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Early Arkansas Hunters: 1920s Searcy County

Around 1928, Searcy County citizens Franklin Babe Barnes (September 30, 1911) and James Morris Barnes (September 27, 1920) posed with their dog, old car, and three shotguns. Two are semi-automatics, and the other is a single-shot. Those guns are longer than James Morris is tall! I wonder which gun he shot? Franklin later became aContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: 1920s Searcy County”

Early Arkansas Hunters: Polk County Cousins

Probably taken in Polk County around 1910-1920. Colonel J. Standridge (name not title) was born on November 26, 1891, in Montgomery County, Arkansas (on the right with the work coat and slouch hat), and Jesse James Beck (July 21, 1897) poses on the left with the overalls. They were cousins. They have a pair ofContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Polk County Cousins”

Early Arkansas Hunters: 1900ish

This photograph has floated around the internet for some time and is the cover picture of James F. Keefe and Lynn Morrow’s The White River Chronicles of S. C. Turnbo. However, the man in the image is not S. C. Turnbo. It is Charles Weslie Hill (Born in Izard County on September 28, 1879, diedContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: 1900ish”

Early Arkansas Hunters: Lindabury on Mt. Magazine

Charles Emmet Lindabury was born on March 27, 1870, in Michigan, but in 1897, he purchased land in Taney County, Missouri(U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015). In 1899, he was appointed postmaster in Christian County, Missouri (U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971). By 1910, he was farming in Crawford County, Arkansas, with his wifeContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Lindabury on Mt. Magazine”

Blackfish Lake Fishing Clubs: 1880s

In 1885, Dr. Henry White and tanner Frederick Scheibler helped organize the Blackfish Club for organized fishing on the lower portion of the Blackfish and Shell Lake in Arkansas near Quigley in northeastern St. Francis County. Because of rough roads from Quigley to the clubhouse, the organization planned to build a railway tram from theContinue reading “Blackfish Lake Fishing Clubs: 1880s”

Early Arkansas Hunters: Jackson County in 1927

Carter William Little (August 2, 1876-May 31, 1943) and Friends. 1927 Jackson County, Arkansas, near Cow Lake. Cow Lake was located northeast of present-day Beedeville and east of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge. Most of these men have gum boots on. I am a bit concerned about the man with the rifle and hisContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Jackson County in 1927”

Early Arkansas Hunters: Large Group on Horseback

Mississippi native Byrd S. Griffin (October 1853-1916) was a farmer who lived in Warren, Columbia County, in 1880. The information does not indentify Griffin in this photo other than to say that he is in this large hunting group in Arkansas before 1900. I would guess that it was between 1880 and 1900. These huntersContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Large Group on Horseback”

Early Arkansas Hunters: Baxter County

Near Mountain Home in Baxter County in the 1920s. Farmer and Trapper Charles “Charlie” Austin McGuire (October 8, 1887, in Baxter, Arkansas–December 1981 in Lincoln, Nebraska) with a stringer of steel traps on one side and a pile of hides over the other. He looks like he has a Winchester .22 pump, too. Note his moccasinsContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Baxter County”

Early Arkansas Hunter: 1930s in Sharp County

Circa 1930. Living near Highland in Sharp County, farmer James Lloyd Winton (April 1849-1933) with his double barrel and dog. Another gun leans on the porch behind him. He was born near Rome, Pennsylvania. After farming in Pennsylvania and Kansas, Winton, his wife, and two sons ended up in Sharp County by 1920. Image Source:Continue reading “Early Arkansas Hunter: 1930s in Sharp County”

Early Arkansas Hunters: Father and Son Holt from Marked Tree

Circa 1930s in Marked Tree in Poinsett County. Father Thomas Arthur Holt Sr (1902) and son Thomas Arthur Holt Jr (1928) posing next to their coupe with their dog. Senior has a pump shotgun, and Junior has a .22 rifle. Junior is wearing a fine hat and boots. In 1930, Mr. Holt managed a retailContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Father and Son Holt from Marked Tree”