Izard County Arkansas Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc

Izard County Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
Izzard County Historian

Many back issues of The Historian are available for sale. Price is $3.00 per copy postpaid. Contact the Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society at P.O. Box 877 Melbourne, AR 72556 for issue availability and to order.

The January 1996 – January 2008 issues usually contained these articles – Editor’s Page – Letters and E-mails to the Editor – Notices and Recent Events – Life, Contributing, and New Members
January 1996 A Letter from the Editors – A Brief History of Caney Spring Church – “Caney Spring Church Speaks” – The Restoration of Caney Spring Church – Reverend Robert H. Evans – Cemeteries Yesterday and Today – More about Cemeteries – Markers Placed at Staggs Cemetery – Mount Hope Cemetery Survey (Also known as Meeker Cemetery) –Membership Application – Previous Life Members – New Life Members	April 1996 Franks Reunion –Some History of Staggs Cemetery – The Six Oldest Marked Graves of Staggs Cemetery – Staggs Cemetery Committee Projects – Staggs Cemetery Survey – Let’s Go to the Fair – Queries – Correction for Mount Hope Cemetery Survey – Reprints and Corrections –Member Linage Chart – Blank Linage Chart – Memorials to Nina Zoe Davis and Raymond Landers Blair – Picture of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Landers Blair
July 1996 Change of Addresses– Helen Lindley-Roses, Waltzes, and a Roomful of History – Melbourne Historical Committee – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Ozark Cultural Celebration – Staggs Cemetery Survey – Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society Constitution and By-Laws – Queries– Reprints with Surnames – January Issues Returned List – Linage Chart for Janet Lee Karr – Linage Chart for Ramona Moser Perkins – Pedigree Chart for Mary F. Cox	October 1996 Notice: Previous Life Member Lost –Antioch Missionary Baptist Church – Known Pastors of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church – A Brief Stop at the Hively Reunion – Announcement for 1893-94 Melbourne High School – “Uncle Shade” Wren Called by Death – Staggs Cemetery Survey – Historic Records of Land Transfers – Izard County Cemetery List and Map – Books for Sale Emma Adams – Wanted: Family Historians and Local Publishers – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Queries – Membership Renewal Form – Surname Index – Can you help identify picture of Jones Family”
1997
January 1997 Cemetery List and Map Corrections –1997 History Programs –Historical Society Program at Newburg – The Legend of the Rebel Soldier – Family Group Sheet of Nelson Redick Green – History of Nelson Redick Green and Family – The Old Independence Regional Museum – Map of Old Independence County – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Queries – Picture of Dr. Joseph Schenck Family – Pictures of William Franklin Roberts Family and Edwards Franklin Roberts Family – Picture of Johnson J. Roberts – Linage Charts for Jean Mayfield Cuevas and Tessie JeanWasham Harper	April 1997 Daughter of Pioneer Dies – History of Nelson Redick Green and Family – All Cleared Land of Green Farm Retired to Pasture - “Just East of Hooker, Oklahoma” – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Memoirs of John Foster (February 1863-March1865) – Books for Sale by Sue Shell Chrisco and Betty Guthrie McCollum – Crunkleton Reunion – Queries – Additional Surnames Researching – Memorials to Johnie Powell Miller and Mary Ethel Brockwell – Ancestor Chart for Ira Franklin Wilson
July 1997 Corrections on the Trail of Tears Route– The A.C. Jeffery House – 21^st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. – Robert Landon Guthrie – The Pilgrimage to Calico Rock – Pages From an Old Ledger of the Firm of McFellch and Livingston – Amendments to the Constitution of the Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society – Queries - Additional Surnames Researching – Memorials for Elsie Hively and Cecil Harvey Seay – Ancestor Charts for Major Hull, Norma Kay Walker, Doris Lee Cox – Ozark Cultural Celebration	October 1997 The Historic Wolf House – Wolf Family Cemetery – Robert Landon Guthrie – An Unidentified Family Picture – The Pilgrimage to Calico Rock- Pages From An Old Ledge of the Firm of McFellch and Livingston – The Lancaster Herald – A Family Heirloom – Ancestor Charts for Delia Hightower Lowder and Sharron L. Scott –Surname Index – Unidentified Pictures – Queries
1998
January 1998 History Programs for 1998 – The Area’s General History from Calico Rock to Sylamore – Our Group Picture of White River Scenic Railroad Tour in October 1997 – The Pilgrimage to Calico Rock – More from the “Chips From the Woody Block” – Granderson Graves Guthrie An Early Izard County Pioneer – “Old Home of my Grandpa Shell” – George J. Dillard – Humble Log Cabin – An Old Melbourne School Picture – Old Ledger Pages from McFellch and Livingston Store – Queries	April 1998 Ninth North Arkansas Ancestor Fair – The Civil War on Twin Creek – A Picture of Twin Creek Church of Christ – Izard County Townships – More from the “Chips From The Woody Block” – The Old Cornshuck Mop! – Descendants of W.B. “Wylie”Marchant and Susan Cox Marchant – “Jack” and AubyHalbrook – Pages from the “Old”Dillard Family Bible – An “Old” Campaign Handout – Member Obituaries for Ruby D. Finley and Auby R. Halbrook
July 1998 1900 Township Map Drafter Identified – Announcements --“Old” Philadelphia Church History – The Civil War on Twin Creek – Auby Roe MarchantHalbrook – Descendants of W.B. “Wylie” Marchant and Susan Cox – More from “Chips” from the Woody Block – Martha Hightower a Tribute – Hightower School Picture – Queries	October 1998 Arkansas Territory-Some Early History and Officials – The Census Taker of 1850 Takes A Ride Through Izard County – Second Annual Announcement of the Zion School – Joseph P. McVey – Pictures – Old Pictures – Index – Memorial to Ruth Watkins Bock – Queries –Pictures
1999
January 1999 Correction– State Review Board Nominates Jumbo Church to National Register of Historic Places – AHPP Announces 1999 Schedule of Historic Site Tours – Melbourne Post Office (1854-1999) – Penter’s Bluff and Some History of the Anderson/Lafferty Area - Colonel Thomas M. Freeman, C.S.A. – Freeman’s Regiment Missouri Calvary – James Aaron McVey-McVey Family – The Census Taker of 1850 Takes A Ride Through Izard County – Granderson Graves Guthrie – John David Arnold – A Confederate Reunion Picnic? – A Pineville Baseball Team – Izard County Normal – Lineage/Pedigree Charts for James Arthur Guthrie and Charles Richard Brooks – Queries	April 1999 1999 History Programs –Winning Essays of the First Annual Izard County Family History Contest – The Knowles and the Masons – The Nguyen Family – Freeman’s Regiment Missouri Cavalry, C.S.A. – The Gentry Family – War of 1812 Grave Marker Dedication Ceremony for John Shell – Old Obituaries of Former Izard Countians – Books for Sale – School District No. 10 Sidney, AR Memorial Fan and Class Picture – Let’s Take A Vote From Members! – A Pineville Baseball Team! -- Izard County Normal – Lineage Charts forMarian MarguarietteTitsworth, James Alfred Titsworth, Sr., James Madison Sparks, and George Washington Sinor – Queries
July 1999 White River Conference 1906-F.R. Noe and Noe family pictures – Jumbo Church of Christ Historical Program – Izard County Properties Listed on the National Register of Historic Places – Coming Home to my Roots – War of 1812 Veteran, John Shell, Honored! – The Clipper – Izard County Register – Putting Some Generations of the Stowers Family Together – Nancy Jane Mizell’s Family – Old Pictures! Class Picture of Old Lunenburg School?-- Lineage Charts for Thomas Russell Gist and Pauline Jones – Queries	October 1999 Correction! Jumbo Church of Christ –History and Families of Izard County – Old Independence Regional Museum – 75 Year old Data-Box Removed and Opened from Date-Stone of Calico Rock United Methodist Church – Bare Feet on the Memory Path – Calico Rock Progress – The First Smith and Butler Jones Reunion – Putting Some Generations of the Stowers Family Together – Surname Index – Old Picture – Linage Chart for Donna Lynn King – Queries
