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

79 pages including 99 family biographies plus 4 different historical maps featuring the locations of 49 Clark County communities

An informative and historical overview of Clark County, Arkansas including two separate books on CD which include 4 historical maps (1855, 1895, 1898, and 1915); plus the full 1890 Goodspeed Publishing Company "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clark County, Arkansas" book including 99 family 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 Clark County, Arkansas
Included here are the Southwest region of Arkansas sections of 4 different historical maps:

A. A rare 1855 map that shows the Clark County, Arkansas area just 36 years after Clark County was created.  Locations shown: Alpine * Amity * Antoine * Anvil * Archidelphia (Arkadelphia) * Beech Cr. * Greenville * Okolona * Raymond * Rome * Terre Noir

B. A map of 1895 Clark County showing the locations of 26 different settlements including all of the following: Alpine * Amity * Arkadelphia * Beirne * Burtsel * Clear Spring * Copeland Ridge * Curtis * Daleville * Flanagans * Gum Sprs. * Gurdon * Gurdon Jc. * Hardages * Hearn * Hebron * Hollywood * Leard * Mill Creek * Okolona * Scotts * Shawmut * Sloan * Smithton * Tupelo Springs * Weaver 

C. A map of 1898 Clark County showing the locations of 31 different settlements including all of the following: Alpine * Amity * Arkadelphia * Ashton (or Joslyn) * Beirne * Boswell * Bradsha * Clearspring * Curtis * Daleville * Dobyville * Elm * Gum Springs * Gurdon * Hardages * Hearn * Hebron * Hollywood * Joan * Leard * Manchester * Okolona * Reeves * Scotts * Shawmut * Smithton * Tate * Tupelo Springs * Vaden * Weaver * Whelen Springs

D. A map of 1915 Clark County showing the locations of 26 different settlements including all of the following: Adams * Alpine * Amity * Arkadelphia * Atlee * Beirne * Burtsel * Clearspring * Curtis * Daleville * Dobyville * Elm Point * Fendley * Gum Springs * Gurdon * Halfway * Hebron * Hollywood * Keyton * Leard * Lenox * Scotts * Smithton * Whelan Springs 



Book Two on CD: The complete 1890 "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clark County, Arkansas" by the Goodspeed Publishing Company
This detailed (79 pages in all) book has a large amount of information about Clark County, Arkansas from its earliest settlement up to 1890. This is an exact photo replica of all the pages pertaining to Clark County, Arkansas including all of the historical and biographical information. Included are a total of 99 different family biographies.

Here is just some of the information included:

• Clark County Boundaries
• Topography
• Rivers and Streams
• Springs and Mineral Waters
• Land Values
• Timber
• Soils and Minerals
• Early Settlers and Settlement in Clark County
• Clark County Organization
• Courts of Clark County
• First Townships in Clark County
• Erection of Clark County Court House
• Clark County Officials
• Agricultural Resources
• Livestock
• Railroads in Clark County
• Timber Production
• Crimes and Trials in Clark County
• The Civil War in Clark County
• Clark County Towns, Villages, Post-Offices: Alpine * Amity * Arkadelphia * Bierne * Clearspring * Curtis * Daleville * Dobeyville * Gurdon * Hebron * Hollywood * Okolona * Smithton * Whelan
• Clark County Schools
• Churches in Clark County
• Population in Clark County
• Clark County Biographical Sketches (57 pages)

Included is a total of 99 Clark County family biographies including each of the following surnames: (Some surnames have multiple biographies) (hundreds of other surnames are also mentioned throughout the text and within these biographies):  Abraham * Arnold * Barton * Beck * Bell * Bourland * Bozeman * Brown * Burton * Bussell * Cagle * Carder * Cargile * Carter * Cheatham * Clark * Cloud * Conger * Conway * Crawley * Crow * Dale * Deaton * Dickson * Doby * East * Edwards * Ewing * Flanagin * Gibney * Hall * Hardage * Hardin * Harley * Harwell * Hays * Hearn * Hill * Huie * Jordan * Key * Kirkham * May * McAdams * McAlpin * McCallum * McDonald * McGill * McNutt * Meeks * Minyard * Moore * Nash * Newton * Norman * Norton * Orsburn * Paisley * Park * Peters * Pettus * Phillips * Pullen * Randle * Ross * Rowe * Runyan * Rutherford * Saunders * Shackelford * Sloan * Smith * Smoker * Spence * Strong * Stuart * Thompson * Tinberleik * Townsend * Trigg * Weber * Weir * White * Widener * Wilder * Wilson * Young * 

Clark County is located in Southwest Arkansas and is surrounded by the following counties: Pike County, Arkansas * Montgomery County, Arkansas * Hot Spring County, Arkansas * Dallas County, Arkansas * Ouachita County, Arkansas * and Nevada County, Arkansas .

Each of the 2 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 ebooks 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 or equivilent computer with a CD drive.

The cost for this CD containing both books described above is only $7.95 plus shipping! A large amount of information for very little cost! A truly fascinating view of Clark County, Arkansas from its first settlement to 1890.