Included here are the Southeast region of Arkansas sections of 4
different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows
the Arkansas County, Arkansas area just 42 years after Arkansas
County was created. Locations shown: Cass Coe (Casscoe) *
Crockett's Bluff * Lagrews Springs * Molino del Rey * Niccottoo *
Post of Arkansas (Arkansas Post) * South Bend * Swan Lake *
B. A map of 1895 Arkansas County showing the locations of 22
different settlements including all of the following: Almyra *
Arkansas Post * Booty * Casscoe * Crocketts Bluff * DeLuce * De
Witt (DeWitt) * Durrell * Ethel * Gillett * Goldman * Hagler *
Humphreys * Kittlers * Mt. Adams (Mount Adams) * Olena * Parham * Porter * St. Charles * Stuttgart *
Tichnor * Yoder *
C. A map of 1898 Arkansas County showing the locations of 27
different settlements including all of the following: Almyra *
Arkansas Post * Bayou Meto * Booty * Casscoe * Crocketts Bluff *
Deluce * De Witt (DeWitt) * Durell * Ethel * Gillett * Goldman *
Greenwald * Hagler * Humphrey * Mount Adams (Mt. Adams) * Oakland * Olena * Parham * Ponter *
Prairie Ldg. * Sassafras * St. Charles * Stuttgart * Tichnor *
Violet * Yoder *
D. A map of 1915 Arkansas County showing the locations of 19
different settlements including all of the following: Almyra *
Arkansas Post * Bayou Meto * Casscoe * Crocketts Bluff * Deluce *
De Witt (DeWitt) * Ethel * Gillett * Goldman * Hagler * Humphrey *
Kittlers * Olena * St. Charles * Stuttgart * Ticknor * Van * Weber *
Book Two on CD: The complete 1890
"Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Arkansas County, Arkansas"
by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (43 pages in all) book has a large amount of
information about Arkansas County, Arkansas from its earliest
settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the
pages pertaining to Arkansas County, Arkansas including all of the
historical and biographical information. Included are a total
of 50 different family biographies.
Here is just some of the information included:
Partial Contents
Arkansas County Organized
Boundaries of Arkansas County
Property Values
Topography
Springs
Wild Game
Indian Mounds and Relics in Arkansas County
Early Settlers and Settlement in Arkansas County
Character of the Arkansas County Settlers
Arkansas County Population
The Civil War and Arkansas County
Courts and Bar
Arkansas County Officials
Arkansas County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Arkansas Post * De Witt
(DeWitt) * St. Charles * Stuttgart *
Churches in Arkansas County
Railroads in Arkansas County
Timber
Agriculture
Rivers and Streams in Arkansas County
Arkansas County Schools
Arkansas County Biographical Sketches (23 pages in this section)
Included is a total of 50 Arkansas County family biographies
including each of the following surnames: (Some surnames have
multiple biographies) (hundreds of other surnames are also
mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies):
Alexander * Almond * Black * Buerkle * Chaney * Childers * Conine
* Crump * Davidson * Ferguson * Ferrell * Gibson * Gunnell *
Hagler * HalliBurton * Henderson * Howell * Huffman * Hutchinson *
Johnson * Lemon * Massey * Mattmiller * Maxwell * Meacham *
Merritt * Miller * Montgomery * Morgan * Parker * Pike * Poynter *
Price * Quertermous * Scott * Stephen * Stephens * Stillwell *
Thompson * Walton * Webster * Williams * Woolfolk * Word * Wright
* Young *
Arkansas County is located in Southeast Arkansas and is
bordered by the following counties: Jefferson
County, Arkansas * Lonoke
County, Arkansas *
Prairie County, Arkansas *
Monroe County, Arkansas *
Phillips County, Arkansas
* Desha County, Arkansas * and
Lincoln County, Arkansas (highlighted county names can be clicked on for further
description)