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White County Heritage 1988, White County Historical Society

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Introduction War Reminiscences
Dandridge McRae: An Arkansas General by Faye O. Strother
United Daughters of the Confederacy
McRae Found Blameless Long After Helena Loss (from Arkansas Gazette) by Margaret Ross
Old Searcy in Time of War by Mike Caney
Letter from a Veteran by T.J. Oliphant
Roster of White County's First Company of Southern Soldiers
Roster of the Border Rangers c. 1861
Muster Roll of Company E. of Seventh Battalion 1861-62
Historical Society Tours Beebe Area
The Old Britt House by Helen Harrison
Single Shot Captures Confederate Transport (from Arkansas Gazette) by Margaret Ross
The Community of …

White County Heritage 1987, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Appreciation and Anticipation
Map: Town of Searcy c. 1841
The White County Heritage, 25 Years of Publication
Teaching White Co. History in the 21st Century by Sparkman
White County Architecturial Resources Survey by Mitchell
History of Liberty Baptist Church, Walker, Ark. by W.E. Leach
Minister's Credentials of 1860 & 1870's by W.E. Leach
Brush Arbors and Revivals by Ina Leach
Dinner on the Ground by W.J. Leach
Beebe School Year 1924-25 (clipping from Beebe News, 9/8/1977)
El Paso High School 1916-17 (clipping)
Life Inside the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission by Gilley
Early Settlers of White County …

White County Heritage 1986, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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A WAC Remembers World War II 1941-1945
Bring the Tub
Arkansas State University Beebe Branch
Place Names in White County
The Importance of a Standard Method of Land Descriptions
McDearman Family Cemetery
Tram Roads
Pioneer Woman, Frances Gordon
Miscellaneous Information on White County Archeology
Girlhood in Bradford
History of The Citizen
Civil War Days and After
The Old Springhouse on Irwin Farm
Judsonia's Unknown Child's Grave
Subject Index WHITE COUNTY HERITAGE Through Volume XXIII
Other Publications

White County Heritage 1985, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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In Appreciation
Note From the Editor
Memories From the Past by Walter Wisdom
Searcy in the Early 1900's by Ina Leach
Original Store at Little Red, Arkansas
One Room Schools in Central Arkansas (collected by Ruth Couch)
College in the Olden Days (submitted by Vera Alexander)
Walker School in the 1930's by William J. Leach
West Point (submitted by Cloie Presley)
West Point Postmasters (submitted by Cloie Presley)
West Point (clipping from Searcy Eagle, 9/28/59, submitted by Cloie Presley)
Letter from Buffalo City (submitted by Cloie Presley)
History of Beebe and Stony Point by Bruce Cook

White County Heritage 1984, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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In Appreciation
From the President by Wendell Ramsey
Note From the Editor by Elouise Scott
Memories From the Past by Walter Wisdom
Summer Schools in White County Rural Districts by Ina Leach
Benton Family by Jane Gassaway
National Archives Records Service Announcement
William H. Edwards by Wendell Ramsey
Ambrose G. Cochran by Billy J. Cochran
Marks and Brands in White County by W. J. Leach
History of "Mack" Moore Family by Alice and Jeff Hutto
Rosebud Tornado, December 2, 1982 by Mary E. Gifford
History of Stony Point and Beebe by Bruce Cook
Beebe Minister for Half …

White County Heritage 1983, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Editor's Note
A Day to Remember by Tammy Forister
Community and Crew of Plane 543 by Shawn King
The Oldtimers of Northside by John Calhoun
A Short History of the Johnson Family by Claude Johnson
Claude Johnson Supplement: The Hillbilly Bible

• Introduction
• It's In The Bible
• The Hillbilly Bible
• God And The Boogy Man
• God's Funny Book
• The Long Snooze
• If The Good Lord Lives And Spares Us
• Our Expanding World
• We Are Infested With The Fidgets
• The End Of The Hillbilly
• Eternapality
• Faith Of Our Fathers
• His Eye Is On The Sparrow
• My Cup Runneth Over

White County Heritage 1982, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Society Business in Retrospect by The Editor
Memorial to Claude E. Johnson by The Editor
Claude's Capers (a reprtnt of one of Claude's Columns)
Essay Writing Contest Guidelines
From the Life of Phillip Halker Pruett by J.B. Pruett
Beebe Public Library: A Tradition of Service by Ruth Couch
Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Museum (a letter)
For Sale: 36 Gallons of Whiskey (reprint)
M.M. Robison, Estate Settlement in 1898 (compiled by the Editor)
Stony Point by Renee Haines-Saine
Oak Tree Inn by Darla Jones
The Last Hanging in White County by Shannon Turley
The Crime and Hanging of …

