Our Hometown - Vintage Pictures of Waldron Arkansas

07/28/2026

I already had a card very similar to this one but this is another view of the cabins at Midway Park. Mailed on July 20, 1931 and sent to Mrs. H.C.P. Humphrey in Quincy, Massachusetts, the message on the back is: Dear Edith, this is Monday the 20th. Left Friday with J.C. for a little trip thru Arkansas. My vacation. Stayed in this log cabin among the tall pines Saturday, 63 miles from Fort Smith. Came back here last night. J.C. has to work here today and tomorrow. Be Friday before we get home. Am sure enjoying my trip. Beautiful scenery. Nice highway. Hasn't been so hot, nice rain and showers. Hattie Mae is chief cook. I've been reading and writing letters. The time waiting for J.C. passes fast. Enjoy the eats too. Love, Hattie.

07/20/2026

Ramsey's Mill Camp, May 1928. I had never heard of this before I bought the photograph, so I went to an expert; Carolyn Hannah with the Scott County Historical and Genealogical Society. Here's what she found out: " I looked at the 1930 census and, lo and behold, there were Ramsey's who managed and worked at a Lumber Mill / Sawmill. William Ramsey (b. 1881/MO) was a "Manager at a Lumber Mill" and his location was in Hickman Township (so he was in the 'city limits' you could say), and the location was Lower Winfield Road. That's the road at the first sharp corner at WHS that goes due west and comes out near Winfield Church. However, it had to be close enough to town that it remained in Hickman Township so maybe the town side of the Hon Bottom Road cutoff. If one drove out there, the terrain shown in the photo may indicate where it was. It's between two hills, not very far apart, because the photographer was up pretty high to get a downward shot of it.
William apparently had a son, Lee Ramsey, b. 1905) who was listed as a "laborer at sawmill". His address is Haw Creek Road and Haw Creek runs across Lower Winfield Rd. I didn't go any further on family history. So I'd say this is a true photograph of a Scott Co lumber mill.

04/29/2026

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04/27/2026

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