Contents
Part I. The History of the Bayou
1. Ancient Springs, Rivers, and Peoples
The Source
From River to Bayou
The First Bayou People
2. The Colonial Wilderness
French and Spanish Foundations
The Bartholomew Name
3. Early Bayou Settlements in Southeast Arkansas
Jefferson County
Pine Bluff, Byrd Lake, Jefferson Davis Tract, Bayou Settlers
Lincoln County
Tarry, Yorktown, Crigler, Meroney, Fresno, Persons Bridge,
Todd, Star City, Rose Hill, Batchelor Bridge, Avery, Wells
Bayou, Garrett Bridge, Greenmount, Tyro, Gourd
Desha County
Dumas, Walnut Lake, Pickens, McGehee
Drew County
Hollywood Plantation, Winchester, Tillar, Selma, Old Catholic
Monastery, Baxter, Collins, Blissville, Jerome
Chicot County
Dermott, Lake Wallace, Hudspeth
Ashley County
Slemons, Morrell, Boydell, Thebes, Montrose, Holly Point,
Portland, Free Negro Bend, Sunshine, Poplar Bluff, Parkdale
Hawkins Landing, Lake Enterprise, Wilmot, Gaines, Crawleys
Landing
4. Early Bayou Settlements in Northeast Louisiana
Morehouse Parish
McGinty, Zachary, Jones, Cora's Bluff, Lind Grove, Bonita,
Plantersville, Mason Cave, Tillou, Wardville, Bonner Ferry,
Bastrop, Point Pleasant
Ouachita Parish
Island DeSiard, Sterlington
Union Parish
Ouachita City
5. A Steamboat Thoroughfare
Canoes, Flatboats, and Keelboats
The First Steamboats: 1833-1861
Steamboat Commerce after the Civil War
Fires, Wrecks, and Superstitions
Steamboat Descriptions and Memories
Bayou Voyages
6. A Watery Land
Overland Travel
Fords, Ferries, and Bridges
Mighty Floods
7. Bondage, Rebellion, and Aftermath
Obey Your Master
Four Years of Pandemonium
Reverberation and Hard Changes
8. From Forests to Plantations
Early Sawmills and Log Rafting
Bayou Treasure: Sunken Logs
Bayou Mystery: Choctaw Logs
Such Fertile Land!
9. Living on the Edge
Desperadoes
Lynching, Atrocity, and Murder
Moonshine and Saloons
The Invisible Empire
10. Hunters and Their Prey
Alligators, Bullfrogs, and Turtles
Fur, Feathers, and Scales
Panthers, Wolves, Bear, Deer, and Hogs
A Legendary Hunter: Ben Lilly
11. Good Times on the Bayou
The Old Swimming Hole
The Power of Love
Bayou Baptizings
Buried Treasure and Strange Events
Bayou People
Afterword: Sing on Bayou, Sing on!
Lament
Hope
Part II. Family Histories
Family Histories of Interviewees
Billy Bobby Abraugh
Garvin Adcock
James Bealer
Ruth (Mayo) Boone
Murphy and Willie (Vick) Brockman
Thelbert Bunch
Helen Byrd
Harvey Chambliss
Robert Crawley, Etta (Crawley) Vail
John B. Currie Sr.
John Edd Curry
Frank Day, Charles Day
Winifred Day
R. H. Dennington
William deYampert
Marion (Robertson) Doles
Dr. Ralph Douglas
James J. Ford
Mary (Morris) Foster
Susie (Wright) Fuqua
Jack Gibson
Sue Gipson
Bessie (Fuller) Green
Herbert Lavaughn Greenway
Dr. Roy Grizzell
Cecil Harp
Bealie and Mildred (Sikes) Harrison
Gaston and Launa (Sawyer) Harrison
Mark Hawkins
Leroy Haynes
Benton Hunt
Siegfried Johnson
Mary Ann (Dixon) Johnston
Ed Jones
Herman King
Ralph Kinnaird
Earl Kitchens
W. D. and Nell (Fullbright) Lyle
Dan P. Mayo
Eloise (Robertson) Means, Edwin Robertson, Oren Robertson
Mary Alice (Cottrell) Nelson
Edgar Norris
Katie (Bell) Parker
Andrew Pickens
Alvie Lee Pugh
Mary Dean (Naff) Pugh, Charles Naff
Martha (Morris) Rodgers
Vernon Scott
Duke Shackelford
Amos Sledge
Lloyd Smith
Ernestine (Nobles) Sprinkle
Ruth (Tracy) Teal
Nancy (Oberton) Tharp
Lois (Baldwin) Thomas
Clifton Trigg
Page Webb
Ella (McDermott) White
C. S. Williamson
Estelle (Kimbrell) Works, W. A. Kimbrell
Additional Family Histories
Chester Arrington
Bishop Family of Dermott
Reese Bowden
Campster, Keahey, Jackson, Tubb, Williams
Crute Lineage
John Buford Daniels Family, 1821-1963
Elijah Ferguson Descendants
Grant, Stanley, Fuller
Haisty, Harvey
Hopkins, Heflin
Lambert
William Penn McCain
John H. McCready
McShan
Ezekiel Brooke Owens Family
Roper, Adams
Skipper
John Smith
Stone, Turnage, Riley
Dr. Charles Martin Taylor
Watson, Rabb
Ed Wiley
Columbus Wolf
Robert H. Wolfe
Appendix - Signers of an 1833 Petition from Chicot County
Notes
Bibliography
The Oral History Respondents
Subject Index
Name Index
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