For even more history about the Dell area, please go to:

Dell, Arkansas: A History Blog

I've learned some of the in's and out's of blogging, and have found it to be easier--and faster--than maintaining a regular site. I'll be able to post more about Dell and it's history--and, you'll be able to comment and interact--the best of both worlds!

I'll leave the links below on this site into 2013--

A Brief History of Dell

Early Arkansas Photos from the Collection of Curtis C. Duncan

  Local Area History:

Retro 50s at the Old Greyhound Bus Station

Local Pottery From Delta Clay

Folk Art Portrays Delta Life

WPA Writer's Project: Pemiscot Bayou, Little River, & Big Lake in the early years

Local Cemeteries in the Dell Area: The Mooney Cemetery, North of Dell; The Wilkins Cemetery, Ekron/Half Moon; The Shady Grove Cemetery, Shonyo; The Simmons Plantation Cemetery

Lois Lenski Wrote & Illustrated Three Books On Life In Mississippi County, AR

Growing Up in the Delta

"The Cotton Boll" 1939 Dell School Annual

"Killing Bares Jungle Casino at Perryville"

Memories of Big Lake 1950s

Memories of the Dell Boy Scout Troop 255

Memories of the Farmers Gin Company of Dell

One Famous Local: Al Hibbler

Some Early Dell History, Magers Farm

A Victorian Christmas, 1994

Books and Suggested Reading  

Family Archives:

 John Wellington Whistle Family

The Hectors

William Henry Payne and Louella Mae Tate Family

C. C. Golden/Moody Family

Go to: http://dellarkansas.blogspot.com

All Old & New stories, interviews, family information, vintage and new photographs, etc. will be found at this new blog. I will not be posting on this DellArkansas.com website in the future. All information will be found on the Dell, Arkansas: A History Blog. . . . .

Read what's currently posted. . . .Then check the Archives for past posts. . . .

and/ or

Find Update Notices on: FACEBOOK

You'll also find a search engine for the Blog, so you can quickly access information you're interested in. . . . be able to join Google Connect, Google Reader, and Google +, all helpful with keeping up with the posts, if you choose. . . .

Hope to see you there. . . .

The Country Farm Home

and The Country Farm Home on FACEBOOK

The Widner-Magers Farm Historic District

 Placed on the National Registry of Historic Places 2007

1.5 Miles North of Dell on Highway 181

Find out more at: widner-magers.org

A Member of Products and Services

And the sons become the fathers, And the daughters will be wives, As the torch is passed from hand to hand, And we struggle through our lives.

Though the generations wander, The lineage survives; And all of us, from dust to dust, Become forefathers by and by. (Dan Fogelberg)

"TAMING MISSISSIPPI COUNTY" CD Available

A New CD by Joe Chipman is coming soon! Watch for it's release!

See the Photo Shoot at:

Pickin', Singin' and Shootin'. . .

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"Daily our grandparents are moving out of our lives, taking with them, irreparably, the kind of information contained in this book. They are taking it, not because they want to, but because they think we don't care." (From the Foxfire series) Like that remote area in the Appalachias, our Northeast Arkansas Delta history and folk culture is in jeopardy of being lost. Our grandparents are leaving us, too, with all the stories and ways of living familiar to this Delta culture during the early 20th century. Help us preserve this history--our history. Talk to your family. Write down their stories. Save their photographs. Leave a legacy for future generations. "We can only know where we're going by looking at where we've been."

 

 Our Cotton Patch, LLC, Dell, Arkansas

The Widner-Magers Farm Historic District..

 Curtis C. Duncan Photography

Much of what is profoundly American--what people love about America--has come from

The Delta

 MsCoAR USGen Web

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, Tyronza, AR