October 30, 2009
Skipping over to
Franklin County, I have added the following:
October 29, 2009
Added the
following from Greenwood:
October 28, 2009
Added a little
more from Greenwood:
Also, this pertains
to Arkansas in a round about way but mainly just because I want
to toot my nephew's horn and post my family pictures.
Indulge me please, it doesn't happen often. Mark and I got
to go see my nephew Corey, who plays for Louisiana's Nicholls
State play Saturday night down at UCA and they lost (to Arkansas
UCA so either team was a "win" in my book.) It wasn't
freezing but after sitting on a cold bleacher for 3 hours it
sure felt like it.
My
little sister Candie and George, her hubby
Me
and Mark, my Sweetie
Corey
and Erica, his Sweetie
George
and my other nephew Tyler, waiting on Nicholls to make a come
back.
October 27, 2009
Added the
following from Greenwood in Sebastian County:
Pat Anthony sent us an old picture that her
sister, Margaret Mantooth, had of the Faulkner County
courthouse. If you look closely at the "old" and the "new"
you can see where the middle windows are the same. Thanks
Pat!
October 23, 2009
So yesterday I
told you that something at the Belle Point Ranch caught my
attention...three markers. I was excited... could it be a
grave yard in the front of the ranch...could it be Civil War
markers? So Sweetie turned around and back we went.
I have photographed some Halloween markers, some Hunting Dog
markers, and now I have photographed
The Mighty Stockman, Harrison and Dr. Spock's markers.
: )
I guess it doesn't take much
to entertain me.
October 22, 2009
Sweetie and I
were driving down the road in Lavaca (Sebastian County) when we
pass this big, I mean really big, silo painted into a Budweiser
Beer Can. He asked me if I wanted to stop and
photograph it and I was like, no, we will get it another time,
it's not likely to go anywhere. As we were passing it,
something catches my attention and I am like "Woah, wait a
minute, stop the truck! We have to go back!" Well, I
won't tell you what caught my attention until tomorrow's post
but I am glad we turned around and went back.
This Bud's for you -
Budweiser Can
October 19, 2009
Added the
following from Sebastian County:
October 18, 2009
Pat Anthony sent
us some great photographs of the Toad Suck Ferry in Faulkner
County that were taken in 1963 while the Ferry was still in
operation. Thanks Pat!
Added the following in Sebastian County:
October 17, 2009
My cousin
Michael Crain passed away this week and I extend my sympathies
to his family.
Added the following in Sebastian
County:
October 13, 2009
Mark and I drove
up to White Rock Mountain in Franklin County. Very nice
and way off the beaten path. Thanks to Chuck Dovish for
pointing this out on his "Exploring Arkansas" program!
October 12, 2009
Added a little
tour of downtown Kingston in Madison County:
Added a couple of log houses from Newton County:
Just received from Kay Tatum, Mt. Holly Cemetery
Association:
"Please note that due to the forecast of 150%
chance of RAIN (yet again) we have rescheduled the 15th Annual
production of TALES OF THE CRYPT at Mount Holly Cemetery.
The new date is Monday, October 19th from 5:30 until 8:30 P.M.
at Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock. In the
(very likely) event of yet MORE rain, the production will be
moved to the M. L. Harris Auditorium at Philander Smith College
(just behind Mount Holly). M. L. Harris Auditorium is located
just across from Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church on the
campus of Philander Smith College. The production will go on
October 19th--Mount Holly if no rain and Harris Auditorium if we
have rain, hail, sleet, snow, tornadoes, hurricanes, drought,
etc. (You get the picture!)"
October 11, 2009
Mt. Holly's
"Tales of the Crypt" with performers from Parkview High School
will be held Tuesday night. The event is free and one of
those great family events - No Halloween Boo's involved to scare
the little ones. Donations are accepted to benefit the
cemetery. Kay Tatum sent us some of those great teaser
pics that show what we have in store for Tuesday night: I
love and totally support this project!
