[Stormcrow73]

Originally Posted by Bull Winkus

Anyone know why Yell County has a spear tip shape pointing NE? Seems like a lot of land that could have been Conway or Pope County more easily.

Something I've wondered about is why does Faulkner have that little penninsula that looks like it should it be in Pulaski??

[Mems]

I have a place in Van buren County that I visit about twice a year and pretty much stay put while there. I have been in Newton County (Jasper) and that is really beautiful as well as Eureka Springs (don't know the County). I guess Van Buren is my favorite cuz that's where I spend my time!

[Stormcrow73]

Originally Posted by Mems

I have a place in Van buren County that I visit about twice a year and pretty much stay put while there. I have been in Newton County (Jasper) and that is really beautiful as well as Eureka Springs (don't know the County). I guess Van Buren is my favorite cuz that's where I spend my time!

That would be Carroll!

[Mems]

Ah, Thanks for that info".

[Bull Winkus]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow73

Something I've wondered about is why does Faulkner have that little penninsula that looks like it should it be in Pulaski??

I finally got a chance to study it a bit.

The Yell County spear point is clearly formed by the county line following the river, except for a small curve that follows an oxbow. So it seems the river has changed its path since the boundary lines were drawn in this case.

It appears that the Faulkner County tag may be a political appendage. At the top of the tag the west boundary is the center of the river, while the east boundary is the east bank of the river. All of the land enclosed in the appendage to Faulkner County consists of sedimentary embayment that would have been too low lying to be of any agricultural use prior to the establishment of The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation (and flood control) System (MKARNS). There must be a story as to why it was drawn that way.

I'll keep researching and see if I can come up with something.

[Bull Winkus]

The Brooks-Baxter War and the Battle at Palarm
by Robert W. Meriwether

Faulkner County Historical Society

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From the footnotes:

(6) When Faulkner County was created in April 1873 from portions of Conway and Pulaski counties, Palarm Station remained in Pulaski. In December 1875, the state legislature changed the boundary line so that the station and an area between Palarm Creek and the Arkansas River was transferred to Faulkner County. Since at that time the creek entered the river some three and a half miles south of its present mouth, there was created the almost inaccessible appendix extending to the south of the rest of Faulkner County. The 1875 act also transferred the Olmstead - Warsaw - Zion Hill area south of Otto from Faulkner back to Pulaski County. For the boundary provisions of the 1873 and 1875 statutes, see Brooks Green and Shelea McKenzie, "Establishment of the County," Faulkner County: Its Land and People (Conway: Faulkner County Historical Society, 1986), pp. 13-14.

This is a pretty interesting story if you enjoy History. - Herb

[northbound74]

Stone county. I think that's where Blanchard Springs Caverns is located. Used to go there on school trips.

[arguy1973]

Originally Posted by northbound74

Stone county. I think that's where Blanchard Springs Caverns is located. Used to go there on school trips.

One of my old teachers works there..hes a guide on the drip-stone trail

[Bull Winkus]

Just ran across this most interesting bit of history in Benton County. Until now, I had never heard of Monte Ne.

Monte Ne is a resort that was built by William H. "Coin" Harvey starting in 1900. At its peak there was a bank, three hotels, a golf course and an indoor swimming pool. He built a 5 mile connecting railway from Lowell and had his guests riding in authentic imported Venetian gondolas. Monte Ne became the headquarters of the newly formed Liberty Party in 1931, and Coin Harvey was their presidential candidate in the election of 1932.

In the 1960's Monte Ne was buried by Beaver Lake when the Corp of Engineers constructed a dam across the White River.

Here's a couple of links to more information about this bit of Benton County history.

Monte Ne (Benton County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Monte Ne Resort 1
Monte Ne

[RogMar]

Originally Posted by Bull Winkus

Just ran across this most interesting bit of history in Benton County. Until now, I had never heard of Monte Ne.

Monte Ne is a resort that was built by William H. "Coin" Harvey starting in 1900. At its peak there was a bank, three hotels, a golf course and an indoor swimming pool. He built a 5 mile connecting railway from Lowell and had his guests riding in authentic imported Venetian gondolas. Monte Ne became the headquarters of the newly formed Liberty Party in 1931, and Coin Harvey was their presidential candidate in the election of 1932.

In the 1960's Monte Ne was buried by Beaver Lake when the Corp of Engineers constructed a dam across the White River.

Here's a couple of links to more information about this bit of Benton County history.

Monte Ne (Benton County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Monte Ne Resort 1
Monte Ne

That's a good one, Bull. I tried to click ya', but I gotta spread the love first. So ya got a virtual one.

It saddens me that opulence is disregarded for 'progress'. I have seen this happen too often and Monte Ne is another one.

The testimonials to a grander era are treated too much like aging, abandoned parents who are put away out of sight so someone else may assume the responsibility of their existance until they are no longer a 'liability'.

If tackiness were a crime....there'd be a heck of a lot of people doing a 'flat 99'.

When I was in exile, or...uhm...'working' in Chicagoland, I had the opportunity to explore. Although some structures are still left from the great World's Fair, many were torn down or left to crumble. Many photographs still exist that show the grandeur of it, but this is much like the mantle photograph of ol' Uncle Henry in his Mexican-American war uniform. An image of something that lives only in memories and history books.

Same thing in Florida with Flagler's resorts, and more than a dozen other places, not even counting the abandoned and decaying mansions that litter many citys across our great country.

No longer is rail travel a luxury for the wealthy. No longer do we have the areas where people would 'summer' or 'winter' over. Life now is less civilized and these photos mock our internet, television dominated lives.

The recent scandal near me in Hardy with the Beach club property fraud brought forth stories again of people having summer places on the Spring River, and how the wives and children of people from Memphis, Missouri, and far regions would come for the summers and the husbands would join them on weekends for grand parties.

This is a time that is gone, and is covered in the litter of microwave TV dinners and Priceline.com printouts.

Sad