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Ouachita County Historical Quarterly Index

Vol. 1 No. 1 Fall 1969

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1 Early History of Ouachita County7 Ouachita County Minor Civil Divisions8 A House of History and Memories10 Chidester, Rapley, & Co.11 A Civil War Letter – By A. S. Morgan, Jan. 4, 186212 An Early Visit to Camden13 Early Officials of Ouachita County14 A Boy in 1861 – (W. F. Avera)15 Sergeant Lightfoot at Vicksburg16 Old Account Book – (Tom D. Thomson)17 Berenice Female Seminary20 Letter From F. Heineman21 Camden’s Second Basketball Team21 Life22 Laying Cornerstone of Methodist Church25 Old Land Deed – Land grant to Wiley M. Rogers26 Articles of Incorporation of Ouachita County Historical Society

Vol. 1 No. 2 Winter 1969

Page Topic1 Porter Clay2 Ouachita Valley Agricultural Fair Association4 Graduations In Camden at Turn of the Century7 Civil War Letter – (J. L. Logan)9 Mrs. Ann J. Marshall14 1907 Class Song – Camden High School15 Christened (Steamer City of Camden)16 Camden Finally Gets a Bank18 Camden’s Social Life in the Gay Nineties22 Church Directory23 Deestrict Skule23 Secret Orders25 America25 Princess Bonnie

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Vol. 1 No. 3 Spring 1970

Page Topic1 One Hundred Years Ago In Ouachita County10 Congressional Call11 Arkansas Stage Lines – January 1, 186812 Old Betsy – By Al Rose13 Ouachita County Democratic Ticket 188014 A Voter Writes the Editor15 Captain Newton Reed Tribble16 Those Battle Flags16 Trip To Woodlawn – May, 188717 Facts About Stephens Revealed By Old Clippings19 Credit Buying in Camden 186020 De Soto in Ouachita County22 Elias Burris, J. P. of Ecore Fabre Township23 Notice – Henry Shores24 Rules and Regulations of the American Hotel, Camden Ark.25 Membership Roll – Ouachita County Historical Society

Vol. 1 No. 4 Summer 1970

Page Topic1 Colonel John R. Thornton – By Boyd Johnson10 Camden in 185512 A Good Man Gone – Patrick Gaughan13 The Bounty Land Law of 185515 Internal Improvements16 Advertisements in 185517 Obituary – Dr. Edward W. Hamilton18 Civil War Letter – Tom D. Thomson19 From the Ouachita Herald of Dec. 15, 191020 Table of Contents Volume 121 Message From the President


Page Topic1 Camden and the Ouachita River – by H. K. Thatcher21 Camden Women Organize United Daughters of the Confederacy23 Missourian Recalls Civil War Days Here24 Steamer Visits Recalled

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Page Topic1 Letter From Florence Clifton Boeshaer6 The R. F. Kellam Diaries - Introduction7 110 Years Ago in Camden – The Kellam Diaries, (Sept. – Dec., 1860)19 George and Ella (Marriage of Miss Puryear and Mr. Brown)22 A Funeral Notice (Mrs. J. M. Barker)23 A Civil War Letter (George W. Thomson)23 A Leaf From the Past – Newspaper Clipping from the 1930’s


Page Topic1 From Camden to Rusk County Texas in 1849 – R. F. Kellam7 Old Sunday School Record – Nov. 10, 18507 Official Statement of the Ouachita Valley Bank, 19028 Reminiscences of Civil War Days – Cora Bragg Powell10 Attention Company!11 One Hundred Years Ago in Camden – Kellam Diary (Jan. – Mar., 1861)21 In Memoriam22 Civil War Letter – A. S. Morgan


Page Topic1 The Hollis Family – By Roberta Averett Hollis11 Clippings12 One Hundred Years Ago in Camden – Kellam Diary (April – June, 1861)22 An 1892 Autograph Album23 Table of Contents – Volume 2


Page Topic1 Light on Camden’s Centennial Year – By J. B. Nunn2 Frank Tate’s Appendectomy Letters9 1861 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (July - September)17 Civil War Letter – A. S. Morgan18 Homer Anderson’s Death – 1st President of Historical Society18 Camden Beacon Clippings

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Page Topic1 The Watts Family of South Arkansas5 Working On the Railroad – By Bertha White7 Smead, Dews, Sevier, Chester, McCrae8 Goodspeed – Ephraim D. Rogers9 Civil War Letter – Tom Thomson10 1861 Diary of R. F. Kellam (Oct. – Dec.)20 Al Rose’s Death


Page Topic1 Good Times on the Ouachita – By Edwin S. Lide3 Alumni Notes, Camden High School, 19104 The Most Unusual Persons I Have Ever Known – By J. E. Gaughan9 The Lancaster Family of Ouachita County – By Roberta Hollis20 1859 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (January - March)26 Advertisement, Chidester Stage Lines, 1859


Page Topic1 Life History of J. W. Meek, 191313 1859 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (April - June)19 Membership Roll – Ouachita County Historical Society21 Table of Contents – Volume 3


Page Topic1 1859 Diary of R. F. Kellam (July – September)8 Ouachita Herald Clippings – May 22, 190315 Fairview United Methodist Church – By Floyd Bullock19 John Lazarus – Gone to His Reward (Nov. 22, 1904)20 Civil War Letter – A. S. Morgan

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Page Topic1 The Bragg House3 T. J. Gaughan Nominated For Prosecuting Attorney6 Camden in Reconstruction8 Retaliation Against Arkansas Newspaper Editors During Reconstruction By

Margaret Ross11 The South Arkansas Journal12 Condensed History of Stephens17 1859 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (October - December)


Page Topic1 Colonel Asa Morgan – By Boyd Johnson10 Camden Girls State Basketball Champions – 192011 Memories of Steamboat Life on the Ouachita – By Capt. Jessie MaMahan14 Ecore Fabre – By Mrs. Ida Victoria Hill Goodwill14 Camden’s First Mayor – Sterling Cocks Buchanan15 The Wiley M. Mitchell Family – By Mrs. Hayle P. Hollis19 Mrs. Elizabeth Cranford Passes 100th Milestone – By Al Rose22 Goodspeed – Thomas D. Criner23 Dr. Waddy Moore Speaks to Historical Society, Jan. 6, 1973


Page Topic1 Early Days of Camden – By J. B. Nunn9 Annual Decoration Day by UDC10 New Delphian Officers Installed - 193411 Audience Howls at Local Men – Womanless Wedding -193312 Soldiers Stay at Muny Hall - 194113 New Officers on Camden High Student Council 1933-3414 Letter to Mrs. Dora Sifford15 The Clingan Clan – By Floyd Bullock22 Civil War Letter – Asa Morgan

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Page Topic1 Early Newspaper Advertising in Camden- By Boyd Johnson9 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers – West Two Bayou Hearing – By Walter Tate11 Camden Street and Improvement Bond - 186912 1860 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (January - March)22 In Memoriam – Mrs. John P. McAlister


Page Topic1 Gardenhire Memories – By Mrs. Ella Gardenhire Mitchell14 An Old Store Account – Wiley William Mosley14 Newspaper Clipping, Camden News 1942 (Steamboat Ad, 1848)15 1869 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (April – August)


Page Topic1 Arkansas Historical Association to Meet in Camden1A Fifty Years of Camden Library History – (1904-1954)9 The First Camden Soldiers – Civil War11 Frank B. Chidester’s Golden Wedding Anniversary12 Lide Family of Ouachita County14 Dr. George Myron Adamson Ancestry and Family Tree – By Edison Dale

Jeffus19 Blue Thoughts of Chidester House – By Florence Johnson20 Civil War Letter – A. S. Morgan


Page Topic1 President Floy Pope’s Letter Thanking Historical Society Members For

Hosting Annual Arkansas Historical Association Meeting in Camden3 Letter From Ark. Historical Association Thanking Historical Society4 Steamboats on the Ouachita – By Doris Ponder13 Ecore Fabre and the Early History of Camden – By Martha Jane Smith20 The Growth and Development of Schools in Camden – By Angela

Livingston25 Early History of Ouachita County – Goodspeed’s (1890)


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Page Topic1 History of the McCollum-Chidester House by Pryor Lindsey8 Foundation of the Camden Public Library – By Martha Butt17 J. M. Stinnett – Last Will and Testament, Dec. 2, 189920 Ouachita County Marriage Records21 Items Buried in Time Capsule, July 197423 Wood Burning Stove Loaned to Museum, Laura Findley Becomes Hostess24 Editor’s Page


Page Topic1 When Camden Celebrated – (1874 Elections) – By Adolph Felsenthal5 Family Notes – By Christopher C. Scott11 Tates – First Ouachita County Settlers – By Ruth Arnold Leveck14 Dora Sifford Obituary15 The Railroad That Never Ran – By Dr. Horace Adams20 Obituary of J. H. Pickett20 Personals


Page Topic1 William Franklin Avera13 The Man That Almost Stole the River – By Terry Long20 New Century Club Donation to Historical Society20 1850 U. S. Census Political Townships in Ouachita County21 Where Camden Got its Name – By Mrs. J. T. Sifford21 Great Grandfather of Miss Margot Pope Was Pioneer Settler of Camden22 Camden’s Forgotten Men By Adolph Felthensal


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Page Topic1 History of the C. C. Scott Home – By Susie Pryor6 Hezekiah Dews8 Life in Camden, 1855 – (John William Brown) – By Horace Adams14 Ouachita County Business Directory, 190019 Thanks to Mrs. Jack Carnes for Secretary Donated to Museum Parlor19 Query, Andrew Harrod Family of Marion Township in190020 Ruth Tate Appointed Executive Director of Ark. Bicentennial Commission21 List of Historical Society Members


Page Topic1 Early Manufacturing in Ouachita County – By Boyd Johnson11 Camden’s Forgotten Men – By Adolph Felsenthal12 St. John’s Church, 1850-195019 Camden Judge Directs Exchange of Currency (Civil War)20 Advertising From McCollum & Goddard’s Store (1858)21 Quilt Donated to Historical Society21 County Bicentennial Commission to Restore old “Ingham Library”


Page Topic1 For the Banner – The Town of Camden3 1868 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (January - March)11 History of First Presbyterian Church – By James H. Meek14 Champion Hill Church15 Changes of the Past 50 Years – Memphis Commercial Appeal, 190916 Bible Records – Births, Deaths, Marriages; Ouachita County, 1800’s


Page Topic1 Steamboats at the Port of Camden – By Larry Morrison16 Glimpses of Yesterday – By Lucy Marion Reaves18 1868 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (April - June)21 Notes and Comments – Leake Ingham Building Dedication Set


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Page Topic1 Leake Ingham Dedication – May 9, 19763 Notes and Comments4 Arkansas Division United Confederate Veterans, Roster of Officers and

Members of Hugh McCollum Camp No. 778 – Nov. 5, 18985 A History of the First Methodist Church – By Kenneth L. Spore13 1868 Diary of R. F. Kellam (July - September)


Page Topic1 Daily Schools of Camden and Vicinity – By Boyd Johnson7 Ouachita Herald Harvest Edition, 190313 1868 Diary of R. F. Kellam (October – December)

Vol. 8 No. 2 December 1976

Page Topic1 Steamboats and boat Captains Glorious Part of River’s Past – By Al Rose6 Battle of Poison Springs8 Civil War Letter – F. R. Earle9 Camden Was Auto Center Fifty Years Ago; Camden News, July 30, 192711 Camden Years Ago, Camden Beacon, 189412 Towns of Ouachita County, 190316 Moral and Religious – By Rev. W. F. Evans17 Camden Public Schools, 1903


1 Ouachita County and Secession – By Boyd Johnson8 1869 Diary of R. F. Kellam (January - March)14 Dr. Anson W. Hobson – By R. P. Baker16 Query16 Scott Family Cemetery17 Civil War Letter – A. S. Morgan18 To the Stockholders in the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad18 Notice – Drs. Hobson and Pace, July 185819 Jacques Victor Pedron


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Page Topic1 Purifoy Family of Ouachita and Nevada Counties24 1869 Diary of R. F. Kellam (April – June)


Page Topic1 1869 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (July - September)8 Family of James L. “Jim” Purifoy13 Family of Edward “Ed” Lucious Purifoy16 Family of Joseph “ Joe” Sterling Purifoy17 Family of Robert Epperson Purifoy19 Family of John Gulley Purifoy21 Family of Marshall Luther Purifoy22 Family of Buckner Cicero Purifoy


Page Topic1 William Dunbar and Dr. George Hunter Explore the Ouachita River8 History of Ouachita County – By J. E. Findley11 1869 Diary of R. F. Kellam – (October - December)19 Clippings – Last Meeting of Company H, 6th Arkansas Regiment


Page Topic1 The Development of Roads, Postal Routes and Stage Lines at Camden,

Arkansas – By Larry Morrison16 The Reunion of Ex-Confederates, A Grand Success – The Princetonian


