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History of Benton County

Much of this 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.

Source: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Sundry Personal, Business, Professional and Private Records; Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Etc., Etc. (Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889)

Index

LOCATION & BOUNDARY, p.13

TOPOGRAPHY & NATURAL HISTORY, pp.14-19

SETTLEMENT, pp.20-33
The First, Others, Later Settlers, Nativity and Character, Hardships, Pioneer Weddings, etc.

INDIANS, pp.34-35
Tribes, Removal

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, pp.36-37

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, pp.38-47
Lost Records, Court-houses, Jails, Poor-House

MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIPS, pp.48-51
Roller, Prairie Creek, Alterations, Decatur, Garfield, Yell, Washington

PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, pp.52-53

RAILROADS, p.54

PUBLIC LANDS & THEIR SURVEYS, p.55

AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE, pp.57-61

FINANCES of the COUNTY, p.61

SOCIETIES, p.62

ELECTIONS, p.64

COUNTY & DISTRICT OFFICERS, pp.65-70

THE COURTS, pp.70-81

WAR RECORD - pp.81-93

TOWNS & VILLAGES, pp.95-105
Avoca, Brightwater, Bentonville, Bloomfield, Eldorado, Cherokee City, Rogers

TOWNS & VILLAGES, pp.110-120.
Garfield, Lowell, Maysville, Nebo, Springtown, Siloam City, Sulphur Springs, Vanwinkle Mills, War Eagle Mills

EDUCATION & LITERATURE, pp.121-129

CHRISTIANITY, pp.130-136

BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX