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St. Francis River Native Boat-1890

This is a photograph of an Arkansas pirogue on the St. Francis River, taken around 1890 for a tourism publication.

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…

Big Lake Club Deer Hunt

As followers have seen in my previous postings, this club was one of the earliest clubs founded in Arkansas by Arkansawyers (1886). It was located 14 miles by rail southeast of Little Rock, between present-day Wrightsville and Woodson. Forty-one of Little Rock’s elite formed the club for hunting and fishing and to buy and sell…