Circa 1910. Seventeen-year-old Luther Hampton Sims (b. 25 JUN 1893) near Greenbrier in Faulkner County with his hunting dog and a single-shot shotgun. Let us hope it isn’t loaded since his hand is over the end of the barrel. He might have a shell or two in his coat pockets. Source: Ancestry.com
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An 1835 Traveler Views Arkansas
Reverend Timothy Flint claimed that “the western states are already comparatively populous. The tide having there found its level continues to roll on, eddying, disparting, and finding its secret currents into every and valley of the wilderness. The smoke of hearth arises, and man with his axe, gun, and human incitements to action, is there.” Continue reading “An 1835 Traveler Views Arkansas”
Early Arkansas Hunter: 1908 McNab
Circa 1908 Duck hunter and farmer Charles W. McNab (b. 30 JAN 1884- d. 28 Aug 1962) near McNab, (Hempstead County) Arkansas. McNab has a large string of mallards. He has a shell vest made from leather and canvas. He carries a 1908 Remington Pump 12 gauge shotgun. Source: Ancestry.com #shotgun #remington #arkansas #arkansashunting #arkansasoutdoors #duckhunting #ducks #mallardsContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunter: 1908 McNab”
Early Arkansas Hunters: Circa 1900 Washington County
Circa 1900 (Left to Right) Robert C Burson (b. 26 JUL 1874) Henry Morris, Julius A Burson, Green Kenney, and William Henry Burson in Washington County, Arkansas. These men have powder horns, muzzleloaders, and a few hunting dogs. A split-rail fence is in the background. Burson (middle) looks like he is carrying a possibles bag. They are all wearingContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Circa 1900 Washington County”
Early Arkansas Visitor: 1810-1815
When visiting the region sometime between 1810 and 1815, an unknown Frenchman proclaimed, “This is, without a doubt, the most beautiful and agreeable part of the United States, both in point of [the] temperature of climate and fertility of [the] soil.” His comments certainly served as a positive recruiting tool after so many other observersContinue reading “Early Arkansas Visitor: 1810-1815”
Early Arkansas Hunters: Dallas County, 1905
Circa 1905, Elon H. Fielder (b. 23 AUG 1853) is on a white horse with a powder horn. His son, Claud R. Fielder (b. 13 JAN 1882), has a hunting horn around his neck (used to call the dogs). They have a pack of hounds. The pair are about to head off on a deerContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Dallas County, 1905”
Early Arkansas Fur: 1820 Arkansas Factory aka Trading Post
The United States established its line of factories, or trading posts, throughout the Mississippi River Valley to build friendly relationships with the region’s Indian Nations. Influence with the Indian Nations was so crucial to American officials that they often conducted business at cost to court friendship and create more financial control over the nations. InContinue reading “Early Arkansas Fur: 1820 Arkansas Factory aka Trading Post”
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”
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”
Arkansas Wildlife History 