1541 - When Desoto brought his Spanish conquistadores to this area in 1541, he found an industrious Caddo Indian tribe who inhabited and enjoyed the area that was later to become Miller County, Arkansas. Along the Red River the Caddo farmed, . . . — — Map (db m173500) HM
The Arkansas Territorial Assembly created Miller County, Arkansas Territory, in April 1820. Originally it included much of southeastern Oklahoma. The 1820 Treaty of Doak's Stand encouraged Choctaw people living in Mississippi to move to the same . . . — — Map (db m172794) HM
Mary C. Patterson occupied a unique place in the history of education in Texarkana because of the Patty Hill Private Grammar School which she operated from 1924 to 1943. Mrs. Patterson’s Patty Hill School included a kindergarten and the first . . . — — Map (db m286500) HM
The Spring Bank Ferry operated on the Red River connection Miller and Lafayette counties via state Highway 160. This ferry is recorded in history as being the oldest operating ferry in southwest Arkansas.
According to records from Mrs. Kelly . . . — — Map (db m181760) HM
To the southwest near Red River stood Miller Courthouse, county seat of Old Miller County, Arkansas Territory 1820-1828. First post office established there Sept. 7, 1824, J. H. Fowler, postmaster. Claiborne Wright, prominent settlement leader, . . . — — Map (db m147470) HM
Water powered grist mill in operation on Clear Creek early as 1819 by white settlers in old Miller County, Arkansas Territory. New mill built in 1837 by Choctaw Joel Kemp. A later owner, Choctaw John Wilson, replaced crude undershot wheel with . . . — — Map (db m24401) HM
The Rev. William Stevenson led the pioneering efforts of Methodist Circuit Riders in Northeast Texas in 1815. He preached on both sides of the Red River, although Protestant Services were then illegal in the Spanish Territory of Texas. Methodist . . . — — Map (db m160916) HM
One of the oldest cemeteries in Texarkana. Founded as "City Cemetery" in 1874, shortly after the town was established in December, 1873. Here lie the remains of some of the city's first citizens-plantation owners, the livery stable owner, country . . . — — Map (db m160780) HM
In memory of the men from Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas, who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country in the World War 1917 - 1918.
They and their comrades fought not for selfish gain nor for one foot of added . . . — — Map (db m268965) WM
A Virginian by birth and education • Jurist and statesman of Alabama, 1813-1825 • Came to Texas, 1825 • President of the constitutional convention, March 1836, and member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas • Born February 14, 1781 • Died . . . — — Map (db m299572) HM
1888 - A group of railroad and timber investors, led by George W. Fouke, built the Texarkana, Shreveport, & Natchez (T.S. & N) Railroad. It extended south from Texarkana to Boggy Creek.
1889 - Led by James Franklin Shaw, the Seventh . . . — — Map (db m173676) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
