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family are of English descent, their forefathers settling in Jamestown, Va., at a very early day. Isaac Wilson was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and won golden opinions from his superior officers in the struggle against the mother country. Nine children were born to Jesse Wilson and his wife, all of whom lived to maturity and were mar- ried, and six yet living: Elias C., Major, Magness, Thomas and John. Elias was the oldest, and was reared and educated in South Carolina, where he was also married in 1846 to Miss Jane Pierce. His wife died in 1862, after their removal to Arkan- sas, leaving four children, of whom two are yet living: John F. (a prominent merchant in Little Rock) and William W. (who resides in San Anto- nio, Texas.) In 1866 Mr. Wilson was again mar- ried, his second wife being a pleasant and attract- ive widow lady of Pulaski County, Mrs. Tennessee (McCraw) Bell, a daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. McCraw, of South Carolina, who were among the early settlers of Arkansas. By this marriage Mr. Wilson and his wife had nine children, of whom seven are yet living: Bettie, Randolph, Elias, Joseph, Hattie, Thomas and Nannie. Mr. Wilson's first settlement was about ten miles above his present residence, where he has a large farm, and three years later he bought the land upon which he now resides. He owns 1,080 acres altogether, and has placed 450 acres under cultivation. This has all been accumulated by his own industry and good management, and his experience in farming has enabled him to select the finest soil in that locality. It is well watered by springs, besides several good wells that he has built himself, and is well adapted for stock-raising purposes. In 1861 Mr. Wilson enlisted in Company C, of the Fourth Arkansas Infantry, and gave three years' active service to the Confederacy. He accompanied Gen. Price in his raids through Missouri and took part in many engagements. In all of his battles he was never wounded, although exposed to the hottest fire, and he was equally as fortunate in escaping from sickness. In March, 1864, his company was disbanded, and he returned to his home and family to enjoy the peace a soldier loves so well after a long and arduous campaign. In
politics Mr. Wilson is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Buchanan. He is one of Pulaski County's most enterprising citizens, and a man of integrity and truth, and enjoys a wide- spread popularity. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson both attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
D. R. Wing, senior member of the well-known manufacturing firm of D. R. Wing & Co., is a native of Oswego, N. Y., and was early in life instructed in the machinist's art, being regularly indentured to the Lake Ontario Iron Works, then one of the largest machine shops in the State. In 1858, after serving his full term of apprentice- ship, he left to travel through the South, and after a tour of inspection of the principal manufacturing centers from Richmond, Va., to New Orleans, he decided to try his fortunes in Central America. After visiting Yucatan and British Honduras, he finally landed at Truxido, Spanish Honduras, where, together with his companions, he was placed under military surveillance on suspicion of being a fillibuster, Gen. Walker with his army then be- ing in Nicarauga, the adjoining State. After the expiration of thirty days, he was furnished with passports and permitted to go into the interior, being limited to the department of Olancho, where he was employed in placer mining with moderate success. Returning to the States he finally located i at Atlanta, Ga., and entered the service of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, then, as now, owned and operated by the State, and was connected with the mechanical department of the road for ten years. In the winter of 1868, he came to Little Rock, Ark., in the capacity of master mechanic of the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, remaining with that company five years, after which he filled the same position with the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad for four years, and then as- sociated himself with C. E. Stephens and founded the present firm, taking entire charge of the molding and machinery departments. As an evidence of the masterly minds that control this manufactory, the business has grown from its in- fancy to one of the largest industries in the South- west, and sends its products all over the Southern country. Mr. Wing is active in city affairs, being
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alderman from the first ward, is a gentleman of sterling worth, and one of Little Rock's most en- terprising citizens. His word is recognized as authority in the iron circles of Arkansas, and he is always in the front rank in forwarding the pro- gress of his adopted State.
Fred Wolters, the manager of the Tennessee Brewing Agency, Little Rock, Ark., came orig- inally from the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, where his birth occurred in 1852. When fourteen years of age, he left for America to join his parents, who had preceded him in 1853, and on arriving here he was sent to Blackburn College two terms. After this he teamed for some time, and then learned the cooper's trade, working as an appren- tice three years. He then became foreman of the cooperage established by his father at Carlinville, Ill., and subsequently proprietor of the same, work- ing in all sixteen years. At the end of this time he went to Memphis, entered the employ of the Ten- nessee Brewing Association, and so highly did they esteem his services, that after two years he was placed as general agent over the agency es- tablished for their business in that place. He was married in November, 1874, to Miss Eugene Zaepffel, who was originally from Alsace, France, where her birth occurred in 1854, and three chil- dren are the result of this union: Hellen, Oscar and Nellie. Mr. Wolters is the oldest of seven children born to his parents: Henry (in Little Rock), Lizzie (is the wife of Eugene Glaekler), Gussie (is in Memphis, Tenn.), Albert (is engaged in the grain business in Illinois), Bernard (is in the drug business in Havana, Ill. ) and Charles (has the old cooper shop in Illinois). The father's name was Fred. Wolters.
