Montgomery Co. ARGenWeb Project
I hope you have time to send a message about your
Montgomery County ancestors. The guestbook is becoming an interesting asset to the website. Or just send a note about our site. Thanks for visiting.Name:
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Did your ancestors settle in county?
Origin? When? Form of transport? Route? Occupation?
What do you like best about Montgomery Co., AR.?
Do you have ancestors still living in county?
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Hint: Construct your entry off line, do spell check, then cut and paste. If you are inserting remarks regarding ancestors arrival include some details e.g. name, origin and previous state, decade of arrival and where family first settled in Montgomery Co. AR.
When, Why, Where?
Looks like many men and women left the comfort of their homes to face hardship in the
undeveloped Montgomery County. Many travelled in groups. e.g. Wagon train Tippah Co. MS
1849 Please let me know of any group migrations. e.g. To Lee
County. Later there was a migration out of the county. Maybe a pattern will
emerge that will assist others in identifying their descendants, route, arrival means and
where they settled. Comments about the website appreciated.
The Ouachita River between Pine Ridge and Oden in
June, 2000. Nine miles, a float trip ideal for a family outing. We did the first run in
the morning in two and a half hours. There was lots of paddling due to large slow pools.
The following morning we took six hours with lunch at Shirley Creek Recreational Area
where we saw a group of beautiful swallowtail butterflies and a modern, spotless, very
clean outhouse recently built by the National Forest Service that blends into the
environment. Well done!
On the journey down the river we saw white tail deer, a river otter with a fish in its mouth, a mink, fish, birds of prey, stage one rapids and a canoe wrapped around a tree trunk that we re-floated and took down river to the Oden bridge access - pick-up point and back to the owner, the river outfitter, at Pencil Bluff.
Life jackets must be carried. A nine year old boy,
from Houston, on a float trip, drowned on the river in July 2000 near the low water
bridge
towards Sims.
Fish
tale:
Recreational fishing is a
classic for bringing human emotions splashing to the surface. There is the hunt
in finding the prey, the challenge in choosing the bait, the skill in presenting
it to the fish. There is the adrenaline rush from the strike, the exaggeration
of the catch, the secrecy of the spot and the coyness of methods. Much is
jealously guarded.
Can anyone identify the
Shady
Grove School 1912-1913 pupils?
Can anyone identify the Oden pupils
and citizens?
The Ouachita Challenge: An annual endurance ride for mountain bikes on the Ouachita and Womble Trails staring at the Oden School. The tour is on Saturday, & the race is on Sunday, end of March. Registration fills up within three months. Opens Dec.. 2002 2005 2007 photos
Johnny Cash, 1932-2003, first sang 'That Ragged Old Flag' in 1974. A child of the depression, he was a sharecropper's son from Kingsland, AR, who sang to himself while picking cotton in the fields. His father took advantage of a new Roosevelt farm program and moved his family to Dyess Colony in northeast Arkansas where they farmed 20 acres of cotton and other seasonal crops during the day and sang hymns on the porch at night. "My roots are in the working man. I can remember very well how it is to pick cotton 10 hours a day, or to plow, or how to cut wood. I remember it so well because I don't intend to ever try to do it again." Front Porch, Mt Ida
Montgomery County does not have any traffic lights or bowling alleys. The closest bowling alley is the Pine Bowl in Mena so try your luck bowling here. Hold the Go sign down until the yellow.