2000
January 2000 Izard County Internet Links! – Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands – Addie StowersHavner Celebrates 90^th Birthday! – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – The Smith and Jones Family History – John David Guthrie – “Twas The Day Before Yesterday” – Relationship Chart-Common(Canon) Law – Lineage Charts for Ezra Glen Stowers and Ardis Gay Harmon – Queries	April 2000 Corrections– The Second Annual Family History Contest – The Family History of Katie Beebe – Wilson Family History – Brandon Family History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Thomas Walter Guthrie – A Hundred Years Ago! – Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites --A New Cemetery Project-Pineville Cemetery – Pineville Cemetery Survey – Eleventh North Arkansas Ancestor Fair Schedule and Reservation Form – A Double Wedding – Queries
July 2000 A History of Violet Hill – 2^nd Annual Family History Contest – A Belken Family History – The Craig-Patterson Family History – “From England To Elsewhere With the Harris Family” - Calico Rock Progress and Salem Banner Extractions – Pineville Cemetery Survey – “Kinsman” – Some Izard County Data Extracted from Institute for Economic Advancement – Queries – Lineage Charts for Sandra Lea Sanders and Arlie Ervine Sipe – Jerry and Tressie Box– Izard County Historical City Populations 1880-1990 Website	October 2000 Fall History Program Notice – Izard County Population by Township 1900 – Izard County History Book Nears Completion– Steamboats on the White River – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – “From England to Elsewhere With the Harris Family”- Pineville Cemetery Survey – Smith Jones and Anna Butler 2^nd Annual Reunion – A Double Wedding- Old School Pictures - Lineage Charts by Linda Johnson, Joann Stroud, and Myram Brewer -Surname Index – Queries – Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites
2001
January 2001 History Book Update– Trimble Campground Church: The First 150 Years – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – “From England to Elsewhere With the Harris Family” – Some Hodge Family History – 100 Years Ago-The Young Family – A List of Accessible “Old” School Pictures and Some Histories-- Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites –Queries – An Unidentified Gathering Picture	April 2001 Unidentified Pictures –Third Annual Izard County Family History Contest – History of the Boyd and Morehead Families – The Wray Family – Some Russell Family History – Trimble Campground Church: The First 150 Years – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Mount Vernon-A Closure To: “The Town of Mount Vernon A Mystery Solved.” –Queries – Lone Star School Records and Class of 1912- Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites
July 2001 A History of Brockwell – Izard County Singing/Music School History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – The Life History of Lee Baxter Harris – William Harrison Yancey Family – George W. Yancey – The 27^th Arkansas Infantry C.S.A. Mount Olive to Little Rock – Joe H. Blue’s Own Story – Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites – Pedigree Charts for Ann Lee Harris, John Logan Davis, and Billy Joe Melton	October 2001 History Book Correction – From the History Book Scrapbook– Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites – Trimble Campground Cemetery – West Africans in Izard County – Summary of Izard County Slaveholder’s and Selected Tax Book Information – Martha Ann Harris – Private Isaac Brown – An Unidentified School Picture – Elephants on the Road – WidemanHollor 1920s (maps) – District 21-Lone Star-Voters 1919-31 – Oath of Judges and Clerks 1919 – An Unidentified Picture – Lineage Chart for William Howard Jones
2002
January 2002 History Program Schedule for 2002– Some History of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in Izard County – Trimble Campground Cemetery – Silent Strangers: West Africans in Izard County – 1850 Izard County, Arkansas Federal Census – Summary of Izard County Slaveholder’s and Selected Tax Book Information	April 2002 Izard County Family History Contest – How the Texans and Aries Mixed – Hardin and Brown Family History – My Family Tree – Silent Strangers: West Africans in Izard County – 1860 Izard County, Arkansas Federal Census – Slave Schedule – Summary of Izard County Slaveholders and Selected Tax Book Information – A Tribute to Seth E. Matthews
July 2002 Unidentified Pictures – Reprint of an Identified Picture– The Melbourne Museum – The Rediscovered Pugh Cemetery – A Tribute To A School Teacher – Black and Mulatto Izard County Census Extractions 1870 & 1880 – A Tribute to Wallace Hanley Jones “Dear Brother” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Query With Picture – Baptist Church Franklin, AR – Pedigree Chart for Christie Ann Bransford – Ancestor Charts for Ralph Dolen Wilson	October 2002 The Wolf House Restoration by Preservation Matters – The Wolf House History Program – Mrs. J. W. Roberts – A Copy of a letter from her brother, Lunsford Schenck – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Black and Mulatto Izard County Census Extractions: 1870 & 1880 – Surname Index Queries and Unidentified Pictures! – Lineage Charts for Mary Ruth Rush and Helen Fay Mize
2003
January 2003 Corrections to a Previous Issue –Obituaries – Harris and Lindley – “Reminiscing for Helen Lindley” – Tributes to the Memory of Mrs. Helen Lindley – Remembering Helen – Restoration of Knob Creek Church – Some History and Remembrances of Knob Creek – Matthews Reunion 2002 – “Tales of the Crypts” Spring Creek Cemetery – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Lineage Chart for Dale Hanks – For Your Information-Jones Family Burials in Izard County	April 2003 The Whiteaker Family – Donating Genealogy Materials – “Tales of the Crypts” Spring Creek Cemetery – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – J.V. Smith’s Coon Hunting Mule – Lineage Chart for Ginger M. Jones – Ex-Confederate Pensioners Melbourne Times 1912
July 2003 5^th Annual Family History Contest – The Kirdendolls, Dilbecks, Skidmores, and Goforths – The Otto’s – The Speak Family Tree – Izard County Cemeteries – 84^th General Assembly Regular Session, 2003-House Bill 2263 – The Whiteaker Family – “Tales of the Crypts” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Unidentified Picture, Query	October 2003 “A Short History of Iuka, Arkansas “ – “The Origins of the Widow Harris” Her Name was Sarah Bibb – The Whiteaker Family – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index – The R.C. Matthews Family Sheets
2004
January 2004 A Correction to the October 2003 Issue – The March 2004 History Program – A Membership Dues Reminder– History of Franklin, Arkansas – Jim Wiseman – Wiseman Cemetery – The Origins of the Widow Harris – The Izard County Cemetery Fund is Moving Ahead – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Lineage Chart for Mary Frances Jones	April 2004 An Identified Picture Submitted – 6^th Annual Family History Contest – The Goodson Family Genealogy – Bailey Sanders’ Genealogy – The Hicks Family Sage – The Day Family History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions
July 2004 A Special Request– Mount Pleasant History – W.J. Langston 1831-1910 –Farm Family of 1980 – Thrasher – The Rudulph and Harris Families in Sylamore – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Palestine Cemetery’s New Gate and Sign – Unidentified Picture – Ancestor Chart of Betty Jean Bruce Cavner – Pedigree Chart for Roberta Lee Langston	October 2004 “Benge Route Meeting Draws Crowd” – The Benge Route of the Trail of Tears Across Izard County – Genealogy – Odd Fellows Lodge #64 at Knob Creek Church – Lunenburg F & A M Lodge Picture – Out of the Past-Perkins-Stone-Foster – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – A 19927 Baseball Team – Surname Index
