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White County Heritage 2001, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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President's Message by William E. "Bill" Leach
Historical Society Charter Members
Men Oughta Do the Milking by Christina Doyle Spear
A Ride on the Biggest Turtle I Ever Saw by Walter E. Wisdom
Stuck in the Golden Age by Bob Douglas
West Point 1905 Postcard by Steven Hanley
Lonnie Glosson, Harmonica Ambassador by Marcella Pry
How to Order Lonnie's Music
Cotton Gins and Giggle Water by R.C. McCourt
1918 Arkansas Motor Vehicle License
My Experiences As A Prisoner of War by Warren B. Thornton
Beebe Freshman Class of 1940 (submitted by Mary Reynolds)
Cursing the Yankees at …

White County Heritage 2000, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Remembering Our First President by Eddie Best
Georgetown to Jupiter by Irene Emde
Orphan of the Storm by Averil Beaver
Internet? You Bet! Try www.rootsweb.com/~arwhite
White County Roots
The Silers And the McCauleys by Iva Mae Wright
1900 Bald Knob Postcard by Steven Hanley
Nancy Fletcher O'Kelly McCauley by Gloria Estlin
Doc Was Welcome at the Table by Eddie Best
1917 Armstrong Springs Baseball Team
Robert R. Douglas: Journalist Who Got It Right by Scott Morris
Hospitality in the Hobo Jungle by Earnest Best
Logging Trains on the M&NA by Bill Pollard
The Original Mule Train by …

White County Heritage 1999, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Pearls For Your Pocket: Our president finds treasures from the past by Eddie Best
White County Roots
Wilbur D. Mills, Freshman Congressman: A second look at the remarkable Man From Kensett by Kay Goss
Harding University Observes Its 75th Year by Ashley Miller
Harding Timeline: Milestones in the growth of a university
The Day the College Moved: A young girl moves to a new campus with her family in 1934 by Fayetta Coleman Murray
Burned the Mortgage: Thanksgiving was a special time in '39 by Elton English
History of the Harding Swing: How to make the Symbol …

White County Heritage 1998, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Stories From Ina & Others: Our president dedicates this issue to Ina Leach & exhorts us by Eddie Best
C.W. Riggins Family of Kensett
New White County War Memorial Is Dedicated: The old bell tolls for 172 on "A Day To Remember"
Those We Remember
The Day We Saluted "The Beer Barrel Polka" by Leister Presley
Wilbur D. Mills, Young Populist Leader by Kay Goss (Introduction by Darrell Hickman)
Reflections on a Long-Gone Railroad: Legend of "The Great Atterberry" by Eddie Best
The Little Train to Des Arc: Memories from a man searching for an orphans home …

White County Heritage 1997, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Dedication, W.E. Orr
Mr. SMS, W.E. Orr
One-Room Schools by Ruth Couch
Lookin' Down Main by W.E. Orr (reprint from White County Record)
Obituary, W.E. Orr (reprint from Daily citizen)
Inquiry, German Americans in Arkansas
Col. Jacob Frolich, Jr., by Heber Taylor
Edwards Sisters by Fiona I. Sohns
Battle of Whitney's Lane (newspaper article)
White Co. War Memorial update by Hank Fulbright
Yarnell's Ice Cream Company by Eddie Best
Some Thoughts of the Past by Leister E. Presley

• Kitchen Safe Episode
• Well Windless Accident
• The Old Armstrong House
• A Missing Sweater
• The Old White Oak Basket
• Rich …

White County Heritage 1996, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Status of Veterans' Memorial Project by Hank Fulbright
Spanish Land Grant
My Dear Wife and Children by Wm. R. Young
The Humorous History of White County, Arkansas by Claude E. Johnson
White County, Arkansas Post Offices by Claude E. Johnson
Arkansas Civil War Veterans by Neal Kimmel
Children of John Peter Aclin by Martha Hubbard
John Peter Aclin by Martha Hubbard
Dream Shattered But Promised Land Found by Gladys Richardson
Mabel Vaughan Stokes (Taped and written Mar. 1996) by Cloie Presley
Missouri & North Arkansas Motor Car, Kensett
Son Collects Father's Songs by Leister E. Presley
Judsonia …

White County Heritage 1995, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Dedication
Mayor's Proclamation
Letter, Arkansas Historic Preservation
Searcy' First Armistice Day by Elbert "Flywheel" Morgan
WWII Veteran 50th Anniversary
Obituary: Maurice "Footsie" Britt (reprint from Ark. Democrat Gazette)
Letter from Lecil Brown
Toll Was Great on Merchant Ships by L.E. Brown
WW II Scrapbook (Property of Leister Presley)

• G.C. Davis Return Visit
• First GI's in Germany
• Also the Bulge
• Billy Angel Recalls Holocaust
• Rembering V-E Day by Modean Lowe
• He Can't Recall All by Dean Hunter
• Victory Division News
• Drake Spur Men in World War II by L. Presley

