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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1967
Page
6
The piece recalls Mrs Banks schooling shaping childhood piety and virtue, noting Mr Banks as minister in demand and a long residence at Art Holly and later 41 Racks Meard in Legare. It highlights descendants still living in Hope, naming Mrs Harry Lemley and linked families from JPM Ward era pupils.
A fragmentary historical account from Hempstead County recounts Priscilla Macon Leiper and captain W D Leiper, with ties to Hope and Malvern. It includes genealogical notes, a love story, and then a Civil War ledger showing Confederate funds and disbursements through December 1864 with totals and attestations.
The article traces Redland’s early industry from the 1870 cotton gin by Jim Collins, powered by horse labor, to steam power at Eleyville around 1885. It notes lumber mills, cotton gins, and water-traffic decline as iron horse transport rose, plus a Civil War era account of private funds and wagon ownership repurposed for military use.
The text recalls rough centers around Scott mill and McCaskill, mill workers like Bob Rowland and Carl Montgomery, and a few notable characters. It notes two men who left rough reputations yet became respectable with age, plus skilled mill hands such as Charles Netterhouse and Jack Walters. It also mentions a tanning vat operation circa 1860, early Redland settlement near Hickory Creek, schools, and a roster of prominent families shaping the township’s beginnings.
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