In the Sandy Land - A Few Things of Interest In and Around Glenville This article appeared in the July 28, 1906 issue of The Nevada News. See Map I for the location of Glenville. This community has pretty much disappeared. Glenville is probably one of the oldest places in the county. Long before the war, it was noted for its weath, culture, and refinement. Here it was that for miles, the citizens sent their children to school, to market their produce, and where they bought their supplies. Slave trading in the palmy days of Glenville was quite a profitable business. There was scarcely a citizen but what owned from five to fifty Negroes, who at the close of the war as freedmen, stayed on the plantations they had formerly worked, and today the population around Glenville is three-fourths colored comprising the offspring of the old slaves. But is spite of the great majority of Negroes, the white man controls the affairs. To such men as Monroe Mixon, John Blake, Steve Wright, Louis Pipkin, Dan Brown, Charlie Hesterly, and W. L. Hay, the colored man looks for assistance and advice. The Glenville of today is a most interesting place. Situated on a broad plateau, surrounded by beautiful groves, and dotted with handsome, old fashioned southern homes, the natual environments of the section particularly fits in for a fine place to live. Its drainage is almost perfect. Near the place are two springs within a half mile of each other, one forming the headwaters of Caney Creek and the other the headwaters of Dorcheat Creek. Drainage from one side of town flows north to the Little Missouri River and that which falls on the other side flows south to the Red River. The principal pursuits of the citizens of the community are farming, raising stock, and fruit growing. These farms, some in cultivation for 75 years, still produce wonderfully. The soil is sandy and very strong. It is easily cultivated and can be bought at a reasonable price and on easy terms. Fine stock of all kinds are raised and quite a little rivalry along this line exists. But it is probable that in fruit growing these people excel the most. Some of the finest orchards in south Arkansas are at Glenville. L. W. Pipkin devotes his entire time to the industry and canned fruit from his orchard graces the shelves of quite a number of enterprising grocerymen in three states. At this season of the year, his fruit farm presents and interesting scene, with dozens of workers busy with the fascinating details of canning fruit. For a while, Mr. Pipkin devoted himself entirely to peaches, but as a recent experiment with pears realized the gentleman over forty dollars from two trees, he at once put in a young pear orchard of ten acres which will doubtless make him quite rich. Mr. Pipkin also sells fruit trees and furnishes canning outfits. The health of Glenville is splendid, although there is a fine physician there in the person of Dr. C. B. Hesterly. At present there is but one store at Glenville, owned by John Blake and Dan Brown, who do a large cash as well as time business. That Glenville is destined to a renewal of her former prosperity is shown from the fact of the recently increased value of land and the activity in all pursuits. White people have begun to move back into the community and the rush for valuable farms in Leake Township is one of the absolute certainties of the near future. Pictures included in the article: 1. A street scene at Glenville 2. The Louis Pipkin home 3. The pear orchard of L. W. Pipkin