Stephens Train Wreck

A Cotton Belt train wreck near Stephens (Ouachita County); circa early 1900s.

Mixed spectators gathered around wrecked train cars and their spilled cargo with trees in the background

Courtesy of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives

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