Bridewell History Of Hope City Reprinted In Star
The Star republished the authentic history of the City of Hope by Charles Augustine Bridewell, detailing his life from 1838 to 1917, his roles as teacher and mayor, and the city’s incorporating era ending in 1875 with the first officers elected.
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C. A. Bridewell
Great Southwest Arkansas
City of Hope
Charles Augustine Bridewell
Mareninery Mane
Bridewell
Hope
Arkansas
Incorporation of Hope Began with February 1875 Petition
By 1875 Hempstead County we see Col. Calvin M. Hervey as county judge and Capt Thomas H. Simms as clerk. On February 98 1875 a petition to incorporate Hope was filed by J E Borden with signatures from dozens of Hope residents. The court granted the petition after finding sufficient signatures and proper map, authorizing copies to be sent to state officials and notifying petitioners. The town’s streets and blocks were detailed from Loughborough’s map with additions. A sale of lots occurred in August 1873.
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Calvin M. Hervey
Hempstead
Hope
Thomas H. Simms
J. E. Borden
R. ¥. Hearon
B. A. Hearon
W. L. Levins
J. E. Harris
W. D. Brady
W. F. Faulkner
J. Grant
Patrick Donnelly
J. E. Steoin
A. L. Maru, Jr
A. Kyle
B. W. Dufur
Secretary of State
James M. Loughborough
Winny
Anderson
Morley
Cairo and Fulton
the Bell
Frank M. Thompson
N. A. Lord
John Brazier
Alonzo P. Lord
Mary Evans
Lafayette Williamson
Train Orchard
Miles Lawson
S. M. Davies
Benj. Johnson
A. B. Jackson
Jackson Green
Richard Moley
Turrentine
EB. K. Williamson
J. P. Hervey
Mendenhall & Bro
Garland
Fulton Road
Wallis Addition
J. H. Black
Fred Webb
Giles' Addition
Carrigan‘s Addition
Pond Street
Town of
J. H. McCollum
Hope Gazette
Township
Wallis
Giler
Anderson's
Donnelly's
Township 12
Elm Street
Wallis’ Addition
City of Hope annexation plat and street plan description
Detailed notes describe multiple additions and plats surrounding Hope including Slavack, London’s, Beard’s, Corrigan’s, and Frisco Additions. It records street fronts, lot outlines, and annexation actions by city officials, dates of filings and helper officers, and references to courthouse certificates and surveys.
How Shower Springs Health Resort Fell From a Rumor
A 19th century tale links the decline of Shower Springs in Hempstead County to a rumor about cemetery water draining into the spring. The area’s resort fame faded as residents recalled dances and tents at the summer spot once visited by families from across southwest Arkansas. Orval Dixon, born here, rose to fame in grand opera.
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Shover
Hope
Hempatead County
Glies R
Arkansas
Hitle
Shower Springs
Orval Dixon
History of Greenwood Presbyterian Church in Hope Arkansas
The article chronicles the Greenwood Presbyterian Church from its 1860s formation in the Allen’s neighborhood near Hope, through its 1874 move to Hope, various elders and pastors, and eventual construction of the current church building completed in 1898 with subsequent staffing changes and expansion of church officers, highlighting key figures such as Rev. M. J. Wallace, Rev. Cheatham, Rev. Williams, and Rev. LeRoy Thompson, along with property deeds and organizational milestones.