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Page Topic1 Quarterly Editor Boyd Johnson Retires1 Comments From the Curator2 First Presbyterian Church – (1852-1977)5 Memory Lane, Southwestern Arkansas – By Edison Jeffus10 The Eleventh Arkansas Regiment – By J. E. Lide13 Civil War Letters – Seaburn Garrett to wife Sophia M. Garrett14 Kind and Number of Cars Registered in Ouachita County in March 192315 The W. K. Ramsey House – By Nancy Martin16 An Indian Tale – By Ann Smith

Vol. 10 No. 1 Fall 1978

Page Topic1 Dedication – Mr. Boyd W. Johnson2 Commencement Exercises – Camden High School 19313 Poem – Class of 19317 Paper Mill to Give Rice Bags – 19307 Poison Springs Monument – Dedication8 Announcements9 Queries10 My Last Trip on the River – By M. E. Fahy – 192412 Church of Christ Records – Whitefield, Ouachita County18 Financial Report – June 20, 197819 List of Membership22 Available Back Issues23 Curator’s Page – (Chidester House)24 Editor’s Page


Page Topic1 List of Civil War Veterans Buried Locally and Elsewhere6 Queries6 Confederate Pensions Information7 The Story of Grapette – By Leona F. Mashaw11 The Winston Home – By Susie Pryor15 Graduation Exercises – Class of 1918 – Camden16 Historic Camden – By J. E. Gaughan24 In the Beginning – By Susie Pryor


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Page Topic1 The Panther’s Echo – Class of 19402 The Last Will and Testament – Class of 19408 Al’s Alfalfa – By Al Rose10 Princeton Cemetery – Dallas County14 In Memoriam15 Announcements15 Memorials16 Queries17 Woman of Our Church – By Susie Pryor23 Membership List – (Continued From Previous Issue)23 Treasurer’s Report24 Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives (SARA)


Page Topic1 Federal Population Schedules, Arkansas Territory, Union County 1830 James

B. Lair7 Historical Annotations, Census of 1830 – James B. Lair10 Federal Population Schedules, State of Arkansas, Union County 1840 James

B. Lair21 Historical Annotations, Census of 1840 – James B. Lair23 Queries23 Membership Notice24 Comments From Our Curator24 Memorials

Vol. 11 No. 1 Fall 1979

Page Topic1 Troy Church of Christ6 Queries7 Comments From Our Curator8 The Rock Dam Mystery In Ouachita County Solved – By Judge W. T. Martin13 Alfred Clay Hale – By Lacy Porter McColloch22 Membership List


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Page Topic1 Graduating Exercises, Camden, Class of 19262 Confederates To Brazil – E. D. Jeffus3 Additions To Membership4 Letter – Butler To Adamson, August 26, 18675 Memorials5 Tour8 Jeffus Bible Records13 Avera Bible Records17 Dedmans of Dallas Co. and Adjoining Areas By W. Colvin23 Champagnolle24 Mr. and Mrs. Elbert S. Yarbrough – (Glimpses)25 Announcements


Page Topic1 The Polk Family of Ouachita County – By John Polk11 Hubbard Family Records12 Dream Realized (Frances Benson) – By Al Rose14 Purifoy Notes15 Additions To Membership15 Memorials16 Queries17 Excerpts – Ouachita Herald – June 8, 190619 Excerpts - States Rights Eagle – July 185820 Children of Thurman S. & Pearl M. Daniel21 Newspaper Personals – 193122 Ancestor Chart


Page Topic1 Descendants of James Wilson – By Mary Daniel14 Town Talk – June 30, 192615 Ten Sets of Brothers – June 30, 192617 Query18 The Old Military Road20 Officers, Enlisted Men, War Between States25 Notice

Vol. 12 No. 1 Fall 1980

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Page Topic1 Letter of Appeal2 List of Contributors3 Old Poem – Predictions of Modern Life4 James Wilson Family – By Mary W. Daniel (Continued)18 Announcement – New Publication18 Queries19 Back Issues Available20 Old Courthouse Picture and Note21 Old Bank Picture and Note22 Membership List27 Memorials

Vol.12 No. 2 Winter 1980

Page Topic1 Rushing Memorial Church8 Hospital Bill – 1939 – Contrast9 Back Issues Available9 Announcement – Calhoun County Cemetery Records9 List of Contributors9 Memorials10 James Wilson Family – By Mary W. Daniel – Conclusion23 Additional Memberships24 Queries


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Page Topic1 Saturday Night Reveries – By Col. J. B. Thornton2 Banking Business in Camden4 Announcements5 Eagle Mills6 Letter to Former Gov. Thomas C. McRae and Wife9 Back Issues Available10 Directory of Historical & Genealogical Societies14 Letter – Rural Telephone and Mail Routes16 Queries17 Additions to Membership17 Memorials and Contributions18 Announcement of Two Annual History Awards19 An Old House – Nunn Home19 Houses of Yesteryear23 Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives


Page Topic1 Dedication – In Memoriam (James Edwin Findley)2 Historic Homes of Camden (Major Graham’s Home)4 Joseph M. Graham Letter, March 20, 18506 First Confederate Flag in Arkansas7 Old Time Hospitality8 Nun’s Poem9 Announcement – Jubilee ‘8110 History & Progress – Camden & Ouachita County, June 11, 195020 U. D. C. Reception – 190621 Memorials21 Appreciation21 Cemeteries – Adams Chapel and Tate23 Queries

Vol. 13 No. 1 Fall 1981

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Page Topic1 President’s Message2 Minutes of Meeting – June 7, 19813 An Aging Hospital Takes a Blood Transfusion6 Miss Lalla Thornton10 Arkansas National Guard – Co. E, Fifth Infantry11 Back Issues12 History of Local Class – 1884-85 high grade attendants13 Place Names14 Ouachita County Jubilee ‘8114 New Local Publication15 Memorials & Contributions17 In Memoriam, Mrs. A. R. (Marvine) Davis18 Regrets19 Lists of Memberships – Up to August 21, 1981


1 President’s Page2 Memorial – Benjamin Tyndle Fooks (July 15, 1901- September 30, 1981)4 Camden’s First Telephone Exchange6 The Historic Homes of Camden (Benjamin T. Powell Home)7 Southern Sketches – Aunt Harriet Hill8 The McCollum Chidester House – By Calvin Smith9 Back Issues Available10 Scrap Book Presented11 Nellie Scott Tufts13 Whitefield Church of Christ16 New Members16 Memorials17 Letter – Samuel Jeffus Homeplace 186019 Letter – J. M. Perry – 189720 Poems – Curtis & Helen Morgan21 Queries22 The Late Thomas W. Lockett23 Saturday Night Reveries – (No. 13) – J. R. Thornton


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Page Topic1 Cousins of Jesus3 Historic Homes of Camden (N. W. Richmond Home)5 Queries6 Dickson Letters9 Recipe for Rheumatism10 Ed Rucks & Co. – Ledger Page11 Advertisement – Bry’s12 Bill of Sale – Slave(Robert), William Nunn to Clarissa Dickson13 Receipts For Bonds – CSA13 Amnesty Oath – R. L. Dunlap14 Flyer – Camden High School For Males – 186915 Invitation Fireman’s Ball and Ticket – 187116 Teacher’s Contract (C. S. Dickson) – 188617 Bill of Goods – C. S. Black17 Steamship Passenger Ticket – 187418 Candidate’s Card – W. T. Martin19 Treasury Bonds – CSA20 Invitation – Anniversary Ball - 187021 Al’s Alfalfa – 193121 Yankee Scalps22 News Clipping – Fatal Fire – Oil Field – El Dorado24 Memorials24 Books For Sale


Page Topic1 President’s Page3 Letters of One Hundred Twenty Five Years Ago - 185710 Camden Beacon War Bulletin – 189811 Bills of Sale – 187912 Historic Homes of Camden (F. Shubbert Home)15 Warning – Fraudulent Books Offered to Public16 Organization of the Alumni Association – 191017 Five Generations of Grinstead19 Ouachita County Jubilee!20 Bill of Sale -186921 Dues Paying Time23 Memorials, Contributions, New Members

Vol. 14 No. 1 Fall 1982

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Page Topic1 Dedication – Stephens, Arkansas2 Tributes3 President’s Page5 Memorials5 Contributions6 Tax Receipt – 18937 History – Stephens Post Office & Others – By Kenneth Poindexter14 Stephens – First 100 Years – Kenneth Poindexter32 Telephone History in Stephens – Mrs. Sue Foster37 J. P. District #4 – By Kenneth W. Poindexter45 List of Membership


Page Topic1 Dedication – Bearden, Arkansas2 President’s Message3 Tribute – Mr. Shaddock4 Bearden People – Frances Sprow8 Swinging on the Garden Gate – Frances Sprow12 Old Timey Christmas – Mamie Bass13 A History of Bearden – Frances Sprow16 Bearden – 100 Years20 Bearden High School – Class of 1940 – Frances Sprow21 Bearden’s First Home22 Contributions22 Memorials23 List of Recent Members


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2 President’s Message3 Resignation of Editor4 Human Adaptation in the Grand Marais Lowland – By Beverly Watkins15 Permission to Use Above16 Treasure Hunting – Chidester Line – By Elwin L. Goolsby19 Queries20 Camden Post Office22 Memorials22 List of Recent Members


Page Topic1 Dues Paying Time2 Gift Membership Blank3 President’s Page4 Excerpts – Camden Evening News – 192511 Camden’s Opera House – By Mrs. C. S. Early16 Memories – By Frances Usrey Hamel18 A Brief Look Into Our Past – Susie Pryor (Mrs. Edgar)21 Permission to Reprint “Early Days in Camden”– Dr. Walter L. Brown22 Early Days of Camden – By Mrs. A. A. Tufts27 Memorials27 Contributions27 Camden High School – Class of 191427 Query

Vol. 15 No. 1 Fall 1983

Page Topic2 The Chidester Stage Lines – By Matt Rothert, Sr.7 The History of Ecore Fabre – By James Harvey Rumph23 News, Notes and Comments (The President’s Message)24 Mrs. Findley Resigns as Curator25 Gifts and Memorials


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28 The Man That Almost Stole the River – By Mrs. Terry May39 Dickson Letters44 News, Notes and Comments (The President’s Message)45 Mrs. Findley Receives Letter of Appreciation47 No Gifts or Memorials Listed in this Issue


Page Topic49 Harmony Grove Methodist Church – By Mrs. Sue Russell58 Jesse T. McMahan – By Mrs. Ruth Tate66 Knights of the Golden Circle – Memories of One Who Wore Gray70 News, Notes and Comments (The President’s Message)71 Mrs. Findley Responds72 Gifts and Memorials


Page Topic77 Susie Newton Pryor – (Mrs. Edgar) Nov. 9, 1900 – Feb. 14, 1984 Charter

Member, Ouachita County Historical Society97 President’s Message98 Memorials99 In Memory of Susie Pryor

Vol. 16 No. 1 Fall 1984

Page Topic2 Boats, Bearskins and Badges – By Sgt. B. R. Benson19 News, Notes and Comments (President’s Message)20 Gifts and Memorials


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23 N. A. D. Changes the Faces of Camden: An Early History – By Mary Carolyn Rowe

41 The President’s Message43 Memorials44 Membership List – Ouachita County Historical Society, 1984-85


Page Topic49 Farm Life During the Great Depression in Ouachita County – By Marsha

Christilyn Rowe61 President’s Message63 Gifts and Memorials


Page TopicLooking Back – Reprints From the First Year of the Quarterly

1 Porter Clay – The Career of the Brother of the Famous Henry Clay2 Ouachita Valley Agricultural Fair Association – Camden, Arkansas, 19004 Graduations in Camden at the Turn of the Century7 Civil War Letter – John L. Logan9 Mrs. Ann J. Marshall – Obituary & Excerpts From Her Autobiography14 1907 Class Song (Camden High School) – By J. Emmett Gaughan14 Camden Bakery Announcement – September 6, 185515 The Steamer City of Camden Formally Christened in Her Name16 Camden Finally Gets A Bank – By Boyd W. Johnson18 Camden’s Social Life in the Gay Nineties – By Boyd W. Johnson

Vol. 17 No. 1 Fall 1985

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3 President’s Report4 Letter to the Editor

FROM WPA WRITERS5 History of Ouachita County10 Old Covered Bridge11 Civil War Days – Cora Bragg Powell14 Ethnography15 Army and Navy16 Archeology18 Topography20 Monuments and Landmarks21 Literature and Poetry24 Music25 Education: Early Facilities30 Manufacturing and Industry33 Products37 Markets38 Memorials39 Contributions and New Members40 From the Attic: School Days at Buena Vista


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2 Curator’s Comments3 President’s Report4 1893 Grand Juror’s Notice5 Cotton Belt’s Old No. 2226 H. K. Thatcher – A Memorial7 Memorials

