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The area of Little River county is 522 square miles. It is a southwest border county, bounded on the north by Little river, on the west by the Choctaw Nation, south by Red river, which separates it from Texas, and east by Hempstead county.
The general surface of the county is gently rolling, with a hilly elevation running east and west through the center of the county. Along Red river on the south there is considerable prairie land. The soil in the Red river bottom is of great richness, and produces abundantly all the usual crops grown in the latitude. In the bottom lands especially luxuriant growth of cane furnishes ample pasturage for stock.
The towns are Richmond, Rocky Comfort, Millwood, Pey- tonsville, Minneola, Cerro Gordo and Little River.
Richmond, the county seat, dates from the year 1853, when the first houses at the place were erected. The first stock of
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1867 to 1868
L. W. Davis
J. A. Slover ..
W. M. Freeman.
C. A. Strawn
P. J. Sandefur
James Bird
1868 to 1872
C. A. Strawn
R. D. Sessions, 1
R. H. Standel
John Reed
R. Van Buskirk .... John Howard.
James Bird ..
S. L. Anderson.
1874 to 1876
M. P. McCrary
H. M. McGowan
John Reed
London Green
T. J. Billingsley ... W. G. Mauldin.
1. L. Pollard ..
B. Duckett.
1878 to 1880
M. A. Locke
R. S. Chaytor
J. R. Allen
J. F. Rhodes, 4.
J. M. Dunn
G. L. Pollard, 5 ... James Bird ..
J. F. Wright.
1882 10 1884
M. A. Locke, 6.
R. S. Chaytor, 7
J.R. Allen, 8
W. F. Joyner
Jonas Webb.
S. L. Anderson
B. F. Boyd.
1884 to 1886
M. W. Bates
R. S. Chaytor ..
J.R. Allen, 9.
O. R. High
E. R. Pryor.
S. L. Anderson .. ..
J. C. Williams.
1886 to 1888
M. W. Bates
R. S. Chaytor
S. S. P. Mills
W. F. Joyner.
E. R. Pryor
S. L. Anderson
E. W. Dollarhide.
1883 to 1890
Walter Hopson
J. S. Walker, Jr
S. S. P. Mills
J. F. James ..
J. R. Wright.
S. L. Anderson
J. H. Johnson.
1-Daniel Simpson from February, 1871. 2-H. H. McGowan from August, 1873. 3-A J. Mims from March, 1877, vice McGowan suspended. 4-W. J. Joyner from May, 1879, vice Rhodes, deceased. 5-James Birde from May, 1879. 6-W. M. Freeman, County Judge, November 9, 1883, vice M. A. Locke re- signed. 7-C. D. Johnson, Clerk Circuit Court, September 23, 1883, vice R. S. Chaytor suspended; R. S. Chaytor reinstated. 8-Andrew W. Irvin, Sheriff, October 13, 1883, vice J. R. Allen suspended. S. P. P. Mills elected January 28, 1883, vice J. R. Allen resigned. 9-Failed to qualify.
goods was brought to the place in 1854. It became the county seat in 1880. There are two church-houses in the town. The Old School Presbyterian denomination have a church-building, with Rev. J. H. Wiggins as pastor in charge, and the Methodist Episcopal denomination, South, have a church, with Rev. W. C. Adams, pastor. The Missionary Baptists have an organized congregation, but have no church-building, they conducting worship in the Presbyterian church. Both of these church-buildings are frame.
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M. A. Locke
R. S. Chaytor.
J. R. Allen ..
W. F. Joyner
Jonas Webb
M. W. Miller.
S. L. Anderson.
1872 to 1874
Daniel Simpson, 2 ...
John Reed
London Green
James Bird.
S. L. Anderson.
1876 to 1878
C. A. Strawn
H. M. McGowan, 3 ..
R. S. Simpson
W. Hopson
J. F. Wright.
1880 to 1882
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
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SHARP COUNTY.
