Much of the Goodspeed History of Benton County has been transcribed and contributed to the USGW Archives. The page numbers are embedded in two large text files and appear below as a finding aid. The sections appearing on this site were transcribed by Pat Asher, July 2015.
TOPOGRAPHY & NATURAL HISTORY - pp.14-19
SETTLEMENT
The First, Others, Later Settlers, Nativity and Character, Hardships, Pioneer Weddings, etc.
INDIANS - pp.34-36
Tribes, Removal
COUNTY ORGANIZATION - pp.36-39
PUBLIC BUILDINGS - pp.39-48
Lost Records, Court-houses, Jails, Poor-House
MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIPS - pp.48-52
Roller, Prairie Creek, Alterations, Decatur, Garfield, Yell, Washington
COUNTY & DISTRICT OFFICERS - pp.66-70
TOWNS & VILLAGES
Avoca, Brightwater, Bentonville, Bloomfield, Eldorado, Cherokee City, Rogers
TOWNS & VILLAGES Con'd.
Garfield, Lowell, Maysville, Nebo, Springtown, Siloam City, Sulphur Springs,
Vanwinkle Mills, War Eagle Mills