Our Hometown - Vintage Pictures of Waldron Arkansas

04/29/2026

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04/27/2026

A wild and dangerous time in Waldron’s history. My new book tells the story; The Waldron War. Get it now on Amazon.

In the decade after the Civil War, what started as a political feud in Scott County, Arkansas evolved into a bloody vendetta, ultimately resulting in a string of assassinations that claimed over thirty lives. This book tells the story of those turbulent times, when the citizens of Waldron were fo...

09/22/2025

My new book is a collection of the vintage Waldron and Scott County postcards and photographs that I’ve been collecting over the past 20 years. Available now on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions at the link below.

This book is a collection of vintage postcards and photographs of Waldron, Arkansas and surrounding areas of Scott County. Spanning the entire 20th century, this collection allows the reader to travel back in time to the days when horses and buggies parked on Main Street and cotton was king. You ...

09/04/2025

African American housing, Forester Arkansas, 1930.

08/28/2025

Waldron Depot 1935

07/22/2025

Colorized this 1922 Waldron pic on palette.fm

06/01/2025

The old Waldron Depot, year unknown. Colorized on palette.fm

03/04/2025

Another great postcard from Pike. The message on the back is dated 2/20/1912, and the message (as best as I can read it) says: "Frank, I will put out some cotton this year. 5 or 6 acres I rented ground for the cotton. The rest is 1/4 of cotton and seed. Seed is 25 cents a (?) and 3 are in 100 lbs. People winter their cattle on cotton seed as a grain feed here. I will rent some ground for corn so we will have a large part of the place for pasture. I am liking it here better than I did. We have a good and well improved place for this country. I like the climate the best of all. Some have made gardens and some have potatoes planted but I think it's too soon." (Original postcard is in black-and-white; I colorized it on palette.fm)

12/03/2024

Hi-Way U.S. 71 and U.S. 270. Beautiful Scenic location in the Ozark Mountains at "Y" City. Surrounded by National Forest with Deer and Wild Turkey abundant. Free Swimming and Fishing on Mountain Stream. Phone (501) 577-2489. Your Hospitable Hosts, Mr, and Mrs. Alfred B. Gephart (Although the card says "Ozark" Mountains, I think "Y" City is actually in the Ouachitas)

11/11/2024

Pilot Mountain, colorized on palette.fm to enhance the detail.

08/31/2024

The card I've been searching for for about 15 years. Waldron at night, circa 1942.