There are two newspapers published in the town, to-wit: The Little River News, Democratic, and the Pilot, a Wheel organ.
There is one hotel in the place, kept by Mims & Moores.
SHARP COUNTY.
Sharp County, the sixty-first county created, was formed July 18th, 1868, out of territory taken from the county of Lawrence, and was named after Ephraim Sharp, Represen- tative in the Lower House of the General Assembly. The county seat was located at Evening Shade, where it has since remained.
Sharp is a northern county, the north point of it touching the Missouri line. It lies west of Randolph and Lawrence counties, north of Independence and east of Izard and Ful- ton. Its area is about 590 square miles.
In general surface the county is rolling, about half being hilly and half level and undulating. In the bottoms the character of the soil is very fine, and in uplands varying. The timber growth of the county is excellent, embracing all the desirable kinds. In products it ranks with the best coun- ties in producing all the usual crops and fruits. In minerals, such as zinc, lead, manganese and iron, it has good indica- tions, and both iron and zinc have been mined to a small ex- tent at Calamine. The Kansas City, Springfield & Memphis Railroad passes through the county from northeast to south- west.
There are veins of excellent marble at Highland and near Hardy.
There are sixty-six school districts, with a school-house in each, kept open from three to ten months in the year, and high schools at Evening Shade, Liberty Hill and Ash Flat.
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR,
ASSESSOR.
1868 to 1872
Solomon Yeager
W.T. Cunningham, 2 James K. Jones
D. C. Wolfe
J. G. Wolfe
T. Cunningham, 1. J. R. Metcalf.
1872 to 1874
J P. Cochran.
T. Y. Huddleston
Robert Gray ..
J. T. McCord
W. B. Leverton
1874 to 1876
C. G. Wilson.
J. P. Cochran ...
T. Y. Huddleston
Robert Gray ..
A. R. Hipp
W. B. Leverton ..
J. J. T. McAdams.
1876 to 1878.
A. J. Hunn ..
J. M. Wasson
T. Y. Huddleston ....
Robert Gray
A. R. Hipp
T. A. McGea.
J. W. Bristow.
1878 to 1880.
A. J. Porter
T. J. Davidson.
T. Y. Huddleston ....
T. J. Sourlock
A. R. Hipp
W. W. Hill
R. B. Bellany.
1880 to 1882
W. G. Matheny
J. M. Wasson ..
A. C. Higginbottom .. W. G. Horton ..
J. D. Hankins ..
T. J. Gay
R. B. J ellany.
1882 to 1884
W. G. Matheny ..
R. E. Huddleston
A.C. Higginbottom, 3 E. G. Henderson
W. C. Doss
W. W. Hill
R. B. Bellany.
1884 to 1886
W. G. Matheny
R. E. Huddleston ..
George R. Hall .. ....
C. W. Shaver
A. T. Porter ..
W. W .. Hill
A.C.Higginbottom
1886 to 1888.
J. M. Montgomery ..
Joshua Waim
George R. Hall ..
C. W. Shaver
Charles Horn.
D. D. Spurlock
John Norman.
1888 to 1890
A. J. Porter
Joshua Waim
George R. Hall ..
C. W. Shaver ..
B. H. Couch
Horace Hill
A.C. Higginbottom
1- F. Goss from May, 1871. 2-N. McLeod held the office from August, 1868, till Cunningham was elected. 3-G. R. Hall, Sheriff, appointed September 3, 1883, vice A. C. Higginbottom, deceased; G. R. Hall elected October 18, 1883.
There are twenty-five Methodist, twenty Baptist, five Cumberland Presbyterian, one Old School Presbyterian and one Christian Church.
The towns of the county are Evening Shade, Ash Flat, Hardy, Williford, Calamine, King's Mill and Center.