White County Heritage 1981, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message by Ruth Chaney
Shivaree for Newlyweds by Ina Leach
Properous Letona (reprint)
Eld. John Goad by R. P. Baker
History of Garner Missionary Baptist Church by Mrs. Mildred Tennington
Captain Howel A. "Doc" Rayburn by Ruth Chaney
COTTON: Where has the crop gone in White County? by Neal Gregory (reprint)
Railroads and Strawberries by Elouise Scott
Bradford Fruit Growers Association, Corporation's Annua1 Certificate
Women of Arkansas by Clara B. Eno (submitted by Anna Henderson)
His Hands have Shod "Many a Mean Horse" by Randy Kemp (reprint)
Silver (compiled by W.J. Leach)
Hallowed Memories: Landmark Leaves …

White County Heritage 1980, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Notes and Comments by Editor
History of The First United Methodist Church, Beebe, Arkansas by Kinley, Fisher and Jarvis
Goad Cemetery by James Logan Morgan
White County Remedies of an Earlier Day collected by the Folklore Committee
Services of the L.D.S. Genealogy Branch Library
Constitution of the White County Historical Society
Old Homes in Beebe Described by Mike Hammond
Civil War Notes From The Past and The Present by Chaney
History of Griffithville by Kathleen Howerton
Mineral Resources of White County by Minerals Committee, Bill Leach, Chairman
Holland Biography by Goodspeed (1890)
Holland Building (Picture)
White County …

White County Heritage 1979, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Notes and Comments by Editor
History of Rose Bud, Arkansas (collected by Mrs. J.S. Gifford)
Humphrey Posey Mason by Dale Thomas
Beebe Railroad Station by W.S. Gordon
Sunny Hill by Sara Davis
Cattle Dipping for the Tick Menace by Eloise Scott
Surplus Cotton to Comfortable Mattresses by Elouise Scott
Cotton Comforters for Cold Nights by Elouise Scott
Community Canning Kitchens by Elouise Scott
Sons of Confederate Veterans (news - collected by Ruth Chaney)
Action at Ashley's Mill by Maj. Cal. Collier
Action at Ashley's Mill 1978 by Ruth Chaney
Union & Confederate Capsule Regimental Histories by Adv. …

White County Heritage 1978 No. 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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News and Notes
White County Citizen, June 11, 1913 (reprint)
The Faulkner Family of White County, Arkansas by LTC L.M. Crook, Jr.
Who Remembers Clay Fulks? by Claude Johnson
Cullum Cemetery by Jane Goodwin

White County Heritage 1978 No. 3, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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News of This and That by Mrs. L.E. Presley
Searcy Bank (reprint)
First National Bank Opens (copied)
1900 Census Available by R.P. Baker
White Countian Member of the Holland Society
Arkansas Historical Commission Biographical Memoranda of John Austin Pangburn
White County Historical Meeting - Confederate Program by Ruth Chaney
WCHS Visits Morris Home by Ina Leach
Letter (Annual Convention Western History Association) - University of Arkansas
Searcy Baptist Church (reprint)
Arkansas Genealogical Society

White County Heritage 1978 No. 2, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Again We Plead by Ina Leach
Jim Wiseman by Esther Smith
Politics 1872
White County Heritage Museum by Mrs. L.E. Presley
Pleasant Grove Cemetery by Jane Gassaway
Rare and Out-of-Print Books Reprinted by Mrs. L.E.Presley
County Records Filmed by Mrs. L.E. Presley

White County Heritage 1978 No. 1, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message by Ina Leach
Families of Lebanon County by Elouise Scott
White County Pioneer Ancestors by Donald Brown
Arkansas Folklore Society
Arkansas History Commission Letter
Massey Cemetery by Presley and Rowe
Things You Should Know

White County Heritage 1977 Nos. 3 & 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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News and Notes
Searcy in the Days of the Boarding House by Ellen Key
William H. Schaefer's Address Book

White County Heritage 1977 No. 2, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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My White County Ancestors and Some Associated Family Lines by Louis M. Crook, Jr.
White County's Cemetery of Tradegy by Claude Johnson
The Post Office in Early Arkansas by Nathan B. Williams (reprint)
Searcy's Early Wagon Yards by Claude Johnson

White County Heritage 1977 No. 1, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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The Days of the Livery Stable in Searcy by Ellen Key
Home Remedies by Edwina Gould
Ancestor Chart by Peggy Baugh Brown
List of Electors, White County, Ark. 1922

White County Heritage 1976 No. 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Searcy Bicentennial Project
Rose Bud Methodist Church
The Story of J.W. Robbins, 1860-1941 by Mary E. Robbins Gifford
The Old Courthouse Clock by Ellen Key
Rev. B.F. Holdford by Edith Pyle
County Improvements
Membership List 1976
Back Issues White County Heritage

