Hopefield, Arkansas

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Hopefield was a small community on the Mississippi River in Crittenden County, Arkansas.[1] It is near West Memphis, Arkansas.[2] It was served by a ferry and a rail line extending to Madison, Arkansas.[3] During the American Civil War General Stephen Hurlbut ordered the town burned to combat rebel activity.[2] It was rebuilt, hit by a series of Yellow Fever epidemics, and diminished by erosion.[2] Hopefield Chute, an Ox Bow also called Dacus Lake, and Hopefield Lake are in the area as well as some remains.[2] G. W. Watson moved there.

The area was once known as Camp Esperanza under Spanish rule.[4] In the 1840s there were plans to develop land in the area.[5] Several locations in the area were surveyed and marked.[6]

An 1880 report discusses the area being quarantined with mounted men stationed to patrol it.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hopefield (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  3. ^ "Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association". The Association. February 15, 1911 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Shinn, Josiah Hazen (February 15, 1908). "Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas". Genealogical and Historical Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Court, Arkansas Supreme (February 15, 1918). "Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, at the ..." Woodruff Print. Company – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Survey, U. S. Coast and Geodetic; Sutcliffe, Walter Draper (February 15, 1934). "First-order Triangulation and Traverse in Arkansas (1927 Datum)". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Association, American Public Health (February 15, 1880). "Public Health Papers and Reports". American Public Health Association. – via Google Books.

Coordinates: 35°09′19″N 90°04′29″W / 35.15528°N 90.07472°W / 35.15528; -90.07472


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