FROM WPA WRITERS - 28 Health and Social Work11 Societies and Associations14 Conservation17 Libraries18 Parks21 Hotels22 Religious Institutions and Structures26 Transportation28 Waterways30 Natural Resources32 Architecture and Housing34 Ouachita Rural Electric36 New Members and Contributions37 Membership List – 1985-8639 When Camden Had an Opera House40 From the Attic – Santa at Ellis Grocery


Page Topic2 Curator’s Comments3 President’s Report4 Virgin Forests of the 1800’s – Armin T. Dressel

FROM WPA WRITERS – 315 Common Wild Flowers17 Rare Wild Flowers18 Edible Berries – Trees21 Poisonous Trees and Plants22 Birds23 Fish – Poisonous Snakes – Insects25 Oakland Cemetery34 Memorials, Contributions and New Members35 How Grandpa Got Cured! – Old Medicine Handbill36 From the Attic – Camden’s Centennial Float


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2 Curator’s Comments3 President’s Report4 Bailey Family of Columbia County5 Letter From Elmano County Alabama – August 6, 18708 FDR’s “Big One” Was Betsy’s Last One9 Books, etc.10 Camden Merchants Call for Immigrants in 1883Center Sec. Resources and Advantages of Camden – 188311 Chidester and Its Methodist Church – By Blanche Rowe Whaley18 Memorials and Contributions19 New Members19 Camden in the Early Nineties20 From the Attic – When Stinson’s Sold Buggies and Bangles

Vol. 18 No. 1 Fall 1986

Page TopicSesquicentennial Scrapbook – A compilation of newspaper articles from 1890 – 1940’s relating to people, places and events in Camden and Ouachita county that are historically significant


Page Topic2 Curator’s Comments3 President’s Report4 Chidester and Its Methodist Church: II – Blanche Rowe Whaley11 Let Us Give Praise – Adolph Felsenthal (1939)11 Lone Pine Ferry – Late 1800’s13 & 18 1986-87 Membership ListCenter Sec. Ouachita County Cemetery & Burial Site Map18 New Members and Contributions18 SHOT TO DEATH – W. C. Criner Killed at Camden by Capt. L. H. Cobb,

From 1884 Arkansas Gazette19 Postmasters of Chidester23 Memorials24 Ouachita County Political Points24 Turn of the Century Newspaper Advertising28 Editor’s Mailbox30 From the Attic – Little Boys of Yesteryear


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2 Curator’s Comments3 President’s Report5 Old Ogemaw Store on Historic Register – Kenneth Poindexter12 Story of Chief Ogemaw13 Ouachita County National Register Properties14 The Post Offices at Evans and Ogemaw16 Ogemaw Schools – Kenneth Poindexter23 ‘Black Gold’ in Arkansas First Found at OgemawCenter Sec. Ouachita County-1859/Ogemaw-1922 – Double Map26 Timber, Ogemaw’s Creator28 C. J. Holt Family of Early Ogemaw Era30 Utility Service at Ogemaw32 Continuous Profession for 64 Years33 Memorials and New Members34 Life As Usual for Woman 100 – Terri Duncan36 The Women of Chidester Methodist Church – Blanche Rowe Whaley45 Two Bayou Methodist Church – Rural Arkansas47 Editor’s Mailbox48 From the Attic – Traveling Salesman of 1908


Page Topic2 Curator’s Comments2 Contributions3 President’s Report4 Chidester’s Early Methodist Leaders – Blanche Rowe Whaley11 Editor’s Mailbox13 Memorials14 Robert J. LaGrone – Louann’s Unforgettable Character16 Pioneer Cemeteries – Harmon L. Ross24 1900 Ouachita County Personal Tax List27 New Members28 From the Attic: 1910 Era Baptism at Chidester

Vol. 19 No. 1 Fall 1987

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Inside Cov. Books, Etc.2 Curator’s Comments3 President’s Report5 Watts: 100 Years as ‘The Store’ of Ouachita County – Susan Watts Ligon10 Memorials11 Watts Family Settled in Arkansas in 184713 1864 Letter on Poison Springs Battle15 Our Cemeteries of Yesterday – Mary Nell Turner15 The Law on Old Family Burial Plots16 Neglected Old Seminary Cemetery – Kenneth Poindexter18 Chidester Methodist Church Members Since 1881 – Blanche Rowe Whaley28 Contributions29 Amateurs and Pros Sift Indian ‘Dump Site’ – Laura Thompson31 Editor’s Mailbox33 1900 Ouachita County Personal Tax List36 From the Attic: Joy Riding in a 1917 Model TInside Cov. New Members


Page Topic2 Curator’s Comments3 Mysterious Old Scrapbook29 Editor’s Mailbox30 Membership List: 1987-8831 New Members, Contributions & Memorials32 From the Attic – 1908 School Days at Buena Vista Bethel


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2 Editor’s Mailbox2 Mew Members and Donations3 President’s Report3 Chidester High School (A Poem) – Louise Lee Word4 The 3R’s: For 80 Years Taught To All At Chidester-Blanche RoweWhaley7 Teachers at Chidester and Other Area Schools9 Chidester School Classes21 Chidester High School Honor Graduates: 1920 – 196922 Sports at Chidester School25 1940’s Famed Chidester ‘Ladybirds’26 Chidester High School Commencement Exercises27 Chidester School 1937 Piano Recital28 1900 Ouachita County Personal Tax List31 Memorials32 From the Attic – Trucking Watermelons in 1927


Page Topic2 Curator’s Comments2 Contributions and New Members3 President’s Report3 1884 Promissory Note4 Holidays at the Museum – Laura Findley10 Mining Days at Maximo – R. H. Nunnally15 The Entrepreneurs of Maximo – Benny W. Riddick19 Mrs. E. S. Garrett: A Private Public Person20-21 Map of Coal & Clay Mines of Lester/Maximo22 The Clays of Ouachita County – 1908 Publication26 1900 Report on Camden Coal Field33 Ouachita County Turn-of the-Century Notaries34 1900 Ouachita County Personal Property Tax List38 Editor’s Mailbox39 Memorials40 From the Attic – Harmony Grove Methodist Church in 1919

Vol. 20 No. 1 Fall 1988

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2 Curator’s Comments2 Contributions3 The Continuing Love Story of Beloved Lester Couple – Benny W. RiddickInsert The Bearden Banner – May 28, 193111 New Members12 1900 Ouachita County Personal Property Tax List15 Editor’s Mailbox15 Memorials16 From the Attic – The Old Warner E. Rushing Home in Chidester


Page Topic2 Wanted: Your Historical Items2 Arkansas Postcard Past – Steamboat on the Ouachita at Camden, 19073 President’s Report3 Arkansas Postcard Past – George Hays Election Victory Parade in Camden4 Camden’s Class of 1955 – Jim Lair15 Still Living in Room of Birth (Macon Patton) – By Kenneth Poindexter17 New Members18 Editor’s Mailbox19 1900 Ouachita County Personal Property Tax List23 Picture - A. J. Jordan’s Store in Downtown Bearden About 190523 Arkansas Postcard Past – Stephens Main Street, 191324 From the Attic – The Old Covered Bridge Over Two BayouInside Back Cover - Memorials


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2 Historic Doors of Camden Open To Welcome HPAA Conference – Laura Findley

3 HPAA Conference Schedule Full and Varied4 It’s 1949 and CHS Class of 1955 Begins Its Journey to Graduation – Jim

Lair14 CHS Class of 1955 – In Pictures20 CHS 1955 Class – Thirty Years Later21 Camden’s 1955 Departed Businesses23 1900 Personal Taxpayers in Camden27 New members28 Editor’s Mailbox30 Adolph Felsenthal – Arkansas Democrat30 An Update on Macon Patton30 Donations31 Memorials31 Mrs. Rachel Daniel: A Eulogy – By Ruth Gann Tate32 From the Attic – Cotton Belt’s Old No. 819


Page Topic2 Peers Judge Historical Quarterly Best in Arkansas for 19883 Curator’s Comments4 Arkansas Postcard Past – Ouachita County Courthouse, 19094 Contributions5 Memorials, Corrections6 Bits of News – Mostly Personal – From 192312 1925 Camden Style Pageant27 Finding Yourself Through Genealogy – Margaret B. Dintelman29 Old Tufts Memorial Fountain Gets New Home – Edward Parham31 Editor’s Mailbox31 New Members32 From the Attic – Camden Presbyterian’s Centennial Celebration, 1952

Vol. 21 No. 1 Fall 1989

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2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Comments3 Memorials4 “The Oil Was a Bust, But The Clay Was Pretty Good!” – R. H. Nunnally7 Contributions8 Arkansas’ Oil Discovery WellInsert The Stephens News, July 30, 19209 Editor’s Mailbox10 Now Showing at Rialto – Ritz – Strand – By Jim Lair14 To 100 Year Old Man, Life’s Greatest Change Was Window Screens – By

Armin T. Dressel16 From the Attic: Pruett Barber Shop at Stephens, 1925


Page Topic2 1989-90 Membership List4 With a Band and Fire Truck You Could Start a Parade in Camden – James

Bechtelheimer8 The Early Days of Passenger Trains and Why They Would Often Run Late10 A Century of Worship Celebrated By Bearden Methodists in April – Kenneth

Poindexter16 From the Attic: Emily Gaughan’s Birthday Party – June 27, 1927


Page Topic2 Memorials; Letters to Editor3 Ouachita County Courthouse Becomes National Landmark – Kenneth W.

Poindexter11 Camden Properties on National Register11 Old Funeral Notices13 Courthouse Town Clock, Dear With People, Has Been Thorn to Judges –

Kenneth W. Poindexter14 What Makes Town Clock Tick and Toll15 Ouachita County’s Pioneer Gillespie Family – Hellice Gillespie Burton21 Raising the Homer – Edward Parham23 New Members24 From the Attic: May Day (1930) With Mrs. Belin’s Kindergarten


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Inside Front – President’s ReportInside Front – Curator’s Comments3 Mrs. D. W. Harrell, Charter Member and Society Director Succumbs at 875 An Inspiration to Many – Ellen Landers Poindexter9 She Was a Jovial Lady – A Tribute – Jerri Chidester Mannion and Rebecca

Chidester Axelrod11 She Was Real, Warm and Gracious, A True Southerner Without Pretense –

Laura Findley13 The Bond of Friendship of Annie Leah and Susie – By Cornelia Pryor

Lindsey14 Remembering School Days at Cleveland Avenue With Miss Annie Leah

Chidester15 Still Life and War – By Don Harrell16 The Souls in a Single Photograph – Don Harrell17 In Loving Memory – Annie Leah Chidester Harrell18 The Early Days of Louann, Before and After the Discovery of Oil – Jeanne

Clements22 Arkansas Postcard Past: El Dorado, 190523 The Purple Elixir That Was Grapette24 From the Attic: Three Boys and Their Wagon in 1895

Vol. 22 No. 1 Fall 1990

Page Topic2 Editor’s Mailbox3 Gone Are the Days When Soda Pop Was Made in Southwest Arkansas – Bill

Thomas7 New Members8 Railroad and Northern Timber Men Gave Promise for Two Ouachita County

Towns – Armin DresselInsert The Stephens Herald – October 17,192913 Frenchport Created by Log Jam on River – Gertrude Moore18 Memorials19 Old School Days – County Schools22 County Sawmilling Dates Before Civil War – Armin Dressel24 From the Attic: Bearden Jewelry Store, circa 1920


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3 Curator’s Comments4 Reawakening the CAIDC – A better future for history in Camden?7 They Paid the Price (Officers who died in the line of duty) – By Lt. Ronnie

Benson9 Chicken Turnovers (Sure smells good in Dochia’s kitchen)12 A Day of Magic (The Fooks family at the circus) – By Leona Mashaw14 A Little Personal History (Coming down off Temperance Hill) – By Edward

Parham17 Battle at Poison Springs (When the Yanks came marching in) – By Hellice

Gillespie Burton21 “Perfectly Delicious” (Excerpts from the Susie Pryor cookbook) – By Susie

Pryor26 Membership List28 From the Attic – Pvt. Carman B. Barnett and Fluffy in Korean War


Page Topic2 President’s Report2 Curator’s Comments2 Contributions3 Letters5 A Visitor’s Guide to Camden (Our treasure chest of Civil War History) – By

Sheila Yount9 The Piscatorial Pied Piper of Camden (Mr. Jack Carnes and his fish-caller)

By Robert D. Potter11 The Queen of Quilts – Mrs. Ethel Hickman is our Empress of Embroidery17 Glory at the Alamo (Ol’ Jess decided not to grow old in Camden) – By Bob

Bowman18 New Members18 Memorials20 The Laneys of Camden (A portrait of one of our leading families)37 Taking the Tour40 From the Attic – Long Lines at Courthouse for Vehicle Registration


