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What's New in 2007
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What's New Archives |
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August 27, 2007 |
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Added the following:
Cave City Watermelon
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August 23, 2007 |
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Added the following in Jackson County,
Arkansas:
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August 22, 2007 |
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Added a virtual of tour of the oldest cemetery
in Arkansas -
Art on the River Walk Art
Promenade :) Peachy Lou & Perro....can you
tell they are spoiled, spoiled, spoiled?
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August 21, 2007 |
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Added the
Spring
City Cemetery in Fulton County, Arkansas.
Added the following in Independence County,
Arkansas:
While we were up in that area of the state
we went in search of the
Parachute Inn in Walnut Ridge.
This place is not open on Saturday, which is a shame because it
would make a great Saturday afternoon one-of-a-kind trip over to the Airport for
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August 20, 2007 |
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Added the following in Fulton County,
Arkansas:
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August 17, 2007 |
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Added transcriptions for the
1830
Arkansas Gazette and the following for Pulaski County,
Arkansas:
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August 16, 2007 |
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Added the following for Pulaski County:
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August 15, 2007 |
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We are spending millions of dollars to promote
tourism in Little Rock, Arkansas & specifically downtown. What does
the tourist see when he gets here? As a tourist, would you
want to step around these people? Would you want to smell the urine
& feces in the air because they are using the courthouse lawn for
the bedroom AND the bathroom? Do YOU see this & pretend
like it's not YOUR problem...cast your eyes away and think....that
so sad, I am glad it doesn't affect me? Well it does, and its
time we PLANNED for this instead of pretending like it doesn't
exist.
Pulaski County Court House
Would it bother you to step
around these two men sleeping next to the Old State House?
Little Rock Mayor -
mayor@littlerock.org
Little Rock Board of
Directors -
http://www.littlerock.org/BoardofDirectors/MemberBios/
North Little Rock Mayor's
Office & City Council -
http://www.northlr.org/mayor/
Pulaski County Judge -
cojudge@co.pulaski.ar.us
Arkansas Homeless Coalition
- http://www.ashn.org/arkansas_homeless/index.htm
Our House - http://www.ourhouseshelter.org/
Little Rock Compassion
Center on Roosevelt -
http://www.lrcompassioncenter.org
I don't know about you, but
this is what I want people to see when they come to Arkansas.
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August 9, 2007 |
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Added transcriptions for the
1829
Arkansas Gazette. |
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August 8, 2007 |
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Added pictures of the inside of the
Pulaski County Court House, which
was recently featured on the Arkansas Historic Preservation's
"Sandwiching in History" Program by Elizabeth James.
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August 3, 2007 |
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Marcia
Wilkinson sent me the correct information on the
Crawford & the
Ramsey - McClellan Houses in Ouachita County. Now I
just need to get back down there to Camden & El Dorado and take some
pictures of those wonderful old houses. Thanks Marcia!
Carolyn Earle Billingsley sent me a note to
let me know that I had the Geographical Center of Arkansas listed in
Pulaski County and it actually is located in Saline County.
Thanks Carolyn!
To those of you who read this website
often, please don't feel like you are going to offend me by sending
corrections or new information. This website is all about
Arkansas and I want it to be as correct as possible. I am just
like anyone else and have my days! Why just today I was at the
Pulaski County Court House at the "Sandwiching in History"
Program....and I looked at the wall in front of me and I
thought....how strange, I wonder why all those "clocks" have a
different time? Then a few minutes later, a little light bulb
went off in my head and I realized they were the "elevator floor
indicators" - and no, I don't know the politically correct name for
them but if you want to line me out on that too, go right ahead
because I WOULD like to know what they are called. There are
also days when I couldn't spell to save my life and I never use a
spell checker so I don't mind you sending me corrections on those
too.
The only thing I do mind......
please, please, do not send me photographs
copied out of a book that you did not publish. Unless a book
was published before 1923 it is COPYRIGHTED and you do not have the
right to spread the pictures even if you do find them on the
internet. They maybe online but it doesn't mean they are
legal. Also, do not send me pictures that someone else shared
with you unless you have their permission to do so. I don't
want Uncle Joe's pic if I have to argue with Aunt Bess.
One more thing, while I am on the
soapbox...a couple of years ago, I found where I had posted about 15
photographs of a certain cemetery in TWO cemeteries. I had
been selling my cd's for a while (this is the reason I quit selling
them compiled) and sometimes there would be 2 to 15 on one CD.
Imagine my surprise when I found the cemeteries transcribed online
with the wrong people in the wrong cemetery, perpetuating my mistake
and pretending to have transcribed the cemetery. If you are
going to steal another person's work, you better be prepared that
their mistakes will shine through as your mistakes.
With all that said, I want to thank all my
friends who manage to keep me lined out...this website would be
nothing without all of your help! Hope everyone has the best
weekend!
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August 2, 2007 |
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Added the following in Van Buren County:
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August 1, 2007 |
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Added the
Woolly Hollow State Park to Faulkner County. |
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July 31, 2007 |
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I got the following email from Kari and now I
am curious too. Does anyone know anything about this family?
Hello there!