2005
January 2005 “Charles Cheatham, one man devoted to Izard County residents” – Sweet Home Cemetery – “The Recording of a Cemetery “ – “A Cemetery” – Grave Markers Added by The Izard County Cemetery Association to Sweet Home Cemetery – “One Dead As Result of Stabbing Affray” – Wideman School Picture in Early 1900’s Identified – Calico Rock Progress “First Consolidated List of War Dead by Dept.” - Calico Rock Progress Kitchen Chores at Ninety Four Aunt Liza: Meeker Recalls Pioneer Days, Girlhood Memories - Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Six Generation Chart by Dwayne D. Peterson	April 2005 7^th Annual Family History Contest – Campbell Genealogy – Simmons Family History – Gray Family History – Dedication Ceremony at Blue Church Cemetery – Unidentified Pictures – McElmurry of Izard County – Calico Rock Progress Extractions
July 2005 A Microfilm Reader and Companion Computer for an Izard County Library! – A list of Microfilm rolls placed at the Calico Rock Library – The Pleasant Grove School House – Pleasant Grove School Approximately 1920 – LaCrosse School – Melbourne School (about 1908) – Lyons Creek School – Old White School House in Lunenburg – Old Rock School House in Lunenburg – Fair View School Additional information and memorabilia – Upper Twin Creek School-School History Book Correction – Grave Dowsing – Calico Rock Progress Extractions	October 2005 History of Horseshoe Bend, A Planned Community – Memories of Horseshoe Bend – Billy Weaver’s LaCrosse Summer – Marshall W. Weaver – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – A Special Plea – Surname Index – Historic Farm in Izard County Sold - Pedigree Charts for Annis June Green and Roy Wayne McGuire
2006
January 2006 –Treasurer’s Report for December 31, 2005 - Dedication of Marker for Izard County Courthouse 1830-1836 – “Preserving Izard County History” – Athens Memorial Site Drawing – “Athens courthouse sign restored” – The Relocation of two Billington Graves – “Melbourne Fifty Years Old” – “Stone Songs on the Trail of Tears” – “Stone Songs on the Trail of Tears Presented to Calico Rock High School Library” – Flat Rock School and Singing School Pictures – Some Weaver and Smith Family History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Iuka School in 1900 – Six Generation Chart for Wilma June Gray	April 2006 Izard County Historian Magazine Needs New Editor – A Warm Welcome to a New Society Officer and Assistant Editor – Treasurer’s Report – Meeting Minutes April 9, 2006 – 8^th Annual Family History Contest – A Jeffery, Faith and Blankenship Connection – Some Rains, James, Watts, and Jones Family History – The Edwards and Horness Family – Harris Cemetery Rededication – The Arkansas Burial Law – The Encyclopedia of Arkansas – Saving a “boon town’s” history – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Six Generation Chart by Terri England
July 2006 –Treasurer’s Report – Minutes of the April 9, 2006 Business Meeting –“River View Hotel, a piece of Calico Rock history” – The Lives and Times of Charlie Milten Burgess and Velma Easter Smith – “A Letter 68 Years Old” – An Old Letter dated February 17, 1888 – The Surrender of Captain Henry Hill Harris. Company G, 8^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Meridian, Mississippi. May 4, 1865 - Calico Rock Extractions	October 2006 Minutes of Business Meeting – Treasurer’s Report June 30, 2006 – A Melbourne School History Reprinted from The Early Schools of Izard County, Arkansas 1825-1950 and a history program given by James Muncy – The Lives and Times of Charlie Milten Burgess and Velma Easter Smith – The Story of the Electric Power Generating and Ice Production Plant of Calico Rock – One Cousin and Another – Tillman Ciscero Thrasher – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index
2007
January 2007 The Future of The Izard County Historian –Treasurer’s Report for December 31, 2006 – Meeting Minutes – “Chrisco gives grave dowsing demonstration” – “Johnny Lee” – “Ballad of Johnny Lee”- “Founded on the Rock” – “Original Ambulance Girls” – “Mrs. Matilda Moser Has Vivid Memory of Historic Days In County During Civil War” – “Penter’s Bluff” – “Dear Ancestor” - “Shared Memories” –“Tax Collecting and Assessing Notice from the Izard County Tax Assessor 1944 – “Highway Caves In” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions	April 2007 Catching up on back issues –Treasurer’s Report for March 31, 2007 – Family Genealogy of the Dockins, Wood, Powell and McGinness Families – Killian Family Stories – Mayfield Family Stories – “Champ” Grandmother Spent Long Years in Sharp, Izard Counties; Had 275 Progeny” – “Getting a Loan From the R.F.C.” – “Claiborne and The Cherry Tree-An Adventure in Genealogy” –“Calico Rock Museum project moves forward” – “Old Philadelphia Church to Celebrate its 100^th year” – “Old Fashioned Day at Old Philadelphia” – “Founded on the Rock” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – “The Ozarks As A Health Resort” – Cherokee Heritage Center
July 2007 Minutes from the June 20, 2007 Meeting – Treasurer’s Report for June 30, 2007 – Calico Rock Methodist Church Building History – History Program About Calico Rock Methodist Church – Old School Records – Rev. Franklin R. Noe, Land Office Certificate – Some Reminiscences Connected with the Construction of the White River Railroad Division – “Uncle” John Trimble – William Richard Kendrick – Special Historical Society Meeting Planned – Preserving the Past With Modern Technology – Interested in Izard County History? – Calico Rock Progress Extractions	October 2007 1815 Trimble cabin to be moved to Calico Rock – Minutes for the September 30, 2007 meeting – Treasurer’s Report for September 30, 2007– Civil Way Program in Melbourne – The Civil War In Izard County, Arkansas 1661-1865 – Heflin Genealogy-Descendants of John William “Buck”Heflin – Confederate Memorial Service honoring Cp.Franklin Noe – Scattered Remnants of a Company – The Basil and Ola Youngblood Walker Mysterious Granddaughter’s Appearance in 2003 After 46 Years of Silence – Myrna Holman – Michael Noil Walker, Obituary – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index – Heflin Genealogy-Pedigree Chart for William Heffernon
2008
January 2008 Treasurer’s Report – Meeting Minutes of November 17, 2007 – Dedication Held for Civil War Soldiers’ Graves – Tribute to William and Frances Marion Billington – Official Program for Billington Cemetery Dedication – The Civil War in Izard County – A Tribute to Wm. and Francis Billington…and All Soldiers – Arkansas Pioneers Association Is For Descendants of Early Settlers – Info Sought on Early Izard County Baseball – Heflin Genealogy Part II – Spend Halloween in a Real “Ghost Town” – Calico Rock’s Christmas 2007 Holiday Home and Light Tour – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Index	April 2008 Treasurer’s Report – Family History of Lacy Miles – Lacy Miles Ancestor Chart – War Heroes and Businessmen in my Family – Brittany and WhittanyDockins Ancestor Chart – Genealogy of WhittanyDockins – Ancestor Chart for William and Gaye McGinness Wood – T.J. Mathews, son of R.C. Mathews – Excerpt from Life in the Leatherwoods – The Brockwell Family – Old Gin Near Pineville has operated since 1869 – Obituary for Barbara Jeffery – Baseball in the Izard County Area – Calico Rock Progress Extractions– Index
July 2008 Minutes of the June Meeting – Treasurer’s Report – “Reliving the Railroad” as Presented by “Son” Lamb – Morse Code – 1917 Map of White River Division – Scenes Along the Railroad – Days of Yesterday – Scenic Rails Along River – Train Wrecks-A Hazard Feared by Trainmen – Truman and Entourage To Pass Through Here Tonight – Fast Train Kills Man at Boswell – Union Pacific To Sell Route Along Scenic White River – What the Train Whistles Meant – “Wade the Creek if You Want,” Road Access Denied by Owner – State Laws Concerning Cemeteries – Memorial to S.C. Smith – Surname Index	October 2008 Treasurer’s Report – Memorial Service/Grave Marking Honors Confederate Soldier – Harvey Baxter Landers of Izard County Arkansas – Descendants of Harvey Baxter Landers – The 7^th Arkansas Regiment – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index
