Abandoned South Arkansas
Title | Abandoned South Arkansas PDF eBook |
Author | Ginger Beck |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781634991933 |
Since joining the Abandoned Arkansas team in 2017, Ginger Beck has trudged through mud, tall grass, water, and woods to find and document forgotten and endangered locations in South Arkansas. While the shells of these places remain in steady decline as victims of harsh, hot summers and cold, wet winters, the memories that people in the small downs of the South have are as strong as ever. Schools, churches, hospitals, and homes have been left behind as communities move on around them. Join Ginger on a tour of spaces that hold so many memories while the Natural State slowly reclaims them back to nature.
Abandoned Arkansas
Title | Abandoned Arkansas PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Schwarz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781634990974 |
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Ghost Signs of Arkansas
Title | Ghost Signs of Arkansas PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | University of Arkansas Press |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Advertising |
ISBN | 9781610751698 |
Unloved and Forgotten
Title | Unloved and Forgotten PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Dotson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2019-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780578547046 |
For over ten years, fine art photographer Keith Dotson has explored and photographed abandoned places in black and white. His first photo book, "Unloved and Forgotten: Fine Art Photographs of Abandoned Places," features a selection of the most intriguing and beautiful locations he found in his travels. It includes richly reproduced photographs of abandoned houses, schools, churches, barns, storefronts, and even entire abandoned towns.The book highlights fascinating locations like Adams, Tennessee (home of the infamous Bell Witch legend), and Cairo, Illinois, which has rapidly depopulated and is in the process of becoming abandoned. He offers concise backstories of several locations -- a deserted mining town in Arkansas, a forsaken 1952 Plymouth found crashed against a tree on a steep hillside in the woods, and a derelict high school building with a historic graveyard on its property. Included is a brief history of George L. Mesker and Company, the mail order business that sold ornate, prefabricated ironwork storefronts to small towns across America starting in the 1880s. Mesker storefronts can still be seen on many abandoned (and preserved) buildings. The 48-page book is lavishly illustrated throughout with Dotson's black and white photographs.
Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas
Title | Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas PDF eBook |
Author | Michael E. Hibblen |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467125385 |
For nearly 80 years, the Rock Island was a major railroad in Arkansas providing passenger and freight services. A decline in rail travel after World War II and an increase in trucks hauling freight over government-subsidized interstates were among factors that left the railroad struggling. Efforts to merge with other railroads were stalled for years by federal regulators. The Rock Island filed for bankruptcy in 1975 and attempted a reorganization, but creditors wanted the assets liquidated, with a judge shutting it down in 1980. Most of the tracks that traversed the state were taken up, but a few relics, like the Little Rock passenger station and the Arkansas River bridge, remain as monuments to this once great railroad.
A Haunted Love Story
Title | A Haunted Love Story PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Spencer |
Publisher | Llewellyn Worldwide |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2012-01-08 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0738731587 |
When Mark Spencer and his family moved into the beautiful old Allen House in Monticello, Arkansas, they were aware of its notorious reputation for being haunted. According to local lore, the troubled spirit of society belle Ladell Allen, who had mysteriously committed suicide in the master bedroom in 1948, still roamed the grand historic mansion. Yet, Mark remained skeptical—until he and his family began encountering faceless phantoms, a doppelganger spirit, and other paranormal phenomena. Ensuing ghost investigations offered convincing evidence that six spirits, including Ladell, inhabited their home. But the most shocking event occurred the day Mark followed a strange urge to explore the attic and found, crammed under a floorboard, secret love letters that touchingly depict Ladell Allen's forbidden, heart-searing romance—and shed light on her tragic end. This haunting true ghost story includes several photographs of the Allen House.
Arkansas Curiosities
Title | Arkansas Curiosities PDF eBook |
Author | Janie Jones |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2010-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0762765739 |
Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Natural State has to offer!