Historic Washington Arkansas

Author : Brooke, Steven
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455605774
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Washington, Arkansas written by Brooke, Steven and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handsome full-color guide provides an in-depth look at Washington, Arkansas, from events leading up to its founding in 1824 through its restoration and present-day operation.

Author : Mary L. Kwas
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557288984
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digging for History at Old Washington written by Mary L. Kwas and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Positioned along the legendary Southwest Trail, the town of Washington in Hempstead County in southwest Arkansas was a thriving center of commerce, business, and county government in the nineteenth century. Historical figures such as Davy Crockett and Sam Houston passed through, and during the Civil War, when the Federal troops occupied Little Rock, the Hempstead County Courthouse in Washington served as the seat of state government. A prosperous town fully involved in the events and society of the territorial, antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras, Washington became in a way frozen in time by a series of events including two fires, a tornado, and being bypassed by the railroad in 1874. Now an Arkansas State Park and National Historic Landmark, Washington has been studied by the Arkansas Archeological Survey over the past twenty-five years. Digging for History at Old Washington joins the historical record with archaeological findings such as uncovered construction details, evidence of lost buildings, and remnants of everyday objects. Of particular interest are the homes of Abraham Block, a Jewish merchant originally from New Orleans, and Simon Sanders from North Carolina, who became the town’s county clerk. The public and private lives of the Block and Sanders families provide a fascinating look at an antebellum town at the height of its prosperity.

Author : Mary Medearis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washington, Arkansas written by Mary Medearis and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joshua Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467111767
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washington written by Joshua Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located on the Southwest Trail that connected St. Louis to Texas, the town of Washington was established in 1824 in the southwest corner of Arkansas. Named after the first president of the United States, Washington is an example of a true American town with the city streets bearing the names of famous countrymen. American icons such as James Bowie, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett all passed through this unique community. One of its citizens, a local blacksmith, made a knife for Bowie, which became infamously known as the Bowie Knife. During the last two years of the Civil War, Washington became the capital of the Confederate government of Arkansas. In later years, it was bypassed by the railroad, and the town faced decline. In the 20th century, concerned citizens pushed for its restoration, and today Washington consists of a state park that continues to tell the story of this unique community to future generations.

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Total Pages : 1412 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary L. Pinkerton
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623494699
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trammel's Trace written by Gary L. Pinkerton and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trammel’s Trace tells the story of a borderlands smuggler and an important passageway into early Texas. Trammel’s Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the Great Bend of the Red River it intersected with El Camino Real de los Tejas in Nacogdoches. By the early nineteenth century, Trammel’s Trace was largely a smuggler’s trail that delivered horses and contraband into the region. It was a microcosm of the migration, lawlessness, and conflict that defined the period. By the 1820s, as Mexico gained independence from Spain, smuggling declined as Anglo immigration became the primary use of the trail. Familiar names such as Sam Houston, David Crockett, and James Bowie joined throngs of immigrants making passage along Trammel’s Trace. Indeed, Nicholas Trammell opened trading posts on the Red River and near Nacogdoches, hoping to claim a piece of Austin’s new colony. Austin denied Trammell’s entry, however, fearing his poor reputation would usher in a new wave of smuggling and lawlessness. By 1826, Trammell was pushed out of Texas altogether and retreated back to Arkansas Even so, as author Gary L. Pinkerton concludes, Trammell was “more opportunist than outlaw and made the most of disorder.”

Author : Diane Hanley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738597058
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washington and Benton Counties Arkansas written by Diane Hanley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. At the turn of the century, the northwest corner of Arkansas was a remote region of small towns and farms. Today, Washington and Benton Counties are among the nation's most rapidly growing metropolitan areas. This book captures sixty years of that evolution (1900-1960) in more than two hundred carefully selected postcard images. The postcards, enhanced by the actual words penned by the senders, are accompanied by extensively researched facts that bring to life both the images and the history of the region.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1691 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Washington County, Arkansas written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 35 pages
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Download or read book Yesterdays written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary L. Kwas
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557289557
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pictorial History of Arkansas's Old State House written by Mary L. Kwas and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arkansas's Old State House, arguably the most famous building in the state, was conceived during the territorial period and has served through statehood. A History of Arkansas's Old State House traces the history of the architecture and purposes of the remarkable building. The history begins with Gov. John Pope's ideas for a symbolic state house for Arkansas and continues through the construction years and an expansion in 1885. After years of deterioration, the building was abandoned by the state government, and the Old State House then became a medical school and office building. Kwas traces the subsequent fight for the building's preservation on to its use today as a popular museum of Arkansas history and culture. Brief biographies of secretaries of state, preservationists, caretakers, and others are included, and the book is generously illustrated with early and seldom-seen photographs, drawings, and memorabilia.