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4 Curator’s Comments4 Contributions4 Memorials5 Our Boys of Summer (Town teams dazzled area baseball diamonds) – By

James Bechtelheimer9 Public Enemy No. 1 vs. Arthur Ellis (1930’s cops and robbers) – By Ronnie

Benson22 The McCollum Collection now on display at the McCollum Chidester House

Museum24 Confederate Veteran’s Son (Henry Dickinson remembers his father) – By

Nancy Pfister25 The Kingfish and Mrs. Caraway (Huey P. Long’s 1932 march across

Arkansas) – By Bob Shepherd31 Dutch Ovens (Cooking the old-day way) – By John Ragsdale34 Dishing Out Dutch Treats (Biscuits baked over coals in a kettle) – By Irene

Wassell37 Taking the Tour – By Edward Parham40 From the Attic – 1917 Road Grader in Front of J. B Hickey Home

Vol. 23 No. 1 Fall 1991

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Letters6 The Changing Face of Downtown Camden – By James Branyan14 Hail and Farewell (Old Camden School District)– By James Bechtelheimer19 Pop, dog and a Wheel (lunch hour at old CHS) – By James Bechtelheimer20 Yellow Dogs, Jayhawks and Panthers – By James Bechtelheimer26 Al’s Alfalfa (A modest proposal) – By Al Rose28 Hidden Roll Call (Early CHS students left their mark for others to find) – By

Dixie Howard30 Memorials30 Contributions30 New Members32 From the Attic – Randolph and Bobby Russell kill big rattler


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3 Letters4 A Homecoming for Peter McCollum7 McCollum-Chidester House has reminder of Camden History9 Mae Coan and the Mae Coan Grocery – By Leona Mashaw14 Camden Garden Club’s Golden Years 1935-1986-1991 – By Dixie Howard22 Contributions22 Memorials22 New Members23 Membership ListBack Cover From the Attic – Penny post card from Dec., 1941


Page Topic2 President’s Report2 Curator’s Comments3 New Members3 Contributions3 Memorials4 The First to Leave – Camden National Guard Unit in Alaska9 Wiggens-Marden Aero Corp. in Camden, 1942-194515 Robert L. “Bob” Hite and the Doolittle Raiders19 Veteran’s Stories – World War II22 Charles Wilson, Prisoner of War in Germany24 P-38 Pilots – John Gaughan, Jr. and Owen Fincher28 A Scrapbook of Memories – 1941-194334 Charles Waters, A Meeting in the Phillipines35 Plane Crash at Frenchport – Forgotten Soldiers?


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3 New Members3 Memorials4 Lieutenant General Doyle O. Hickey – By J. R. “Bob” Reeves11 James Ted “Dodo” Domanski: Survivor – By Robert “Bob” Dodson14 LaVerne Sanders Domanski – By Larry Morrison15 The Flying Tribbles18 Wiggens-Marden Flight Instructors – By Wes Marden19 Ouachita County Women in Service – By Anne G. Nunnally26 The Home Front – 1942-194332 A Sentimental Journey (Camden during WWII) – By Vivian Tollifson O’Dell33 Veteran’s Stories – By Roxane Daniel, JoAnne Holyfield, John C. Tutt and

Sammy McGill

Vol. 24 No. 1 Fall 1992

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Comments4 New Members & Contributions5 That Man Might Worship: A History of Camden’s First Baptist Church – By

Jim Lair11 Porter Clay: A Ouachita County Baptist Giant From the Past – By Jim Lair14 Unionism in a Cotton County: Ouachita County, Arkansas and the Secession

Crisis – By George Avery19 County Teenagers at Early State University – By Charles Reed25 Radio Daze: A History of Camden Radio – By James Bechtelheimer30 Carnes Park Swimming Pool – By James Bechtelheimer33 A Rich Heritage in Ouachita County for African-Americans – By Curtis

Cook35 History of United Way35 In Appreciation to United Way – By Ken Davis36 From the Attic – Children at Birthday Party in 1920’s


Page TopicIn. Fr. Cov. President’s Report2 A Tribute to Lora Riechman – By Laura Findley3 Early Days in Camden – By Leona Mashaw

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7 History from Family Portrait Albums – By Charles Reed13 The Three Governors of Arkansas from Ouachita County16 Harvey’s Grocery20 The Jewish Contribution to Ouachita County History – By James

Bechtelheimer25 Ouachita County Historical Society 1992-93 Membership List27 New Members and Contributions28 From the Attic – Blacksmith’s Shop at Washington and Cash Road


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News3 New Members, Contributions, Memorials4 An Arkansas Judge at a Horse Race – Camden once had its own race track6 The Old Ouachita Hotel – James Lee Silliman purchases former landmark7 Hotel Officials Stressed Civic Improvements – By Leona Mashaw9 Spelunking in the Old Ouachita Hotel – By Edward Parham14 Landscaping the McCollum-Chidester House Museum Grounds20 The Autobiography of Henry Merrell (Industrial Missionary to the South)33 Taking the Tour – (The long-lost Indian grave) – By Edward Parham36 From the Attic – Steamboat Todd dredging Ouachita River, late 1930’s


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4 New Members, Contributions, Memorials5 The End of the Bensberg Music Era (Tommy retires)12 The Museum PAL Project Gets Underway (Property landscaping &

Acquisition goals set)18 Celebrating 30 Years Together (The Historical Society and the McCollum-

Chidester House) – By Leona Mashaw25 Boyd Johnson (Historical Society’s first editor) – By Roberta Hollis32 Autobiography of Henry Merrell (Advertisement for the Book)33 Taking the Tour (Oakland Cemetery Secrets) – By Edward Parham36 From the Attic – Old ‘Muny’ Hall

Vol. 25 No. 1 Fall 1993

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News3 Curator’s Comments4 New Members5 Contributions5 Memorials6 Will Chidester’s Watering Hole – By JoAnne Holyfield9 Southern Arkansas University-Tech (School reaches 25th year)13 The SAU-Tech Story – By Linda Mashaw15 Raising Money (A PAL Project Report)20 The Bell-Lampkin Cotton Gin – By Larry Morrison26 MO-Pac Railroadin’ Man (Carl Barnes collection of train artifacts)32 Autobiography of Henry Merrell (Advertisement for the Book)33 Taking the Tour (Old Tate Barn) – By Edward Parham36 From the Attic (Mary Robertson Lodge – 1930’s Girl Scout Camp)


Page Topic2 The Vice President’s Report3 Current News4 Letters

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5 Memorials, New Members6 1993-94 Membership List10 Cherished Jewish Friends Recalled – By James Bechtelheimer13 W. B. McWhirter (Great-grandson of Peter McCollum dies)14 Buying Houses (A PAL project report)18 Gunfight at Miller’s Bluff – By Ronnie Benson26 Lock-knotter of the Ouachita – By Leona Mashaw30 Autobiography of Henry Merrell (Advertisement for the Book)31 Taking the Tour (Back to the Bell-Lampkin Gin) – By Edward Parham36 From the Attic (Camden Fire Department Christmas photo in 1960)


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News5 New Members, Memorials8 Spring Cleaning in ’56 – By Leona Mashaw10 Moving a House – A PAL Project Report13 The Battle of Poison Springs – By Edwin Bearss25 Yankees in Camden – By Virginia McCollum Stinson29 The Autobiography of Henry Merrell – A Postscript33 Taking the Tour (The Poison Springs Trail) – By Edward Parham36 From the Attic (Ouachita Valley Grangers)


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5 Curator’s Comments7 New Members, Contributions, Memorials13 Buster Wood (His wondrous weather machine) – By JoAnne Holyfield17 One Year’s Progress (A PAL Project Report)20 Camden (City was established 150 years ago)23 An Act to Incorporate the City of Camden25 Shumaker N.A.D. (Old Naval Depot marks 50th year)33 Taking the Tour (Diamond, Southerland) – By Edward Parham36 From the Attic (3 families at Mustin Lake circa 1910)

Vol. 26 No. 1 Fall 1994

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News7 New Members, Memorials8 New Monument to Ouachita County War Dead (WWI – Vietnam)11 Cullendale First Baptist Marks 65 Years12 Contributions13 Hillside Baptist Turns 4015 New Fall Season, Same Old House Problem (A PAL Project Report)18 Letter from Rebecca Chidester Axelrod22 Farewell, Old Fairview School – By R. H. Shaddock36 From the Attic (1913 Parade for Governor George W. Hays of Camden)


Page Topic2 Editor’s Report3 Current News3 Sisters, Seeds, & Cedars (A new book of old letters)4 New Members7 Contributions, Memorials14 Dr. R. B. Robbins Rise to Greatness – By Jim Lair20 Camden Masonic Lodge No. 11 (Freemasonry in city marks 150th year)32 From the Attic (Camden Chamber of Commerce banquet 1920’s – 30’s)


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3 Curator’s Comments4 Current News12 Contributions, Memorials, New Members13 Ruth Tate (Camden’s leading historian succumbs)16 Still Waiting (A PAL Project Report)18 Thoughts at Fort Lookout – By C. W. “Sleepy” Harris19 Poison Springs, April 18, 1864 (A poem) – By Bill Crumpler20 Return to Iwo Jima – By R. P. Burnham23 The Battle of Marks’ Mill – By Edwin Bearss36 From the Attic (Parade float on Washington Street in the 1920’s)


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News3 The Nina (Columbus replica arrives at Sandy Beach)7 Sailing on the Nina – By Jerry Goodale9 Curator’s Comments12 Memorials13 Contributions, New Members14 Moved at Last (A PAL Project Report)18 Recalling the War of the Pacific (From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay) – By

R. P. Burnham21 Sold out, Doctor! (Traveling medicine shows came to Camden) – By James

Bechtelheimer23 The John Brown Diaries (A plantation owner in 1853)32 From the Attic (Cotton bales on truck in downtown Camden in 1920’s)

Vol. 27 No. 1 Fall 1995

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News3 Tail gunner’s Tale (Charles Wilson in WWII)7 Benny’s Peacemakers (A sub commander in the Pacific) – By Fran Sprow

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8 Memorials9 Curator’s Comments10 MoPac Fund Drive Reaches Goal11 Contributions, New Members12 Raising Money (A PAL Project)15 End of the Trail (De Soto’s Army and its march through Arkansas and Texas)

– By Frank Schambach36 From the Attic (1913 Parade for Governor George W. Hays of Camden)


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News (Confederate monument at courthouse nominated for national

register, Ritchie-Crawford Home makes Arkansas register)5 Curator’s Comments7 OCHS 1994-95 Membership List12 Daffodil Tour II – A PAL Project Report14 New Members, Contributions, Memorials15 Letters of War (Excerpts from Sarah Fountain’s book, Sisters, Seeds &

Cedars)33 People History (A closer look at the letter writers of Harmony Grove – By

Sarah M. Fountain)36 From the Attic (Cotton Belt Freight House Force) – Photo circa 1930


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members6 Curator’s Comments15 Camden Goes Daffodilly – A PAL Project Report20 Steele Shadows (Excerpt from new Civil War novel) – By Bill Crumpler36 From the Attic (Camden BP & W Club in costume in 1964)


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9 Oakland Cemetery Nominated for National Register10 Winding Down – A PAL Project Report12 Sunken Mystery (Boat timbers found at Ouachita River’s edge)17 A Summer in the Oklahoma Wheat Fields (The Edwin Truesdale diary from

1917) – By JoAnne Holyfield24 Remembering the Chidester House – By Becky Axelrod, Jerri Mannion &

Barbara Waters32 From the Attic – The Last Camden Smithy, Olaf Tollifson, 1945

Vol. 28 No. 1 Fall 1996

Page Topic2 President’s Report2 Curator’s Comments3 Current News (Old Camden Hotel tumbles down)6 New Members, Contributions, Memorials8 Ouachita County War Dead9 Camden Biographies from 1922 (Centennial History of Arkansas) – Cephas

L. Barton, Louis Bauerlein, Thomas J. Gaughan, William Franklin Hall, Samuel Bascom Kinard, Judge W. T. Martin, Dr. William L. Newton, Byrd Collins Rockwell, J. J. Tibbits

17 The Adelantado’s Pigs (De Soto brings first wild hogs to Arkansas) – By Bob Lancaster

29 Hunting Bear in the Ouachita River Valley – By Sarah Fountain32 From the Attic – Old Camden High student council from 1954-55


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10 Memorials, Contributions, New Members11 Paging the 1961 Legislature – By Virginia Hickman20 Ouachita County Biographies from 1922 – Edward A. Brennan, Joseph T.

