Market Hunters near Mena, Arkansas. Univ of Arkansas Special Collections. In his study of the Buffalo National River, historian Theodore Catton explained that the Ozark fur trading went through three different phases. Native American hunters brought the peltries to European-established trading posts on a waterway with access to New Orleans or St. Louis via theContinue reading “Early Arkansas: Ozark Fur Trading Phases”
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Early Arkansas Hunters: Randolph County circa 1880
Abt 1880 Randolph County Craven Carl Wilson (L) (b. 2 FEBRUARY 1846) and John Cox. Looks like these fellows had a tent to sleep in, a dog to hunt with, and found some rabbits. It is tough to tell, but Cox, on the right, looks like he has a Civil War Kepi on his head.Continue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Randolph County circa 1880”
Early Arkansas Sportsmen: Hiring African American Guides
By the end of the nineteenth century, a few African Americans worked for white sportsmen, guiding them or as porters or paddlers. Former Confederate officers enjoyed having African Americans continue to work for them in the woods and fields and at their clubs, a reminiscence of the Old South. Many visitors from places like ChicagoContinue reading “Early Arkansas Sportsmen: Hiring African American Guides”
Early Arkansas Hunters: Aaron Thompson, Phillips County, Arkansas Early 1930s with Live Decoys
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Early Arkansas Hunters: 1818 Sugarloaf Prairie
In describing the lifestyle of families living along the White River near the Missouri border at Sugar-Loaf Prairie in December 1818, Schoolcraft noted that “these people subsist partly by agriculture, and partly by hunting. They raise corn for bread, and for feeding their horses…but none for exportation. No cabbages, beets, onions, potatoes, turnips, or otherContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: 1818 Sugarloaf Prairie”
Early Arkansas Hunters: 1942 Crow Hunter Robert “Gillam” Lawton in Pine Bluff
1942 Pine Bluff Resident Robert (Gillam) Lawton (b. SEP 23, 1877) is seen after a field hunt with his crow hunting set up, complete with a stuffed owl, crow decoy, and one alley cat (in his hands along with a dead crow). He sure does seem like he is enjoying himself. Source: Ancestry.com #arkansas #arkansashuntingContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: 1942 Crow Hunter Robert “Gillam” Lawton in Pine Bluff”
Arkansas’s First Statewide Game Warden: Earnest V. Visart
Not long after his appointment, Earnest Vivian Visart went after songbirds in people’s homes because keeping any birds, except game birds, in captivity was unlawful. Raising game birds required a license. He went after Sunday hunters, too. This stance probably hurt the warden’s reputation. Some Arkansawyers thought the actions petty. One newspaper claimed that “thereContinue reading “Arkansas’s First Statewide Game Warden: Earnest V. Visart”
Early Arkansas Hunters: 1942 Boone County Coon Hunters
(L to R) Charley Bell, Clell Deakins (b. 13 Jul 1908), Clarence Bell, Walker Murray, Mike Murray, Lester Parker, Pete Sims, Loyd McDonald, Virgil Parker Source: Ancestry.com #arkansas #arkansashunting #arkansasoutdoors #vintagearkansas #vintagehunting #vintagehunter #vintagehunters #arkansasconservation #arkansaswildlifehistory #arkansashistory #wildlifehistory #envhistory #conservationlaws #gameandfish #hunting #coonhunting #coondogs Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Arkansas Predator Hunting & Trapping
Early Arkansas Conservation: 1909 Attempts to Create State Game Wardens
The lack of an effective enforcement system was among the most significant problems with Arkansas game and fish laws since their inception in 1875. For years, local county officers enforced the recent game and fish laws. Many thought these statutes unimportant, did not have the time outside their regular duties to chase game violators, orContinue reading “Early Arkansas Conservation: 1909 Attempts to Create State Game Wardens”
Early Arkansas Hunters: 1940 Garland County Deer Hunters
(C) Andy Brown, (R) William Porter “Ples” Brown (b. 27 DECEMBER 1887) (L) Unknown Hot Springs, AR, c. Dec 1940, back from deer hunting Source: Ancestry.com #vintagehunting #vintagehunter #vintagehunters #deerhunting #deerhunters #huntingdogs #doublebarrelshotgun #huntingishistory #hunting #arkansas #arkansashunting #arkansashunters #arkansashistory #huntinghistory #arkansaswildlife #thenaturalstate #earlyarkansas #arkansasoutdoors #arkansaswildlifehistory #winchester #hotspringsar #garlandcounty
Arkansas Wildlife History 