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A Documentary History Of Arkansas

by: Williams, C. Fred; Bolton, S. Charles; Moneyhon, Carl H.; Williams, LeRoy T.

A Documentary History Of Arkansas

by: Williams, C. Fred; Bolton, S. Charles; Moneyhon, Carl H.; Williams, LeRoy T.

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Copyright: 05/15/2005
Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr

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Preface

vii

General Introduction

PART I: EARLY ARKANSAS, to 1836

CHAPTER I: Under Three Flags

Introduction

(3)

A. Explorers and Indians

(6)

Spanish Encounters with the Indians

(2)

Marquette's Reception by the Quapaws

(2)

La Salle Claims Arkansas for France, 1682

(1)

La Harpe Explores the Arkansas River, 1722

(1)

B. The Post of Arkansas

(5)

Joutel Arrives at the Post, 1687

(1)

A British Attack on a Spanish Post, 1783

(2)

Social Life at Arkansas Post, 1820

(1)

C. Frontier Society

(4)

An Aged Settler Describes Early Subsistence, 1876

(1)

A Methodist Preacher Finds Godly Listeners in Arkansas, 1814-1815

(2)

For Further Reading

(2)

CHAPTER II: The Arkansas Territory

Introduction

(2)

A. Land Acquisition

(6)

An Allegation of Land Fraud

(3)

The Need for a Resident Surveyor

(1)

Petition for a Liberalized Land Law

(2)

B. Indian Removal

(3)

Memorial of the Cherokees

(2)

Migrating Indians Pass through Little Rock, 1832-1833

(1)

C. Transportation and Communication

(6)

Instructions for Building a Road

(2)

Proposed Mail Routes, 1827

(2)

The Steamboat Arkansas

(1)

D. Violence

(5)

The Scott-Selden Duel

(1)

An Attempted Mediation Fails

(2)

Brawling on the Devil's Fork

(2)

For Further Reading

(4)

PART II: ARKANSAS AND THE SOUTH, 1836 to 1900

CHAPTER III: Antebellum Arkansas, 1836-1860

Introduction

(2)

A. Growth and Development

(8)

A New Orleans Newspaper Assesses Opportunity in Arkansas

(2)

Arkansas as Viewed by an Irish Immigrant

(4)

A South Carolina Immigrant Paints a Better Picture

(1)

A Woman's Perspective on Antebellum Life

(1)

B. Agriculture

(9)

A Plantation in Southern Arkansas

(3)

A German Traveler Visits a Small Arkansas Farm

(4)

The View of Arkansas from the Bottom

(1)

C. Slavery in Arkansas

(6)

The Arkansas Slave Code

(3)

Narrative of a Former Slave

(2)

D. Politics

(10)

Whigs and Democrats

(3)

John Brown's Views on the 1856 Elections

(1)

Offices for The Family, 1836

(1)

Railroads and the General Assembly

(2)

Governor Yell Identifies Arkansas's Interest with the South

(2)

For Further Reading

(2)

CHAPTER IV: Arkansas and the Civil War Crisis, 1860-1874

Introduction

(3)

A. Secession-Pro and Con

(3)

Gazette Argues for Moderation

(1)

Governor Rector's Plea for Secession

(2)

B. Unionism versus the Confederacy

(5)

David Walker's Dilemma

(2)

Preparation for War

(1)

Ordinance of Secession, 6 May 1861

(2)

C. Patriotism and Dissent within Confederate Arkansas

(6)

Confederate Volunteers

(1)

Confederate Patriotism

(2)

Antiwar Sentiment in Carroll County

100

(2)

Lukewarm Support for the War

102

(1)

D. The Common People and the War

103

(4)

War and Business in Camden

103

(1)

Life in the Field

104

(1)

A Woman's View of the War

105

(2)

E. The Struggle for Freedom for Blacks

107

(6)

Four Labor Contracts

107

(3)

A Planter Views Black Freedom

110

(1)

Violence and the Freedmen

111

(2)

F. Republicans versus Democrats during Reconstruction

113

(7)

Conditions in Arkansas, March 1875

113

(4)

Republicans Defend Themselves

117

(3)

For Further Reading

120

(2)

CHAPTER V: Arkansas and the New South, 1875-1900

Introduction

122

(3)

A. The New South Spirit Invades Arkansas

125

(5)

Arkansas Life after Reconstruction

125

(4)

Address at the Opening of the Arkansas Building at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1 May 1893

129

(1)

B. Agriculture and the New South

130

(6)

A Farmer Looks at His Problems

131

(1)

The Patrons of Husbandry and Politics

132

(2)

Song of the Agricultural Wheel

134

(1)

The Farmers' Alliance

135

(1)

C. Labor in the New South

136

(12)

Working on the Arkansas Railroads

137

(5)

A Hell in Arkansas

142

(4)

Miner's Strike

146

(2)

D. Women's Rights

148

(3)

Woman's Work

148

(2)

Woman Suffrage

150

(1)

