Polks's Arkansas State Gazetteer Business Directories
1892-1893, Vol. III., Published by R.L. Polk and Co., Detroit-Chicago-St.
Louis
Contributed by John P. O'Nale
Transcribed by Cindy McKean
Polk's Arkansas State Gazetteer Business Directories
1892-1893, Vol. III. Detroit-Chicago-St. Louis
R. L. Polk Co., 1892
4th Congressional District, 15th Judicial District
County Seat and Officers
County Seat: Logan-Paris
County and Probate Judge: G.J. Harvey
County and Circuit Clerks: Henry Stroup/C.P. Trimm
Sheriff: O.C. Wood
Treasurer: T.L. Fuller
Coroner: J.W. Jewell
Surveyor: J.H. Carmichael
Assessor: E. Schneider
Blaine: Logan county, a post office 80 miles northwest
of Little Rock, 20 east of Paris, the county seat, and 20 northwest
of Dardanelle, the nearest railroad station and banking point.
Population, 60. Mail, tri-weekly. R.L. White, Postmaster.
Craven and Cline - planing and grist mill
Park, E.P. - wagonmaker
Thomson Burkhead - saw and grist mill
White, R.L. - farmer
Booneville: A village in Boern township, Logan county,
143 miles northwest of Little Rock, 20 southwest of Paris, the
county seat and nearest banking point, and about the same distance
from Mansfield, its shipping point. It contains steam grist mills
and cotton gins, 2 churches, a district school and a weekly newspaper,
the Banner. Population, 500. Mail, daily. H.M. McCaslin,
Postmaster.
Blackwell, G.T.- physician
Booneville Banner, J.F. Garner, Publr.
Crews, B.T. - general store
Dowthall, D.W. - teacher
Ervin, J. - general store
Fields and Speer - general store
Foster, J.T. - physician
Garner, J.F. - publr. Banner
Harvey, G.I. - grocer and baker
Harvey and Murphy - general store
Hilkansteel, John - blacksmith
Keith, Dr. J.A. - druggist
McCaslin and Son - family groceries
McFarland, Mrs. M.L. - music teacher
Miles and Evens - lawyers
Moore, Rev. F.M. - (Methodist)
Moore and Co. - druggists
Murphy, G.I. - grocer and dentist
Penk Ham - barber
Rhyne, M. and Son - general store
Sadler and Ayers - saw mill
Shamblee, W.L. and Co. - general store
Sype, James N. - physician
Thomas, E.W. - physician
Walker, A.G. - furniture
Warren, R.W. - hotel and livery
Warren, R.W. and M.E. - painters
Yates Bros. - general store
Boyce: Logan county. Post office discontinued. Mail now
goes to Magazine.
Brittish: A discontinued post office in Logan county. Send
mail to Sugar Grove.
Carolan: A village in Logan county, 22 miles southeast
of Paris, the judicial seat, 18 miles from Mansfield, the nearest
shipping point, and 20 from Huntington, the nearest banking point.
Population, 40. Mail, tri-weekly. S.T. Carolan, Postmaster.
Caulksville: A village in Six Mile township, Logan county,
8 miles west of Paris, the judicial seat and nearest bank location,
8 miles from Roseville, on the Arkansas river, and 13 from Ozark,
the nearest railroad station. Stage, daily to Fort Smith and Paris;
fare, $1.75 and 50 cents respectively. Population, 135. Mail,
daily. J.W. Oglesby, Postmaster.
Bernard, E.G. - physician
Crosnoe, S.J.
- cotton gin
Davidson, W.P. - notary public
Hickman, Rev. - (Methodist)
Hughs, W.P. - teacher
Knott, Mrs. Julia - hotel
McElhannon - Hugh - grist mill and gin
Marshall, J.P. - physician
Oglesby, J.W. - general store and drugs
Oglesby and Davidson - photographers
Parker, T.J. - physician
Rabon, Thomas - general store
Richey, J.R. - grist mill and gin
Richey, W.B. - Justice of Peace
Riley Bros. - live stock
Steadman, J.W. - constable
Watson, John - carpenter and blacksmith
Watson, J.E. - teacher
Chismville: A village in Washburn township,
Logan county, 12 miles southwest of Paris, the judicial seat and
nearest banking point, and 19 from Greenwood, the nearest rail
approach. Population, 100. Mail, daily. W.A. Bartley, Postmaster.