Evening Shade, the county seat, is situated in Piney Fork township, about two miles from Strawberry river, twenty-seven north of Batesville, on White river and on the White river branch of the Iron Mountain Railroad, and twenty miles south of Hardy, on the Kansas City, Spring- field & Memphis Railroad. It has three churches, where the Methodist, Christian and Baptist denominations worship, one newspaper-The Sharp County Record-a number of stores, one real estate agency-The North Arkansas Land Company-two hotels, five doctors, four lawyers ;
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
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GRANT COUNTY.
and there are in successful operation in the vicinity, two grist mills, four saw and planing mills and quite a number of cot- ton gins.
The second town in size is Ash Flat, in Richwoods town- ship, which is twelve miles north of Evening Shade and about nine miles from the K. C., S. & M. Railroad at Hardy. Ash Flat contains about 350 inhabitants, and is a good busi- ness point. Its citizens are live, wide-awake and enterpris- ing. It enjoys a good trade from the farmers adjacent, and its inhabitants and business men each year handle large quan- tities of cotton, wool, cattle, and other produce. The town has three general stores, two drug and grocery stores, two blacksmith shops, a hotel, an attorney, one real estate agent, two churches, and an elegant and commodious school-house.
GRANT COUNTY.
Grant County, the sixty-second county created, was formed February 4th, 1869, out of territory taken from the counties of Saline, Hot Spring and Jefferson, and was named in honor of General Ulysses S. Grant. The temporary seat of justice was directed to be at the school-house in the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter section 2, township 5 south, range 13 west. Thomas A. Morris and William M. Allison, of Saline county, and J. W. Harrison, of Hot Spring county were appointed Commissioners to locate the county seat per- manently. It was located by them in the same year at Sher- idan, where it has since remained.
Grant is a central county southwest from the capital, and only a short distance from it, bounded by Jefferson, Cleve- land, Dallas, Hot Spring and Saline counties. Its area is 642 square miles.
In surface the county is level, much of the area of it being alluvial. The county has no railroad, but its eastern and
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS :
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DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1869 to 1872.
T. A. Morris.
E. H. Vance, Jr.
T. W. Quinn
Thos. Page
J. Hollman
L. G. Wallace.
J. H. Burk.
1872 to 1874
T. B. Rhodes
T. W. Quinn.
J. W. Lybrand
D. Chapman
J. L. Clegg ..
E. H. Vance, Sr.
1874 to 1876
W. A. Smith, 1.
T. R. Rhodes.
S. D. Reese.
D. Johnson
C. M. Gentry.
T. H. Smith, 2.
R. H. Ray, 2.
1876 to 1878
J. H. Crutchfield
T. B. Rhodes
S. D. Reese .
D. Johnson
H. Hamilton.
J. L. Clegg
W. C. C. Dorrough
1878 to 1880
T. H. Morris
W. N. Cleveland
W. C. C. Dorrough
D Johnson
B. P. Morton
D. C. Lee.
Wm. Bird.
1880 to 1882.
W. T. Poe.
T. B. Morton
S. D. Reese.
D. Johnson
B. C. Sneede
A. G. Smith
W. R. L. Bird.
1882 to 1884
J. W. Lybrand
T. B. Morton
S. D. Reese
D. Johnson
D. S. Harrison
J. L. Clegg
W. H. Gober.
1884 to 1886
J. W. Lybrand
T. B. Morton ..
W. C. C. Dorrough ..
R. M. Rodgers
J. W. Clegg
John L. Clegg.
W. H. Gober.
1886 to 1888
S. R. Cobb
W. J. Wallace
W. C. C. Dorrough
R. M. Rodgers
S. Lushell ..
W. H. Gober.
1888 to 1890
S. R. Cobb
J. J. Beavers
W. C. C. Dorrough ... R. M. Rodgers ..
W. D. McDonald
J. A. Waddell.
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1-Died, and C. W. Fry from May, 1879. 2-J. W. Housley, Sheriff, May 30, 1884, vice J. H. Nichols, deceased.
western borders are each near one. The east boundary is near the Valley road at Redfield and other points, and the western boundary is near the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern road, between Benton and Gifford. The soil produces well the usual crops ; is well watered, and has an excellent timber growth.
