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Volume XIV Number I (1991)
Boone County Historian Volume XIV Number I (1991)

Volume XIV Number I (1991)
Cover picture : Minnie Slagle Hudson riding "Smokey" side-saddle, about 1930	337
President's Column by Roy L. Baker, Jr.	339
Index	339
New Memberships in 1991	339
Frank Slagle in Run For the Land, by Sammie Rose & Pat Wood	340-342
Picture : D. F. Slagle family, about 1892 (Minnie Slagle, D. F. Slagle, Walter Slagle, Adelia Slagle, & Lillian Slagle)	340
Picture : Boone County Historical & Railroad Society, Inc. Board and Officers for 1991	342
Duke, by Dr. H. V. Kirby	343-344
Picture : "Duke," a horse acquired for Dr. L. Kirby's medical practice was a 19-hands-high bay fox-trotter	343
Excerpts from the Dan and Rhoda Wilson Saga, by Kirby Belle Prater	345-347
Picture : J. B. Wilson family, about 1918 (Daisy Wilson, Willie Wilson, Bertie Wilson, Grover Wilson, Vera Wilson, Pebble Wilson, Joe Wilson, Kirby Belle Wilson, Mat Wilson, & Bessie Wilson)	345
Bald Knob Cemetery, by Kathleen Barger-Harbert	348-350
Picture : Kathleen Barger-Harbert at the tombstone of her great-great-grandfather Wiley Barger	349
Picture : Howard Barger with his father, Claud Barger, at Bald Knob Cemetery	350
Picture : Sara Williams of Marshall by her great-great-grandfather's grave	350
Boone County Arkansas Marriage Index Book No. 1, [Hanks-Hawkins] 1869-c1940	351-353
And "June Bug" Was His Name, by Ann Connerley Fowler	354-355
Picture : Roy Wamon Milum, Jr. (aka "June Bug")	354
A letter written March 15, 1852 by William Nance to John Nance, a great uncle by marriage of David Carr	355
Hotel Seville Switchboard Joins Museum	356-357
Picture : The Hotel Seville near the time it was built in 1929	356
Picture : Hank Masardo with the original 1929 switchboard from the Hotel Seville that he recently donated to the Boone County Heritage Museum	356
Artifacts Loaned and Donated	358
Books for Sale at the Museum	359
New Books by Marilyn Smith	359
Queries	359-360

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Volume XIV Number II (1991)
Boone County Historian Volume XIV Number II (1991)

Volume XIV Number II (1991)
Cover picture : "Little" Wes Hudson and his sorrel mare, about 1910. He was arrested for three murders, and acquitted for all three.	361
President's Column by Roy L. Baker, Jr.	363
Index	363
Hudson Family Tree	364
Hudsons 1991 Pioneer Family of the Year	365-366, 381
Picture : William W. Hudson and Louisa Ann Hudson	365
Picture : Hudson children	366
The Impact of War - A Recluse on Crooked Creek, by Pat Wood	367-369
Pictures : James Monroe Eoff and Harriet Kathlyn Klyss Eoff	367
Little Wes Hudson: From the Innocent Sunbeam to the Instrument of Death, by Sammie Rose & Pat Wood	370-374
Picture : The State Line Saloon - Henry Sullinger, Jim McHaffie and Don Sullinger	370
Picture : Tree near Calf Creek on which Little Wes supposedly carved his initials with a gun	371
Picture : McEntire house near mouth of Calf Creek where Little Wes hid out	372
Picture : Calf Creek Ford, about one-half mile from the McEntire house, 1990	373
Picture : McEntire house and legendary tree near mouth of Calf Creek	373
New Books by Marilyn Smith	374
Boone County Arkansas Marriage Index Book No. 1, [Hawkins-Hehath] 1869-c1940	375-376
Books for Sale at the Museum	376
Artifacts Loaned and Donated	377
Walker-Steidley-Stockton genealogy and inquiry	378
Picture : Frankie Rose (1908-1991) modeling a cornshuck hat and bag that she made and won at local, state and national competition as a member of the Harrison Garden Club	379
Biography of a Cornshuck Hat, by Frankie D. Rose	379-381
Picture : Hudson grandchildren - Pat Wagner, Shirley Hudson Martin, Fred Hudson, James Roy Eoff and Bob Hudson	381
"Hib" Matlock, "Noodler Extraordinaire," by Sammie Rose & Pat Wood	382-383
Pictures : Hib and Lee Matlock at a camp on the White River. Both served as guides for Jim Owens float trips when the White River was completely free flowing	382
Queries	383-384

