Book One on CD: Maps of Garland County, Arkansas
Included here are the Central region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Garland County, Arkansas 18 years before Garland County was created. Locations shown include: Hot Springs * Whittington *

B. A map of 1895 Garland County showing the locations of 12 different settlements including all of the following: Gladstone * Hot Springs * Lawrence * Lonesdale * May * Mazie * Meyers * Mountain Val. * Pearcy * Ussery * Whittington *  Wiggs *

C. A map of 1898 Garland County showing the locations of 15 different settlements including all of the following: Chandler * Gladstone * Hawes * Hot Springs * Lawrence * Maud * May * Meyers * Mountain * Mountain Valley * Pearcy * Price * Ussery * Whittington * Wiggs *

D. A map of 1915 Garland County showing the locations of 24 different settlements including all of the following: Beaudry * Bonner * Chandler * Gladstone * Gulpha * Hawes * Hot Springs * Jessieville * Lawrence * Lofton * Lonsdale * Maddox * May * Meyers * Mountain Valley * Muse * Peak * Pearcy * Price * Spring Lake * Summit * Ussery * Whittington * Wiggs *

Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Garland County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (55 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of historical and genealogical information about Garland County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Garland County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 55 different family biographies.
 

Here is just some of the information included:

• Garland County Boundaries

• Topography of Garland County

• Garland County Rivers and Streams

• Agricultural Resources of Garland County

• Timber

• Minerals

• Springs

• Garland County Created

• First Garland County Officers

• Erection of Garland County Public Buildings

• Garland County Townships

• Garland County Officials

• Population of Garland County

• Courts of Garland County

• Garland County Attorneys

• The Civil War in Garland County

• Early Settlers and Settlement of Garland County

• City of Hot Springs

• First Settlers of Hot Springs area

• Hot Springs area during 1830-1850

• Effects of Civil War on Hot Springs area

• Hot Springs Reservation

• Topography of the City of Hot Springs

• Hot Springs Valley

• Source of Hot Springs

• Hot Springs Bath Houses

• Army and Navy Hospital in Hot Springs

• Hot Springs Hotels

• Banks in Hot Springs

• Hot Springs Newspapers

• Railroad in Hot Springs

• Hot Springs Schools

• Hot Springs Churches

• Garland County Biographical Sketches

Included is a total of 55 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):  Ballard * Barnes * Barry * Belding * Blake * Borland * Crawford * Fairchild * Farr * Franklin * Fry * Gaines * Garahty * Gillen * Greene * Higdon * Hogaboom * Holcomb * Holiman * Howard * James * Jodd * Jones * Keller * Kimbell * Lawrence * Lester * Little * Mahan * McCullough * McDaniel * Moore * Moyston * Murray * Payne * Prichard * Putnam * Reid * Rowe * Shaw * Shippey * Skief * Stitt * Sumpter * Thompson * Thornton * Whittington * Williams * Willoughby * Wood *

Garland County is located in Central Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Perry County, Arkansas * Saline County, Arkansas * Hot Spring County, Arkansas * Montgomery County, Arkansas * and Yell County, Arkansas

Each of the two books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium or equivalent computer with a CD drive. This CD was designed by, and is available exclusively from Hearthstone Legacy Publications.

The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $5.95 plus shipping! A large amount of history and genealogy information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Garland County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.

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