Speaking of Mt. Holly , I happen to have been
fortunate enough to buy "A Guided Tour of Mount Holly Cemetery"
DVD from Kay, proceeds of which benefit Mt. Holly. The DVD
is about 50 minutes long and is narrated by cemetery board
members Peg Smith and Mary Worthen along with the Historic
Arkansas Museum's Tammie Dillon. The DVD can be purchased
from the Historic Arkansas Museum for about $13.00. Their
phone number is 501-324-9351. It does not cover
everyone in the cemetery but hits on many of the well known
people with lots of interesting little stories. I have
watched it 3 times now and I just love those ladies!
Lots coming up this week...a little White Rock,
Kingston, Greenwood, Lavoca, & Charleston. Also, I am in
the process of working on Roselawn Cemetery here in Little Rock
and have been uploading photographs but Mark and I have also
started photographing the Fort Smith National Cemetery.
These are very big projects and will take a considerable amount
of time so if you are looking for someone, check back.
October 8, 2009
Added a little
more from Madison County:
Buffalo River
October 7, 2009
Added the
following in Madison County:
October 5, 2009
Added the War
Memorial that is located in Huntsville, Madison County.
I think everyone in Arkansas is water-logged at
this point. Things are moving very slow here.
October 3, 2009
It has been quite
the week over here so I am spending the weekend recuperating.
Added a group picture from the Colbaugh School in Madison
County, Arkansas that is in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. Loren
Collins.
September 28, 2009
Euna Beavers
noticed I was missing the Morrilton Railroad Station and sent us
a picture. Thanks Euna!
Morrilton Railroad Station
Mark and I took about 2800 pictures up at
the Fort Smith National Cemetery which covered the following
section of 4,7,8, 13 and 14.
September 26, 2009
Wrapping up my
recent visit to Memphis with the Illinois Civil War Memorial.
Very nice. Both the Minnesota and the Illinois are Union
Memorials, somewhat uncommon in this part of the country.
September 25, 2009
Running a
little short on time today but I was able to add the Minnesota
Civil War Memorial that is located at the Memphis National
Cemetery.
September 23, 2009
One of the
well-hidden treats of Madison County is the Lower Smyrna Church
and School House which dates back to the 1860's. I
especially enjoyed the poem by Nancy Rai Miller, which she so
eloquently puts into words what the church means to her. I
want to thank Mr. Alvin Herrington for bringing this to our
attention and Mr. Loren and Bradley Collins for waiting over an
hour for us (without evening knowing us or if we were going to
make it) and then giving Desmond and I a wonderful tour &
history of the building. Thank You! Not on the
National Register but truly one deserving of it's place in
American & Arkansas History.
September 22, 2009
Madison County
has the Hillbilly Cabin, one of those places like the Double
Decker Outhouse. It's a great photographic opportunity to
have some fun but it's also a landmark...one of those places
that you pass and you just feel like you are at home.
No airs, no keeping up with the Jones and if Sam Walton can do
it, so can we.
Speaking of fun and outhouses...Desmond and I
played in the outhouse on one of our other stops.....
All laughing aside, and even though we find
great novelty in it....I don't know anyone in Arkansas
that hasn't been happy to see an outhouse at some point in their
life. In 2009, we put a concrete wall around it and
call it a visitor center but it's still an outhouse just the
same AND they work just as well. ;)
September 21, 2009
Joy Russell
over in Madison County was kind to send us information and pics
on the Huntsville Massacre that happened during the Civil War.
Thanks Joy!
September 20, 2009
Added the
following:
September 15, 2009
Added a couple
of small sites in Memphis:
Mark and I also checked out the
National Civil Rights Museum. The museum was closed of
course, it was early Sunday morning, but there were many other
visitors. The interesting part was Jacqueline Smith.
This woman has had a small tent setup across from the Lorraine
Motel since 1987 and she protests the money spent on the Museum
and the purpose. I did not take a picture of her and it
was not until I was back home and researching on the internet
that I found her story. Very few people have that kind
of passion and it was probably just as well that I did not know
her story... I would have gave her all my money, well at least
what I had on me. I felt so
bad I went looking for a paypal button to send her some money
but did not find one.