Bartley, W.A. - drugs and groceries
Conner, O.C. - blacksmith
Cotner, J.C. - general store, mill, and gin
Darner, J.A. - notary public
Fuller, L.T. - constable
Moffett, J.L. - Justice of Peace
Rose, J.M. - physician
Smith, J.J. - physician
Williams, M.A. - general store and hotel
Wooldridge, T.A. - notary public
Corley: A post office in Logan county. First settled
in 1855, 10 miles southeast of Paris, the county seat, 24 south
of Atlas, the nearest railroad station. Fort Smith is the nearest
banking point. Mail, semi-weekly.
Delaware: A post office in the township of same name.
Logan county, 90 miles northwest of Little Rock, 28 east of Paris,
the county seat, and 10 northwest of Dardanelle, the nearest railroad
station and banking point. Population, 200. Mail, semi-weekly.
C.A. Callens, Postmaster.
Callens, C.A. - stationer
McClure, Dr. W.Y. - drugs and groceries
Rollens, John - grist mill and gin
Sills, Wm. - grist mill and gin
Driggs: A post office in Short Mountain township, Logan
county, 135 miles northwest of Little Rock, 6 southwest of Paris,
the county seat, and 18 southeast of Altus, the nearest railroad
staton. Fort Smith in the nearest banking point. A steam corn
mill and cotton gin are in operation here. Population, 100. Mail,
Daily. Temple S. Cope, Postmaster.
Cobb, W.D. - general store and justice
Cope, Dr. Temple S. - groceries
Corely, C.C. - engineer
Driggs, Truman - grist mill and gin
Graham, J.S. - bailiff
Graham, R.E. - physician
Louis, D. - physician
Shelton, S.I. - Justice of Peace
Shirley, H.P. - blacksmith
Spain, Rev. J.W. - (Christian)
Walker, Rev. Samuel - (Christian)
Dublin: A post office in Cane Creek township, Logan county,
94 miles northwest of Little Rock, 20 northeast of Paris, the
county seat, and 3 1/2 west of Knoxville, the nearest railroad
station. Little Rock is the nearest banking point. Mail, daily.
Laura A. Ward, Postmaster.
Carr and Williams - general store
Creekmore S.A.J. - grist mill and gin
Guthrie, W.M. - Justice of Peace
Keath, H.H. - physician
Langford, W.H. and Co. - general store
Leslie, J.H. - druggist
McClung, J.R. - blacksmith
Petty Oscar and Co. - general store
Phillips, J.W. - druggist
Renymore, W.M. - constable
Smith, Rev. R.K.
Ward, A. - hotel
Ward, S.J. - physician
Willis, S.F. - shoemaker
Ellsworth: A post settlement in township of same name,
Logan county, 116 miles northwest of Little Rock, 11 east of Paris,
the county seat and banking point, and 12 southwest of Spadra,
the nearest railroad station. It contains a steam grist mill and
a cotton gin. Ships cotton and eggs. Population, 110. Mail, tri-weekly.
J.L. Bennett, Postmaster
Baker, S.J. - physician
Bennett, J.E. - coal miner
Bennett, J.L. - blacksmith
Grubbs, E. - shoemaker
Hampton, Rev. T.J. - (Presbyterian)
Hickson, J.N. - Home Nursery Co.
Howard, N.M. - Justice of Peace
Lasater, Thomas - teacher
Lowe, John W. - bailiff
Moore, W.T. - flour mill and cotton gin
Patton, C.C. - Justice of Peace
Sadler, J.O. and Sons - general store
White and McCray - grist mill and gin
Williams, Rev. G.P. (Methodist)
Flat: A discontinued post office in Logan county. Send
mail to Corley.
Golden City: Logan county. A village 100 miles northwest
of Little Rock, 28 miles south of Paris, the county seat, 22 east
of Mansfield, the nearest railroad station. Huntington is the
nearest banking point. Population, 40. Mail, tri-weekly. W.E.