There are sixty common schools in the county, open from three to ten months in the year, and church-houses at all the principal points in the county. There are forty-seven school districts. The towns are Sheridan, Prattsville, Grapevine and Belfast.
Sheridan, the county seat, was laid out as a town in the year 1869, the same year in which it was made the county seat of the county. Its present population is about 300 persons. It contains two churches-both frame buildings-to-wit: a Baptist church, in charge of Rev. U. J. Newell, and a Methodist church, Rev. J. Y. Christmas, pastor.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
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GRANT COUNTY.
The newspaper called the "Headlight," is published there by J. S. Williams. There are two hotels in the place, to- wit: the Sheridan Hotel, kept by C. H. Carson, and the Rhoden House, kept by R. C. Rhoden.
Hon. John Watson Lybrand has been a resident of Jeffer- son and Grant counties since 1847. He was born in Lex- ington county, South Carolina, October Ist, 1845, son of Jacob and Nancy Lybrand, who was Nancy Taylor. The family came to Arkansas in 1847, and settled in Jefferson county. His occupation from youth up has been that of farming, in which he is now engaged, with that of a miller also. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate army in Company "A;" J. II. Holly Cap- tain, of the Ninth Arkansas Infantry, and John M. Bradley, Colonel. He was in Breckenridge's Brigade, and General John S. Bowen's Division, taking part in the battle of Shiloh, and in the last battle of Corinth, in which he was wounded and made a prisoner. When exchanged he came west of the Mississippi river and joined the Second Texas cavalry, Colonel Tom Baylor, in which he remained until just previous to Price's raid into Missouri, when he went with Anderson's battalion of Fagan's Advance Guard. On this expedition he was captured, and remained in prison until May, 1865. He was County Treasurer in 1872, County and Probate Judge in 1882 and 1884, and Representative in the Legislature of 1886. He has been twice married. In 1865 at Grapevine, he married Sarah J. Ellis. By this marriage there are six children now living, to-wit: Nancy G., John E., Lycurgus C., Joseph S., William T. and Lot Houston. In 1883, at Malvern, he married Miss Fannie Macon. By this marriage there is one child, a son.
Hon. Thomas B. Morton is one of the prominent men of Grant county. He was born at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, February 22d, 1843, and came to Arkansas in 1850, at which date his father moved to the State, locating at Pine Bluff.
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He studied law in the office of H. R. Withers, and was ad- mitted to the Bar in 1868. In 1869 he moved to Grant county, where he has since resided, Sheridan being generally his home. In September, 1888, he was elected Senator for the Ninth District for a term of four years.
On the 25th of January, 1872, he was married to Miss Martha E. Posey. By this marriage nine children were born.
BOONE COUNTY.
Boone County, the sixty-third county created, was formed April 9th, 1869, out of territory taken from the counties of Carroll and Marion, and is believed to have been named after Daniel Boone, the hunter, of Kentucky. The tem- porary seat of justice was directed to be at the house of H. W. Fick, in Jackson township, and was permanently estab- lished at the town of Harrison.
Boone county is a northwestern county, bounded north by the Missouri line, east by Marion county, west by Carroll, and south by Searcy. White river is its principal river, and Eureka Springs, in Carroll county, is its nearest railroad point. Its area is about 648 square miles.
In surface, it is divided between level and rolling lands, and the soil is productive, yielding abundant crops of the usual products. Considerable mineral indications occur, showing silver, zinc, copper and lead deposits.
There are ninety-two school districts, with public schools in the county, open from three to nine months in the year, with high-schools at Harrison, Rally Hill and Valley Springs.
Church buildings are in every township.
The towns are Harrison, Lead Hill, Bellefonte, Valley Springs and Elixir.