E. Changing Status of Blacks

151

(6)

Arkansas Separate Coach Law

151

(2)

Sen. George W. Bell on the Separate Coach Bill

153

(4)

For Further Reading

157

(4)

PART III: MODERN ARKANSAS, 1900 to 1954

CHAPTER VI: Arkansas in the Progressive Era

Introduction

161

(2)

A. Arkansas at Century's Dawn

163

(9)

The "City of Roses"

164

(1)

The Public School System of Arkansas

165

(1)

Jeff Davis Describes the Workings of the County Farm

166

(1)

Bone Dry: An Assault Upon "Demon Rum"

167

(2)

Needed Reforms: A Call to Action

169

(1)

Motion Pictures and Sex Education

170

(2)

B. Political Trends

172

(8)

The Initiative and Referendum

172

(1)

The Commission Form of Government

173

(2)

Suffragettes and the Political Equality League

175

(1)

Race as a Political Factor

176

(1)

Scipio Africanus Jones on Republicanism

177

(3)

C. The Coming of World Warfare

180

(3)

Military Preparedness and Patriotism

180

(2)

Arkansas Responds to the Red Scare

182

(1)

For Further Reading

183

(1)

CHAPTER VII: Between the Wars, 1920-1940

Introduction

184

(2)

A. Economic Development and Boosterism

186

(6)

Mines, Manufacturers, and Agriculture

186

(3)

Paving the Wilderness

189

(1)

Arkansas Boosterism

190

(2)

B. Mother Nature and Human Society

192

(11)

The Great Flood of 1927

192

(2)

The Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs

194

(2)

A Knight of the Long Trail: The Travels of a Circuit Rider

196

(2)

The Authors' and Composers' Society of Arkansas

198

(1)

The Anti-Evolution Law: A Challenge to the New Science

199

(1)

The Ku Klux Klan Speaks

200

(2)

Arkansas's Centennial Celebration

202

(1)

C. The Onslaught of Hard Times

203

(6)

Demands for Food

204

(1)

The Arrogance of Authority: A Citizen's Complaint

205

(1)

Experiment in Economic Recovery: The Dyess Colony

206

(1)

The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Decries Lawlessness

207

(2)

D. State Indebtedness

209

(2)

Default: A Bondholder's Plea

209

(1)

Support for the Highway Bond Refunding Bill

210

(1)

For Further Reading

211

(1)

CHAPTER VIII: Arkansas during War and Peace, 1941-1954

Introduction

212

(3)

A. The Outbreak of a Second World War

215

(5)

The Arkansas State Guard

216

(1)

Arkansas's Defense Industries

216

(1)

One Arkansan's View of the Japanese

217

(1)

"Americans with Japanese Faces": A Letter to Mr. Lynn Hall

218

(2)

B. Agricultural and Industrial Developments

220

(3)

The State of Agriculture

220

(1)

Economic Development and Education: The Link

221

(1)

Arkansas's Population Loss

222

(1)

C. Black Citizens and the Quest for Greater Equality

223

(6)

A Blow against Jim Crow

224

(2)

Black Arkansans Seek the Vote

226

(1)

Economic Justice: A Report on the Little Rock Black Community

227

(2)

D. The Politics of Reform and Reaction

229

(6)

The GI Revolt

229

(1)

One View of Arkansas Politics at Midcentury

230

(1)

The Revenue Stabilization Act

231

(4)

E. A New Day Dawning

235

(5)

The Arkansas Plan

236

(2)

The Little Rock Council on Education: The Winds of Change

238

(2)

For Further Reading

240

(3)

PART IV: CONTEMPORARY ARKANSAS, From 1954

CHAPTER IX: Contemporary Arkansas

Introduction

243

(2)

A. Politics

245

(6)

Official Results of 1968 General Election

245

(1)

State Governors in the Twentieth Century

246

(1)

Rockefeller's Plans to Reorganize Agencies and Functions

246

(2)

Assembly Reapportionment Illustrates Population Shift

248

(3)

B. Society

251

(21)

Van Dalsem's Formula for Handling "Nosey" Women

251

(2)

Prison Conditions in Arkansas

253

(12)

Hog Frenzy Spreads over State

265

(3)

Arts in Arkansas

268

(3)

Migration Patterns by Age, 1950-1970

271

(1)

C. Economics

272

(22)

Little Rock Industry and the School Crisis

277

(1)

Arkansas River Navigation and Comprehensive Development Project Report

277

(5)

Everyone Talks about Other Things but Agriculture Is Still the King

282

(1)

Arkansas Freedom to Work Law

283

(11)

D. Education

294

(14)

The Little Rock School Crisis

294

(8)

The Program of School Desegregation in Little Rock

302

(4)

The Quality Education Act

306

(2)

E. The Natural State

308

(9)

Water for Arkansas

309

(1)

Preserving the Buffalo River

310

(5)

Channelization along the Cache

315

(2)

For Further Reading

317

(2)

Index

319

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