White County Heritage 1976 No. 3, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Salute to America
Certificate - White County, Arkansas Pioneers
Landmarks, Places, and People of Searcy and White County, Arkansas by E.H Brown
Letter (1875) contributed by Ruben White
My White County, Arkansas Roots by Edwina Redditt Gould
Ancestor Chart

White County Heritage 1976 No. 2, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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News and Notes by Editor
Happenings In and Near Floyd, Arkansas by Elbert Barnett, written by Ina Leach
State Floral Emblem by Mrs. Ed Barton (copied)
John Crockett by Dale Thomas
Lessenberry Family Cemetery by Joe Hammond and Mrs. Leister E. Presley
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Ruth Yingling Rector
Lodge Letter
The Pettus Family Record contributed by Mr. & Mrs. O.H. Smith
Charles Brewer Estate contributed by A.P. Strother

White County Heritage 1976 No. 1, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Census Bureau - Arkansas Gazette (copied)
The Southern Gentleman by Francis Baker Bounds
Early Life of My Great Grandparents and My Grandparents in White County, Arkansas by Nellie Wright Zika
The Hoffman (Huffman) Families by E.H. Brown
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Vinity by W.J. Leach

White County Heritage 1975 No. 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message by W.E. Wisdom
Our Project
Whisenhunt, Whisenant, etc. by Mrs. L.P. Clark
Folksinger Brings Program by Virginia B. Smith
Ice Cream on Sunday Twice a Year by Virginia B. Smith
A Man Among Men by Irene McGrew Rains
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Query by Mrs. Lee A. Biggs, Jr.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Directory, Searcy, 1931

White County Heritage 1975 No. 3, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message by W.E. Wisdom
Searcy, Arkansas Bicentennial Community Application by Mrs. Lee A. Biggs, Jr.
Microfilm Project - Arkansas History Commission
The McGrew-Hopper Family by Wanda McKinney
From Arkansas (Civil War Letters) contributed by Bryce A. Suderow
Steamboat to Heber Springs from Jacksonian (copied)
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
New Doniphan, Arkansas from Jacksonian (copied)

White County Heritage 1975 No. 2, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Where Did the Hobo Go? by W.E. Wisdom
Ulys Andrew Lovell by Thomas Rothrock
Western Baptist Quote
M.N. Gentry and Uriah E. Gentry - Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas by Goodspeed
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
White County Post Offices by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
Steven Creek Cemetery by Mr. & Mrs. L.E. Presley

White County Heritage 1975 No. 1, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Civil War Diary by M.V.B. Gentry
Comments by Emmett T. Gentry
Census - White Co., Ark. 1880
Census - Red River Co., Tex.
Oak Grove

White County Heritage 1974 No. 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message - Making a Roof by W.E. Wisdom
Editor's Apology by Mrs Leister E. Presley
What Others Say
Errata
John Henry Roberson
From the Memphis Baptist
Lineage Chart - Hardcastle by Mrs. L.P. Clark
Methodist Church, Beebe, Ark.
White County Post Offices: Coldwell by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Old Letter - E.R. Shelby to John Parks
William Lovely to The Cherokees
Providence Cemetery by Providence Extension Homemakers Club

White County Heritage 1974 No. 3, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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In Memoriam: Mrs. Inez Bishop by Ellen Key
An Excursion by W.E. Wisdom
The Roderick Family by Mrs. Carthel Wyatt
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Gas Ordinance Passed by Council by White Co. Citizen
History of Trinity Episcopal Church by Robert L. Luckett
White County Census, 1840 by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
Searcy Cook Book
Elledge Family Notes by E.H. Brown

White County Heritage 1974 No. 2, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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In Memoriam: Mrs. W.C. Welch by Ellen Key
The Passing of Another Era by W.E. Wisdom
Minutes of the Searcy Branch Railroad Company
Pioneer (Old Newspaper)
General Directory of Railroad Towns in White County Arkansas, edited by James Logan Morgan

White County Heritage 1974 No. 1, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message - The Lumber Industry by W.E. Wisdom
Minutes of the Searcy Branch Railroad Company
Library Report by Mrs. Inez Bishop
Arkansas Folklore Society
White County Post Offices: Stony Point by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
Roberson Family of White County by E.H. Brown

White County Heritage 1973 No. 4, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message by W.E. Widsom
Membership and Publication Notes
Secession Convention by Jesse N. Cypert (copied)
From the Museum Shelf by Ellen Key
White County Post Offices: Searcy by Mrs. Leister E. Presley
The Came to Arkansas: McCauley by Presley
Postal Notes