W. B. Worthen, a prominent banker, broker and real-estate dealer of Little Rock, is of En- glish-Welsh descent, and was born in Arkansas, on September 17, 1852, as the son of George A. and Louisa B. (Booker) Worthen. Mr. and Mrs. Worthen, who were natives of Kentucky, came to Arkansas in an early day, and settled in Little Rock when it was in its primitive state. His edu- cation, so far as schools were concerned, was com- pleted in the freshman's course in St. John's
College, but he has always been a great student, and is thoroughly posted on the topics of the day. After he left school, he joined a surveyor's and civil engineering corps, aiding to lay off several additions to Little Rock. Entering into D. F. Shall's real estate agency, he subsequently, after the death of Mr. Shall, formed a partnership with Gordon N. Peay, upon whose death, which oc- curred some little time later, he associated himself with E. W. Parker, and added banking and bro- kerage to the real-estate business. Mr. Worthen has since bought Mr. Parker's interest, and is now the sole proprietor. The straightforward manner in which he carries on his business interests se- cures for him, what he well deserves, a liberal patronage. Mr. Worthen's choice of a life part- ner has proved a very happy one. His wife is an attractive, accomplished lady, and a general favor- ite in her wide circle of friends and acquaintances. They have an interesting family of three children. Mr. Worthen is a member of the Knights of Honor and Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a Demo- crat, and in all enterprises that betoken the good or growth of the country, his name is among the foremost.
J. V. Zimmerman, whose career as a citizen and business man, as well as one of the oldest resi- dents of Little Rock, dates from an early period (he having lived here for thirty-two years) was born in Montgomery County, Penn., and is a son of William and Mary Zimmerman, natives of the same State. The great-grandfather was a native of Holland, who came to America before the Revo- lution, and afterward took an active part in that event. J. V. Zimmerman remained in the State of Pennsylvania until the year IS57, attending school at Norristown, and afterward learning the jeweler's trade with the firm of Leibert & Brown, manufact- uring jewelers. His natural aptitude and quick perception soon put him in full knowledge of his art, which his employers were not slow in finding out, and though a young man, he was placed in charge of the entire establishment, remaining with them until the year 1857. In June of that year he arrived in Little Rock, and was engaged by Mr. D. C. Fulton, a prominent jeweler and watch-
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maker of that period, to take charge and manage his establishment. This he did with great success until the war, when he entered the service of the Capitol Guard of Little Rock as sergeant. Dur- ing the Rebellion he took part in the battle of Shi- loh, after which event Gen. Hardee promoted him to the rank of lieutenant, and soon after that gen- eral's forces were reorganized he joined Hindman's command, and was assigned to duty as a lieuten- ant of artillery in Capt. W. D. Blocker's battery. The promotion of Capt. W. D. Blocker to major also promoted Lieut. Zimmerman to the captaincy, in which capacity he served until the surrender. During Price's second raid through Missouri Capt.
Zimmerman's battery lost two guns, and Maj. W. E. Woodruff's old battery was then consolidated with Capt. Zimmerman's, which the latter com- manded. After the war he returned to Little Rock and established himself in the jewelry business on Markham Street, and Capt. Zimmerman can now claim the distinction of being one of the oldest jewelers in the city, as well as one of its most suc- cessful business men. He was married in 1867 to Miss Mary Fisher, a daughter of Jacob Fisher, of Texas, but formerly of Alabama. Three children have been born to this union: Julia, Jessie and Mary. The latter, a bright and interesting child, died at the age of five years.
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CHAPTER XX.
GARLAND COUNTY-AREA-TOPOGRAPHY AND BOUNDARY-SPRINGS AND STREAMS-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY -ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY-PUBLIC BUILDINGS-THE TOWNSHIPS-REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY-VALUATION AND TAXATION-COUNTY OFFICERS-POPULATION-POLITICS -COURTS-THE CIVIL WAR-ITS EFFECTS-THE HOT SPRINGS-THE RESER- VATION-THE CITY OF HOT SPRINGS-ADVICE TO HEALTH SEEKERS -EDUCATIONAL MATTERS-THE CHURCHES-MISCELLA- NEOUS STATISTICS-PERSONAL RECORD, ETC.