I briefly lived in Jacksonville about five years ago with my
husband. I am from San Antonio & He was born & raised in Arkansas
and quite proud of it. So he would frequently take me to explore
your lovely state on our free weekends. While driving on Interstate
64, I think, we came across the El Paso cemetery. Amused that I
found a town so close to "home" we decided to check it out. I could
be wrong about the exact locations but I'm pretty sure, if you
follow the road around to the back of the cemetery, there are a
group of similar headstones fairly close together. One large next to
three smaller ones. but they are exactly the same style. It was a
mother & her three Children. The epitaph's read they all died in the
storm of 1916. That in itself struck me as tragic but when i noticed
another matching headstone, large like the mothers, several yards
away, I became curious. I figured it had to be the same family, but
i couldn't understand why they weren't buried along side the rest of
their family. Until i read the epitaph, which read "died by his own
hand" and it was dated' I'm gonna say, around 1yr 1mth after the the
date on the other markers. I assume that this headstone belongs to
the husband and father. My guess is that he couldn't be buried with
the rest of his family because it was blessed ground and his death
was a suicide. My heart goes out to this poor man, and yes i know
how ridiculous i sound. He died almost 60 yrs before i was even
born. But this family and the story their gravestones told has
stayed with me. I, unfortunately, could not remember much more than;
El Paso, storm of 1916, & the last name Poole. I occasionally would
search the Internet hoping to learn more about Mr. Poole & his
family but nothing ever came up. Then I came across this website.
The article about the storm and the death tolls mentions a family
with the last name Pool, but i think the markers were spelled Poole.
And it seems there were only 3 smaller headstones next to the
mothers but the article says 5 children in that family died in the
storm. I'm hoping that you may have some knowledge or a way to find
out if the graves I'm remembering are the same family as mentioned
on your site. The Poole family & their tragic story have been with
me a long time and I'd love to know anything more you could possibly
tell me. Thank You So Much!
Kari
Linda Hatcher came through for me with a link
to the Grissard Cemetery at El Paso:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~arwhite/cems/Grissard_Cemetery_files/grissard_cemetery_el_paso.htm
- Thanks Linda!
Added the following:
-
Scimitar Building in Pulaski County
- Blanchard
Springs Caverns, Izard County, Arkansas. On a
side note: I didn't know that there is a town called Blanchard
Springs down towards El Dorado. Now I do...The Caverns
however, are in Mountain View, Izard County. Totally the
opposite way. I wonder how many visitors have landed up in
the wrong place?
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July 28, 2007 |
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Added a virtual tour of Prairie Grove Civil
War Battlefield in Washington County:
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July 27, 2007 |
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Want to let you know about a new website I
have up now. Like I don't have enough to do....;)
.http://www.diamondhogreview.com
This new website is going to cover
restaurants in Arkansas. We ( check out my Buds on the About
Us page) have a good start on Central Arkansas and we will be
adding to it daily with new places and reviews. I can't stand
trying to find restaurant info online right now....most of the sites
are not based in Arkansas, they add a lot of garbage, and you get
to the point where its easier to grab the phone book. It will
also operate under the KISS motto. If you have time, check it
out and give me your input on features and suggestions.
Added some more to Washington County:
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July 26, 2007 |
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Added the
American Legion Post 22 in
Clarksville, Johnson County. It was a pretty nice "castle"
looking building. Added in Washington
County, Arkansas:
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July 24, 2007 |
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I have been terribly negligent in my duties of
adding stuff sent in to me so I am going to make up for it today.
Added a short biography on
Major
Richard H. Parham by Bill Boggess. Thanks Bill!
Added the following in Franklin County:
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July 23, 2007 |
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Added the following in Franklin County,
Arkansas:
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July 22, 2007 |
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Added the following in Benton County,
Arkansas:
Follow me to......Prairie
Grove |
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July 21, 2007 |
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Added the Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
Confederate
marker. It is located in the town square. |
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July 20, 2007 |
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Added the following in Benton County,
Arkansas:
6 a.m. at the Bella Vista
Wall of Honor in Benton County, Arkansas.
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July 19, 2007 |
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Added a virtual tour of the
Pea Ridge
National Military Park in Pea Ridge, Benton County,
Arkansas. Have added several hundred
pages for the
Gettysburg Battlefield...a FEW more to go. ;)
Gosh, I am a glutton for punishment.
Peachy Lou at the Prairie
Grove Battlefield |
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July 16, 2007 |
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At one time there was a listing of the
Altus Coal
Miner's Memorial online, and I guess it has been taken
down. On my way through Altus this weekend I photographed and
listed it with 2,365 names. Franklin County.
You might want to get gas in
Bentonville on SATURDAY!
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July 9, 2007 |
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A few weeks ago I was having a nice email
exchange with A.L. Vick when the subject of "Cactus" Vic was brought
up, which of course led to him having a page.
The third card
down is my "Square Shooter" card, do you remember "Cactus" Vic? |
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July 8, 2007 |
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David Simmons sent me some pictures of the new
Korean War Memorial over at MacArthur Park in Little
Rock. I have been wanting to get over there but just have not
had time to squeeze it in. Thanks David! |
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July 5, 2007 |
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This is the Arkansas Civil War marker located
at Gettysburg, Pa. I have added over 150 pages to the
Gettysburg
project but still have a bunch more to go. Also
behind on everyone's additions but hope to have them online soon!
I had hoped to be done with the Gettysburg pics before the 4th since
the Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1,2,3, & 4th of July 1863
but no such luck. Hope everyone had a good holiday!
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