Dehmer, Christopher C. Hamby, Allen H. Hamiter, George W. Hays, Reverend H. J. Heagney, John L. Hendricks, Hugh H. Henry, Nolen Meadors Irby, John Dawson Jordan, Alvin Price Kirby, Washington M. McRae, Albert B. Moore, Paschal E. Murphy, W. J. Polk, L. L. Purifoy, Edwards Francis Smith, John B. Smith, Charles B. Thweatt, Robert S. Warnock, Edward Lee Watson

28 From the Attic – John L. McClellan & H. K. Thatcher at Muny Hall, 1955


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News – Cumberland Presbyterian marks 50 years (page 9),

National Register lists Confederate section of Oakland Cemetery (page11)3 Sesquicentennial on Washington Street (McCollum-Chidester House’s 150th

year) 6 New Members, Contributions, Memorials8 Curator’s Comments12 Armin Dressel (Ardent Supporter of Historical Society dies)13 Civil War letter finds way back to Camden17 Camden’s Junior Auxiliary turns 4019 Clyde Crawford waits, alone (Maud’s disappearance unsolved after 40 yrs.)25 Camden biographies from 1922 – J. H. Bird, Arley Cathey, Edgar Graves,

Abraham Lazarus, W. E. Patterson, Garland Rumph, M. P. Watts30 Elvis (When the King came to the Queen City) – By R. P. Burnham32 From the Attic – The Four Rocketeers, 1951 NAD photo


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12 Dora Sifford’s Scrapbook21 Camden Biographies from 1922 – Adolph Felsenthal, Ike Felsenthal,

William Hendriks, J. W. Holleman, Curtis Hurley, Harry McClurkin, William McRae, Charles Nabers, Robert Dee Newton, Frederick Whiteside

30 Old Memories (Steamboats, watermelon and the Fourth of July) – By R. P. Burnham

36 From the Attic – Old Camden Hospital on McCullough Street

Vol. 29 No. 1 Fall 1997

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News9 New Members, Contributions, Memorials11 Curator’s Comments16 The Cop from Camden who captured Oswald – M. N. “Nick” McDonald23 Timber-industry biographies from 1922 – W. H. Burroughs, E. N. Creach,

Charles Craighead, John Edmondson, Charley Fort, Albert Hoech, John Hurst, M. B. James, Sterling Kimes, Benjamin Franklin Rogers, Mattie Rogers, Edwin Scales, Eugene Seals, Thomas Sloan, William Smith, Robert Wilson

32 From the Attic – Delta Delta Delta Sorority with Gressie Carnes in 1936


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News8 Contributions, New Members, Memorials9 Curator’s Comments10 OCHS Membership List 1997-9816 The Art of Camark (Camden pottery) – By David Edwin Gifford36 From the Attic – Turn of the century photo of the Watts store


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9 Chasing Steele Through Jenkin’s Ferry – By Dr. J. N. Bragg12 A Fallen Hero (Hiram Lane Grinstead) – By Lula Grinstead Smart14 A Soldier’s Farewell To His Love – By Hiram Grinstead15 John Coat’s Daring Deed17 Escape From Federal Prison – By J. E. Lide18 The Capture of Island 10 – By Dr. J. N. Bragg20 George Elliott dies at Camp Douglas26 Yearning for something good to eat – By J. E. Lide29 A Confederate Woman in Her 99th Year – By Mrs. J. T. Sifford30 Murder in the Oilfield – By Don Lambert36 From the Attic – Old Lion Oil station at Madison and Washington


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News5 Curator’s Comments6 New Members, Contributions, Memorials8 Flowing History (New exhibit chronicles Ouachita River)12 Exploring the Ouachita in 1804 – By William Dunbar40 From the Attic – Coca-Cola Pony League team in 1963

Vol. 30 No. 1 Fall 1998

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10 The Two-Headed Calf12 Fort Lookout (Historical Society new owner of Civil War site)21 Shuler Field – By John G. Ragsdale24 An Educator Ahead of Her Time (Mrs. J. B. Nunn) – By Betty Nunn Shaw27 The Neighborhood of Childhood – By Jim Lair32 From the Attic – Camden Hunting Club, 1920


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News4 Memorials, New Members5 Troy Museum8 OCHS Membership List, 1998-9913 Old Betsy Mystery Will Endure15 The Neighborhood Grocery – By James Bechtelheimer18 The Catholic Church in Camden – By Father Harold Heagney22 Good People (Boddies, Rumphs, Dunlaps, Martins) – By Sarah Fountain28 A Testimonial (Recalling leaders of days gone by ) – By Adolph Felsenthal33 From the Attic – Gillespie Grocery, downtown Camden, 1930’s


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News4 Contributions, Memorials, New Members5 Curator’s Comments8 Search for a Missing Soldier (Tilmon M. Brawner) – By Townsend Mosley9 Barry House history ( Ebenezer, South Carolina) – By Elizabeth Reed14 Bear Echos from the 1950’s (Old Bearden school yearbooks)30 Teachers (Robert & Connetta Roach, Bearden) – By Doris Faulkner32 From the Attic – Judge Frank Tate at Lookout Mountain, Georgia


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9 The Hope Diamonds10 Funnel-damage photographs (1931 tornado damage in downtown Camden)15 Goodspeed Biographies – J. M. Agee, W. F. Avera, A. V. Bragg, J. N. Bragg,

J. M. Brooks, J. W. Brown, Henry Bunn, J. B. Freidheim, C. S. Keith, S. B. Lide, W. T. Martin, D. Newton, John Parker, J. A. Proctor, W. K. Ramsey, J. A. Reeves, George Ritchie, S. Q. Sevier, Charles Sithen, N. H. Stark, George Stinson, Tom Thomson, John Thornton, James Toney, John Toney, Alfred Tufts, F. M. Wadley

32 From the Attic – Camden police force in 1969

Vol. 31 No. 1 Fall 1999

Page Topic2 President’s Report2 Curator’s Comments3 Current News4 New Members, Contributions, Memorials5 My Darling Children (Chidester Family Letters) – By JoAnne Holyfield32 From the Attic – 1952-53 Stephen’s first-graders get class treat


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6 OCHS 1999-2000 Membership List11 Camden’s Forgotten Jewish Presence – By Jim Lair16 Jewish Rest Cemetery ( A list of those buried there)19 Rural Goodspeed Biographies – George Adamson, Asa Bacchus, C. R.

Barham, James Bradshaw, John Branton, John Burton, Jacob Burton, Thomas Carter, James Coleman, William Cox, Thomas Criner, Joseph Criner, Francis Cross, Eli Dawson, Robert Frix, Henry Good, Henry Grayson, Thomas Green, William Green, Julius Greening, Sherod Hale, William Hale, J. T. Henry, Alfred Jackson, Henry Jones, James Juniel, Robert Lester, Jesse McMahan, John Moon, Sharon Myatt, Porter Oglesby, William Pace, John Parr, Mary Patton, Thomas Patton, John Pearce, Eli Parr, John Parr, James Pickett, Ephraim Pierce, John Proffitt, Millard Purifoy, Abner Riddick, Ephraim Rogers, Jonathan Rogers, Jr., Miles Sifford, James Stinnett, Newton Tribble, Joseph Wilson, Elbert Yarbrough

40 From the Attic – Snowy days at Agee & Washington, past & present


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Current News4 New Members, Contributions, Memorials6 From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (From R. P. Burnham’s WWII memoirs)9 The Red River Campaign (Harper’s Pictorial History of Civil War venture)29 Goodspeed Biographies of Stephens residents – E. H. Blake, James

Campbell, W. A. Garner, Tom Hardison, William Johnson, Henry Morgan, J. W. Perdue, Thomas Rowe, J. M. Smith

32 From the Attic – Corps of Engineers digs Camden cut-off channel in 1948


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7 Curator’s Comments8 Savoring a Survivor (Mary Lou Parker) – By Edward Parham15 More Goodspeed Biographies – Philip Agee, C. S. Black, James Culp,

William Gatling18 Patterns: A Social History of Camden (Downtown Memories), from Vol. 136 From the Attic – Fishing’s fine at old Shumaker N.A.D.

Vol. 32 No. 1 Fall 2000

Page Topic2 Introductory Comments – Bob Reeves and JoAnne Holyfield2 President’s Report3 Docent’s Diary3 Memorials, Contributions4 New Members5 Current News – Oakland Cemetery Restoration Update7 Early Days of Camden – By J. B. Nunn, Vol. 4, No. 415 The Man That Almost Stole the River – By Mrs. Terry May, Vol. 15, No. 219 An Early Visit to Camden – By Clark Ward, Vol. 1, No. 120 Camden City Government established here 150 years ago, Vol. 25, No. 423 An Act to Incorporate the Town of Camden, Vol. 25, No. 425 A Boy in 1861 – By W. F. Avera, Vol. 1, No. 126 Centennial Year in Camden, Vol. 2, No. 427 Early Manufacturing in Ouachita County – By Boyd Johnson, Vol. 7, No. 137 The Rock Dam Mystery – By Judge W. T. Martin, Vol. 11, No. 140 Reminiscences of Good Times on the Ouachita – By Dr. Edwin Lide, Vol. 3,

No. 343 Clipping from New Century Club, Vol. 4, No. 144 From the Attic – The Cotton Belt Café in the 1940’s


Page Topic2 Editor’s Note2 President’s Report3 Contributions, In Honor Of4 Current News (Oakland Cemetery Restoration – Phase 2)

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5 Stagecoach Advertisement, Vol. 1, No. 16 Steamboats at the Port of Camden – By Larry Morrison12 “Working on the Railroad” – By Bertha White, Vol. 3, No. 214 Civil War Letters – Re-reading Quarterly letters from the past18 Sawmilling Days Before Civil War – By Armin Dressel, Vol. 22, No. 120 From the Attic – 1906 post card of steam boat on the Ouachita River


Page Topic2 Editor’s Desk2 President’s Report3 Docent’s Diary4 Book Review – New book on Thomas S. Woodward, Bob Reeves review4 Memorials, Contributions5 Daffodil Festival Report6 The Little Diary of George W. Chidester, January 19308 Civil War Letters – A Confederate Soldier Writes to his Wife10 The Camden Telephone Exchange – Camden’s First Telephone System12 Steamboats at the Port of Camden (part 2) – By Larry Morrison17 The Ecore Fabrian – A Publication from Camden High Students in 191022 1904 Cookbook – The Women of the Presbyterian Church Cookbook24 From the Attic – Oscar Bird’s Grocery Store on Adams Street, circa 1919


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5 George Chidester’s Diary, February 19307 William Frank Avera’s Memoirs and Recollections – Dr. E. H. Cathey and

Edison D. Jeffus20 The Ecore Fabrian – 1910 publication of Camden High School students30 A Photograph Album – An Assortment of Photographs From the Past32 From the Attic – Ladies on the front porch of the Boddie home, circa 1930

Vol. 33 No. 1 Fall 2001

Page Topic2 President’s Report2 Editor’s Note3 Memorials4 New Members, Contributions5 Camden’s Opera House – Recollections of Mrs. C. S. Early9 History of Sports in Ouachita County – By James Bechtelheimer20 Mysteries and Memories of the Covered Bridge25 George Chidester’s Diary, March 193027 Did You Know That – Newspaper clippings, Camden & Ouachita County28 A Photograph Album – Photos pertaining to Camden & Ouachita County32 From the Attic – Camden High graduating class of 1919

Vol. 33 No. 2 Winter 2001-02

Page Topic2 Editor’s Desk2 President’s Report5 New Members6 Memorials and Contributions7 Blockade – A speech on the Civil War8 Benjamin Franklin Rogers – A Family Reflection12 A Condensed History of Camden16 The History of Elliott Baptist Church18 Musings by Ida Victoria Goodwill22 H. L. Grinstead by Lula Grinstead Smart


Page Topic3 Editor’s Desk3 President’s Report5 Forestry Pays Off for Fairview – 1959 article5 Bagpak Employees Contribute to Community Chest – 1959 article

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6 Community Chest Aided – 1959 article7 A Tribute from Hugh McCollum Camp9 Wedding Bells in the Confederacy11 Memorials12 Diary of Captain Heineman, U.S.A. (April, 1864)17 Letter from Captain Heineman, U.S.A. (Feb. 22, 1904)18 The Camden Knights – Memories of One Who Wore the Gray21 The Civil War in Ouachita County – By Boyd Johnson25 Battle of Poison Spring – From Civil War Round Table of Arkansas28 New Members


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 New Members, Contributions4 Editor’s Desk5 A Glimpse Into Ouachita County Life – Letter by William C. Livingston8 Church Hoppers – By Betty Jo Shaw12 Memorials13 Stagecoach Lines in Camden17 Concord Coaches19 Colonel John T. Chidester’s Obituary20 Treasure Hunting the Chidester Line – By Elwin L. Goolsby

Vol. 34 No. 1 Fall 2002

Page Topic2 Editor’s Desk2 President’s Report4 Curator’s Report5 New Members6 Civil War Ghosts Surround Camden – By Marcia Schnedler

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9 Contributions, Memorials10 Divers Near End of Homer Search – By Edward Parham