All is the gift of industry : whate'er Exalts, embellishes, and renders life Delightful .- Anon.
ARLAND COUNTY, Ark., lies in the west central portion of the State, and is bounded north, by Yell, Perry and Saline Counties; east, by Saline and Hot Spring Counties; south, by the latter, and west by Mont- gomery. It contains an area of 624 square miles, of which about one- third is slightly improved and under fence. At least one-half of the area is mountainons and hilly, and the balance is composed of valleys and rolling uplands. The Onachita Val- ley is from six to eight miles in width, and from twelve to fourteen in length, and is com- pletely surrounded with mountains, except where the river enters and leaves it. The county is drained by the Ouachita River and its tributaries, and some of the tributaries of the Saline River. The Ouachita flows through the county in a south- easterly and easterly direction, entering it a little north of the center of the western boundary
thereof, and leaving it at a point about three miles north of its southeast corner. It is the largest stream in the county, but is not navigable. Big and Little Mazarm, Bull Bayou, Clear Creek, North Fork, Blakely and other tributaries of the Ouachita and Saline Rivers, are never failing water courses, and the valleys formed by them are excellent for small farms. The soil in the valleys is more or less alluvial, rich and productive, and the soil of the uplands, wherever they are level enough to be cultivated, is much more productive than its appearance indicates.
It can not be considered a good agricultural county, because of its being so mountainous that the greater part of its area is not susceptible of cultivation. The United States' census of 1880 shows that in 1879 its agricultural productions were 153,436 bushels of Indian corn, 17,656 bushels of oats, 7,442 bushels of wheat, 117 tons of hay, 534 bales of cotton. 5,347 bushels of Irish potatoes, 20,321 bushels of sweet potatoes, and 4,751 pounds of tobacco. The number of head of live stock then in the county was shown to be 1,115 horses, 344 mules and asses, 4,672 cattle, '1,391 sheep and
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8.635 hogs. The soil, however, is good for the pro- duction of vegetables, immense quantities of which are raised for the Hot Springs market. Fruits, both large and small, of the kinds common to this latitude, succeed well when cultivated, but not much attention has as yet been given to horticult- ure. Grapes can be produced in great abundance, and some of the native varieties are being grown on account of their excellence, the manufacture of native wine also proving profitable.
The country is heavily wooded on the mount- ains and uplands with yellow pine and several varieties of oak, and in the lower lands and val- leys with sweet and black gum, sycamore, elm, etc. The pine timber is fine and abundant. For the want of transportation, not much timber has been consumed. It stands mostly, where the lands are not cleared, in its native state unculled.
All kinds of mineral are believed to exist here, but none have been worked. Novaculite, for oil- stones, is plentiful, and Ouachita whetstones are shipped in quantities. Slate for roofing is also found, of excellent quality and beautiful colors .*
Game is plentiful, and deer, bears, turkeys, geese, ducks, quails, squirrels and rabbits are found. Black bass, shad, salmon and other vari- eties of fish, abound in the mountain streams.
Aside from the world-renowned Hot Springs, mentioned in subsequent pages, numerous mineral springs in the county are worthy of mention, prin- cipal among which are Mountain Valley Springs. These valuable springs are situated twelve miles north of Hot Springs, at the foot of Blakely Mount- ain, in a beautiful valley extending well up into the mountain range. Their curative qualities have made a reputation unequaled by any water in the South or West, especially as commercial mineral waters, as they are now being shipped to all parts of the United States. Visitors to this place are entertained at the Mountain Springs Valley Hotel, which furnishes excellent accommodations.
Potash Sulphur Springs are situated seven miles from Hot Springs, and one mile from Lawrence Station, on the Hot Springs Railroad. The anal-
ysis of these waters show them to be especially adapted to the cure of diseases resulting from the derangement of the stomach, liver, kidneys and urinary organs. The hotel is kept by Mr. E. E. Woodcock, a son-in-law of Dr. J. T. Fairchild, the owner of the property. This is a noted pleas- ure as well as health resort, and many of the citi- zens of and visitors to Hot Springs avail themselves of its privileges.