Harrison, the county seat of Boone county, has a popula- tion of over two thousand. It is now a beautiful city of brick,
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS:
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1869.
W. W. Jernigan
N. B. Crump ...
J. H. Williams
David Sentry
S. J. Craul
W. F. McCormick.
1870 to 1872
W. F. McCormick.
C. C. Johnson.
Joel King ..
John Jones ..
T. W. Cline ..
D. B. Jernigan.
1872 to 1874
J. M. Addington
N. B. Crump .
Isaac Falback
William S. Black.
Thomas Newman ...
H. McMillan.
D. B. Jernigan.
1874 to 1876
Mathew Bristow
.:
N. B. Crump
W. W. Bailey
J. K. Gibson
J. A. Chastain
B. R. Byrne ..
A. E. Watson.
1876 to 1878
F. McAllister.
W. F. Pace.
W. B. Bailey.
E. Martin, 2
M. B. Gibson.
B. R. Byrne ..
A. E. Watson.
1878 to 1880
W. S. Spring
H. C. King
J. D. Atkinson
H. W. Coffman
M. M. Rhoton.
J. McElroy
A. E. Watson.
1880 to 1882
J. M. Davidson.
H. C. King
J. D. Atkinson
Samuel Clark, 1.
W. M. Dennis.
H. McMillan
J. N. Milam.
1882 to 1884
J. M. Davidson.
A. L. King
J. D. Atkinson
H. W. Coffman
J. K. Young ..
B. R. Byrne ..
J. N. Milam.
1884 to 1886
J. M. Curnutt
w. W. Watkins ..
Mack Roland.
J. K. Gibson
J. K. Young.
B. R. Byrne
Wm. W. Hudson.
1886 to 1888
J. M. Curnutt
W. W. Watkins.
J. D. Atkinson
J. K. Gibson
J. K. Young
W. S. Allen
W. W. Hudson.
1888 to 1890
G. E. Burney.
W. F, Mitchell
D. A. Eaff.
J. K. Gibson.
J. K. Young ..
W. S. Allen.
W. H. Watkins.
BOONE COUNTY.
1-H. W. Coffman elected May, 1881, vice Samuel Clark. 2-J. K. Gibson, vice Martin resigned, October, 1887.
stone and mortar, where but ten years ago nothing could be seen but the primitive forest. It has two banks, combined capital $100,000; two nurseries, two newspapers, eight general merchandise stores, six groceries, wholesale and retail; five hotels, three drug stores, two hardware, one book, two furniture and two jewelry stores, barber shops, blacksmith and tin shops, two livery stables, flour mills, brick yards, saddlery and harness shops, bakery, planing mill and many other industries.
It has one private academy and four public schools, six churches, the Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, M. E. South, Christian, Baptist, and Seven Day Adventists. Harrison was laid out as a town about the year 1860.
The following ministers were in charge of the several churches in the year 1888, to-wit : Cumber- land Presbyterian, a brick structure, Rev. Mr. Roach ; M. E. Church, South, frame building, Rev. Mr. Dykes ; M. E. Church, frame building, Rev. A. J. Taylor; the Christian church, a brick building,
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Rev. J. J. Setliffe. The town also contains a commodious brick court house. There are two newspapers published there, the Boone Banner and the Harrison Times.
There are five hotels, to-wit: the Arcade, the Alamo, the Fick and Lelan hotels, and Hotel Harrison.
- NEVADA COUNTY.
Nevada County, the sixty-fourth county created, was formed by the Legislature, March 20th, 1871, out of terri- tory taken from the counties of Hempstead, Ouachita and Columbia. The temporary seat of justice was established at Mount Moriah. The permanent county seat was established first at Rosston, where it remained until by an election, held May 19th, 1877, it was voted to move it to Prescott, where it now is.
Nevada county is in the southwestern part of the State, in the Ouachita River Valley, bounded by Clark, Pike, Hemp- stead, Lafayette, Columbia and Ouachita counties. Its area is 575 square miles.