I guess that's my signal....save my money for another worthy
cause.
September 14, 2009
Added
photographs from a small cemetery in
Jefferson County named Cheek Chapel.
Maybe it
is the rain making me feel this way but I seem to have run
across a larger than normal amount of people who were very
negative this weekend. If you are a negative person,
please don't email me THIS week, wait till NEXT week when the
sun is supposed to come back out and I am equipped to deal with
you. ;)
September 12, 2009
Lots of great
stuff on the agenda:
Historic Tour of
Mount Holly Cemetery, Circa 1843
Sunday, October 11th,
2009 - 2:00 P.M.
$10.00 donation benefits the Scholarship Fund of the General T.
J. Churchill Chapter UDC
Join the ladies of the
Churchill Chapter as we welcome you to step inside the stone
walls of Mount Holly Cemetery in an “open to the public” guided
historical tour. The tour will begin at the 13th Street
gate at 2:00 P.M. and will last approximately 1 hour.
Refreshments will be served at the historic bell house during
and following the tour.
Mount Holly, Little Rock’s
oldest cemetery was established in 1843. The final resting
place of 11 Arkansas Governors, 14 State Supreme Court Justices,
22 Little Rock Mayors, 4 Confederate Generals, 172 Civil War
Veterans (including 13 Yankees) a Cherokee Princess, a
Pulitzer Prize winner, David O. Dodd, boy martyr of the
Confederacy who was executed at the age of 17, Little Rock’s
“red light district madam” Mount Holly’s oldest bones, the ages
old secret of forever being remembered “young” and even a few
surprises!
All proceeds from this event
will benefit the Scholarship Fund of the General T. J. Churchill
Chapter, UDC.
For more information please
call Kay Tatum at 375-5197
Also coming up soon is a fund raiser for
Oakland Cemetery here in Little Rock. Both of these are
great causes and sound like they are going to be a lot of fun
and I plan on going to both of them.
Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery
Carriage Tour & Fundraiser
Join us for a wonderful afternoon in history as we tour the
historic Oakland-Fraternal Cemeteries!
This nearly 150 year old cemetery was purchased by the city of
Little Rock in 1862 to accommodate the civil war dead.
Sunday October 4, 2009
Tour Times are 1:00pm, 1:45pm, 2:30pm, 3:15pm
$20 admission per person. Tours are 45 minutes and include a 30
minute horse and carriage ride.
Proceeds will purchase Victorian street signs for
Oakland-Fraternal.
Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery is located 2101 Barber Avenue , next
to the National Cemetery and Booker Arts Magnet School.
To purchase
tickets please
contact Lakresha Diaz:
lxdiaz@ualr.edu or
255-0839.
All tickets will be sold in advance. Please make checks
out to Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery.
Also,
I have not done this yet, but it is
in my
plans for the coming year. I just happened to have met
Nona Thompson at the FGS Conference and she has a website for
designing your own digital books at:
Heritage Makers. I just think it would be great to
copy my kids scrapbooks into hardbound smaller books and give
them the originals since they are nagging me for "my" books.
Then mine would be all nice and neat on a shelf in half the
space.
That pretty much wraps up my
thoughts for the day except to say I now have over 7,000 Gazette
articles online and only 4 - 5 thousand left to go.
September 11, 2009
Mark and I
checked out several things in Memphis recently. One was the Court Square with the most beautiful
"working" fountain. At the Fountain we found a memorial
each for
Hattie Manely, James Malone and Walter Malone.
While I am thinking about it, does anyone know
what the problem is with the Joe T. Robinson Fountain? I
haven't seen water in it all year, maybe 2? Not the
prettiest water fountain but certainly a landmark and why do I
not have a photograph of it. ;)
September 9, 2009
Added the
Saline County Fallen Firefighter's Memorial
and the
Pilgrim's Rest Church, both located in Benton, Saline
County, Arkansas.
