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Message Board[ Home | Contents | Search | Post | Reply | Next | Previous | Up ] Cader Lee, Buck Lee - Clarksville, Johnson CountyFrom: TedWNewman @ aol.com CommentsI am looking for a good copy of a photo (electronic or hard copy) and an article that I could not find by using the web site. I am hoping you might lead me to a person who could properly search for the following. I am hoping for copies of both items. I only have a poor copy of the first, and none of the second. thanks in advance for any leads you may have . . . 1. A photograph from the files of the Arkansas Gazette, March 26, 1939. It shows a building in a valley just north of Clarksville is the old Cader Lee home, built in the early 1830's and used for many years as an inn and stagecoach stop. Said to be the oldest house in Johnson County, on the old road between Fort Smith and Little Rock. The house was built by Cader Lee, owned also by Buck Lee. 2. An article about this house was also in the Gazette, February, 1934 Standing in a fair state of preservation in a valley just north of Clarksville is the old Cader Lee home, built in the early 1830's and used for many years as an inn and stagecoach stop. Said to be the oldest house in Johnson County, it is set in a grove of huge cedar trees on the old road between Fort Smith and Little Rock. The house was built by Cader Lee, who moved from Tennessee into what is now Johnson County during the early 1830's. Bringing his wife and 10 children with him, along with his household goods and a large number of slaves, Mr. Lee purchased from a Cherokee Indian the land on which the house now stands and set out to make this site his home. Pitching tents and using the covered wagons for shelter, the party made this camp their home during the months required to build the house. The house was built under the supervision of Mr. Lee by his slaves and with the aid of Indians. A two-story building with 10 . . . Last changed: 05/08/08 |
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