Oakland Cemetery Gazebo Dedication14 Historical Society’s President’s Introduction16 Dr. J. Floyd Kyser’s Remarks23 Dedication Prayer26 Coleman – The Man – The Stadium – By James Bechtelheimer28 Tombstones of Confederate soldiers at Oakland Cemetery

Vol. 34 No. 2 Winter 2002-03

Page Topic2 Editor’s Desk2 President’s Report4 Curator’s Report5 Jasper Morris Obituary (Camden News, January 7, 2003)6 Memorials8 Members of the Ouachita County Historical Society11 Contributions, New Members12 Coleman Stadium15 FDR’s Big One was Old Betsy’s Last, Ouachita County Historical Quarterly,

June 198617 Bearden’s History – By Frances Sprow (Ouachita Citizen, April 13, 1961)22 Bearden:100 Years, Ouachita County Historical Quarterly, December 198226 History of Black Schools in Bearden – By Mary Griffith31 Harmony Grove Methodist Church – By Mrs. Sue Russell


Page Topic2 Editor’s Desk2 President’s Report5 Curator’s Report6 Laura Findley – Obituary7 More than a Character by Kenneth Poindexter

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9 A Divine Blessing by Ellen Landers Poindexter10 A Portrait of a Lady by Kenna Kempton12 Extracts from William Franklin Avera Memoirs – Edited by Henry Cathey24 Contributions25 New Members & Memorials25 The Story of Grapette – By Leona Mashaw (October, 1978)29 Coleman Stadium Update32 Condensed History of Stephens39 Daffodil Festival pictures


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Curator’s Report5 Contributions, Memorials6 In The News8 An Interview with Janet Rothert – By Aaron Martin12 50th Reunion of Camden High School Class of 1953 –By Ann Robins Cook13 50th Reunion of Fairview High School Class of 1953 –By Billy G. Cook25 George Chidester’s Diary, April 193028 New Members

Vol. 35 No. 1 Fall 2003

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Contributions, Memorials4 Curator’s Report5 Editor’s Corner6 In The News

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7 B-26 Crash of 1944 – By Bob Dodson10 Teen Town – By Sue and Bill Gregory13 An Interview with Robert Gill-Depression Era Farming in Ouachita County16 First Woman Sheriff of Ouachita County – Hester Abernathy, 194418 George Chidester’s Diary, May 193020 New Members

Vol. 35 No. 2 Winter 2003-04

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Contributions, Memorials4 Curator’s Report4 Mark Your Calendar5 Editor’s Corner6 Main Street Stephens – By Kenneth Poindexter8 Remembering Camden High School, 1945 – By Jim Patrick17 Remembering Mrs. Thomas L. Chidester – By Rebecca Chidester Axelrod20 Teen Town Revisited22 Confederate Pontoon Bridge – By Dr. Robert H. Nunnally24 New Members


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Report4 Editor’s Corner5 Contributions, New Members6 Oakland Cemetery Walk – A conversation with Octavia Taylor

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10 Private Jacob Grimmett Comes Home – By Teresa Harris14 Farmers and Merchants Club of Bearden18 Halbert, Hogs and Ortez (Colonel Fordyce lecture)20 George Chidester’s Diary – June, 193022 Dogs and Dolls24 New Members


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Contributions, Memorials5 Tales From Oakland Cemetery7 Charm of the South – By Mrs. Judson Hout9 Camden’s Opera House – By Katherine Gee Early12 Looking Back to 1961 – Businesses in Camden – By Teresa Harris16 Memories of Camden Foundry Company – By Clay Hale18 Two-Story, Red Brick Building 1922-1953 – By Mary Bennett22 George Chidester’s Diary – July, 193024 New Members

Vol. 36 No. 1 Fall 2004

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Contributions, Memorials5 Coleman Stadium Update5 Minutes from August’s Board Meeting

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6 Ghosts in the Cemetery – By Mike Swaty8 When the Merci Boxcar Visited Camden – By Bob Dempsey12 Powell-Dietrich Home – By Teresa Harris16 A Visit with Floy Pope – By Bob Dempsey18 Looking Back to 1961 – By Teresa Harris22 George Chidester’s Diary – August, 193024 New Members


Page Topic2 Curator’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Contributions, Memorials5 A Visit with John and Barbara Bragg – By Bob Dempsey8 Thomas Stone Home10 R. F. Kellam’s Diary (Camden in 1872)14 Boy Scouts From Camden (1931)18 Looking Back to 1961 – By Teresa Harris22 George Chidester’s Diary – September, 193024 New Members


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Report4 Editor’s Corner4 Good Night Dear Heart – By Laura Findley5 Contributions, Memorials

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6 On the Street Where You Live – Origin of Camden Street Names – By Teresa Harris & Roberta Hollis

13 Camden Fraternities and Sororities in the 1950’s – By Beth Brickell22 Journal of Aunt Lillian – By Lillian Rumph Lide31 George Chidester’s Diary – October 1-16, 193032 New Members


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Report4 Editor’s Corner5 Contributions, New Members6 On the Street Where You Live – Origin of Camden Street Names – By

Teresa Harris & Roberta Hollis11 Camden Fraternities and Sororities in the 1950’s11 Remembering Delta Sigma – By Tom Westbrook16 Remembering Delta Sigma – By Beth Brickell22 Legal Liquor’s Return Calls to Mind Old Time Saloons Here – Camden

News, 193624 George Chidester’s Diary – October 17-31, 1930

Vol. 37 No. 1 Fall 2005

Page Topic2 In Memoriam – Doris Urrey Gibson3 President’s Report4 Editor’s Corner5 Contributions, Memorials

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6 Camden Fraternities and sororities in the 1950’s – Remembering Theta Kappa Omega – by Jim Findley

13 Just a Few Old Timers as remembered by J. E. Newton, 1944 newspaper14 On the Street Where You Live – Origin of Camden Street Names – By

Teresa Harris & Roberta Hollis25 Benjamin Tyndle Fooks, A Camden Legend – by Jim Lair27 George Chidester’s Diary, November 1-20, 193028 New Members


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Report5 Editor’s Corner5 Letters to the Editor7 Memorials8 Contributions9 New Members10 Riverfront Development Nears Completion – By Clara Freeland12 Descendants visit Oakland Cemetery – Judge John W. Brown Family13 Camden Barber, Jeweler, Pilot, Inventor – By Lewis L. Sims17 Little Harvey’s Grocery – by Hugh Wallingsford18 Dead Man Floating – By Julia Hughes Jones23 Civil War Fortifications in Camden, 1863-1864 Confederate Forts24 Eminent Domain, The personal price paid by property owners for the good

of the country during WWII – By Dot Cox Coston Ashley34 George Chidester’s Diary – November 17 – December 31, 1930


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’s Report4 Editor’s Report5 Memorials

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6 Contributions, New Members7 The Last to Fight(WWII) – By Robert Dodson8 Camden High Class of 1956, 50th Reunion – By Sara Edwards Yarbrough11 Girl Scouting in Camden in the 1940’s and 1950’s – By Beth Brickell32 Goodnight, Mrs. Crawford, Wherever You Are – By Don Harrell35 Just A Few Old Timers – As Remembered by J. E. Newton


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Contributions, Memorials, New Members5 Circle C Riding Club – By Teresa Harris9 History of Downtown Camden 1900-1970 – By James Bechtelheimer13 Al’s Alfalfa (Camden News, March 23,1948)16 Ambush at Poison Springs (April 18, 1864) – By Don Nall20 A Magnificent Exhibit (1904-05)23 Advertisement (Camden, Oct. 20, 1848)24 Camden in 1856 (Extracts from the South Stamp, published by L. R.

Whitfield) – Submitted by Teresa Harris26 The Camden Beacon (Saturday, 28 September 1901)

Vol. 38 No. 1 Fall 2006

Page Topic2 President’s Report5 Editor’s Corner6 Curator’s Report7 Contributions, Memorials, New Members

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8 Al’s Alfalfa (Camden News, April 28,1970)10 Speech By Hamp T. Patton at Ouachita County Historical Society Meeting

on January 23, 196613 Historic church articles from Camden News in spring of 1961:13 The First Christian Church14 The First Methodist Church15 Calvary Baptist Church16 Church of Christ (west Washington Street)18 St. Mark Methodist Church19 Cullendale Assembly of God Church20 St. James A.M.E. Church21 First Presbyterian Church22 Letter from Sam Nunn to Ira Nunn (Feb. 15, 1852)23 Peter & Serena Pace Pope, Early Settlers of Ecore Fabre –By Teresa Harris26 Col. Chidester and His Stage Lines Connected Arkansas Towns to Railroad28 Some Historic Spots in Camden & Ouachita County (Camden News,1936)


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 In Memoriam (Dennis Daniel) – By Jim Findley4 In Memoriam (Bob Dempsey) – By David Dempsey5 Editor’s Corner6 Curator’s Report7 Memorials8 Contributions, New Members, In Honor of9 Al’s Alfalfa (Dec. 18, 1967) – By Al Rose10 The Witheringtons & Helen Street Grocery (Part 1) – By Melissa

Witherington14 Kraftsmen Chatter (The Birth of Woodlands) – July 195719 The Death of William H. Cleaver – By Norman C. Savers, Jr.23 The Belles (Three high school friends reunite and are singing favorites from

50 years ago) – By Ken Salzman


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Curator’s Report6 Memorials, Contributions

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7 New Members, In Honor of8 Al’s Alfalfa – By Al Rose9 The Witherington’s & Helen Street Grocery (Parts 2,3) – By Melissa

Witherington18 Rebel Soldier Executed in Camden in 1864 (Capt. John T. Guynes)19 Fairview Athlete Gives One-Man Show For Junior Title (Ray Means) –

Arkansas Gazette, May 3, 195221 First Arkansas Regiment (1861) – By Col. A. S. Morgan25 Berenice and Camden Female Institute – 1858 State-Rights Eagle27 Carrie Nation in Town – The Ouachita Herald, June 8, 190628 Minutes of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of Camden, 7 January 1921


Page Topic2 President’s Report4 Curator’s Report5 Memorials, Contributions, New Members6 Al’s Alfalfa – By Al Rose (South Adams in the Early 1900’s)9 Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, Camden’s Own American Hero – By Christi Landers

Glaze12 CHS Class of 1947 (60th Reunion) – By Kathryn Shaddock16 Henry Merrell, Industrial Missionary to the South – By Worth Camp18 Do You Remember Hadacol? – By Tom Beasley20 The Eleventh Arkansas Regiment – By J. E. Lide23 Camden 15 Years Ago (Camden News) – By Eben Eason, June 13, 194124 Mrs. Rose Garnett – By Jerry McKelvy26 The Bearden Examiner presents “From the Past” – March 14, 192927 Harrell Field Dedication – By Robert Dodson28 1960 Camden Boys club Little League Teams – From 1960 Kraftsmen

Chatter

Vol. 39 No. 1 Fall 2007

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Curator’ Report4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members, In Honor of5 Camden vs. Fairview, Let the Fun Begin – September 14, 1951

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14 Thanks for the Memories (Part 1) – By Camille Marino19 The Snider Family During Louann Boom Days24 The Meaning of the 13 Folds of the U. S. Flag – By Danny Biggers32 James S. Holmes (1839-1890) – Camden newspaper editor and Civil War

Veteran36 Frogs at Saxon pond discussed at Camden City Council – May 7, 1935 issue

of The Camden News


Page TopicInside Cover

Memorial to Henry Pryor

2 President’s Report5 Curator’s Report6 Memorials, Contributions, New Members, In Honor of7 History of the Orlando Hotel – By Katsy McAlister9 Editor’s Corner10 Thanks for the Memories (Part 2) – The Marino’s of Camden – By Camille

Marino13 Autobiography of Dr. John Walter Meek – February 26, 191326 Remembrances of the Old Fairview Gym – By Ron Bullock28 Boston Daily Advertiser, 1 April 1864 – Col. John T. Chidester


Page Topic2 President’s Report5 Editor’s Corner6 Fairview 1946 Football Team picture, roster and schedule7 Memorials, Contributions, New Members

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8 Big Boat’s Owner and Builder (Louis Hendricks) Has His Troubles Launching It – Arkansas Gazette, March 29, 1934

9 The Maid Rite Drive-Inn – By Ronald Bullock12 The Thursday Musicale Celebrates 100 Years – By Glendle Griggs & Teresa

Harris15 J. Emmett Gaughan – A Small Book of Verse17 Camden Native (Ida Victoria Hill Goodwill) Remembers Indian Emigration

– Compiled and Edited by Teresa Harris19 Camden Greets Choctaw Emigrants in 184621 Tribute to Roxane Daniel – By Clara Freeland


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members, In Honor of5 South Arkansas Log Cabin Village9 Robert Dodson Receives DAR Awards – By Teresa Harris10 The Newton Letters 1874-1878 (Part 1)16 Ballast Stone Sidewalks and Curbs – By Teresa Harris18 Dr. Lloyd Clayton Flynt WWII Naval Hero – By Clara Freeland22 “Our Fallen Brave” – An Address by Dr. J. N. Bragg on May 4, 1898 –

Contributed by Dr. Norman Savers25 Col. Asa Morgan’s Addresses, Decoration Days 1898 and 1906 –

Contributed by Dr. Norman Savers26 Arkansas Gazette Notices from Ecore a Fabre in the 1800’s27 News Items from Camden, Nevada News, early 1900’s – Jerry McKelvey28 CHS Class of 1958 Celebrates 50th Class Reunion

Vol. 40 No. 1 Fall 2008

Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s corner5 Memorials, Contributions, New Members6 Dr. J. N. Bragg Reports on Health in Camden – 187210 The Newton Letters 1874-1878 (Part 2)

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16 Recalling 1930’s Era Football at Stephens – By Chester Poindexter19 When Traveling Shows Came to Town – By Ronald Bullock22 Wedding Bells, Broken Water Mains & Rockets – By Ed Sanders27 Watts Family Reunion, July 4-5, 2008 at Camden, Arkansas


Page Topic2 President’s Report4 Editor’s Corner6 Memorials, Contributions7 In Honor of, New Members8 The Duck Inn Café – By Danny Biggers13 Justices of the Peace in Ouachita County – By Kenneth Poindexter15 Ecore Fabre’s Under Water Rock Ledge – By Dr. Robert Nunnally19 History of the Fairview High School Graduating Class of 1942 – By Gerald

Keith23 Polignac, Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince of France and a Confederate

General (1832-1913) – By Helen Bragg Gaughan (1875-1963) – Contributed by Attorney Arthur R. Carmody, Jr.

