is more information
about the cover page picture. p72-75
John Nelson Sharp.
Photograph and brief biography. p76
Mary Jane Sonder, wife of
Joseph. Photograph. Brief biography. p77
Joseph Nelson Sharp's children.
Lowell, AR about 1880. Photograph, people identified. p78
Photos courtesy Mrs. Eldridge Fogala, Cave Springs.
"Joseph Nelson Sharp" by
Hazel Koen. Family history, including Bible records. p79,80
"Pioneer Woman Tells of Episodes
in her Lifetime" by Laura Cole Woods as told by Amanda Sophronia Callis
Gamble. Memories of war atrocities in the Spavinaw River area and
neighbors recalled. p81,82
"Benton County Pioneers"
by Addie Gilbert Murphy. Family history of the Gilbert and Cherry
families. p83-86
1860 Census of Big Springs
Township (no compiler listed) p86-88
The Hand of a Child,
poem, by H.G. Huhn. p89
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