Benton County, Arkansas: Biographies, History, and Historical Maps

Over 235 pages including 240 biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of more than 50 Benton County communities

An informative and historical overview of Benton County, Arkansas including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1889 Goodspeed's "History of Benton County, Arkansas" book including 240 biographies.

This fascinating and detailed CD contains ALL of the following material in two separate books, ALL on one CD:

Book One on CD: Maps of Benton County, Arkansas
Included here are the North Western region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:
A. A rare 1855 map that shows the area of Benton County just nineteen years after the county was formed. Communities shown are: Bentonville * Double Spring * Maysville * Osage Mills * Robinsons Roads *

B. A map of 1895 Benton County showing the locations of 28 different settlements including all of the following: Avoca * Bentonville * Bloomfield * Brightwater * Cherokee City * Colville * Decatur * Garfield * Gentry * Gravett * Herd * Hiwasse * Ionia * Lowell * Mason Val. * Maysville * Osage Mills * Rago * Robinson * Rogers * Seba * Siloam Springs * Springtown * Sulphur Springs * Vaughn * Vinda * Wager * War Eagle *

C. A map of 1898 Benton County showing the locations of 45 different settlements including all of the following: Avoca * Beaty * Bentonville * Bloomfield * Brightwater * Buttry * Calis * Cannon * Cherokee City * Clementine * Colville * Creech * Decatur * Gallatin * Garfield * Gentry * Gravette * Herd * Hiwasse * Hoover * Ionia * Key * Larue * Logan * Lowell * Mason Val. ( Mason Valley ) * Maysville * Osage Mills * Pactolus * Parn * Pearidge ( Pea Ridge ) * Pippin * Pond * Rago * Robinson * Rogers * Seba * Siloam Springs * Silversprings ( Silver Springs ) * Springtown * Sulpher Springs * Trident * Vaughn * Wareagle ( War Eagle ) * Wager *

D. A map of 1915 Benton County showing the locations of 23 different settlements including all of the following: Beaty * Bentonville * Brightwater * Cave Springs * Centerton * Cherokee City * Decatur * Garfield * Gentry * Gravette * Herd * Highfill * Hiwasse * Lowell * Maysville * Monte Ne * Pea Ridge * Robinson * Rogers * Siloam Springs * Springtown * Sulphur Springs * Wareagle ( War Eagle ) *



Book Two on CD: The complete 1889 "History of Benton County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Co.
This detailed (over 235 pages in all) book has an incredible amount of information about Benton County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1889. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Benton County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 240 different biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Location and Boundary
• Topography & Natural History
• Streams, Springs
• Geology
• Soils
• Climate
• Settlement
• The FirstSettlers
• Later Settlers
• Character & Nativity
• The Pioneer's Cabin
• Population
• Game
• Hardships
• Clothing
• Mills
• Pioneer Weddings
• Indians
• County Organization
• Public Buildings
• Court Houses
• Jails
• Poor House
• Municipal Townships
• Public Highways
• Railroads
• Public Lands and their Surveys
• Agriculture and Horticulture
• Finances of the County
• Societies
• Elections
• County and District Officers
• The Courts
• The Civil War
• Towns and Villages: Avoca * Brightwater * Bentonville * Bloomfield * Eldorado * Cherokee City * Rogers * Garfield * Lowell * Maysville * Nebo * Springtown * Siloam City * Sulpher Springs * Van Winkle Mills * War Eagle Mills
• Education & Literature
• Christianity (Churches)
• Biographical Appendix

Included is a total of 240 biographies including each of the following surnames:
(more than 1000 other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies): Adams * Alexander * Allen * Allensworth * Alley * Ames * Anderson * Arthur * Baker * Banks * Barney * Beach * Bills * Black * Blackburn * Blake * Blevins * Box * Bozarth * Breedlove * Britt * Brooks * Brown * Bruner * Burns * Butler * Camden * Carnahan * Cawood * Chandler * Clanton * Clark * Clegg * Clifton * Coffelt * Cordell * Craig * Crane * Curry * Dailey * Dameron * Davis * Deming * Dickson * Dienst * Dobkins * Donaldson * Dorkens * Duckworth * Dunagin * Dunn * Elam * Elliott * Enterkine * Fair * Felker * Fergus * Fields * Floyd * Ford * Fry * Gibbs * Gilmore * Gould * Graham * Gray * Green * Greenwood * Griggs * Gunter * Hall * Hammer * Hammons * Haney * Hansard * Hart * Hays * Head * Heath * Hedges * Herman * Hickman * Highfill * Hinds * Hine * Hoblit * Holland * Hurley * Hust * Inman * Jackson * January * Jefferson * Jennings * Keith * Kendrick * Kimmins * Knott * Laughlin * Lindsey * Lincoln * Lefors * Looney * McAdams * McAndrew * McClinton * McCubbins * McGaughey * McGee * McGruder * McKennon * McKinney * McKisick * McSpadden * Maddox * Manwaring * Mason * Maxwell * Miller * Miser * Mitchell * Montgomery * Morris * Morton * Murphy * Neal * Neil * Nelson * Netherton * Norman * Norris * Noyes * Oakley * Pace * Patterson * Patton * Paul * Peel * Philips * Phillips * Powell * Preasley * Puckett * Rice * Riddle * Roberts * Robertson * Robinson * Rodgers * Rogers * Roughton * Rutherford * Scaggs * Scott * Schrader * Scroggs * Seamster * Sellers * Sewell * Sheffield * Shores * Sikes * Simpson * Smart * Smartt * Smith * Snow * Spencer * Stahl * Steele * Steers * Stephens * Stevens * Steward * Stringfield * Stroud * Tate * Terry * Thomas * Todd * Tucker * Vandover * Wager * Wammack * Warner * Wasson * Watson * Weems * West * Weir * White * Wight * Wilks * Williams * Wilson * Wing * Winstead * Woods * Woolsey * Wright * Yell *



Benton County is located in the North West corner of Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: McDonald County, Missouri * Barry County, Missouri * Carroll County, Arkansas * Washington County, Arkansas * Adair County, Oklahoma * and Delaware County, Oklahoma * .

Each of the two books on this CD is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format and requires the free Acrobat Reader program to view. You probably already have this program on your computer but if not, a free copy of the program is included on the CD. Each of the books on this CD is designed to look just like a regular book and is bookmarked to move easily and quickly from one section another. This CD will operate on any Pentium I or higher computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $9.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Benton County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1889.