Woolverton, Postmaster.
Baker, A.L. - blacksmith and livery
Florence, C.B. - real estate agent
Florence, O.O. - prin. of high school
Goodrich, George - Justice of Peace
Green, J.L. - stone mason
Green, T.S. - general store
Greves, E.D. - lawyer
McCaslin, W.W. - general store
Maysey, J.V. - carpenter
Maysey, S.A. - lawyer
Montgomery, J.A. - mail contractor
Oliver, S.A. - saw and grist mill
Roberts, J.H. - collector
Strickland, Alexander - cabinetmaker
Thompson, T.J. - live stock
Walker, H.B. - Justice of Peace,BR> Woolverton, W.E.
- physician
Hobart: A county post office in Shoal Creek township, Logan
county, 100 miles northwest of Little Rock, 25 southeast of Paris,
the county seat, and 12 southwest of Berlin, the nearest railroad
station. Dardanelle is the nearest banking point. Mail, tri-weekly.
Idell: Logan county. A post office estblished in 1884,
90 miles northwest of Little Rock, 17 south of Paris, the county
seat, and 21 south of Altus, the nearest railroad station. Fort
Smith is the nearest banking point. Mail, semi-weekly.
Long Ridge: Logan county, Name changed to Carolan
Magazine: A prosperous village in Logan county, 140 miles
northwest of Little Rock, 12 southwest of Paris, the county seat
and banking point, and 40 from Fort Smith, the nearest railroad
station. It contains a furniture factory, steam grist mills and
cotton gins, 2 churches and a district school. Cotton and wheat
are shipped. Population, 500. Mail, daily. R.P. Chitwood,
Postmaster.
Baer, C. - general store
Barker Bros. - wagonmakers
Barker, E.E. - livery
Barker, Rev. J.C. (Methodist)
Conner, J.M. - builder
Elkins, F.A. - constable
Ellington, Misses Lizzie and Mattie - milliners
Ellington and Co. - general store
Espy, S.D. - general store, grist mill and gin
Forman, S.M. - furniture mnfr.
Frost, Mrs. - hotel
Hooper, M.B. - Justice of Peace
Hooper, W.F. - physician
Huey and Chitwood - blacksmiths
Huey and Moomaw - wagonmakers
Johnston Bros. - general store
Kennedy B.F. - lawyer
Kyle, G.B. - grocer
Logan Land and Investment Co. - (Capital, $100,000), Real
Estate, Loans, Collections, Etc.
McInturf, W.M. - grist mill and cotton gin
Martin - physician
Merritt, T.D. - physician
Moomaw, A.A. - physician
Moore, C.A. - builder
Petit Jean Oil and Mineral Co.
Priddy, B. - physician
Priddy and Chitwood - druggists
Taylor, J.G. - lawyer
Money: A post office in Washburn township, Logan county,
22 miles from Paris, the judicial seat, 16 from Greenwood, the
nearest shipping point, and 30 from Fort Smith, the nearest banking
point. Population, 50. George W. Chapman, Postmaster
Abna - physician
Chapman, George W. - distiller
Gambrel, R. - general store
Pearson, J.G. - carpenter
Trickett and Phillips - grist mill and gin
Morrison Bluff: A post office in River township, Logan
county, 106 miles northwest of Little Rock, 15 northeast of Paris,
the county seat, and 4 southwest of Spadra, the nearest railroad
station. Clarksville, 7 miles distant, is the nearest banking
point. Population, 100. Mail, daily. M.P. Blair, Postmaster.
Blair, M.P. and Co.- general store
Darling, Thomas and Co. - blacksmiths
Hancock, H.F. - Constable
Hearstill, Dr. W.A. - druggist
Kinney and Terry - grist mill and cotton gin
Newbell and Ragan - grocers
Ragan, W.J. and Bro. - general store
Thompson, J.N. - Justice of Peace
National: Logan county. An incorporated town in Six Mile
township, 140 miles northwest of Little Rock, 10 west of Paris,
the county seat and banking point, and 14 southwest of Ozark,
the nearest railroad station. Settled in 1881, it contains a steam
grist mill and a cotton gin, 2 churches, and a school. Cotton
is shipped. Stages to Paris and Fort Smith. Population, 100. Mail,
daily. E.T. Woodruff, Postmaster.
