Arkansas Ties ... A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lot of Arkansas

Ouachita County - 1919   Other Towns In Ouachita County (1919) Town of Stephens - A thriving trade center, population, 1,000, located in southwest party of county.  Two prosperous banks.  Good Schools and churches.  Saw mill.  Cotton Gen.  On Cotton Belt Route. Town of Chidester - In northwest part of county, on Missouri Pacific Railroad. Population, 500.  Good schools and churches.  Prosperous Bank. Cotton Gin.  Five modern brick stores. Town of Bearden - Population of 1800.  In northeast part of county.  On Cotton Belt Route.  Excellent farming country; flat land and upland gravel land.  Good natural gravel roads.  Electric lights.  Prosperous bank.  New $60,000 high school.  Cotton gin and saw mills.