Gillen's White Sulphur Springs are situated three and one-half miles due east of Hot Springs, and the analysis shows that the water is similar in composition to the Mountain Valley water. The large two-story hotel at this place was opened to the public for the first time in the spring of 1886. Mr. Gillen, the proprietor of the property, keeps the hotel, the rooms of which are large and com- fortable, the table being supplied from his own garden and from the best afforded in Hot Springs markets. From his place he makes two daily trips with his hack to Hot Springs, for the accommoda- tion of his guests and visitors.
The different mineral springs mentioned above offer the greatest pleasure for out- of-town drives and recreations. The road to Hell's Half Acre and the Thousand Dripping Springs, east of the city, the Big Chalybeate Springs north, and the Race Track south, are the favorite drives. The former is the best five-mile natural road to be found in the county-no large hills, and when in good order a beautiful drive.
Garland County was created by an act of the general assembly of the State of Arkansas, ap- proved April 5, 1873. The first section of the act provided that all that portion of the counties of Saline, Hot Spring, and Montgomery included in the following boundaries should be organized into a separate and distinct county, to be known as the county of Garland, viz. :
Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 8, Town- ship 4 south, Range 18 west; thence north on section lines to the southwest corner of Section 21, in Township 3 south, Range 18 west; thence east on section lines to the southeast corner of Section 22, in the same township and range; thence north on section lines to the line dividing Townships 2 and 3 south; thence east on the township line to the southeast corner of Section 35. in Township 2 south, Range 17 west; thence north on section lines to the
* I. L. Butterfield, of Hot Springs, member of the State Bureau of Immigration for Garland County.
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northwest corner of Section 14, in the same township and range; thence west on section line to the northwest cor- ner of the same section, township and range; thence north on section lines to the line between Townships 1 and 2 south; thence west on the township line to the line dividing Ranges 17 and 18 west; thence north on the range line to the northeast corner of Section 24, in Township 1 south, Range 18 west; thence west on section lines to the line between Ranges 18 and 19 west; thence north on the range line to the line dividing Townships 1 and 2 north; thence west on the township line to the northwest corner of Section 4, Township 1 north, Range 22 west; thence south on section lines to the southwest corner of Section 9, Township 1 south, Range 22 west; thence east on section lines to the southwest corner of Section 10, Township 1 south, Range 21 west; thence south on section lines to the line dividing Townships 2 and 3 south; thence west on the township line to the line dividing Ranges 22 and 23 west; thenee sonth on the range line to the southwest corner of Section 7, Township 4 south, Range 22 west; thence east on section lines (twenty-six miles, more or less) to the place of beginning.
The act also provided for the appointment of the first county officers by the Governor, and that L. D. Beldin, J. H. Baushousen and William Sumpter, should constitute a board of commis- sioners to locate the seat of justice for the county, purchase the site, lay out a town, and perform other duties, and that the county should belong to the Seventh judicial circuit.
Accordingly the Governor appointed J. W. Jordan, Bennett Malone and W. A. Moore to constitute the board of supervisors; * R. Beldin. clerk; W. J. Little, sheriff; R. W. Gibbons, treas- urer; N. H. Cloys, coroner; Smith Scrogin, sur- veyor, and J. H. Baushousen, assessor.
Afterward, on the 5th day of May, 1873, the three supervisors appointed met in Hot Springs, and organized their court by electing J. W. Jordan, president. The first action of the court was the formation of road districts and the appointment of overseers. Subsequently the commissioners, ap- pointed by the act creating the county to select the site for the seat of justice, met and chose Hot Springs as the site thereof. The town having al- ready been laid out, no property was then pur- chased on which to erect the public buildings, but in 1877, Congress provided by a special act that
the commissioners might select a block belonging to the Government in the city of Hot Springs for the use of the county. Accordingly Block 114, as shown on the plat of the city, was selected, and the title thereto passed to the county. This block contains four acres, and lies on Prospect Avenue near Cen- tral Avenue. Afterward the county judge, for a consideration of $1,000, leased this property to a certain party for ninety nine years, and purchased for the use of the county, for the sum of $4,000, lot 4 in Block 55, where the county buildings now stand. Subsequently a suit was brought, in which it was decided that the lease granted by the county judge on Block 114 was illegal and void; but the lessee and his sub lessees were protected by pro- viding that the county should pay to him and them certain stipulated amounts for improvements made thereon. The county now owns both properties above described.