Also I want to let you know about a company named
Geneartogy.com. They
had the most beautiful family tree displays. The family
trees that I saw were about 2 feet by 2 1/2 feet and they might
seem a little expensive but these were truly heritage family
trees that you would keep for years and pass down.
Walter Gibbons
Pretending like he doesn't see that cat.
September 8, 2009
Added
photographs of the
John F. Shoppach House Historic Park in Benton, Saline County,
Arkansas.
September 7, 2009
Added
photographs for
Bethel Cemetery in Jacksonville and
Wilhelm Cemetery in Saline County.
September 6, 2009
Every two
months I clean off this page and archive so if you are looking
for something that was here, it is now located in the
What's New archives.
The conference was great
and I want to thank all my readers that dropped by, I just loved
being able to put a face with your email & all the new people
that dropped in. I also want to say a special thank you,
THANK YOU, I love you, to my wonderful sister Tina, who baked
and cut out 500 "Arkansas" cookies just for me to hand out at
the conference. Everyone loved them!
Mr.
Scott Edwards of Bella Vista, Arkansas won the stack of
Desmond's books and cd's from our booth and we didn't know if we
were going to be able to give it to him in person but he got our
email and came back by the convention center just to get it, so
that was great. I hope he enjoys them and finds lots of
stuff.
I didn't get a picture of everyone at the
conference but between Desmond and I we got quite a few.
You can check them out here:
FGS Conference 2009 <----Be sure to scroll down, there
are four pages.
As I go through all the great
stuff from the convention, I am going to add the things I found
interesting here. First up today are three great books
from
Acclaim Press out of Missouri. They had the most
beautiful books on Randolph, Fulton, and Boone County. I
just loved them and wished I had ancestors there. Lots of
info, pictures, beautifully hardbound. If you have people
there, these are great books and I talked to her about
adding some indexes to her website, so maybe she will do that in
the future.
Now with all that over, I can get down to
business. Plans for the next 6 months (I hope only 6
months) are to come online with all of the cemetery photos and
Gazette articles so that I can start some new projects!)
September 3, 2009
I am beat but
just wanted to post a few pics from the Arkansas booths at the
conference.
Heather
Zbinden with the
Mosaic Templar Cultural Center. Heather had the best
freebies if you ask me. I won't tell you what they were
but if you come down and check out the exhibit hall I bet she
has one for you too. ; )
The Craighead County Ladies, Dorothy McCarns and Gail Lies. Look at the books! If you have Craighead
county ancestors they have the books!
Desmond Allen and Tom Dillard
Mrs. Elsie Robinson Dodson with the Afro-American Historical &
Genealogy Society & Preservation of African-American Cemeteries.
Delightful Woman, I just loved chatting with her!
I didn't need to worry about my booth, Desmond's name has been
the best advertising anyone could get. People just flocked
to my booth to get in on her door prize of 6 Arkansas Books and
3 CDs. If you don't know Desmond, you are in a minority
because she knows everyone, their mother, and their grandmother!
September 2, 2009
The FGS
Conference starts tomorrow and I hope to see everyone there!
If the expense is a problem just come on down and check out the
exhibit hall for free. The booth lineup is here:
It looks like there are going to be a lot of
great booths there. Today I got to meet Tootie Dennis,
Kathy Fuller, Annette Shaw, Robert Stroupe, Betsy Mills and
Linda Haas Davenport from our own Arkansas and on the national
scene I met Pat Richley,
whose known by her online persona of DearMyrtle, and
Dick Eastman who writes
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. The last two
people are lifesavers for those of us who are genealogy junkies
and need our daily fix.
This is my first
genealogy show or conference and I have been worried all week
what to do with my booth that people would interested in or will
anyone even want to come by my booth but everyone has been so
nice! Of course, tomorrow, I am taking my camera so it
might be a different story when I go taking pics of everyone.
I have a long list of people in the genealogy and history world
that I admire so this is like going to Hollywood for me. :
)
