Arkansas Postcard Past: Brinkley in 1909
Brinkley, 1909: Friday's feature was of the Baptist Church in 1908. Today's is the white frame church in ruins following a tornado that killed more than 50 and…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Brinkley in 1908
Brinkley, 1908: "I am a long time in answering your card but I wanted to get a scene of Brinkley to send you." Margaret sent to Illinois a card of the Baptist …
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Mena in 1943
Mena, 1943: World War II was raging when Cpl. Leslie Wyatt sent this card of the Cafe & Bus Station to his mother in Philadelphia. "Stopped here for some grub,…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Hot Springs in 1908
Hot Springs, 1908: "This is a great place ... I am here recuperating. ... Am off to a good ballgame this aft." Joe was apparently a guest of the Majestic Hotel…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: El Dorado, circa 1925
El Dorado, circa 1925: The block on the north side of the square was seen Thursday in 1908; here we see the horses and wagons of 1908 replaced by many cars in …
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Arkansas Postcard Past: El Dorado in 1908
El Dorado, 1908: This sleepy Union County seat was dependent on the lumber industry that surrounded the city of 4,000 people. Major changes were a decade away …
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Piggott, circa 1910
Piggott, circa 1910: The land that made up much of Clay County was once filled with great bottomland forests. A group of hunters posed among huge cypress trees…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Smackover, circa 1924
Smackover, circa 1924: When oil was discovered in April 1922 the remote area exploded as thousands poured in to seek fortune. P.A. Griffin sought to bring cash…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Camden, circa 1915
Camden, circa 1915: One of best-known sternwheeler boats, America, was launched in 1898. It was 200 feet in length and built at a cost of $30,000. For many yea…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Springdale, circa 1910
The St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad, commonly referred to as the Frisco, served the town of Springdale from this wooden frame depot. The town was home to arou…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Little Rock, circa 1955
Little Rock, circa 1955: The Museum of Natural History in the old arsenal building of MacArthur Park exhibited this bedroom where the WWII hero General Douglas…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Bald Knob in 1913
Bald Knob, 1913: "I should send your Papa a piece of this mush melon." ... "Well Gladys has got a gathering in her head again." Exaggerated postcards, such as …
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Arkansas Postcard Past: El Dorado in 1922
El Dorado, 1922: "My own dear little wife, son and daughter. How is my little folks today?" The card features the hall of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, which …
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Des Arc in 1908
Des Arc, 1908: "I will send you an Ark. card showing a log boat and White River." The Rock City paddlewheel boat was parked in front of a sawmill, across the r…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Newport, circa 1910
Newport, circa 1910: The Jackson County seat was served with both rail and river transport on the White River. Here a load of staves, likely for making barrels…
