This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Romance in White County a rural Arkansas village tale
In Romance a fading town center around a wooden bridge and a grocery store holds on. The Edwards Quin and Glenn Bellew recount the hamlet’s aging life as population declines and younger families leave for Little Rock Searcy Beebe and Jacksonville. The postmaster notes post office activity rises around Valentine’s Day while tales of Kentucky ancestors and local gossip weave through the rainy afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White County
Clifty Creek
Grooden
Tommy Cote
South Dakota
Oden
Quin Edwards
Jean
Glenn Bellew
Romance
Norman Rockwell Chow
Cole
Clitty Creek
Edwards
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Bellew
Cale
Searcy
North Pleasure Street
J.J. Walters
Washington
Cotton
Mexico
Hammer
Beebe
Onita
Delaney
Bobby Thacker
Cesare
Fat McKay
Will McKay
Mrs. Edwards
Rememer
Arkansas
Ark