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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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