South Arkansas Historical Journal

Established 2001, Index for Volumes 1-5 (2001-5)

 

 

 

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Contents

Articles, Vols. 1-4 (2001-4)

Articles, Vols. 5-6 (2005-6)

Membership

History in South Arkansas

The society always welcomes submissions.

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Your article for the Journal: writer’s guidelines

 

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South Arkansas Historical Journal

INDEX, VOLS. 1-5            FALL 2006

 

Published by the South Arkansas Historical Society

 

Editors

Ken Bridges

Bart Reed

 

Editorial Staff

Phil Ballard

Dorathy Boulden

Ben Johnson

Francis Kuykendall

John G. Ragsdale

 

 Research and Production

Handel Jackman

Maggie Goff

 

Acknowledgments

South Arkansas Community College

South Arkansas Historical Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Society

P. O. Box 10201

El Dorado, Arkansas 71730-0201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

INDEX, VOLS. 1-5            SPRING 2006

 

Published by the South Arkansas Historical Society

 

From the Editors:

         

This is a special supplement to the journal published each fall.  The South Arkansas Historical Society was created in 2001 through the generosity of members and the South Arkansas Historical Foundation as a means of remembering the past through the written word.  For five years, the South Arkansas Historical Journal has worked to make history live again and to remind us of characters and places and lessons perhaps forgotten to many. 

          Included in this index are the credits pages and table of contents for the first five issues in addition to the hundreds of subjects covered in brief and in depth since 2001.  It is our hope that students, researchers, and Arkansas history enthusiasts will find this index a useful tool for research and for rediscovering favorite articles.

          We present this issue as a thank you to our subscribers and supporters of the South Arkansas Historical Society who have kept the journal alive for all these years.  Your efforts have made these five years possible and made the Journal a joy to produce and read. 

Special thanks to South Arkansas Community College students Maggie Goff and Handel Jackman for their hard work in bringing this index to life.  Maggie began the process in 2005.  Handel took over, finishing the painstaking process, alphabetizing the results, and helping compile the years of information in our archival files .  The process for compiling information from our first five issues took several months of work and would not have been possible without them. 

 

                                                Ken Bridges

        Bart Reed

 

Cover: An oil gusher in the oil fields of southern Arkansas, circa 1925.  Source unknown. 

A special thanks to our members and the South Arkansas Historical Foundation for their support in preserving the history of South Arkansas.

 

See the South Arkansas Historical Society website at: http://www.southark.edu/SAHJ/sahjweb.htm.

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

INDEX, VOLS. 1-5      FALL 2006

 

Contents

 

Editorial Note…………………………………………………………………………2

 

Contents ……………………………………………………………………………....3

 

Journal Contents and Acknowledgements for Volumes 1-5………………………..4

 

Index for Volumes 1-5………………………………………………………………15

 

South Arkansas Historical Society…………………………………………………30

 

Writers’ Guidelines…………………………………………………………………32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

Volume 1, Fall 2001

 

Editor

Shea Wilson

 

Editorial Staff

Dr. Joyce Adams

Phil Ballard

Dorathy Boulden

Dr. Susan Chappell

Dr. Ben F. Johnson

Don Lambert

John G. Ragsdale

 

Acknowledgements

El Dorado Printing

El Dorado News-Times

South Arkansas Historical Foundation

Peter Buletza

Mary Jo Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

El Dorado’s Two-Year Colleges

By Dr. Ben Whitfield……………………………………………………..Page 4

 

Shuler Drilling Company

By John G. Ragsdale………………………………………………………Page 15

 

Mayhaw Jelly

By John G. Ragsdale……………………………………………………….Page 21

 

The Busey

By Don Lambert……………………………………………………………Page 23

 

Roaring Twenties

By Hazel Sample Guyol……………………………………………………Page 26

 

In the Footsteps of Ed Bearss

By Phillip Arndt…………………………………………………………….Page 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

Volume 2, Fall 2002

 

Published by the

South Arkansas Historical Society

 

Editors

Don Lambert

Bart Reed

 

Editorial Staff

Phil Ballard

Dorathy Boulden

Dr. Susan Chappell

Francis Kuykendall

John G. Ragsdale

 

Acknowledgements

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources

Elia Printing

Rhonda Millican

Dr. Joyce Adams

 

 

For further information on the

South Arkansas Historical Society, please write to:

 

SAHS

P.O. BOX 10201

El Dorado, AR.  71730-0201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                        Contents For Volume 2

 

 

            Movie Theaters in El Dorado                                       

            By Richard Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page     1

  

            From Honduras to Smackover: The Cynthia Cooper Tate Dees Story  

            By Jeanne Clements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page     4

 

            Those Cotton Picking Shoes                                        

            By Marzell Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Page    8

 

The Sparta Aquifer in Union County                                         

            By Robert Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Page  12

 

            Court of Inquiry                       

            Adapted by Daniel G. Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page  17

 

            Health Sciences Education in South Arkansas               

            By Jacob P. Ellis, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page  27

 

            The Choctaw and Cherokee in Union County               

            By Worth Camp, Jr.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page   31

 

            Reflections of the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Page   42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

VOLUME 3      FALL 2003

 