In surface, the county is generally level, with no mountains, but about one-fifth of its area hills, and having from forty to fifty square miles of prairie land. The soil is fertile and pro- duces well the usual crops and fruits.
The St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad crosses the northwestern corner of the county for a distance of about twenty miles.
Mineral indications are shown in the county, and coal and iron have been found, but are undeveloped.
There are sixty-five school districts and fifty free schools in the county, kept open an average of six months in the year ; and churches of the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and other denominations.
NEVADA CO. COURT HOUSE, PRESCOTT.
THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS:
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1871 to 1872.
D. C. Tuttle, 1.
A. B. Parsons, 1
J. S. Vandegriff ..
T. W. Hammon
Samuel Weaver.
W. H. Prescott ..
1872 to 1874
W. R. White
J. V. Hulse.
W. S. McDaniel.
D. S. Satterwhite ..
E. Rockett
John Meeks, 1. J. S. Vandegriff, 4.
1874 to 1876
W. H. Prescott.
W. R. White
J. R. White.
W. S. McDaniel ..
L. C. Purtle.
S. C. Martin.
J. A. Whitesides.
1876 to 1878
W. H. Prescott ..
W. R. White
J. R. White.
J. B. MeCracken
J. J. McClure.
J. T. Gossett.
J. A. Whitesides.
18.8 to 1880
W. H. Prescott ..
W. R. White.
J. R. White ..
W. L. Bright.
J. J. McClure ..
C. H. Moore ..
J. A. Whitesides.
1880 to 1882
J. F. Wallace
G. M. T. Christopher W. L. Bright
Wm. Brown.
T. M. Thomas ..
C. H. Moore, 3.
B. F. Jordan.
1882 to 1884
J. F. Wallace
George Christopher B. F. Jordan
Wm. Brown.
L. C. Purtle.
G. W. Gatlin
Alex. Brown.
1884 to 1×86
G. A. Hale
George W. Terry .....
Oscar Phillips ..
W. J. Blake ..
H. H. Myars ..
J. T. Gossett.
John Parker.
1886 to 1888
John M. Pittman
George W. Terry ....
James S. Regan
B. F. Jordan
W. W. Edwards
Elmore Melson.
John Purefoy.
1888 to 1890
George A. Robinson John E. Portis
Ed. Hood ..
C. C. Block
S. S. Brook-
Elmore Melson
J. G. Purefoy.
1-Resigned and J. W. Meek qualified as County Judge, Henry Ross as Treasurer, and J. C. Miller as Assessor, January, 1872. 2-Removed and W. H. Mixon commissioned May, 1874. 3-Deceased and John Cutter elected. 4-J. C. Miller up to May, 1873.
The principal towns of the county are Prescott, Emmett, Falcon, Boughton, Willisville and Mount Moriah.
Prescott, the county seat, is on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, in the upper or northwest portion of the county. It was laid out as a town in 1874.
The town contains a substantial and commodious court-house of brick, and nine church-houses, all frame, to-wit: Episcopal, Southern Methodist, Baptist, Christian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Old School Presbyterian and Roman Catholic for the white inhabitants, and two churches for the col- ored population, to-wit : Methodist and Baptist.
There are two newspapers published in the place, to-wit : the Nevada Picayune, Democratic paper, and the Arkansas Dispatch, Union Labor.
There are two hotels in the place, to-wit : the Johnson House and the Winter House.
HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
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HIGH SCHOOL, PRESCOTT.
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Hon. Thomas C. McRae, Member of Congress for the Third District, is a resident of Prescott. He was born at Mt. Holly, Union county, Arkansas, December 21st, 1851. Af- ter receiving an academic education, he went to New Orleans and attended a business college, after which he went to the University of Virginia, and graduated in the Law Depart- ment, and in January, 1873, was admitted to the Bar, and became a partner with Colonel George P. Smoote, as Smoote & McRae. In 1877 he was a Member of the Legislature, and in 1887 was a Presidential Elector on the Hancock and English ticket. In 1884 he was elected to Congres, for the unexpired term of Colonel James K. Jones, elected to the Senate, and was re-elected in 1886 and 1888.