When lot 4 in Block 55 was purchased, a large dwelling house standing thereon was con- verted into a court house, and was used for that purpose until 1888, when it was consumed by fire. The present court house, a medium sized two-story frame standing on the site of the old one, has since been built. The present jail, a very substantial two-story brick building, containing prisoners' cells and fire proof rooms, in which the clerk's office and public records are located, was erected on lot 4 in Block 55, in 1884, at a cost of about $14,000. The building of a large and safe court house is contem- plated, the present one being only a temporary structure. These constitute all the county build- ings, there being no asylum for the use of the pau- pers. The latter are provided for by a tax raised for the purpose, and paid to those caring for them.
In January, 1874, the county court subdivided the county into the following municipal townships: Marble, Mountain, Baxter, Garland, Union, Phil- lips, Hot Springs, Antioch and Lee. Changes have since been made from time to time, until now, in addition to the foregoing, excepting Gar- land, the name of which has been dropped, there are Sulphur, Lincoln, Hale, Ouachita, Bain and Mill Townships.
In 1880 the real estate of Garland County was
* The county court then consisted of a board of super- visors.
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assessed for taxation at $328, 731 and the personal property at $541, 177, making a total of $869,908. In 1888 real estate was valued for taxation at $1, - 716,008 and personal at $1.038.079, making a total of $2,754.089. This shows that from 1880 to 1888 the real property of the county increased in value over five times that of 1880, and the personal in- creased about 100 per cent. This is due, however, principally to the rapid growth of the city of Hot Springs and the consequent increase in the value of its real property. The real estate of the city for 1888 was assessed at $1,376,037 and the personal property at $698, 583, making a total of $2,074,620 for the city alone, thus leaving only $679,469 for the county without the city. The financial condi- tion of the county is good, there being only an out- standing indebtedness of about $4,000. The rev- enue received on liquor licenses for the year ending June 30, 1889, was $12,300.
The following is a list of the names of the sev- eral county officers, together with dates of term of service annexed, from its organization to the present (fall of 1889):
Judges: J. W. Jordan, Bennett Malone and W. A. Moore: board of supervisors, 1873-74; J. W. Jordan, 1874-76; W. J. Wiloughby, 1876-78: W. W. Wiggs, 1878-84; J. H. Howell, 1884-86; Charles V. Teague, present incumbent, first elected in 1886.
Clerks: R. Beldin, 1873-74; A. W. B. Reed, 1874-76; Z. Beldin, 1876-78; B. B. Clyde, 1878- 80; J. H. Low, 1880-82; Zeba Beldin, 1882-86; W. H. Moyston, present incumbent, first elected in 1886.
Sheriffs: W. J. Little, 1873-74; J. J. Sump- ter, 1874-76; J. H. Nichols, 1876-84; W. F. Housley, 1884-86: Robert Williams, present in- cumbent, first elected in 1886.
Treasurers: R. W. Gibbons, 1873-74; W. H. Rigsby, 1874-80; John B. Roe, 1880-82; I. L. Butterfield, 1882-84; R. W. Gibbons, 1884-86; I. B. Albaugh, present incumbent, first elected in 1886.
Coroners: N. H. Cloys, 1873-74; J. C. Morris, 1874-76; E. W. Matthews, 1876-78; William Curl, 1878-80; John Graham, 1880-82; I. W. Smith,
1882-84; H. Haythornewhite, 1884-86; E. A. Lake, 1886-SS; R. H. Moore elected in 1888.
Surveyors: Smith Scrogin, 1873-76; A. R. Reed, 1876-78; Smith Scrogin, 1878-80; H. M. Woolman, 1880-82; P. Frisby, 1882-86; A. Flem- ming, 1886-88; Tom Smith, present surveyor, elected in 1888.
Assessors: J. H. Baushousen, 1873-74; C. J. Glenn, 1874-78; J. A. Muse, 1878-82; DeSoto Samuels, 1882-86: R. A. Milton, 1886-88; Sidney Hart, elected in 1888.
Representatives in State Legislature: J. J. Gillis, 1874-75; H. M. Rector, Jr., 1877; W. H. Barry, 1879; W. T. Clyde, 1881; W. P. Walsh, 1883; W. H. Barry, 1885; E. W. Rector, 1887.
The population of the several municipal town- ships of Garland County, according to the United States census of 1880, was as follows: Antioch, 362; Baxter, 197; Hale, 387; Hot Springs, includ- ing the city, 5,179; city alone, 3,554; Lee, 633; Marble, 337; Mill, 503; Mountain, 359; Ouachita, 172; Phillips, 185; Sulphur, 196; Union, 513; total in county 9,023, of which 1,562 were colored and four were Chinese, the balance 7,457, white.
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