ARKANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, Volume 5, Spring 1946, p. 341
Historical Statement of Texarkana,
Arkansas to February 7, 1917
BY
W. H. ARNOLD, SR. (1)
- Texarkana is located upon the line between Arkansas and Texas, about thirty miles north of the Louisiana line, and the name is made up of the first syllables of Arkansas and Texas and the last two of Louisiana.
- Early in 1874, when the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company was building its tracks from the north, and the Texas & Pacific Railway Company was building its tracks from the south, connecting at the state line, the name "Texarkana" appeared upon a board nailed to a pine stump near the present Union Station.
- The original town of Texarkana, Arkansas, was located on the west half of Section 30, Township 15 South of Range 28 West, which was owned by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. The east half of the section was held in the name of the president of the railway, Thomas Allen, as agent for the company. The plat of the original town was executed by Thomas Essex as agent for Thomas Allen and the railway company, and filed in the Miller County Recorder's office, June 7, 1880.
- The Texas & Pacific Railway Company platted the original town of Texarkana, Texas, which was located on the north 150 acres of the Jacob Carsner Headright Survey, patented by the State of Texas to the heirs of Jacob Carsner June 2, 1873. The title of this tract of land was in dispute between the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, Eli H. Moores, D. B. Culberson, F. M. Henry and Irving Eggleston.
- ______________________
- 1. Edited by Jodie Arnold Smith, the daughter of Judge W. H. Arnold, Sr. William Hendrick Arnold Sr.,
- senior member of the law firm of Arnold and Arnold was born near Lisbon,
Union County, Arkansas the son of David Saxon and Temperance Lucinda (Arnold)
Arnold. He was educated in subscription or private schools in Union County
and Ansley's Academy, Artisan near Prescott, and by individual effort.
He was admitted to the bar at Prescott in 1882 and moved to Texarkana in
1883, where he has been in continuous practice. His ancestors were among
the early settlers of Virginia, who moved to South Carolina prior to the
Revolution.
Words
Study Questions
Related Sites