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LOGAN COUNTY.
Logan County, the sixty-fifth county created, was first given the name of Sarber county, after J. Newton Sarber, Senator from the Sixth District. It was formed March 22d, 1871, out of territory taken from the counties of Yell, Johnson, Franklin and Scott. The temporary seat of justice was located at Reveille. C. P. Anderson, James L. White and James S. Garner were appointed Commissioners to locate the county seat permanently; but afterwards, in 1873, James R. Saferry, Daniel R. Lee and James A. Shrigley were ap- pointed to locate it, and they established it at Paris, where it has since remained. By Act of the Legislature of December 14th, 1875, the name of the county was changed to Logan county, in honor of Colonel James Logan, one of the pioneers in that part of the State.
Logan is a northwestern county, south of the Arkansas river, bounded by the counties of Franklin, Johnson, Yell, Scott and Sebastian, and on its north border by the Arkansas river. Its area is 650 square miles.
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS:
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DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR,
ASSESSOR.
1871 to 1872
Nathan Ellington. ..
J. A. Shrigley.
J. S. Garner.
D. R. Lee.
W. E. Griffith.
R. B. Chitwood
1872 to 1874
W. E. Griffith
J. S. Garner
W. C. McCaslin.
Henry Wilson.
L. Wear.
R. B. Chitwood.
1874 to 1876.
Theodore Potts ..
Thomas ( authron.
A. S. Cabell
Silas Shirley.
G. Humphrey.
L. Wear.
S. R. Low.
1876 to 1878
Theodore Potts
C. B. Harley
A. S. Cabell
Silas Shirley
W. H. Fort ..
H. M. Youngblood S. R. Low.
1878 to 1880
J. H. Luman
H. G. Sadler
A. S. Cabell.
T. L. Fuller.
-- Lowery ...
G. R. Brown.
F. J. Plunkett.
1880 to 1882
T. C. Humphrey.
H. G. Sadler
W. C. McCubbin
T. L. Fuller ..
P. M. Clark ..
G. R. Brown.
T. R. Low.
18×2 to 1884
M. P. Blair
H. G. Sadler.
J. P. Grady ..
T. L. Fuller.
W. R. Lee.
G. R. Brown.
E. J. Plunkett.
1884 to 1886
M. P. Blair
H. G. Sadler
A. S. Cabell
T. L. Fuller.
J. L. Moffit.
G. J. Harvey
H. T. Hampton.
1886 to 1888
E. B. Casey
J. W. Poyner.
Richard Garner ..
W. H. Pearson
W. A. Heartsill
J. F. Billingsly ...
T. J. Hampton.
1888 to 1890
C. R. Sadler.
W. R. Cherry ..
O. C. Wood.
T. L. Fuller ..
John Carr ..
G. R. Brown ..
E. Schneider.
LOGAN COUNTY.
1-R. C. Saddler appointed Collector January 2d, 1882. McCubbin resigned as Sheriff, and D.W. Hoskins appointed March 8th, 1882.
In surface the county is mountainous in the southwest, hilly in the center, and level and allu- vial toward the Arkansas river and its tributaries in the county. There is but little prairie land. The soil is fertile and produces good crops. Fruits make a fine yield. The timber growth of the county is excellent and abundant. The county is particularly favored with mineral re- sources, of which coal, iron, lead and silver exist. Coal is found in large quantities. There are 86 school districts, and about 100 public schools in the county, open from three to ten months in the year, with high schools at Boone, Magazine and Ellsworth. There are church-houses in all the principal neighborhoods, representing the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian and Catholic denominations.
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