2009
January 2009 Treasurer’s Report – Minutes of the October Meeting – Program of the October Meeting – Corinth Methodist Church, A Labor of Love – Early History of the Corinth Methodist Church – Deed to Corinth Methodist Church – How I Got Hooked on Genealogy – George Milford Sexton – Daniel Hively – Civil War Experiences in Northwest Izard County – H.T. Whitfield Obituary – Descendants of Lewis Jackson Young – Calico Rock Progress Extractions	April 2009 Two Hills Around Franklin, Violet Hill, Horseshoe Bend – Treasurer’s Report – Edward Charles Dwell History – Carson Sanders’ Family Tree – Lewis – History of Franklin, Arkansas – Two Die in Tornado That Wrecked Town of Franklin – Meeting at Franklin – Tornado Damage at Violet Hill, Mary 26, 1950 – Map of Violet Hill – History of School District No.1 – A last stroll down the hall of my old Coyote home – Some History of the McCuistion and Beaver Families of Violet Hill – A Letter from Dr. Jeff D Smith to his father – Index
July 2009 Request for Information – Treasurer’s Report – 100 Adventurers Explore Izard County – Brief History of Lafferty, Arkansas – Ogilvie Named to Hall of Fame – Scores are Killed & Injured When Storm Sweeps this Section – Tornado Sweeps Guion& Vicinity – Tornado Strikes Near Calico Rock – Herpel, in Stone County Struck – Storm Struck at Mt. Pleasant – Guion is Almost Blown Away as Storm Strikes – List of Storm Victims Placed in Homes Here – Photos of Tornado – Local Citizen is Hurt in Storm – Work is Begun for Relief of Storm Victims – Rehabilitation Work is Begun in Storm Area – Guion Property Damage Listed – Scores Wounded in Storm – Send Help for Guion – Relief Work Under Way in Guion Storm Area – Guion Citizen Dead – Guion to be Rebuilt – Work of Rebuilding Guion Has Begun – Rebuild at Guion – Guion Being Rapidly Rebuilt – Guion Storm – Sand Mine Mountain, Guion, Arkansas – Index – Guion Depot Photo	October 2009 Treasurer’s Report – An Incomplete History of the Reed Family in Izard County, Arkansas – Where was Bly, Arkansas? – Arthur Lankford – Henry Lankford and Aunt Charl During the Civil War – Post Offices of Izard County, Arkansas – Twin Mountain, Izard County, Arkansas – It was “V” Mail During WWII – The Sage CCC Camp, Company 3780 – Index
2010
January 2010 Oddfellows Community Band – Minutes – Treasurer’s Report – Lunenburg Has Colorful History – Lunenburg Revisited – Karr Shannon-The Sage of Lunenburg – John Owen Harvell – Rutch Smith – Smith Documents from Izard County Courthouse and Family Photos – Tidbits of Info about the Sheffield-Hill Families from Lunenburg/Guion – Sheffield-Hill Burials in Lunenburg Cemetery- Excerpts from the Sheffield-Hill Family Bible – Surname Index	April 2010 Hollow Mountain, Izard County, Arkansas– Treasurer’s Report – An Ozark Family History – Genealogy Project – Not Titled – Byrd and Susan Wilson Hume Smith - 2010 Harris Family Reunion – Surname Index
July 2010 Cooper Valley, Izard County, Arkansas – Minutes of April 25 and June 12, 2010 – Treasurer’s Report – Roger Harvell Talks About the Civil War – Civil War Marker Unveiled at Lunenburg on May 16 – Lunenburg Reenactment Held July 10-11, 2010 – Trees from the Inside – Calico Rock: Historic Home Makes Move to New Spot – Town Ball – Cow Pasture Baseball – Izard County Baseball Teams in the 20^th Century – Farmstead Listed as Historic – Nancy Reed – Surname Index – Update on Post Offices in Izard County	October 2010 The Wiseman Swimming Hole – Treasurer’s Report – History of Wiseman, Arkansas – Izard County Historical Society Meets – The Violet Hill Post Office Money Order Register 1921-1927: Interpreting A Rare Document – Barren Fork Church Observes 150^th Year – Mary C. Margaret McDonald Hall 1806-ca.1880 – Dedication of Mary Margaret McDonald Hall Monument – Barnett Receives Lee Award at National SCV Convention – Wiseman School Photo
2011
January 2011 Act Creating Izard County – List of Izard County JPs November 6, 1827 – January 9, 2011, Society Meeting – And Justice for All: Izard County’s Courthouses – WPA Final Report for Izard County – Abstracts from the Melbourne Clipper – Abstracts from the Izard County Register – Confederate Pension Checks Have Arrived – Architects Who Designed the Present Izard County Courthouse – Query – Mountains Near Courthouses – Timeline for Izard County History – Index – Correction Hall Family Lineage in Last Issue	April 2011 Arnold Springs Farmstead – Elisha and “W.Jo” Arnold and Their Families – Ruby (Kankey) Fowler (February 22, 1914-August 24, 2005) – The Brown and Sidebottom Genealogy – Memorial for Howard Peyton Moore – In Memory of Hayden William Jeffery – Family Genealogy of Savannah Jera Skidmore – My Family Heritage –Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society Constitution and By-laws, Standing Rules, Board of Directors and Diagram – Powhatan Archives Facility – Index – Map of Arnold Spring Farmstead
July 2011 Photos from July 2011 Society Meeting – Barren Fork Renamed to Honor Old Academy – History of the Mount Pleasant Hospital – Community Medical Center of Izard County – The Descendants of William Riley Gillihan, Sr. – The Ben West and Isaac West Mountains – My Memories of Twin Creek, Arkansas – Survey of Izard County Cemeteries – Twin Creek History – 1829 Sheriff’s Census of Izard County – Index Arkansas Project – Index	October 2011 Photos from October 2011 Society Meeting – The Tapestry: Hall, Wayland, Skidmore, &Cowgill Families – Additional Information about Benjamin Franklin Hall – Ancestors of the Izard County Hall Family – Lest We Forget Some of Our Kith and Kin – Henry Britten Guffey – Raisin’ Cane at Lunenburg – Izard County Circuit Court Session – Izard County Mentioned in Texas Newspapers – Jones and Talley Families in Northwest Izard County, AR – Committee Reports for 2011 – Officers for 2012 – Years (poem) -- Index – Hively Mountain
2012
January 2012 Territorial Lawrence to Izard County, Arkansas – Izard County Resources at Northeast AR Regional Archives-Books, Microfilm, and Frequently Asked Questions – Northern Counties have a Mother-Named Lawrence – Correction to Talley/Jones Article – Izard County and Early Sources of Electricity – Alphabetical Listing of School Children 1939-1949 Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas – Franklin, Arkansas, School – Obituary of Eldus Earl Fitzsimmons – Query – Obituary of Ramona Bauxbaum – Index – Brandenburg Mountain	April 2012 April Program based on Stone County Murder Case – My Family History – My Great Grandfather – Arkansas Pioneers held Centennial Celebration Luncheon – 2012 Harris reunion – Easter Activities as Reported in the Melbourne Times – Melbourne Physician, son of Governor Baxter, looks back at 84, over Trials and Reward of County Doctor’s Life – Dr. E.A. Baxter’s House – A Letter 68 Years Old – Family Group Record-Gibson – Jana Cowgill wins Arkansas Historical Association Award – Index – Cypert Mountain
July 2012 History of Brockwell Gospel Music School – Brockwell Music School Teachers – Background of Gospel Music in Izard and Memories of How it Affected My Family – Jeff Cooper’s Journal for 1955 – Town of Brockwell, Arkansas – Ogilvie Wins Award – Ogilvie Cartoons to Become Weekly Series – Tom Thumb Wedding – Scenes from the July Meeting – Index	October 2012 Special Census Records for 1850-1880 – Double Funeral Near Iuka – Excerpts from the Calico Rock Progress – Sage Baptist Church – Chas. R. Dillard Dead – Mount Zion Baptist Church – Spring Creek United Methodist Church – Memorial To Frank Shell – The Sixth Biennial Harris Family Reunion – Report from the Board of Directors and Committees – Index