26 Camden Movie Theatre’s – By Jim Findley28 WWII Soldier (Paul Harding Crow) Becomes Entrepreneur – By Teresa

HarrisInside Back Cover

Opera House Used As School By Lucelle Newton – Camden News, July 3, 1974


Page Topic2 President’s Report5 Editor’s Corner7 Memorials, Contributions, New Members8 A Building of Noble Purpose (A History of the Leake-Ingham Building) –

By Teresa Harris

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11 Can You Believe It? – By Robert Dodson14 Revolutionary War Patriot Priscilla Elliott Honored – By Teresa Harris and

Amanda Wunnenberg16 Camden Escaped the Worst of the Great Depression and Avoided Black

Blizzards – By Ronald Bullock18 Ecore Fabre, or Camden, Ark., April, 1848 – Submitted by Jerry McKelvey19 Camden, Ark. – Advantages & Prospects – Submitted by Jerry McKelvey


Page Topic2 President’s Report4 Editor’s Corner5 Memorials, Contributions, New Members6 Leake-Ingham Building Dedication – By Clara Freeland9 The Hill Brothers of Yarmouth – By Teresa Harris16 T. C. Abbott, Superintendent Camden Schools – By Teresa Harris19 From the Attic – 1949 Camden High School Play, “The Bat” – Courtesy of

Bob Bechtelheimer20 The CHS Class of 1959 Celebrated 50th Reunion – By Clara Freeland25 When Radio Was King of Camden Home Entertainment – By Ron Bullock27 Camden’s Packet Line – Merchants Purchase Half Interest In River Boat –

Prescott Daily News (9-21-1908) – Courtesy of Jerry McKelvey28 Ben Laney Bridge Dedication – Submitted by Sue Gregory

Vol. 41 No. 1 Fall 2009

Page Topic2 President’s Report4 Editor’s Corner10 Memorials, Contributions, New Members11 All Hallows Eve Cemetery Walk – By Clara Freeland13 Robert Hite Honored for WWII Service – By Clara Freeland

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14 Camden High Class of 1949 60th Reunion – By Cornelia Pryor Lindsey18 Old Grave Markers Raise Interesting Questions – By Jerry McKelvy22 The Music Man, Bonner Ruff – By Fred Jordan28 Businesses On The North End of Mt. Holly Road – By Ron Bullock31 Tidbits From The Past – By Teresa HarrisInside Back Cover – Mary Lou Parker Celebrates Her 99th Birthday


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s Corner4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members5 Washington Street Historic District Now A Reality – By John Wheeler & Bill

Hawkins8 Homes of Yesteryear – By Mrs. T. J. Gaughan (March 13, 1938)11 Muni League Basketball in Camden – By Ronald E. Bullock13 Memories That Bless and Burn – By Jim Lair15 Elvis In Camden – By Jerry McKelvey17 T. J. Clingan, One Of The Last Confederate Veterans in Ouachita County –

By Ronald E. Bullock23 Veteran Historian Makes Sure People Don’t Forget25 Ouachita County Genealogy Society – Daughters of American Revolution

Establish Research Computer at Ouachita County Public Library – By Teresa Harris

27 Naval Ordinance Plant Poem30 The Camden Beacon, September 28, 190132 Camden Cotton Brokers Compete


Page Topic2 President’s Report3 Editor’s Corner5 Memorials & Contributions6 Al’s Alfalfa by Al Rose

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7 Memorial Day by Danny Biggers10 Frederick Steele – The Camden Expedition – by Jim Lair14 Early Days of Camden by Mrs. A. A. Tufts (Arkansas Historical Archives)16 A Tour of Downtown Cullendale in the 1940’s by Ronald E. Bullock19 Susan Brown, Lost and Found by Paul Swepston


Page Topic2 President’s Report4 Editor's Report6 Memorials – Contributions – New Members7 Ouachita County: Camden Governors – George Washington Hayes(Part 1)

by Jim Lair10 Jack Carnes (1896-1958) – by the late Betty Becker11 Gressie Umsted Carnes (1903-1979) – by the late Betty Becker13 A History of Camark Pottery – by Jim Lair17 Camark Pottery Final Sale – by Donna Collins19 Tidbits From the Past – submitted by Teresa Harris20 Growing Up in the Fifties – by Jerry McKelvey24 Growing Up in Camden – by Bobby Lewis26 Meeting of the Merchants and Business Men of Camden – by Teresa Harris28 From Ecore Fabre to Contemporary Camden: A Brief History of a River

Town – submitted by Clara Freeland – Author Unknown32 The Story of the Man Who Tried to Steal the River – submitted by Clara

Freeland – Author Unknown

Vol. 42 No. 1 Fall 2010

Page Topic2 President's Report3 Editor's Report5 Memoriam to Ruth Jordan6 Memorials – Contributions – New Members7 Ouachita County: Camden Governors – Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr.(Part II)

by Jim Lair

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9 Savoring a Legacy – Mary Lou Parker – by Danny Biggers15 Memories That Bless and Burn – Mary Lou Parker – by Jim Lair17 Knights of the Golden Circle – submitted by Teresa Harris18 Excerpts from Report/Gen. Samuel B. Maxey – submitted by Jerry

McKelvey19 Of Course My Family Never Lived in Camden – by Teresa Harris20 Tidbits – by Jerry McKelvey21 Soil Types and Plants Found in the Camden Area – by Ron Bullock


Page Topic2 President's Report3 Editor's Report4 Memorials – Contributions – New Members5 Ouachita County: Camden Governors – David Pryor (Part III) by Jim Lair11 Memories That Bless & Burn – by Jim Lair13 Temple Beth El Emeth – by Jim Lair16 Dee Brown - “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”- by Jim Lair19 Tidbits From History20 “Diamond John Huddleston”- by Jim Lair22 Three Miles to Camp – by Jerry McKelvey25 Five Weeks of My Army Life – by Captain Edward Ruegger31 Letter from Helen Bragg to T. J. Clingan32 William Hilliard Rushing – Civil War Military History


Page Topic2 President's Report4 Editor's Report5 Memorials, Contributions & New Members6 William Hilliard Rushing Military History – by Bobby Neal Downs16 A History of Horne's Drug Store – by Jim Lair19 Memories That Bless & Burn – Benjamin Tyndle Fooks – by Jim Lair

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Page Topic2 President's Report4 Editor's Report6 Memorials & Contributions7 First Baptist Church, Camden AR – A Series of Articles – by Jim Lair11 John L. McClellan, A Ouachita County Historical Legend – by Jim Lair14 Edgar Allen Poe, Once In City? – by Teresa Harris16 Pioneer Camden School History is Recalled – Newspaper Article Dated May

27, 1937 – reprinted by Clara Freeland17 Crepe Myrtle Work to Start – Old Newspaper Article dated October 7, 193418 Grapette Grapette – by Tom Dillard19 Camden's First Fire Engine Recalled by Older Citizen – Newspaper Article

dated April 27, 1933 – reprinted by Clara Freeland20 Barbara Hendricks – A Famed Native of Ouachita County – by Jim Lair23 Route Boy's Poem Tells of Camden Years Ago, submitted by Teresa Harris29 All Hallow's Eve Cemetery Walk – October 21-22, 201130 The Fifth & Sixth Grades of Old School Days at Stephens – by Kenneth

Poindexter32 Camden Evening News Society Page dated May 20, 1927 – submitted by

Teresa Harris

Vol. 43 No. 1 Fall 2011

Page Topic2 President's Report4 Editor's Report5 Memorials & Contributions6 Arkansas Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century Marks Historical Site –

by Jean Hirsch10 Riding the “Possum Trot” – by Kenneth Poindexter16 Civil War Veterans -1905- Louisville, Kentucky – by Glendle Griggs

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19 First Baptist Church – Part 2 – by Jim Lair23 Leake-Ingham Library, Have Books, Will Travel – by Susie Pryor26 Tidbits from March 1923 Issue of Camden News – by Teresa Harris27 Rosedale, Home of Pioneer Jurist – by Clara Freeland


Page Topic2 President's Report3 Editor's Report4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members5 Roberta Averett Hollis – by Teresa Harris6 Roberta Hollis obituary7 Memories That Bless & Burn – Mary Lou Parker – by Jim Lair8 Mary Lou Parker obituary9 Nelle Jane Dawson obituary10 Nelle Jane Dawson Tribute – by Clara Freeland11 Irma Falls Stinson obituary12 Irma Falls Stinson Tribute – by Clara Freeland13 Miss Ann & Miss Fann – by Danny Biggers17 Uniforms for Local Police – June 193918 Photo Project in Works – by Teresa Harris19 The Lonely Grave21 Camden Lumber Company Expands – by Teresa Harris23 Tidbits From the Attic – by Teresa Harris27 Tidbits Taken From Ecore Fabrian28 Ogemaw Community Sign


Page Topic2 President's Report3 Editor's Report4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members5 Calendar of Events 2012-20136 Remembering the Great Depression – by Mattie Upton9 Leah Minerva's Buried Treasure – by Rebecca Chidester Axelrod15 BPW Club Formed Here in 1925 – submitted by Teresa Harris

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17 Camden Lumber Company Expands – Building Destroyed by Fire – Replaced by New One – submitted by Teresa Harris

19 Memories That Bless & Burn – by Jim Lair21 The History of J. T. Kidd – submitted by Shirley Thornton


Page Topic2 President's Report3 Editor's Report4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members5 Dixie Covington Howard Obituary6 OCHS Calendar of Events7 Oakland Cemetery Then & Now – submitted by Octavia Tayor8 A Camden Pilgrimage – by Jerry Frank Davidson, Phd.11 CHS Class of 1955 – by Jim Lair12 Articles from the Attic16 First Baptist Church Part III – by Jim Lair20 Sweet! Where's the Biscuits – by Tom Dillard22 Abraham Guyton Bird – by John Berger30 From the Attic, New Bus Depot Opens – submitted by Teresa Harris

Vol. 44 No. 1 Fall 2012

Page Topic2 Editor's Corner3 President's Report4 Memorials, Contributions, New Members5 Roxane Daniel Obituary6 My Tribute to Roxane Daniel, by Clara Freeland10 Chidester House photos 196511 Rex Nelson, Arkansas Gazette columnist

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13 Senator Mark Pryor by Jim Lair15 Memories That Bless and Burn by Jim Lair16 Home Town Arkansas by Ethan C. Nobles17 To The Memory of George W. Elliott, author unknown18 2012 Christmas Tour of McCollum-Chidester House Museum26 Love of Genealogy, source unknown27 History of the Camden Lions Club by Al Rose


Page Topic2 President's Report3 Henry Walter Ross, Ouachita County Sheriff 1858-1865 – by Jerry McKelvy5 Sundays, A Family Tradition – by Danny K. Biggers7 Grapette and Camden – By Geoff Gloecker11 Photo of Grapette employees12 How Paw Inspired Many, Including Me – by Tyler Lindsey14 Early Ouachita County Settlements18 Excerpt from the Kraftsmen Chatter – photos of old and new offices19 Mayor's Court Docket – Camden (1912-1918), fines for violations20 Memorials, Contributions, New Members


