Statesmen, scoundrels, and eccentrics : a gallery of amazing Arkansans

284 Pages·2010·3.03 MB·English

by  Tom Dillard & Roy Reed

Statesmen, Scoundrels, and Eccentrics

Statesmen,
Scoundrels,
and Eccentrics
A Gallery of
Amazing Arkansans
TOM DILLARD
The University of Arkansas Press
Fayetteville

Copyright © by The University of Arkansas Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
ISBN-: ---
ISBN-: ----
         
Designed by Liz Lester
• The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the
American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials
Z. -.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Dillard, Tom W.
Statesmen, scoundrels, and eccentrics : a gallery of amazing Arkansans /
Tom Dillard.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN ----(pbk. : alk. paper)
. Arkansas—Biography. . Arkansas—History. I. Title.
F.D 
.—dc

Dedication
This book is dedicated to my wife, Mary Frost Dillard,
a daughter of Arkansas who always seeks to know and to give.

CONTENTS
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
CHAPTER I
Natives, Explorers, and Early Settlers
Hernando de Soto 
Saracen 
Jean Laffite 
William E. Woodruff 
Matthew Lyon 
Hiram A. Whittington 
Jacob Wolf 
Antoine Barraque 
Friedrich Gerstaecker 
Davy Crockett 
CHAPTER II
Antebellum Politicians
Robert Crittenden 
Gov. George Izard 
Chester Ashley 
Augustus H. Garland 
Robert Ward Johnson 
CHAPTER III
Postbellum Politicians
Gov. Powell Clayton 
Sen. Stephen W. Dorsey 
vii
William H. Grey 
Isaac T. Gillam 
Gov. James H. Berry 
CHAPTER IV
Twentieth-Century Politicians
Gov. John S. Little 
Sen. Joseph T. Robinson 
Gov. Charles H. Brough 
Sen. Thaddeus Caraway 
Sen. Hattie Caraway 
Rep. Claude A. Fuller 
Rep. Clyde T. Ellis 
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller 
Lt. Gov. Maurice “Footsie” Britt 
CHAPTER V
The Law
Nelson Hacket 
John R. Eakin 
Mifflin W. Gibbs 
Judge Isaac C. Parker 
Scipio A. Jones 
CHAPTER VI
Entrepreneurs
Nathan Warren 
Scott Bond 
Green Thompson 
Conrad Elsken 
Ben Pearson 
viii Contents
CHAPTER VII
Artists and Writers
Edward Payson Washbourne 
John Hallum 
Alice French 
Dionicio Rodriguez 
Brewer Family 
Vance Randolph 
Miss Lily Peter 
CHAPTER VIII
Education, Science, and Medicine
Dr. Charles McDermott 
J. C. Corbin 
Ida Joe Brooks 
Anna P. Strong 
Dr. William Baerg 
Keller and Marian Breland 
Samuel Lee Kountz 
Harold Alexander 
CHAPTER IX
Entertainers and Performers
Scott Joplin 
Norm McLeod 
Broncho Billy Anderson 
Lum and Abner 
Louis Jordan 
Emma Dusenbury 
Hazel Walker 
Contents ix