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Volume XIV Number III (1991)
Boone County Historian Volume XIV Number III (1991)

Volume XIV Number III (1991)
Cover picture : John Marion Brisco, Mary Elizabeth Blackwood Brisco, Rebecca Brisco, Bessie Brisco and Mart Brisco	385
Cover Picture : Pilot Earl Rowland, Ben Rowland and Zales salesman with 1929 Cessna.	385
President's Column by Roy L. Baker, Jr.	387
Index	387
Picture : Youngest volunteer Amy Wienert has been a summer volunteer at the Boone County Heritage Museum. She will be a freshman at Valley Springs this year	387
Earl Rowland: Early Aviator, Harrison Son, by Lucile Rowland (sister of Earl Rowland)	388-391
Picture : Earl Rowland	388
Tom Thumb Spring & the Needle's Eye, by Sammie Rose & Pat Wood	392-399
Picture : Dr. David Beck and Sarah Beck	392
Picture : The "Needle's Eye" was the route used for David Beck's escape from Bushwackers and a passage for Mrs. Brisco, the mid-wife to ascend Gaither Mountain	392
Picture : Dr. T. J. Jayland's resting place in Tom Thumb Cemetery	396
Picture : Now enclosed, Tom Thumb Spring serves as the water supply for one of the privately owned cabins	396
Books for Sale at the Museum	399
Index to Listings of Boone County Marriages (Beginning 1869) published in the Boone County Historian	400
Boone County Arkansas Marriage Index Book No. 1, [Baker-Barnes] 1869-c1940	401-402
Picture : Denton School 1915, taught by Audra Davis	403
Index to Boone County Probate Court Records, Volumes A to HC (1869-1943)	403-405
Artifacts Loaned and Donated	406
New Books by Marilyn Smith	407
Queries	407-408

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Volume XIV Number IV (1991)
Boone County Historian Volume XIV Number IV (1991)

Volume XIV Number IV (1991)
Cover pictures : J. Newt Milum, Clerk; Captain Thomas B. Stallings; and "Lady Boone," built at Dubuque, Boone County, Arkansas in 1880	409
President's Column by Roy L. Baker, Jr.	411
Index	411
Picture : Harrison Noon Lion Club Treasurer Judy Meek and Board Member Beverly Holt present a check for $2,325 to complete the amount required for the purchase of a new computer system for the Boone County Historical & Railroad Society, Inc.	411
Artifacts Loaned and Donated	412
Boone County Arkansas Marriage Index Book No. 1, [Heine-Hill] 1869-c1940	413-414
Frank James (Joe Vaughn), from information and resources provided by Eva Lee Cralle	415-418
Picture : Alexander Franklin James	416
Picture : Eva Lee Cralle at Snow Cemetery, Wayton, at monument of Columbus Vaughn, grandson of Frank James	416
Lady Boone, by Sammie Rose & Pat Wood	418-424
James Crawford (Jimmy) Angel, by Jack O'Brien	425-430
Picture : Jimmie Angel	425
Picture : Angel Falls in Venezuela, South America, which was discovered by Jimmy Angel in 1933	425
Books for Sale at the Museum	431
Queries	432

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Current and back issues of the Boone County Historian are for sale at the Boone County Heritage Museum, or by mail. The price is $3.00 per issue (add $1.50 per issue for postage for mailing). Please make checks payable to:

Boone County Historical & Railroad Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 1094
Harrison, AR 72601