Bates, Walter - grist mill and gin
Burt, George - general store
Carpenter, J.N. - general store
Lambert, J.N. and Stittgen - general stores
Marshall, Rev. Jesse - (Presbyterian)
Pettigrew, W.T. - livestock and mayor
Riggs, J.A. - general store
Turner, Rev. W.P. (Baptist)
Woodruff, E.T. - general store
Wooten, G.W. - blacksmith
Paris: The judicial seat of Logan county, is an incorporated
town of 1,000 population in Short Mountain township, 130 miles
northwest of Little Rock, and 11 from Altus, the nearest shipping
point. It has Baptist, Catholic, Christian and Methodist churches,
graded public school, a bank, good hotels, grist mills, cotton
gins and 2 weekly nespapers, the Times and the Express.
Stage daily to Altus, Booneville and Ft. Smith. Mail, daily. M.J.
Bowers, Postmaster
Adelbery, Charles - shoes
Adler-Goldman Corn Co. - general store
Bank of Paris (Capital, $25,000), P.B. Cox, Pres, W.R.
Cherry, Cash. (See below)
Barnes and Waddell, contrs. and coal miners
Birtch and Whittaker - grist mill and gin
Bowers, M.J. - grocer
Brooks, T.J. - dry goods
Burnett, J.E. - shoemaker
Carmichael, J.H. - county surveyor
Carroll, Jerry - grocer
Cherry, W.R. - Cash Bank of Paris
Cox P.B. - furniture
Crovens, W.L. and Son - general store
Deffenbaugh, W.B. - physician
Elskin Conrad - railroad land agent
Foster, J.A. - insurance agent
Fuller, Thomas L. - county treasurer
Greenwood, Wm. M. - publisher Paris Express
Gwaltney, Miss Jennie - milliner
Gwaltney, Thomas - jeweler
Hall, A. - lawyer and real estate
Harley, E.L. - physician
Harley, J.B. - grocer
Harley, Miss Minnie - hotel
Harvey, G.H. - county judge
Harzer, W.P.W. - livery
Ingle, J.A. - druggist
Jackson, W.B. - lawyer
Jewell, J.W. - coroner
Koct and Benz - blacksmiths
Lawter and Harvey - pblrs. Times
McGlynn, Michael - baker
Mabery, M. - constable
Manning, T.P. - lawyer
Minmir, G.S. - principal school
Pabatski Bros. - general store
Paris Grocer Co. - grocers
Paris Express, Wm. M. Greenwood, publr.
Paris Times, Lawter and Harvey, publrs.
Parker, Miss Amelia - milliner
Potts, J.F. - lawyer
Rana, W.P. and Co. - general store
Reiner, Joseph - painter
Robbins, R.W. - hotel
Sadler, G. and A. - grocer
Schneider E. - county assessor
Shibley, J.S. - physician
Strayhorn, J.M. - grocer
Stroup, Henry - county clerk
Thomas, Henry - barber
Titsworth, Mrs. A. - druggist and hotel
Trim, C.P. - circuit clerk
White, Robert J. - lawyer
Wilkins, J.H. - lawyer
Wilkins and McKennon - lawyers
Wolf and Bort - meat market
Wood, O.C. - sheriff
Zeller, George M. - general store
Zimmer, C. - blacksmith
Pattersons Bluff: A settlement on the Arkansas river, in
Clark township, Logan county, 113 miles northwest of Little Rock,
10 northeast of Paris, the county seat and banking point, and
4 from Hartman, its shipping point. Population, 50. Mail, daily.
H.A. McKelvy, Postmaster.
Cravens, W.L. - groceries and gin
McCubbin, W.W. - blacksmith
Rogers, John W. - shoemaker
Walton, John L. - hotel
Prairie View: Logan county. A post village 112 miles northwest
of Little Rock, 13 northeast of Paris, the county seat and nearest
baking point, and 7 southwest of Spadra, the nearest railroad
station. Population, 250. Mail, daily. J.G. Chitwood, Postmaster.