Published by the South Arkansas Historical Society

 

Editors

Ken Bridges

Bart Reed

 

Editorial Staff

Phil Ballard

Dorathy Boulden

Dr. Susan Chappell

Ben Johnson

Francis Kuykendall

John G. Ragsdale

 

Contributors

P. Sue Allen

Aleta Reed

Dr. Sara Teague

Susan Whatley

 

Acknowledgments

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources

Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission

Lion Oil

Nevada County Depot and Museum

South Arkansas Community College

South Arkansas Historical Foundation

 

South Arkansas Historical Society

P. O. Box 10201

El Dorado, Arkansas 71730-0201

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

VOLUME 3      FALL 2003

 

Contents

 

Editorial Note……………………………………………………………….2

 

Contents……………………………………………………………………..3

 

On Parlait Francais Ici: French Affairs in Louisiana Before the

Purchase

          By Sara Teague………………………………………………………4

 

El Dorado’s Vision for Education, 1909

          By Bart Reed……………………………………………....……….…9

 

Oil Development in South Arkansas, 1921-2001

          By John G. Ragsdale………...………………………………….......18

 

The Governor of Mount Holly: Thomas Chipman McRae

          By Ken Bridges…...…………………………………………………25

 

The W. H. Allen Homeplace, Spotville, Arkansas

          By P. Sue Allen……………………………………………………...31

 

Depression Memories

As recalled by Eva Goza……………………………………...…….33

 

“Munna”

          By Susan Whatley……………………………………………..……35

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

VOLUME 4      FALL 2004

 

Published by the South Arkansas Historical Society

 

Editors

Ken Bridges

Bart Reed

 

Editorial Staff

Phil Ballard

Dorathy Boulden

Ben Johnson

Francis Kuykendall

John G. Ragsdale

 

Contributors

Worth Camp, Jr.

M. Angela Crawford

Bill Crumpler

 

Acknowledgments

El Dorado Chamber of Commerce

The Lacy Family

Nevada County Depot and Museum

Ouachita River Foundation

South Arkansas Community College

South Arkansas Historical Foundation

 

South Arkansas Historical Society

P. O. Box 10201

El Dorado, Arkansas 71730-0201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

VOLUME 4      FALL 2004

 

Contents

 

Editorial Note………………………………………………………………2

 

Contents………………………………………………………………….....3

 

Celebrating Union County: A Chronology of 175 Years

          By Ken Bridges……………………………………………………...4

 

By the Sweat of Their Brows: A Brief History/Memoir of Reed’s Body

Shop in El Dorado

          By Bart Reed………………………………………………………...8

 

Choctaw on the Ouachita – The Forgotten History

          By Worth Camp, Jr. ……………………………………..…………14

 

Portrait of a Pioneer Family: The Lacys of Union County

          By M. Angela Crawford……………………………………………21

 

Hunter and Dunbar on the Ouachita, 1804

          By Worth Camp, Jr.…………………………………...……………27

 

El Dorado’s First Congressman: Albert Rust

          By Ken Bridges…………………….……………………………….32

 

Steele Shadows: Thirteen Days of the Civil War in Camden

          Excerpt from the novel by Bill Crumpler………………………….38

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

VOLUME 5            FALL 2005

 

Published by the South Arkansas Historical Society

 

Editors

Ken Bridges

Bart Reed

 

Editorial Staff

Phil Ballard

Dorathy Boulden

Ben Johnson

Francis Kuykendall

John G. Ragsdale

 

Contributors

The Honorable Edwin B. Alderson, Jr.

Bill Crumpler

Joan Hershberger

Carolyn Kent

Kitty Sloan

 

Acknowledgments

John B. Abbott

Arkansas Chapter, Trail of Tears Association

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources

Chris Elia Printing

El Dorado News-Times

South Arkansas Community College

South Arkansas Historical Foundation

 

South Arkansas Historical Society

P. O. Box 10201

El Dorado, Arkansas 71730-0201

 

 

 

 

South Arkansas Historical Journal

VOLUME 5      FALL 2005

 

Contents

 

Editorial Note…………………………………………………………...…..….2

 

Contents…………………………………………………………………...........3

 

Uncle Sam Needs Your Resources: A History of the Ozark Ordnance

Works

          By Carolyn Kent……………...…………………….……………………

 

100 Years of Public Service: The 1905 Junior College Building in El

Dorado, Arkansas

By Phillip Ballard…………………………………………..…...…...…21 

 

Spudnuts: A South Arkansas Breakfast Legend

          By Joan Hershberger……………………………………….….……....26

 

An Uncommon Woman: Remembering Blanche Parnell Wade

          By Judge Edwin Alderson……………………………….…...……...…29

 

“Wildcat: Over There: A Union County Doughboy in the 81st “Wildcat”

Division, 1917-1919

          By Bart Reed………………………………………………...…...…..…33  

 

The Choctaw Trail of Tears Across South Arkansas

          By Kitty Sloan………………………………...………….………….….44

 

The Bringing in of “Busey One”

          A Poem By Bill Crumpler……………………………….…………..…47

 

South Arkansas Historical Notes ……………………………………….…...49

 


    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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