The January 1996 – January 2008 issues usually contained these articles – Editor’s Page – Letters and E-mails to the Editor – Notices and Recent Events – Life, Contributing, and New Members

January 1996
A Letter from the Editors – A Brief History of Caney Spring Church – “Caney Spring Church Speaks” – The Restoration of Caney Spring Church – Reverend Robert H. Evans – Cemeteries Yesterday and Today – More about Cemeteries – Markers Placed at Staggs Cemetery – Mount Hope Cemetery Survey (Also known as Meeker Cemetery) –Membership Application – Previous Life Members – New Life Members

April 1996
Franks Reunion –Some History of Staggs Cemetery – The Six Oldest Marked Graves of Staggs Cemetery – Staggs Cemetery Committee Projects – Staggs Cemetery Survey – Let’s Go to the Fair – Queries – Correction for Mount Hope Cemetery Survey – Reprints and Corrections –Member Linage Chart – Blank Linage Chart – Memorials to Nina Zoe Davis and Raymond Landers Blair – Picture of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Landers Blair

July 1996
Change of Addresses– Helen Lindley-Roses, Waltzes, and a Roomful of History – Melbourne Historical Committee – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Ozark Cultural Celebration – Staggs Cemetery Survey – Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society Constitution and By-Laws – Queries– Reprints with Surnames – January Issues Returned List – Linage Chart for Janet Lee Karr – Linage Chart for Ramona Moser Perkins – Pedigree Chart for Mary F. Cox

October 1996
Notice: Previous Life Member Lost –Antioch Missionary Baptist Church – Known Pastors of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church – A Brief Stop at the Hively Reunion – Announcement for 1893-94 Melbourne High School – “Uncle Shade” Wren Called by Death – Staggs Cemetery Survey – Historic Records of Land Transfers – Izard County Cemetery List and Map – Books for Sale Emma Adams – Wanted: Family Historians and Local Publishers – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Queries – Membership Renewal Form – Surname Index – Can you help identify picture of Jones Family”

1997

January 1997
Cemetery List and Map Corrections –1997 History Programs –Historical Society Program at Newburg – The Legend of the Rebel Soldier – Family Group Sheet of Nelson Redick Green – History of Nelson Redick Green and Family – The Old Independence Regional Museum – Map of Old Independence County – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Queries – Picture of Dr. Joseph Schenck Family – Pictures of William Franklin Roberts Family and Edwards Franklin Roberts Family – Picture of Johnson J. Roberts – Linage Charts for Jean Mayfield Cuevas and Tessie JeanWasham Harper

April 1997
Daughter of Pioneer Dies – History of Nelson Redick Green and Family – All Cleared Land of Green Farm Retired to Pasture - “Just East of Hooker, Oklahoma” – Montgomery-Hames Family Letters – Memoirs of John Foster (February 1863-March1865) – Books for Sale by Sue Shell Chrisco and Betty Guthrie McCollum – Crunkleton Reunion – Queries – Additional Surnames Researching – Memorials to Johnie Powell Miller and Mary Ethel Brockwell – Ancestor Chart for Ira Franklin Wilson

July 1997
Corrections on the Trail of Tears Route– The A.C. Jeffery House – 21^st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. – Robert Landon Guthrie – The Pilgrimage to Calico Rock – Pages From an Old Ledger of the Firm of McFellch and Livingston – Amendments to the Constitution of the Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society – Queries - Additional Surnames Researching – Memorials for Elsie Hively and Cecil Harvey Seay – Ancestor Charts for Major Hull, Norma Kay Walker, Doris Lee Cox – Ozark Cultural Celebration

October 1997
The Historic Wolf House – Wolf Family Cemetery – Robert Landon Guthrie – An Unidentified Family Picture – The Pilgrimage to Calico Rock- Pages From An Old Ledge of the Firm of McFellch and Livingston – The Lancaster Herald – A Family Heirloom – Ancestor Charts for Delia Hightower Lowder and Sharron L. Scott –Surname Index – Unidentified Pictures – Queries

1998

January 1998
History Programs for 1998 – The Area’s General History from Calico Rock to Sylamore – Our Group Picture of White River Scenic Railroad Tour in October 1997 – The Pilgrimage to Calico Rock – More from the “Chips From the Woody Block” – Granderson Graves Guthrie An Early Izard County Pioneer – “Old Home of my Grandpa Shell” – George J. Dillard – Humble Log Cabin – An Old Melbourne School Picture – Old Ledger Pages from McFellch and Livingston Store – Queries

April 1998
Ninth North Arkansas Ancestor Fair – The Civil War on Twin Creek – A Picture of Twin Creek Church of Christ – Izard County Townships – More from the “Chips From The Woody Block” – The Old Cornshuck Mop! – Descendants of W.B. “Wylie”Marchant and Susan Cox Marchant – “Jack” and AubyHalbrook – Pages from the “Old”Dillard Family Bible – An “Old” Campaign Handout – Member Obituaries for Ruby D. Finley and Auby R. Halbrook

July 1998
1900 Township Map Drafter Identified – Announcements --“Old” Philadelphia Church History – The Civil War on Twin Creek – Auby Roe MarchantHalbrook – Descendants of W.B. “Wylie” Marchant and Susan Cox – More from “Chips” from the Woody Block – Martha Hightower a Tribute – Hightower School Picture – Queries

October 1998
Arkansas Territory-Some Early History and Officials – The Census Taker of 1850 Takes A Ride Through Izard County – Second Annual Announcement of the Zion School – Joseph P. McVey – Pictures – Old Pictures – Index – Memorial to Ruth Watkins Bock – Queries –Pictures

1999

January 1999
Correction– State Review Board Nominates Jumbo Church to National Register of Historic Places – AHPP Announces 1999 Schedule of Historic Site Tours – Melbourne Post Office (1854-1999) – Penter’s Bluff and Some History of the Anderson/Lafferty Area - Colonel Thomas M. Freeman, C.S.A. – Freeman’s Regiment Missouri Calvary – James Aaron McVey-McVey Family – The Census Taker of 1850 Takes A Ride Through Izard County – Granderson Graves Guthrie – John David Arnold – A Confederate Reunion Picnic? – A Pineville Baseball Team – Izard County Normal – Lineage/Pedigree Charts for James Arthur Guthrie and Charles Richard Brooks – Queries

April 1999
1999 History Programs –Winning Essays of the First Annual Izard County Family History Contest – The Knowles and the Masons – The Nguyen Family – Freeman’s Regiment Missouri Cavalry, C.S.A. – The Gentry Family – War of 1812 Grave Marker Dedication Ceremony for John Shell – Old Obituaries of Former Izard Countians – Books for Sale – School District No. 10 Sidney, AR Memorial Fan and Class Picture – Let’s Take A Vote From Members! – A Pineville Baseball Team! -- Izard County Normal – Lineage Charts forMarian MarguarietteTitsworth, James Alfred Titsworth, Sr., James Madison Sparks, and George Washington Sinor – Queries

July 1999
White River Conference 1906-F.R. Noe and Noe family pictures – Jumbo Church of Christ Historical Program – Izard County Properties Listed on the National Register of Historic Places – Coming Home to my Roots – War of 1812 Veteran, John Shell, Honored! – The Clipper – Izard County Register – Putting Some Generations of the Stowers Family Together – Nancy Jane Mizell’s Family – Old Pictures! Class Picture of Old Lunenburg School?-- Lineage Charts for Thomas Russell Gist and Pauline Jones – Queries

October 1999
Correction! Jumbo Church of Christ –History and Families of Izard County – Old Independence Regional Museum – 75 Year old Data-Box Removed and Opened from Date-Stone of Calico Rock United Methodist Church – Bare Feet on the Memory Path – Calico Rock Progress – The First Smith and Butler Jones Reunion – Putting Some Generations of the Stowers Family Together – Surname Index – Old Picture – Linage Chart for Donna Lynn King – Queries

