Hope Depot Move Sparks 1873 Railroad War Gain
In 1873 the Cairo & Fulton railroad chose Hope for its depot, not Guernsey, after James W. Stephenson and Dr. Taylor donated land. The first train arrived August 20 1873, triggering local celebrations and the city’s incorporation in 1875. Water was scarce, paged by early tank-wagon operators, and the railroad era reshaped Hope’s growth, politics, and church life through decades of service.
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Cairo & Fulton
Missouri Pacific
Hempstead
Bady
Washington and
Spring Hill
Conound
Ferthe C. & F
Guernsey
James W. Stephenson
Dr. Lor
Rivaltephenson
Ope
Taylor
Caire & Fulton
Huving
Hope
Trank
City of Hope
C. A. Stephenson
More
Pines
Nelson
Division Street
Joe B. Greene
Main
Jack
Sro. Jewell
Grindstead
Pleasant Hill
Jenkins Ferry
Ark
Col
Bro. Jewell
Bro
Jewell
Methodist Church
Monticello
Camden
Little Rock
Winfield Memorial
Searcy
Prescott
Malvern
Lonoke
The
Star. Co
A. Stephenson
Old Cairn & Fulton Railroad
Hope Arkansas church records recount early history and pastors
The fragment details Hope Arkansas church records from 1870s through early 1900s, naming Rev. Richard E. Lee as first pastor and listing early elders, deacons, and successive pastors. It notes the church building on East Second Avenue, a tornado damage, and relocation of the pastor’s residence.
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Hope
Ark
Min
Richard E. Lee
Uence
Adolphus Son
E. K. Williamson
Capt. Mianison
A. Anderson
Rat
W. M. Wallis
le Wallis
Walter
Mrs. Penny
M. Ce
Sam A. Knighten
David P. Dudley
T. Min
Pater S. Borich
R. J. Ander
Ellen J. Honneycutt
Virginia
Eli
Rabt
P. Penny
Mary Sander
M. Burt
Samuel W. Crosnoe Fife
Maggie
E. Fair
Barny
Sobrook
E. L. Benn
Fred Webb
H. E. Lee Feft
Yancy
W. J. Browning
A the
Thane
Suesion
Secbf Burt
Sts‘tion
W. T. Sublivan
W. E. F. Jones
T. BE Hughes
J. R. Jones
A. Forney
Get
W. T. Sullivan
Higpe
Benton County
Ward
The
Presbyterian Church &. A
Ashdown
Robert Penny
Reg. W. Sandefur
G. W. Reeves
Geive
Jlectet
J. H. Barkwell
N. W. Stewart
Matt Galster
R. H. Waldrop
Denwicie
W. Lee Gray
W. T. Thurman
C. E. Hays
W. C. Boyce
Robt. Penny
B. S. Alsebrook
S. W. Crosnoe
I. R. Jones
John Taylor
J. 5. Thomas
Mat Galster
Sam Bowden
W. R. Payton
John Gibson
A. J. Weaver
Edgar Briant
van Ware
T. C. Jobe
Robt
Penny W. M. Burt
East Second Avenue
Christian Church
Frisco
Eld
C. A. Forney
Biography of Rev Horace Jewell in Hope history
Chapter 7 outlines a local history project on the Baptist Church noting unfinished research. It praises Rev Horace Jewell, born December 1832 in Nelson County Kentucky, highlighting his work and moral character within the Hope community.
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Memphis
Ouachita
Little Rock
Monticello
Ark
Arkansas
Camden Station
Graves County
Kentucky
Hickman_ county
Union City
Camden
the Academy
Prescott
Col. McMillian
Dave McMillian
Fipkin
Arkadelphia
George Hughes
Benton
Pine Bluff
Mattie Duncan
Clevelane County
Annie Percell
Horace Jewell
St. Louis
Albert
Nick
Linda
Hope
Duncan
John H. Arnold
Baptist Church
Nelson County
Doverber
Virginia
Asrae
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sis
Dr. Taylor
J W. Stephenson
Stephenson
Pather
Cairo
Fulton
Grines Landing
Mississippi River
Hed River
Old Frye
Generil Grant
Gran
Tw Battle
Christ
Arty
Evangelical Church
Baptist Church of Hope
South
Fertus
New Jerusalem
City Bakery
Southwest
Rosston
Waterloo
Nashville
Columbus
Washington
Mineral Springs
Bleyns, McCaskill and
Emmet
Gibson Drug Co
John 8. Gibson Drug Co
Sceva Gibson
Steven Bader
Carl Jones
Gene Hall, R. P
John S. Gibson
John S. Gibson Drug Company
Rexall
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