Ouachita County

Industrial buildings and bull dozers on gravel with water tower
Anthony Timberlands, Inc.
Formed by John Ed Anthony in 1974, Anthony Timberlands, Inc. (ATI) operates five mills in southern Arkansas an...
Metal bridge with obstructions to prevent car traffic and a picnic table on it
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
The Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge crosses railroad tracks in Stephens (Ouachita County). Constructed in 1928, the...
Twin engine airplane flying above rural landscape
B-26 Bomber Crash of 1944
On the afternoon of January 20, 1944, a B-26 bomber with a total of eight crew members and passengers crashed ...
rough wooden A-frame building labeled "Bearden"
Bearden (Ouachita County)
Bearden, originally founded as a railroad town, has been an important center for the timber industry in Arkans...
"The Bloody Mob and Its Victims" newspaper clipping
Bearden Lynching of 1893
On May 9, 1893, three African Americans were lynched in Bearden (Ouachita County) for what was called a “mur...
white water tower on tall legs
Bearden Waterworks
The Bearden Waterworks, located on the northwest corner of North Second and North Cedar streets in Bearden (Ou...
Older African-American man with mustache smiling in suit
Lasker (Las) Bell (1928–2016)
Lasker Bell Sr., founder of the Las Bell Variety Show television and radio program, hosted the show from 1967 ...
Looking across concrete highway bridge with steel arch trusses
Ben Laney Bridge
The Ben Laney Bridge is located in Camden (Ouachita County). Spanning the Ouachita River, the bridge carries t...
White woman in slip dress and African-American man with steam train and car and words "America in the 30s was a free country Bertha was jes' a little bit free'er than most"
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha (1972) was the second exploitation film shot in Arkansas by B-movie director Roger Corman. The ...
White woman with long hair smiling in blue shirt
Beth Brickell (1936–)
Beth Brickell is an actor, producer, and writer with many stage and screen credits, and is especially known fo...
Cemetery with graves behind fence with arched entrance saying "Buena Vista Cemetery"
Buena Vista (Ouachita County)
Buena Vista (Ouachita County) is an unincorporated community located about nine miles southwest of Camden (Oua...
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Henry Gaston Bunn (1838–1908)
Henry G. Bunn was a prominent lawyer and judge in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Highly re...
White man working at shelves filled with various types of pottery
Camark Pottery
Founded in 1926, Camden Art Tile and Pottery Company was the third and last producer of Art Pottery in Arkansa...
View of town buildings and streets as seen from above
Camden (Ouachita County)
Camden is the county seat of Ouachita County and is located in south-central Arkansas on the Gulf Coastal Plai...
Camden Army Air Field
aka: Harrell Field
Camden Army Air Field (a.k.a. Harrell Field) was one of three contr...
Statue of woman holding flag labeled "to our Confederate women" located in front of tall stone obelisk with brick building in background
Camden Confederate Monument
The Camden Confederate Monument is a commemorative sculpture erected in 1915 on the grounds of the Ouachita Co...
Two story wood frame home with long porch rocking chairs chimney yard tree limbs foreground
Camden Daffodil Festival
The Camden Daffodil Festival originated from a move to raise money for the restoration of a historic building ...
Knolls covered in grass dead leaves and trees casting shadows in the sunshine
Camden Water Battery
The Camden Water Battery was part of a system of Civil War fortifications that Confederate soldiers built in l...
Bearded white man in military garb
Skirmish at Camden (April 15, 1864)
The Skirmish at Camden on April 15, 1864, occurred after Union brigadier general Frederick Steele had forced M...
Two-story yellow house with wrap around covered porch fence and trees around it
Captain John T. Burkett House
The Captain John T. Burkett House is a Folk Victorian–style home located near Frenchport (Ouachita County). ...
Old white woman in horned cat eye glasses and suit posing with arm on table
Gressie Umsted Carnes (1903–1979)
Gressie Umsted Carnes was active in state and national politics as a member of the Democratic Party. She also ...
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Jack Carnes (1896–1958)
aka: Samuel Jacob Carnes
Samuel Jacob (Jack) Carnes was the founder and owner of Camark Pott...
Single story white wooden church building with trees behind
Chidester (Ouachita County)
Chidester is a second-class city located in northwestern Ouachita County. Like many Arkansas cities that emerg...
Front view of multistory house with covered porch and four columns with trees around it
Clifton and Greening Streets Historic District
The Clifton and Greening Streets Historic District is located in Camden (Ouachita County). Consisting mainly o...
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Maud Robinson Crawford (1891–1957)
Maud Robinson Crawford, a lawyer with the Gaughan, McClellan and Laney law firm in Camden (Ouachita County), m...
"Mob's Work" newspaper clipping
Devoe and Huntley (Lynching of)
aka: Huntley and Devoe (Lynching of)
In early January 1898, two African Americans named Devoe and Huntle...
"John Dowdy was Executed" newspaper clipping
John Dowdy (Execution of)
John Dowdy was hanged at Camden (Ouachita County) on April 25, 1847, for murdering a Choctaw man (name unknown...
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Samuel Girard Earle Jr. (1832–1863)
Confederate colonel Samuel Girard Earle Jr., a prominent farmer of Ouachita County, served during the Civil Wa...
Yellow brick buildings with red roofs
East Camden (Ouachita County)
  East Camden is the only city in Arkansas that was constructed by the U.S. Navy. It is located on Highwa...
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James Thomas Elliott (1823–1875)
James Thomas Elliott was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Second D...
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John R. Fellows (1832–1896)
John R. Fellows was a lawyer, noted for his oratorial skills, in Camden (Ouachita County). He served in the Co...
Don Juan Filhiol (1740–1821)
aka: Jean de Filhiol
aka: Baptiste Filhiol
aka: Jean Baptiste Filhiol
Present-day Camden (Ouachita County) has its origins in a 1782 sett...