George Washington Petty Sr (September 14, 1865, in Caddo Gap, Arkansas, and died in Mena, July 31, 1946) turkey hunting in April 1920 near Mena, Polk County, Arkansas. In 1920, Petty was in the mercantile business, and his wife, Louisa, worked in the store with him. The bottom photo is Petty Sr with his sonContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Polk County 1920”
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Early Arkansas Hunters: Van Buren County 1920s
This is Fred Lowrance (1896-1989) and his father, William Marion Lawrence (1863-1939), in Shirley, Van Buren County, Arkansas late 20s or early 30s. They have a fine hunting dog, a rifle, and a shotgun.
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”
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