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M. J. Wallace
Hope Presbyterian Church
John B .Chrialan
John F. Green
J. M Mima
Hope Church
James M. Loughborough
Cne
Hope
Old School Presbyterian Church
Neghborhood
Allen's
W. J. Friesson
Thon G. McFadden
Geo. C. Mulderow
Qui
Williamson
D. D
Edward Cross
Torewit W. J. Friesson
Prytonia Church
New Orleans
la Thos
G. McFadden
Sarah F. McFadden
E. A. Q. Morgan
Sarah
Thos. G. McFadden
Washington
E. Wilson Green
James Green
W. A. Black
J. W. Green
A. H. Carrigan
Carro & Fulton Ry. Co
W. J. Green
J. F. Green
Christian
J. F. Mima
Hope School District
High Schol
Benj
W. Green
James Hervey
Nancy Lloyd
W. ¥. Chester
Ellen F. Chester
Rauterson Lloyd
Thos
Green
Allice A. Lee Ie
R.A. McFadden
Leonard
Tardy
J. W. Finley
L. V. Betts
John Allen
Baird
O Hope
C. A. Bridewell
W. B. Foster
Jnc. M. Allen
J. B. Christian
J. F. Mims
S. R. Oglesby
Oglesby
W. T. Harrison
Arkadelphia
Presbyterian
A. J. Cheatham
A. Bridewell
Cheatham
Missouri
C. C. Williams
D D
Mena
Ark
Williams
LeRoy Thompson
Apple
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co
T. 5. Wilson
K. G. McRae
E. C. Allen
Charles McRae
D. L. Paisley
A. Scott
Robt
A. Cloud
A. L. Bets
C. A. Bridawell
Location of the Cairo & Fulton Railway Station at Hope
Chapter recounts a dispute over naming the Hope station after Miss Hope Loughborough, detailing the 1873 land grant in Hempstead county Arkansas, platting of Hope, the original depot on Main Street, and comments by Col Gus Knoble about a director named Hope in England.
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Cairo & Fulton
Washington
Cairo
Fulton
Texarkana
James M. Loughborough
Cairo & Fulton By. Co
Congress of the United States
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Hope
R. T. Page
W. H McWhorter
Pine Street
Shore Street
Main Street
Hope Loughborough
Arkatsas
Fay Hemipstead
Little Rock
Additions to Hope Incorporation and Beard’s Early Holdings
The article traces early Hope incorporation filings including Anderson, Giles, and Winn, with Beard’s addition by Dr Benjamin Beard who laid out ten acres east of Shover street. It notes Beard’s home sites later owned by the Perkins family and Mrs. Anderson, and lists petition signatories dated September 16, 1876.
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Ajookwood
C. A. Bridewell
C. P. St Anidewell
R. O. Bridewell
L. A. Foster
J. H. Betts
C. M. Walker
J.H. Street
Beard
Dyke's
London
Heading Mill
McMillan & Ames
Finley’s
Verger
Beard’s
Hope
P. E. McRae
Ely
M. Stayton
McRee
M. C. McRae
Biullaasles
K. OG
Anderson's
Giles
Winns
Benjamin Beard
Shover Street
Perkins Famiy
Anderson
D Beard
Capt. Simms’ Offs
P. Powell
Frank M. Thompson
O.a* Jacobs
A. Hutchinson
Wm. FE Mixon
S. BR. Ogiesby
C, T Short
W B. Foster
W. Y. Foster
Benjani Beard
W. P. Jamison
J. M. Crosne
S. W. Crosnoe
J. E B. Harris
Irvin
D. M. Finley
Henry Clark
Additions at Hope Highlight Early Citizens and Local Leaders
In Hope's early days W. M. Mallis stood among the town's first residents as a Confederate veteran and local magistrate. His offices ran from Polk Singleton's rear alley to Hast Second Street, where he served until his death. He belonged to Willianson Co. and Cumberland Presbyterian roots shape his remembered role.
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Hope
W. M. Mallis
Polk Singleton
Second Street
Willianson & Co
Studen Wie
Cerner
Sam Bracy
Cumberland Presby Todal
Wo. Bell
Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church Organizing Resolution
A Cumberland Presbyterian congregation forms as Hope Congregation with A Anderson and E Williamson named as ruling elders. The group pledges support to the gospel, adopts the Cumberland Presbyterian confession, and seeks reception under the Mound Prelacy. Continued on page two.
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The
Hope Cuwmeberland Presbyterian Church
Jesus Christ
Kingdon
Christ
Cumberland Presbyterian
Ourmelges
Hope Congregation
Cunberland Presbyterian Church
A. Anerson
E. K. Williamson
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