As followers have seen in my previous postings, this club was one of the earliest clubs founded in Arkansas by Arkansawyers (1886). It was located 14 miles by rail southeast of Little Rock, between present-day Wrightsville and Woodson. Forty-one of Little Rock’s elite formed the club for hunting and fishing and to buy and sellContinue reading “Big Lake Club Deer Hunt”
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Big Lake Club or Big Lake Sporting Club, 1886
This is an image of the cover of the original bylaws of the Big Lake Club, founded in 1886 near Wrightsville and Woodson, approximately 14 miles south of Little Rock. This should not be confused with the Big Lake Shooting Club near Manila in northeast Arkansas. It was one of the earliest hunting land-owning clubsContinue reading “Big Lake Club or Big Lake Sporting Club, 1886”
Big Lake Club (1886-1943)
This incredible photograph is a member of the Big Lake Club, which existed from 1886 to 1943 outside Little Rock, near Wrightsville, Arkansas. This is the first time this picture has appeared in public. There is a series of pictures of club members, their dogs, and shotguns, posing in a studio. They are in fullContinue reading “Big Lake Club (1886-1943)”
Early Arkansas Hunters-1915
William Daniel Cobb was born in Dyer, Tennessee, in 1861. By 1900, he was living in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, and worked in the newspaper business. W. D. had a brother, Rev. J. D. C. Cobb, who also worked in the newspaper business in Jonesboro and preached at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. I cannot tellContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters-1915”
Early Arkansas Hunters: Clarence Haer, White County, Arkansas
White County Trapper Clarence Haer (pronounced HARE) (August 17, 1901-March 17, 1963) in the 1930s with several pelts. Haer has a rifle, his dog, and a carbide lamp. In 1930, he was listed as a farmer living with his wife, Dovie, and four children (Laurine, Ralph, Juanita, and Carlos).
Arkansas Hunter from the Past: 1930s
This photo was taken in the 1930s, somewhere in North Arkansas. William H. Hammons (May 8, 1854- November 23, 1941) on horseback with hunting dogs. He was born in Kentucky. In 1910, he lived in Washington, Arkansas. By 1920, he was in Madison County, Arkansas, and lived there until he died in 1941.
Arkansas Hunters From The Past: 1910s-1920s
Joseph A. “Joe” Green in Faulkner County is seated on the bottom left of the first picture of an Arkansas hunting camp that dates sometime between 1910 and 1920. (A car enthusiast could probably better date the photo with a look at the car in the background, left) These men have hunting horns, pump andContinue reading “Arkansas Hunters From The Past: 1910s-1920s”
Today in Arkansas Wildlife History: June 1 Hunting Club-1894
Upcoming talks and signings
June 12 at 6PM. At the Eddie Mae Herron Center/Museum in Pocahontas. June 21 (11 to 1). At the Logan County Library in Booneville. September 11 at 6PM. At the Wingate Center at the University of Central Arkansas with Vaughn Scribner. September 21st from 1-3. At Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville with Vaughn Scribner. October 26thContinue reading “Upcoming talks and signings”
Today in Arkansas Wildlife History: May 6 1828 Frederick Notrebe
Frederick Notrebe was a French veteran who had resided in Arkansas Post since 1810. Notrebe was a thriving trader, planter, and land speculator with connections to Little Rock and New Orleans. He was the man to see in Arkansas Post if you wanted to sell your hides and/or trade for supplies. A few years later,Continue reading “Today in Arkansas Wildlife History: May 6 1828 Frederick Notrebe”
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