2000

January 2000
Izard County Internet Links! – Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands – Addie StowersHavner Celebrates 90^th Birthday! – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – The Smith and Jones Family History – John David Guthrie – “Twas The Day Before Yesterday” – Relationship Chart-Common(Canon) Law – Lineage Charts for Ezra Glen Stowers and Ardis Gay Harmon – Queries

April 2000 Corrections– The Second Annual Family History Contest – The Family History of Katie Beebe – Wilson Family History – Brandon Family History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Thomas Walter Guthrie – A Hundred Years Ago! – Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites --A New Cemetery Project-Pineville Cemetery – Pineville Cemetery Survey – Eleventh North Arkansas Ancestor Fair Schedule and Reservation Form – A Double Wedding – Queries

July 2000
A History of Violet Hill – 2^nd Annual Family History Contest – A Belken Family History – The Craig-Patterson Family History – “From England To Elsewhere With the Harris Family” - Calico Rock Progress and Salem Banner Extractions – Pineville Cemetery Survey – “Kinsman” – Some Izard County Data Extracted from Institute for Economic Advancement – Queries – Lineage Charts for Sandra Lea Sanders and Arlie Ervine Sipe – Jerry and Tressie Box– Izard County Historical City Populations 1880-1990 Website

October 2000
Fall History Program Notice – Izard County Population by Township 1900 – Izard County History Book Nears Completion– Steamboats on the White River – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – “From England to Elsewhere With the Harris Family”- Pineville Cemetery Survey – Smith Jones and Anna Butler 2^nd Annual Reunion – A Double Wedding- Old School Pictures - Lineage Charts by Linda Johnson, Joann Stroud, and Myram Brewer -Surname Index – Queries – Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites

2001

January 2001
History Book Update– Trimble Campground Church: The First 150 Years – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – “From England to Elsewhere With the Harris Family” – Some Hodge Family History – 100 Years Ago-The Young Family – A List of Accessible “Old” School Pictures and Some Histories-- Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites –Queries – An Unidentified Gathering Picture

April 2001
Unidentified Pictures –Third Annual Izard County Family History Contest – History of the Boyd and Morehead Families – The Wray Family – Some Russell Family History – Trimble Campground Church: The First 150 Years – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Mount Vernon-A Closure To: “The Town of Mount Vernon A Mystery Solved.” –Queries – Lone Star School Records and Class of 1912- Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites

July 2001
A History of Brockwell – Izard County Singing/Music School History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – The Life History of Lee Baxter Harris – William Harrison Yancey Family – George W. Yancey – The 27^th Arkansas Infantry C.S.A. Mount Olive to Little Rock – Joe H. Blue’s Own Story – Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites – Pedigree Charts for Ann Lee Harris, John Logan Davis, and Billy Joe Melton

October 2001
History Book Correction – From the History Book Scrapbook– Sharing Some Internet, Genealogy, and Izard County Sites – Trimble Campground Cemetery – West Africans in Izard County – Summary of Izard County Slaveholder’s and Selected Tax Book Information – Martha Ann Harris – Private Isaac Brown – An Unidentified School Picture – Elephants on the Road – WidemanHollor 1920s (maps) – District 21-Lone Star-Voters 1919-31 – Oath of Judges and Clerks 1919 – An Unidentified Picture – Lineage Chart for William Howard Jones

2002

January 2002
History Program Schedule for 2002– Some History of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in Izard County – Trimble Campground Cemetery – Silent Strangers: West Africans in Izard County – 1850 Izard County, Arkansas Federal Census – Summary of Izard County Slaveholder’s and Selected Tax Book Information

April 2002
Izard County Family History Contest – How the Texans and Aries Mixed – Hardin and Brown Family History – My Family Tree – Silent Strangers: West Africans in Izard County – 1860 Izard County, Arkansas Federal Census – Slave Schedule – Summary of Izard County Slaveholders and Selected Tax Book Information – A Tribute to Seth E. Matthews

July 2002
Unidentified Pictures – Reprint of an Identified Picture– The Melbourne Museum – The Rediscovered Pugh Cemetery – A Tribute To A School Teacher – Black and Mulatto Izard County Census Extractions 1870 & 1880 – A Tribute to Wallace Hanley Jones “Dear Brother” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Query With Picture – Baptist Church Franklin, AR – Pedigree Chart for Christie Ann Bransford – Ancestor Charts for Ralph Dolen Wilson

October 2002
The Wolf House Restoration by Preservation Matters – The Wolf House History Program – Mrs. J. W. Roberts – A Copy of a letter from her brother, Lunsford Schenck – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Black and Mulatto Izard County Census Extractions: 1870 & 1880 – Surname Index Queries and Unidentified Pictures! – Lineage Charts for Mary Ruth Rush and Helen Fay Mize

2003

January 2003
Corrections to a Previous Issue –Obituaries – Harris and Lindley – “Reminiscing for Helen Lindley” – Tributes to the Memory of Mrs. Helen Lindley – Remembering Helen – Restoration of Knob Creek Church – Some History and Remembrances of Knob Creek – Matthews Reunion 2002 – “Tales of the Crypts” Spring Creek Cemetery – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Lineage Chart for Dale Hanks – For Your Information-Jones Family Burials in Izard County

April 2003
The Whiteaker Family – Donating Genealogy Materials – “Tales of the Crypts” Spring Creek Cemetery – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – J.V. Smith’s Coon Hunting Mule – Lineage Chart for Ginger M. Jones – Ex-Confederate Pensioners Melbourne Times 1912

July 2003
5^th Annual Family History Contest – The Kirdendolls, Dilbecks, Skidmores, and Goforths – The Otto’s – The Speak Family Tree – Izard County Cemeteries – 84^th General Assembly Regular Session, 2003-House Bill 2263 – The Whiteaker Family – “Tales of the Crypts” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Unidentified Picture, Query

October 2003
“A Short History of Iuka, Arkansas “ – “The Origins of the Widow Harris” Her Name was Sarah Bibb – The Whiteaker Family – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index – The R.C. Matthews Family Sheets

2004

January 2004
A Correction to the October 2003 Issue – The March 2004 History Program – A Membership Dues Reminder– History of Franklin, Arkansas – Jim Wiseman – Wiseman Cemetery – The Origins of the Widow Harris – The Izard County Cemetery Fund is Moving Ahead – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Lineage Chart for Mary Frances Jones

April 2004
An Identified Picture Submitted – 6^th Annual Family History Contest – The Goodson Family Genealogy – Bailey Sanders’ Genealogy – The Hicks Family Sage – The Day Family History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions

July 2004
A Special Request– Mount Pleasant History – W.J. Langston 1831-1910 –Farm Family of 1980 – Thrasher – The Rudulph and Harris Families in Sylamore – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Palestine Cemetery’s New Gate and Sign – Unidentified Picture – Ancestor Chart of Betty Jean Bruce Cavner – Pedigree Chart for Roberta Lee Langston

October 2004
“Benge Route Meeting Draws Crowd” – The Benge Route of the Trail of Tears Across Izard County – Genealogy – Odd Fellows Lodge #64 at Knob Creek Church – Lunenburg F & A M Lodge Picture – Out of the Past-Perkins-Stone-Foster – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – A 19927 Baseball Team – Surname Index

2005

January 2005 “Charles Cheatham, one man devoted to Izard County residents” – Sweet Home Cemetery – “The Recording of a Cemetery “ – “A Cemetery” – Grave Markers Added by The Izard County Cemetery Association to Sweet Home Cemetery – “One Dead As Result of Stabbing Affray” – Wideman School Picture in Early 1900’s Identified – Calico Rock Progress “First Consolidated List of War Dead by Dept.” - Calico Rock Progress Kitchen Chores at Ninety Four Aunt Liza: Meeker Recalls Pioneer Days, Girlhood Memories - Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Six Generation Chart by Dwayne D. Peterson

April 2005
7^th Annual Family History Contest – Campbell Genealogy – Simmons Family History – Gray Family History – Dedication Ceremony at Blue Church Cemetery – Unidentified Pictures – McElmurry of Izard County – Calico Rock Progress Extractions

July 2005
A Microfilm Reader and Companion Computer for an Izard County Library! – A list of Microfilm rolls placed at the Calico Rock Library – The Pleasant Grove School House – Pleasant Grove School Approximately 1920 – LaCrosse School – Melbourne School (about 1908) – Lyons Creek School – Old White School House in Lunenburg – Old Rock School House in Lunenburg – Fair View School Additional information and memorabilia – Upper Twin Creek School-School History Book Correction – Grave Dowsing – Calico Rock Progress Extractions

October 2005 History of Horseshoe Bend, A Planned Community – Memories of Horseshoe Bend – Billy Weaver’s LaCrosse Summer – Marshall W. Weaver – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – A Special Plea – Surname Index – Historic Farm in Izard County Sold - Pedigree Charts for Annis June Green and Roy Wayne McGuire

2006

January 2006
–Treasurer’s Report for December 31, 2005 - Dedication of Marker for Izard County Courthouse 1830-1836 – “Preserving Izard County History” – Athens Memorial Site Drawing – “Athens courthouse sign restored” – The Relocation of two Billington Graves – “Melbourne Fifty Years Old” – “Stone Songs on the Trail of Tears” – “Stone Songs on the Trail of Tears Presented to Calico Rock High School Library” – Flat Rock School and Singing School Pictures – Some Weaver and Smith Family History – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Iuka School in 1900 – Six Generation Chart for Wilma June Gray

April 2006
Izard County Historian Magazine Needs New Editor – A Warm Welcome to a New Society Officer and Assistant Editor – Treasurer’s Report – Meeting Minutes April 9, 2006 – 8^th Annual Family History Contest – A Jeffery, Faith and Blankenship Connection – Some Rains, James, Watts, and Jones Family History – The Edwards and Horness Family – Harris Cemetery Rededication – The Arkansas Burial Law – The Encyclopedia of Arkansas – Saving a “boon town’s” history – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Six Generation Chart by Terri England

July 2006
–Treasurer’s Report – Minutes of the April 9, 2006 Business Meeting –“River View Hotel, a piece of Calico Rock history” – The Lives and Times of Charlie Milten Burgess and Velma Easter Smith – “A Letter 68 Years Old” – An Old Letter dated February 17, 1888 – The Surrender of Captain Henry Hill Harris. Company G, 8^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Meridian, Mississippi. May 4, 1865 - Calico Rock Extractions

October 2006
Minutes of Business Meeting – Treasurer’s Report June 30, 2006 – A Melbourne School History Reprinted from The Early Schools of Izard County, Arkansas 1825-1950 and a history program given by James Muncy – The Lives and Times of Charlie Milten Burgess and Velma Easter Smith – The Story of the Electric Power Generating and Ice Production Plant of Calico Rock – One Cousin and Another – Tillman Ciscero Thrasher – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index

2007

January 2007
The Future of The Izard County Historian –Treasurer’s Report for December 31, 2006 – Meeting Minutes – “Chrisco gives grave dowsing demonstration” – “Johnny Lee” – “Ballad of Johnny Lee”- “Founded on the Rock” – “Original Ambulance Girls” – “Mrs. Matilda Moser Has Vivid Memory of Historic Days In County During Civil War” – “Penter’s Bluff” – “Dear Ancestor” - “Shared Memories” –“Tax Collecting and Assessing Notice from the Izard County Tax Assessor 1944 – “Highway Caves In” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions

April 2007
Catching up on back issues –Treasurer’s Report for March 31, 2007 – Family Genealogy of the Dockins, Wood, Powell and McGinness Families – Killian Family Stories – Mayfield Family Stories – “Champ” Grandmother Spent Long Years in Sharp, Izard Counties; Had 275 Progeny” – “Getting a Loan From the R.F.C.” – “Claiborne and The Cherry Tree-An Adventure in Genealogy” –“Calico Rock Museum project moves forward” – “Old Philadelphia Church to Celebrate its 100^th year” – “Old Fashioned Day at Old Philadelphia” – “Founded on the Rock” – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – “The Ozarks As A Health Resort” – Cherokee Heritage Center

July 2007
Minutes from the June 20, 2007 Meeting – Treasurer’s Report for June 30, 2007 – Calico Rock Methodist Church Building History – History Program About Calico Rock Methodist Church – Old School Records – Rev. Franklin R. Noe, Land Office Certificate – Some Reminiscences Connected with the Construction of the White River Railroad Division – “Uncle” John Trimble – William Richard Kendrick – Special Historical Society Meeting Planned – Preserving the Past With Modern Technology – Interested in Izard County History? – Calico Rock Progress Extractions

October 2007
1815 Trimble cabin to be moved to Calico Rock – Minutes for the September 30, 2007 meeting – Treasurer’s Report for September 30, 2007– Civil Way Program in Melbourne – The Civil War In Izard County, Arkansas 1661-1865 – Heflin Genealogy-Descendants of John William “Buck”Heflin – Confederate Memorial Service honoring Cp.Franklin Noe – Scattered Remnants of a Company – The Basil and Ola Youngblood Walker Mysterious Granddaughter’s Appearance in 2003 After 46 Years of Silence – Myrna Holman – Michael Noil Walker, Obituary – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index – Heflin Genealogy-Pedigree Chart for William Heffernon

2008

January 2008
Treasurer’s Report – Meeting Minutes of November 17, 2007 – Dedication Held for Civil War Soldiers’ Graves – Tribute to William and Frances Marion Billington – Official Program for Billington Cemetery Dedication – The Civil War in Izard County – A Tribute to Wm. and Francis Billington…and All Soldiers – Arkansas Pioneers Association Is For Descendants of Early Settlers – Info Sought on Early Izard County Baseball – Heflin Genealogy Part II – Spend Halloween in a Real “Ghost Town” – Calico Rock’s Christmas 2007 Holiday Home and Light Tour – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Index

April 2008
Treasurer’s Report – Family History of Lacy Miles – Lacy Miles Ancestor Chart – War Heroes and Businessmen in my Family – Brittany and WhittanyDockins Ancestor Chart – Genealogy of WhittanyDockins – Ancestor Chart for William and Gaye McGinness Wood – T.J. Mathews, son of R.C. Mathews – Excerpt from Life in the Leatherwoods – The Brockwell Family – Old Gin Near Pineville has operated since 1869 – Obituary for Barbara Jeffery – Baseball in the Izard County Area – Calico Rock Progress Extractions– Index

July 2008
Minutes of the June Meeting – Treasurer’s Report – “Reliving the Railroad” as Presented by “Son” Lamb – Morse Code – 1917 Map of White River Division – Scenes Along the Railroad – Days of Yesterday – Scenic Rails Along River – Train Wrecks-A Hazard Feared by Trainmen – Truman and Entourage To Pass Through Here Tonight – Fast Train Kills Man at Boswell – Union Pacific To Sell Route Along Scenic White River – What the Train Whistles Meant – “Wade the Creek if You Want,” Road Access Denied by Owner – State Laws Concerning Cemeteries – Memorial to S.C. Smith – Surname Index

October 2008
Treasurer’s Report – Memorial Service/Grave Marking Honors Confederate Soldier – Harvey Baxter Landers of Izard County Arkansas – Descendants of Harvey Baxter Landers – The 7^th Arkansas Regiment – Calico Rock Progress Extractions – Surname Index

2009

January 2009
Treasurer’s Report – Minutes of the October Meeting – Program of the October Meeting – Corinth Methodist Church, A Labor of Love – Early History of the Corinth Methodist Church – Deed to Corinth Methodist Church – How I Got Hooked on Genealogy – George Milford Sexton – Daniel Hively – Civil War Experiences in Northwest Izard County – H.T. Whitfield Obituary – Descendants of Lewis Jackson Young – Calico Rock Progress Extractions

