Fulton Town of Fulton Arkansas and the Red River Trail
The article traces Fulton Arkansas as a major early trading center on the Red River in Hempstead county. It details the trail from Memphis west to Fulton then south toward Chihuahua, Mexico, known as the Military Road, used by explorers, settlers, and U S troops from 1846 onward. It notes Fulton’s prominence in 17th and 18th century transit and Civil War troop movements, with Judge Carrigan citing maps and accounts of the trail’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Flitshomans Hicks
Arkansas
Fulton
Ted River
Hempstead
Dooley
Red River
A. H. Carrigan
Hempstead County
Memphis
Ark
Kennedy
Mississippi
Cerigan
Kennelly
Southwest
Texas
Little Rock
Arkadelphia
Washington
Chihauhuu
Mexico
Curtigan
Columbus
Aline Thule
Indian Territory
Carrigan
United States
Minour
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi River
Judge Carrigan
Old Lewisville Settled 1797 and Its Early Town Life
This reminiscence traces the origin of Lewisville from a 1797 visit by Lige Lewis and the Yocom family, notes the town’s move to New Lewisville via the rail line, and recalls key sites along the public road, including Judge Murphy’s courthouse, the Mack and Boone shops, and the outlaw hideout. It describes early trade barter, local gins on Red River, and cotton landings feeding steamboats, with vivid sketches of local commerce and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisville
John Riley Yocom
Yocom Bays
Lewis
Lige Lewis
Lewises
New
Yocom
Foster Place
Murphy Place
Boyd Place
Spring Hill
Judge Murphy
Lafayette County
Mr. Park
Tilman E. Parks
Jim Mack
Arkansas
Lewisiana
Louisiana
Fulton
Garland City
Texas
Yocam
Red River
Waukesha Ends Last Fulton River Steam Craft Saga
The Waukesha, owned by the late W H McWhorter of Fulton, photographed circa 1894, was the last of Red River steamboats to carry cotton, famed for poker games aboard and its eventual sinking in a bog. It spurred memories of Ellen and the Kingfisher, and tied to local families Mac Anderson and Mac Cox with legacy rather than ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Fulton
Waukesha
W. H. McWhorter
Red
Star
Wisconsin
Yisibe
Henry Cox
Cox
Hempstead
Ellen
Kingfisher
Ned
McWhorter
Arkansas
Mac Anderson
Little Rock
Roy Anderson
Hope
Mac
Max) Cox
Fulton Merehhent
Mac Cox
Conway Carrigan
Fulton Built Forts to Repel Federal Invasion At the Left
The article describes two Red river forts near Fulton along highway No. 67 from Hope. One fort sits at the bluff top near a toll-bridge with a foot-bridge and a nearby Scout hut. A second trench fort north of the first lies at the bluff's crest near the gravel road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Fulton
Hope
Star
Deen Moet
Fulton Boy Scouts
Sawmill Price in 1870 Letter Advertises $3500 Complete
A 1870 correspondence from Colonel Calvin M. Hervey details the cost of a complete 30H engine and sawmill delivered to New Orleans for 3500. The letter notes that 2000 could be paid later and mentions warehouse rents at river towns around 1871, including monthly storage at Dyutey's Ferry for 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin M. Hervey
Spring Hill
Shreveport
T. M. Jones
Ark
New Orleans
Binford
Hervey
Dyutey's Ferry
Texarkana River Steamer Records Reveal 1870 Sinking
Texarkana and twelve steamers on Red River in 1870 to 1871 are listed in Colonel Calvin M. Hervey’s office records. The entry notes the Texarkana sinking and insurance payments from Pacific Insurance Company, with details on names, routes, and transactions tied to Shreveport, Fulton, Dooley’s Ferry, and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Shreveport
Dooleye Ferry
Fulton
Texarkana
Flavida
Morgen Texas
LaBette
Selma
Fleeta
George
Rudolph
Gladiola
Calvin M. Hervey
Fannie. Holt
South Hervey Street
Hope
Spring Hill
Doolsey's Ferry
New Orleans
Hervey
Fannie Holt
Permisson
A. Guynemer
Gus
Perament
Messrs. I. H. Polhans & Co
Advantage
Johnson
Fim
W. E. Elstner
Hervey, Elstner & Warren
Texar
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Dorlac
Cairo & Fulton
Dugley's Ferry
Fulton River
Shipley Studio
W. E. Cox, Sr
J. F. Parks
Wiliam Deer
Louisville
Peart
Siea
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