Page Topic2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette3 Editor's Corner – Teresa Harris4 Soldier, Speculator, Merchant (Ezra Hill, 1840 Settler) – by Teresa Harris17 Sundays, A Family Tradition (Part 2) – by Danny Biggers19 The Legacy Left Behind, A. R. Condray – by Susan Condray Norton22 Peddling In Camden – by Jerry McKelvy24 Memorials, Contributions, New Members


Page Topic2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette3 Editor's Corner – Teresa Harris4 A Tribute to A. R. Condray – by Harry Spangler4 Alycedale Community – by Carolyn Cox5 Mustin Lake Outing Association – by Linda Mashaw Leseberg7 Excerpts from Nine Miles to Mustin Lake – by David Pryor

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9 Our Old Common Schools – by Kenneth Poindexter19 Dull Are the Times, Scarce are the Dimes – by R. F. Kellam24 Memorials, New Members, Contributions

Vol. 45 No. 1 Fall 2013

Page Topic2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette3 Editor's Corner – Teresa Harris4 A Man of Marked Ability – by S. J. Clarke6 Our Old Common Schools – by Kenneth Poindexter21 Photo Excerpts from 1955 Hurley Calender25 Dull are the Times, Scarce are the Dimes – by R. F. Kellam28 Memorials, New Members, Contributions


Page Topic2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette3 Editor's Corner – Teresa Harris4 Millville Memories – The Story of Freeman-Smith Lbr Co. by Carolyn Stratton Cox17 From Greece to Camden – White House Café by Pamela Andristos21 Our Old Common Schools – by Kenneth Poindexter26 Dull are the Times, Scarce are the Dimes – by R. F. Kellam28 Memorials, New Members, Contributions


Page Topic2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette3 Editor's Corner – Donna Adams4 Area Sesquicentennial Plans5 Once Occupied Homes Stand Today - 6 J.W. Brown Diary – April 1864 – provided by Paul Swepston13 New York Times Coverage of Red River Campaign & Multiple Civil War Articles30 Mustering out of Needham Jeffers – by Norman Savers32 Direction, Definitions & a Skirmish - Donna Adams33 Camden, Arkansas Civil War Map34 War’s End – Misc Civil War Snippets35 Other Business - Mission Statement and Quarterly Deadlines36 Memorials, New Members, Contributions

Inside Back Cover – Oakland Cemetery Photo & History

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Page TopicInside Front Cover - Ft. Lookout, Ft. Pickett, Ft. Diamond, Tate’s Bluff Fort, Water Battery & Ft. Southerland

2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette4 Editor's Corner – Donna Adams5 Sutler Camps 6 1st Kansas Volunteers7 Rebels Engage Union Near Camden 8 Practicing Civil War Medicine – by Dan MartinHo10 Kellam Journal Continues – by R.F. Kellam28 Upriver from Frenchport to Tate’s Bluff – by Gertrude Moore31 Liquor Once Flowed as Free as Water – by Al Rose33 Bottle Mystery Solved - by Teresa Harris34 History Updates – McClelland Burying Ground & J.J. Tibbets Photo Found35 Memorials, Contributions & New Members36 Natural History – Conservancy on the Ouachita

Inside Back Cover – Map of Arkansas & Louisiana Water Courses

Vol. 46 No. 2 Winter 2014 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Watts Department Store Ads2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette3 Editor's Corner – Donna Adams4 Community Chest – Camden News November 3, 19485 Camden Community Chest – Camden Times, February 10, 19356 Camden United Fund – Camden News, September 27, 19717 Camden Jaycees & Camden Boys Club – Donna Adams8 Camden Lions Club History – Al Rose9 Boys Club Opened, Camden News, April 2, 194810 Red Cross – Encyclopedia of Arkansas12 Great Flood of 1927 – Encyclopedia of Arkansas14 Great Depression in Arkansas – John Henry, Arkansas Business16 War Bond Movie at Rialto – OCHS reprint from 1992 issue17 War Work Handled by Civilians in Area - 18 R.F. Kellam Journal – R.F. Kellam36 Confederate Woman of Ouachita Co. – Kellam, www.teachushistory.org,

John Gill Inside back cover – Memorials, Contribution, New Members,

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Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Camden Public Library newspaper articles2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette4 Scenes from 2015 Daffodil Festival – Stephanie Dunn, Patric Flannigan &

OCHS photographs6 Collections of Historical Camden Topics – Patterns, Goodspeeds, Sister,

Seeds & Cedars, In the Spirit, Arkansas & the New South, A History of Cul-lendale, Slave Narratives, A Pryor Commitment If It Ain’t Broke, Break It, Homer & Friends, The Odyssey of Homer, Judge John Browns Diary

19 R.F. Kellam Journal – R.F. Kellam36 Camden Library – www.Arkansaspreservation.com Back inside cover – Memorial, Contributions and New Members

Vol. 46 No. 4 Summer 2015 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Ouachita River Basin Map (1970)2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette – Tombstone Care 1st Kansas Colored3-4 Saving the Fairview Gym Essay Contest Winner – Kora Buthe5 Juneteenth, New Century Club Disbands, Arkansas Gives Donation/OCHS6-17 Bridges of Ouachita County – Carolyn Cox18-35 R.F. Kellam’s Diary – R.F. Kellam (1869)36 Memorials, Contributions and New Members Back inside cover – Dredging the Ouachita Photo – Elmer Lee

Vol. 47 No. 1 Fall 2015 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Don Harrell Home2-3 President's Report – Kathy Boyette – Fairview Gym, Bridges Letter to Editor4 Genealogy Symposium, Memorials, Contributions and New Members5-16 The Genesis of Stephens – Kenneth W. Poindexter17-19 An Account of Chidester Bank – Barbara Lyerly20-24 R.F. Kellam’s Diary 1872 – R.F. Kellam (1869)24-25 Henry Merrell in Camden – From James Skinners book about Merrell26-27 National Register Properties in Camden 28 Brown House Conversation – Ryan Gossett29 Back inside cover – Floor Plans of J.W. Brown House Insert The Stephens Monitor, 11 March 1892, included in this issue


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Page Topic Inside Front Cover – W.W. Brown House photo & drawing2-3 President's Report – Kathy Boyette – AHPP & Walk Through History4-32 A Walk Through Time – Camden Timeline – Teresa Harris32 Memorials, Contributions and New Members

Inside Back Cover – W.W. Brown sketch & newspaper article 193218-35 R.F. Kellam’s Diary Comes to an End – R.F. Kellam (1869)

Vol. 47 No. 4 Summer 2015 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Ouachita River Basin Map (1970)2 President's Report – Kathy Boyette – Tombstone Care 1st Kansas Colored3-4 Saving the Fairview Gym Essay Contest Winner – Kora Buthe5 Juneteenth, New Century Club Disbands, Arkansas Gives Donation/OCHS6-17 Bridges of Ouachita County – Carolyn Cox18-35 R.F. Kellam’s Diary Comes to an End – R.F. Kellam (1869)36 Memorials, Contributions and New Members Back inside cover – Dredging the Ouachita Photo – Elmer Lee

Vol. 47 No. 1 Fall 2015 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – JW Brown House – WW Brown House Sketch2-4 President’s Report – Kathy Boyette – 1937 Fairview Gym5-14 The Genesis of Stephens – Kenneth Poindexter15-16 Old Newspaper of Stephens – Kenneth Poindexter – 1892 paper insert17-19 An Account of Chidester Bank – Barbara Lyerly20-24 R.F. Kellan’s Journal 1872 – R.F. Kellam24-25 Henry Merrell in Camden 26-27 Historical Homes & Sites 28 JW Brown House – Ryan Gossett

Back inside cover – JW Brown House Floor Plans – Ryan Gossett

Vol. 47 No. 2 Winter 2015 Page Topic Inside Front Cover –WW Brown House Photo & Sketch2-3 President’s Report – Kathy Boyette – Townsend Mosely’s Impact4-32 A Walk Through Camden’s History – Teresa Harris32 Memorials, Contributions and New Members

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Vol. 47 No. 3 Spring 2016 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Chidester Business Cards2-5 President's Report – Kathy Boyette – Daffodil Festival Photos6-27 John T. Chidester, The Man & His Stage Line – Glendle Griggs & T. Harris28 Memorials, Contributions, New Members

Back Inside Cover – Chidester Railroad Passes

Vol. 47 No. 4 Summer 2016 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – 1799 Map of Ouachita Region2-3 President's Report – Kathy Boyette – Juneteenth4-5 2016 Re-Enactement of Battle of Poison Spring Photos6-16 Don Juan Filhiol Explores the Ouachita – Carolyn Stratton Cox17-22 Immigrants, Indian Factory System, Climate & Health of Arkansas23 Putting the Marquis in His Proper Place – Marquis de Maison Rouge24 Memorials, Contributions and New Members

Back inside cover – Population of the Arkansas, 1686-1798

Vol. 48 No. 1 Fall 2016 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Misc Cemetery Walk Photos2 President's Report – David Reynolds – Review of Historical Society Growth3 Curator’s Column – Kathy Boyette – Red River Campaign4-19 The Old Cemetery Speaks at October Event – Glendle Griggs

Proctor, Ratcliffe, Brummett, Reeves, Griggs, Graham, Elliott, McCollum,Frazier, Stone, Buell, Moore and Hill scripts.Back Inside Cover – Cemetery Walk Characters

Vol. 48 No. 2 Winter 2016 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Vintage Christmas CArd2 President's Report – David Reynolds – Early Camden History3 Curator’s Column – Kathy Boyette – New Closet, New Office Paint Job4-19 Washington St. Before & After the Oil Boon – G. Griggs & T. Harris20 From the Attic Photo – Tate House at Tate’s Bluff - 1930s & 2015

Back Inside Cover – Memorials, Contributions, & New Members


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Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Historical Society Business Info4 Editor’s Note– Brenda Fickey5 President’s Post – David Reynolds – Oil History6 Curator’s Column – Kathy Boyette – Donations from Mark Foster, Fred Di-

etrich, David Reynolds and Amy Womack 7-9 History of Ouachita Co. Courthouses – Deanna Parnell from Patterns 198610-11 A Night to Remember for Alice Horton – Jason Carter from Patterns 198612-14 The Cam-Opry Hayride – Ouachita County’s Own Music Show – B. Fickey15-16 Service Well Done – Camden’s Black Physicians – David Nayles Patterns

198617-18 Biographical Sketch of John Monroe Bowie – Wren Dailey Patterns 1986

Inside Back Cover – Memorials, Honorariums, Contributions & New Mem-bers

Vol. 48 No. 4 Sumer 2017 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Historical Society Business Info4 Editor’s Note – Personal Memories5 President’s Post – Thanks for Arkansas Gives Contributions6 Curator’s Column – Kathy Boyette – Appreciation for Daffodil Festival7-9 Paper Money in Arkansas – Dr. Dan Martin10-18 Our French Heritage – Carolyn Stratton Cox

Back Inside Cover – Memorials and Donations

Vol. 48 No. 1 Fall 2017 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Historical Society Business Info4 Editor’s Note – Personal Memories5 President's Post – David Reynolds – Personal Memories6 Curator’s Column – Kathy Boyette – Ft. Lookout Update7-8 Ivory & Bowie Plaque Installation – Teresa Harris9-13 Ouachita County Goes Postal – Carolyn Cox, Post Office History14-16 From Slavery to Ownership – Greg De Cuir – Finding Orange Seay17-18 Randall Ferguson: The Man, The Badge, The Honor – Brenda Fickey


Vol. 48 No. 2 Winter 2017 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Historical Society Business Info

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4 Editor’s Note – Personal Memories5 President's Post – David Reynolds – Foundation Maintenance at Museum6 Curator’s Column – Kathy Boyette – New Parking Lot on Museum Property7-8 Salem – Carolyn Stratton Cox 9-11 Asa Smith – Dean Sweatman – Stagecoach History12 Superstitions in Camden: A Reality for Some – Lee Liveoak Patterns 198613 Merry Christmas Wish14-15 Lock-Knotter of the Ouachita – Leona Mashaw 16-18 NAD Changes the Face of Camden – Mary Carolyn Rowe, Patterns 1986

Inside Back Cover – Memorials and Donations Omitted From This Issue

Vol. 48 No. 3 Spring 2018 Page Topic Inside Front Cover – Historical Society Business Info4 Editor’s Note – Personal Memories5 President's Post – David Reynolds – Thanks to Daffodil Festival Volunteers6 Curator’s Column – Kathy Boyette – Pennie Garner, New Museum Manager7-12 Free Enterprise at Work in Ouachita County – Historic Ads13 Ad for Poison Spring Re-enactment9-13 Ouachita County Goes Postal – Carolyn Cox, Post Office History14-17 NAD Changes the Face of Camden – Mary Carolyn Rowe, Patterns 198618 Poison Spring Ad – School Days


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