April 2009
Two Hills Around Franklin, Violet Hill, Horseshoe Bend – Treasurer’s Report – Edward Charles Dwell History – Carson Sanders’ Family Tree – Lewis – History of Franklin, Arkansas – Two Die in Tornado That Wrecked Town of Franklin – Meeting at Franklin – Tornado Damage at Violet Hill, Mary 26, 1950 – Map of Violet Hill – History of School District No.1 – A last stroll down the hall of my old Coyote home – Some History of the McCuistion and Beaver Families of Violet Hill – A Letter from Dr. Jeff D Smith to his father – Index

July 2009
Request for Information – Treasurer’s Report – 100 Adventurers Explore Izard County – Brief History of Lafferty, Arkansas – Ogilvie Named to Hall of Fame – Scores are Killed & Injured When Storm Sweeps this Section – Tornado Sweeps Guion& Vicinity – Tornado Strikes Near Calico Rock – Herpel, in Stone County Struck – Storm Struck at Mt. Pleasant – Guion is Almost Blown Away as Storm Strikes – List of Storm Victims Placed in Homes Here – Photos of Tornado – Local Citizen is Hurt in Storm – Work is Begun for Relief of Storm Victims – Rehabilitation Work is Begun in Storm Area – Guion Property Damage Listed – Scores Wounded in Storm – Send Help for Guion – Relief Work Under Way in Guion Storm Area – Guion Citizen Dead – Guion to be Rebuilt – Work of Rebuilding Guion Has Begun – Rebuild at Guion – Guion Being Rapidly Rebuilt – Guion Storm – Sand Mine Mountain, Guion, Arkansas – Index – Guion Depot Photo

October 2009
Treasurer’s Report – An Incomplete History of the Reed Family in Izard County, Arkansas – Where was Bly, Arkansas? – Arthur Lankford – Henry Lankford and Aunt Charl During the Civil War – Post Offices of Izard County, Arkansas – Twin Mountain, Izard County, Arkansas – It was “V” Mail During WWII – The Sage CCC Camp, Company 3780 – Index

2010

January 2010
Oddfellows Community Band – Minutes – Treasurer’s Report – Lunenburg Has Colorful History – Lunenburg Revisited – Karr Shannon-The Sage of Lunenburg – John Owen Harvell – Rutch Smith – Smith Documents from Izard County Courthouse and Family Photos – Tidbits of Info about the Sheffield-Hill Families from Lunenburg/Guion – Sheffield-Hill Burials in Lunenburg Cemetery- Excerpts from the Sheffield-Hill Family Bible – Surname Index

April 2010
Hollow Mountain, Izard County, Arkansas– Treasurer’s Report – An Ozark Family History – Genealogy Project – Not Titled – Byrd and Susan Wilson Hume Smith - 2010 Harris Family Reunion – Surname Index

July 2010
Cooper Valley, Izard County, Arkansas – Minutes of April 25 and June 12, 2010 – Treasurer’s Report – Roger Harvell Talks About the Civil War – Civil War Marker Unveiled at Lunenburg on May 16 – Lunenburg Reenactment Held July 10-11, 2010 – Trees from the Inside – Calico Rock: Historic Home Makes Move to New Spot – Town Ball – Cow Pasture Baseball – Izard County Baseball Teams in the 20^th Century – Farmstead Listed as Historic – Nancy Reed – Surname Index – Update on Post Offices in Izard County

October 2010
The Wiseman Swimming Hole – Treasurer’s Report – History of Wiseman, Arkansas – Izard County Historical Society Meets – The Violet Hill Post Office Money Order Register 1921-1927: Interpreting A Rare Document – Barren Fork Church Observes 150^th Year – Mary C. Margaret McDonald Hall 1806-ca.1880 – Dedication of Mary Margaret McDonald Hall Monument – Barnett Receives Lee Award at National SCV Convention – Wiseman School Photo

2011

January 2011
Act Creating Izard County – List of Izard County JPs November 6, 1827 – January 9, 2011, Society Meeting – And Justice for All: Izard County’s Courthouses – WPA Final Report for Izard County – Abstracts from the Melbourne Clipper – Abstracts from the Izard County Register – Confederate Pension Checks Have Arrived – Architects Who Designed the Present Izard County Courthouse – Query – Mountains Near Courthouses – Timeline for Izard County History – Index – Correction Hall Family Lineage in Last Issue

April 2011
Arnold Springs Farmstead – Elisha and “W.Jo” Arnold and Their Families – Ruby (Kankey) Fowler (February 22, 1914-August 24, 2005) – The Brown and Sidebottom Genealogy – Memorial for Howard Peyton Moore – In Memory of Hayden William Jeffery – Family Genealogy of Savannah Jera Skidmore – My Family Heritage –Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society Constitution and By-laws, Standing Rules, Board of Directors and Diagram – Powhatan Archives Facility – Index – Map of Arnold Spring Farmstead

July 2011
Photos from July 2011 Society Meeting – Barren Fork Renamed to Honor Old Academy – History of the Mount Pleasant Hospital – Community Medical Center of Izard County – The Descendants of William Riley Gillihan, Sr. – The Ben West and Isaac West Mountains – My Memories of Twin Creek, Arkansas – Survey of Izard County Cemeteries – Twin Creek History – 1829 Sheriff’s Census of Izard County – Index Arkansas Project – Index

October 2011
Photos from October 2011 Society Meeting – The Tapestry: Hall, Wayland, Skidmore, &Cowgill Families – Additional Information about Benjamin Franklin Hall – Ancestors of the Izard County Hall Family – Lest We Forget Some of Our Kith and Kin – Henry Britten Guffey – Raisin’ Cane at Lunenburg – Izard County Circuit Court Session – Izard County Mentioned in Texas Newspapers – Jones and Talley Families in Northwest Izard County, AR – Committee Reports for 2011 – Officers for 2012 – Years (poem) -- Index – Hively Mountain

2012

January 2012
Territorial Lawrence to Izard County, Arkansas – Izard County Resources at Northeast AR Regional Archives-Books, Microfilm, and Frequently Asked Questions – Northern Counties have a Mother-Named Lawrence – Correction to Talley/Jones Article – Izard County and Early Sources of Electricity – Alphabetical Listing of School Children 1939-1949 Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas – Franklin, Arkansas, School – Obituary of Eldus Earl Fitzsimmons – Query – Obituary of Ramona Bauxbaum – Index – Brandenburg Mountain

April 2012
April Program based on Stone County Murder Case – My Family History – My Great Grandfather – Arkansas Pioneers held Centennial Celebration Luncheon – 2012 Harris reunion – Easter Activities as Reported in the Melbourne Times – Melbourne Physician, son of Governor Baxter, looks back at 84, over Trials and Reward of County Doctor’s Life – Dr. E.A. Baxter’s House – A Letter 68 Years Old – Family Group Record-Gibson – Jana Cowgill wins Arkansas Historical Association Award – Index – Cypert Mountain

July 2012
History of Brockwell Gospel Music School – Brockwell Music School Teachers – Background of Gospel Music in Izard and Memories of How it Affected My Family – Jeff Cooper’s Journal for 1955 – Town of Brockwell, Arkansas – Ogilvie Wins Award – Ogilvie Cartoons to Become Weekly Series – Tom Thumb Wedding – Scenes from the July Meeting – Index

October 2012
Special Census Records for 1850-1880 – Double Funeral Near Iuka – Excerpts from the Calico Rock Progress – Sage Baptist Church – Chas. R. Dillard Dead – Mount Zion Baptist Church – Spring Creek United Methodist Church – Memorial To Frank Shell – The Sixth Biennial Harris Family Reunion – Report from the Board of Directors and Committees – Index