Berg, Frank - teacher
Cravens, Jeremiah - Justice of Peace
Cravens and Jones - general store
Graham, Peter - coal miner
Gray, Rev. J.S. - (Baptist)
Gray, J.S. and Son - cotton gin
Gray, T.C. - lawyer and notary
Gray - carpenter
Guthrie, J.L. - teacher
Gwaltney, F.M. - notary
Gwaltney, F.M. and Co. - druggists
Holpert, John - shoemaker
Jansen, J.P. - general store
Kremers, Anton Jr. - undertaker
Newman, P.A. - constable
Partain, W.S. - engineer
Smith, R.K. - teacher
Spicer and Bro. - blacksmiths
Tygart, W.P. and Co. - general store
Walker, Z.S. - machinist
Weaver, Rev. J.C. (Methodist)
Weitirer, Christopher - wagonmaker
Wilder, A.W. - physician
Revilee: A post office in Logan county, 137 miles northwest
of Little Rock, 7 south of Paris, the county seat, and 24 southwest
of Hartman, the nearest railroad station. Mail, semi-weekly.
Roseville: A village located on the Arkansas river in Roseville
township, Logan county, 8 northwest of Paris, the seat of justice
and nearest banking point, and 4 1/2 south of Altus, on the L.R.
and Ft. S. Ry, the nearest rail approach, and 45 east of Fort
Smith. Has a Union church, a school, 2 cotton gins and grist mills.
Is on the daily mail stage route from Paris to Altus. Population,
300. J.M. Agnew, Postmaster.
Agnew, J.M. - grocer and Justice
Armstrong, E.N. - physician
Barkley, George - blacksmith
Burris, R.G. - druggist
Giger and Anderson - grocers
Montgomery and Benentt - physicians
Quail, W.M. - general store
Sewell, James - grist mill and gin
Sewell and Co. - blacksmiths
Titsworth, E.N. - flour mill and gin
Titsworth and Harden - general store
Vuncanon, R.N. - barber
Webb, H. - shoemaker
Williams, J.F.M. - carpenter
Shoal Creek: A post village in township of same name, Logan
county, 16 miles east of Paris, the judicial seat and banking
point, and 13 from Spadra, the usual shipping point. It has 3
churches, a corn mill and cotton gin. Population, 100. Stage daily
to Spadra, carrying mail; fare, 75 cents. M.W. Parker,
Postmaster
Alphonse, Rev. - (Catholic)
Anhalt, George - wines
Barkhead, T.J. - saw mill
Benedictine Sisters - teachers
Brown, Miss S. - music teacher
Cravens and Cline - saw mill
Engle, Peter, shoemaker
Hampton, Rev. Thomas
Harrison, J.B. - constable
Hixon, Matthew - general store
Hixon, Taylor - teacher
Lasater, Burrell - lawyer
Miller, B.M. - physician
Nighouse, Joseph - carpenter
Parker, M.W. - grocer
Parker, M.W. and Sons - corn mill
Schneider, E. - carpenter
Stutzer, Rev. Fr. L. (Catholic)
Utley, T.J. - constable
Weaver, Rev (Methodist)
Whitecotton, I. - saw mill
Spielerville: Formerly known as Creole,
a post office in Logan county, 124 miles northwest of Little Rock,
5 northeast of Paris, the county seat, and 8 south of Hartman,
the nearest railroad station. Paris is the nearest banking point.
Population, 65. Mail, tri-weekly. L.C. Spieler, Postmaster.
Eckart, J. - builder
Herttein, J. - carpenter
Spieler, Emil and Co. (E. and G.F. Spieler, F. Werner)
- saw mill
Spieler, L.C. - general store, carriage and plow mnfr.
Thompson, R.C. - physician
Sugar Grove: A settlement in Logan county,
18 miles south of Paris, the judicial seat and banking point,
and 30 from Mansfield, the nearest bank location. Population,
50. Mail, tri-weekly. A.H. Williams, Postmaster.
Brown, J.W. - grist mill and cotton gin
Buck, H.A. - general store
Ward, G.M. - general store