Secession Convention by Jesse Cypert (reprint from Arkansas …

White County Heritage 1994, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Arthur Pryor Strother - Dedication
The Dee M. Green Story by Dr. Dee M. Green
It Happened On Little Red River by Paul Miller
Christmas Memories by Peggy Wisdom
Story in Picture by Paul Sutherland
A Living History Museum for White County? It's Just Around the Corner! by Emmett Powers
Pioneer Village (collected material)
Infectious' Voice of Kindness' Brings Stories Old Days (Bob Buice) by Paul Johnson
From Mother's Scrapbook by Mary Reynolds
Titan Missile Silos - Historic Preservation
Preservation of Titan Missile Sites by Cloie Presley
Flash Fire Traps Workmen in Missile Silo (Abstracted from Searcy …

White County Heritage 1993, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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WELCOME - Civil War Round Table
Remarks on the History of Spring Park by W.E. Leach
Rude Awakening: The Struggle for Popular Support in 1868 White County by Chad Moser
Arkansas Postcard Past - Beebe
Brindletail Confederate by Lyle Sparkman
The Cook Family of White County, Arkansas by Sybil F. Crawford
Clark School by Paul E. Miller
Clearwater School by Paul E. Miller
Plainview High School by Paul E. Miller
Providence Owes Much to Its Earlier Settlers (copied)
The Rise and Fall of a Railroad Town: Bradford in Its First Sixty years by Bryce Thomason
John F. …

White County Heritage 1992, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Dedication
Israel Merrick Moore: Early Searcy Benefactor by Mary Lou Dunn
Spring Park Through The Years by Betty Freiday
Plaque Honors I.M. Moore by Cloie Presley
Historical Monument At Oak Grove Cemetery by Cloie Presley
Steamboats Don't Come Here No More by Gene Harbert
Letter from Kevin L. Campbell
William Riley Campbell
Pangburn Soldier's Letter (WWI clipping) by Leon Van Patten
Riding With Chrisman by Lyle Sparkman (collection)
From Osage to Atomic-Age in Garner by W.J. Leach
Arkansas Post Card Past - Beebe Church (clipping)
Aunt Sadie's Fun Park Is Dedicated by Ina Leach
Letters From the …

White County Heritage 1991, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Dedication
Arkansas Heritage Weed

• From Footprints to Highways by Cloie Presley
• John Magness: Settled at Mt. Pisgah in 1820 by Nell Henry
• Settlers on Littel Red River by Cloie Presley
• Early Perils of Travel by James A. Hudgins
• Waterways in White County History by Betty Freiday
• The Men of Royal Colony by Cloie Presley

Letter from Josiah Shinn to Eugene Cypert
History Along the Searcy-Batesville Road by Paul Miller
Garner and the Sloan Family: Early Generations by W. Kelly Austin
Sloan Austin by W. Kelly Austin
Reminiscences of Days Past by Hinkle F. Tyler
The Fruit of …

White County Heritage 1990, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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William J. Leach - Dedication
The Chicago-Arkansas Colony by Paul Miller
A White County Who's Who for 1862 by Lyle Sparkman
Reminiscense of Lola Webb Bailey
Excursion Through the Slave States by G.W. Featherstonhaugh
The Big Rock Gives Birth to a Town by Elizabeth Short
Mary Ann Biggs: Her trials and survival by F. Marion Biggs
History of the White County Training School (copied)
William Anderson Prothro Family by N.G. Prothro
A Bit of Society News by Cloie Presley
Tracing a Story From an Old Picture by Cloie Presley
Written as My Grandfather Told Me by Robert …

White County Heritage 1989, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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Mary E. Robbins Gifford - Dedication
Retired Merchant, C.D. Van Patten by Gladys Richardson
The Mysterious Case of Mr. VanMetre by Lyle Sparkman
History of Bradford, Ark. by Nancy Lynn Byler
The Miracle of Spring Water by Elizabeth Short
From the Tales of Frederick Gersteacker by Virginia Smith
New Exhibit Through the eyes of German Traveler (from Arkansas Traveler)
White County Courthouse Picture (saved by Richard Hill)
White County Courthouse Events by Cloie Presley
Contract for Building Court House (1870) County Court Record
Notes From May Hopper
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
Table of Contents of Manuel of …

White County Heritage 1988, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

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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 …

Contents Of The Harding Time Capsule, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

This is the content list for the time capsule that Louann Zuccolo, secretary to Public Relations Office, typed up and president of the university, Clifton L. Ganus, Jr. signed.

Harding University Report, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

Harding University admissions brochure covering highlights for the 1979-80 school year.

Harding University Proclamation, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

No abstract provided.

Application For Admission, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

No abstract provided.

Harding 1979 Bison Football Press Guide, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

Booklet contains information about the Harding football team such as the 1978-1979 game schedule, team roster, brief biography of coaches, team statistics and highlights.

Harding Graduate School Of Religion - A Profile, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

No abstract provided.

Harding University Bison Fever '79, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

Harding football, basketball and cross country schedule for the 1979-80 school year.

Harding College Housing Reservation Form, Harding University

Time Capsule Documents

No abstract provided.