Crittenden County

Andrew Lee Anderson (Killing of)
On July 17, 1963, an African American teenager named Andrew Lee Anderson was killed while fleeing from a posse...
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Anthonyville (Crittenden County)
Anthonyville is a town located on State Highway 147 in southern Crittenden County. The town has never had a po...
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Arkansas State University Mid-South
aka: Mid-South Community College
Arkansas State University Mid-South (ASU Mid-South), formerly Mid-S...
Isadore Banks (Murder of)
Isadore Banks, a fifty-nine-year-old prominent African-American landowner, disappeared on June 4, 1954. Banks...
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Bauxippi (Crittenden County)
Bauxippi was a short-lived shipping point on the Mississippi River in Crittenden County established by the Ame...
Thomas H. Bradley (1808–1864)
Thomas H. Bradley was a planter, state legislator, and brigadier general of the Arkansas State Militia. Given ...
"Steamboat Brandywine" newspaper clipping
Brandywine [Steamboat]
The Brandywine was a steamboat that caught fire in early April 1832, resulting in a significant loss of life a...
Christene Jackson Brownlee (1955–)
Christene Brownlee was mayor of Gilmore (Crittenden County) in 1987–1990 and again in 1997–2002, as...
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Lewis Glen (Lew) Carpenter (1932–2010)
Lewis Glen (Lew) Carpenter had a long career in football, playing in high school, college, and in the National...
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Preston Carpenter (1934–2011)
Preston Carpenter played football in high school, in college, and in the National Football League (NFL). He pl...
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Clarkedale (Crittenden County)
Although it remained unincorporated until the twenty-first century, Clarkedale is one of the oldest settlement...
African-American men in uniforms labeled "Claybrook Tigers" pose for a group photograph with bats and gloves laid out in front of them
Claybrook Tigers Baseball Team
An African American semi-professional baseball team located in eastern Arkansas during the 1930s, the Claybroo...
African-American men in uniforms labeled "Claybrook Tigers" pose for a group photograph with bats and gloves laid out in front of them
John C. Claybrook (1872–1951)
John C. Claybrook was a lumberman, farmer, baseball team owner, and one of the most successful African America...
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Carroll James Cloar (1913–1993)
Carroll James Cloar was a painter who earned national acclaim as a realist and surrealist. The majority of his...
John Alfred Cooper Jr. (1938–2013)
John Cooper Jr. led Cooper Communities, the real estate development company founded by his father, John A. Coo...
John Alfred Cooper Sr. (1906–1998)
John A. Cooper Sr. was the founder, chief executive officer, and board chair of Cooper Communities, Inc. He an...
"Served him right" newspaper clipping
George Corvett (Lynching of)
A white laborer named George Corvett was lynched on February 12, 1890, two miles west of Crawfordsville (Critt...
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Crawfordsville (Crittenden County)
Crawfordsville is a second-class city located on U.S. Highway 64 in central Crittenden County, about halfway b...
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Crittenden County
  Crittenden County is located in east-central Arkansas. Its eastern and southern boundaries are the Miss...
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Crittenden County Courthouse
The Crittenden County Courthouse is a two-story brick building erected on the courthouse square in Marion (Cri...
"Executions at Marion
Crittenden County Executions of 1871
John Roseborough and Henry Harris, both African American men convicted of murder, were hanged at Marion (Critt...
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Crittenden County Expulsion of 1888
In July 1888, a group of influential white citizens in Crittenden County expelled a number of prominent Africa...
"Shocking Murder" newspaper clipping
Crittenden County Lynching of 1840
In early December of 1840, two unidentified escaped slaves were hanged in Crittenden County for allegedly murd...
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Devil's Knot
Mara Leveritt’s 2002 book Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three focuses on the facts of t...
Tall white "Earle Home of the Bulldogs" water tower and buildings
Earle (Crittenden County)
Earle is an incorporated city in western Crittenden County located on U.S. Highway 64 near the border with nei...
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Earle Race Riot of 1970
The Earle Race Riot of 1970 broke out in the late evening of September 10 and continued into the early hours o...
Josiah Francis Earle (1828–1884)
Josiah Francis Earle was a landowner in eastern Arkansas who served in the Civil War as a Confederate officer....
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Edmondson (Crittenden County)
Edmondson is a town on State Highway 131 about three miles south of Interstate 40. As of the 2010 census, two-...
Edmondson Home and Improvement Company v. Harold E. Weaver
Edmondson Home and Improvement Company v. Harold E. Weaver was a civil suit in the Crittenden County Chancery ...
Thomas P. Eskridge (1797–1835)
Thomas P. Eskridge was a judge on the Superior Court of Arkansas Territory, which eventually became the Arkans...
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Sid Eudy (1960–2024)
aka: Sid Vicious
Sid Eudy was a professional wrestler who used the ring names Lord H...
John Albert Fogleman (1911–2004)
John Albert Fogleman was a lawyer who spent seventy years in the profession, including fourteen years as a jus...