Photos from bygone years of
Bowie County, Texas and
Miller County, Arkansas



Businesses
Photo Description Submitter
Ave Cash Grocery @ 418 Stateline Ave., Texarkana, AR  1921 Pat Foster King
Bell's Tourist Courts - Texarkana - 1932 Elaine Martin
Bell's Court Elaine Martin
Brockhaus - Texarkana - 1911 Elaine Martin
Camp Hannon Station - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Crystal Pool - Texarkana - 1940's Elaine Martin
Coffee Cup Diner - Texarkana .
Country Club - Texarkana - 1915 Elaine Martin
Country Club - Texarkana Elaine Martin
DeShong's Drug Store in 1904 - New Boston, Tx Marland Old
Dun Sailin' Motel - Texarkana .
Flat Iron Building - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Fondo's Cafe - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Fuller, T A Mercantile - New Boston, Texas Marland Old
Grim Hotel - Texarkana .
Grim Hotel - Texarkana - 1925 Elaine Martin
Hotel McCartney - 1930's L R Henderson
Huckins House - 1908 - Texarkana, Arkansas .
Huckins House - Texarkana - 1910 Elaine Martin
Hughes Motor Company - 1951 Nash Rambler Station Wagon   (in front of the Texarkana College) William Sweeney
Jefferson Coffee Shop .
J W Morrow Groceries & Feed - Phone (can't read but looks like 2 numbers) - 209 (can't read) St Line Street Kelli Fannin
Lanes Motel - 1940's .
Lone Star Motel - 1950's .
Machinery & Supply Company - Texarkana - 1949 Elaine Martin
Magnolia Manor Motel - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Magnolia Manor Motel - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Mortenson's Store - Dry Goods & Grocery Etc - Located on Lake Drive, Texarkana Texas Tresa Underwood
National Bank - Texarkana - 1913 Elaine Martin
New Boston Train Depot Roger Hays
Old Forman Building .
Post Pipe Company - Texarkana - 1914 Elaine Martin
Rock Store Interior, Harris Grocery 1965 - Highway 71 South, Miller Co. Ark. V. Harris
Savoy Hotel - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Southwestern Phone & Telegraph Company - Texarkana - 1908 Elaine Martin
State National Bank, Texarkana .
Stop Agan Service Station, Texarkana, TX .
Sundown Motel - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Terrace Court Motel - Texarkana - 1930's Elaine Martin
Texarkana Life Underwriters Group Photo - Taken Thursday, Jan. 21st, 1932. William Sweeney
Texarkana Casket Company - 1911 Elaine Martin
The Town House .
Two States Coffee Shop .
Union Train Station .
Union Train Station .
YMCA - Texarkana - 1906 Elaine Martin
YMCA - Texarkana - 1907 Elaine Martin


Churches & Cemeteries

Photo Description Submitter
18 Churches of Texarkana Elaine Martin
Beech Street First Baptist Church - Texarkana, Ark .
Central Christian Church - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Christian Church - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Dudley Street Church of Christ - Ca 1950 Jim Stacks 
Eylau Cemetery Photo's #1  Tresa Underwood
Eylau Cemetery Photo's #2 Tresa Underwood
Eylau Cemetery Photo's #3 Tresa Underwood
Eylau Cemetery Photos - Highway 59 South behind Eylau Methodist Church .
First Baptist Elaine Martin
First Presbyterian Church - Texarkana - 1916 Elaine Martin
Hickerson and Fussell graves in Eylau Cemetery - Hwy 59 S, Texarkana, Texas V. Richardson
Holly Springs (Ark) Cemetery Photo Tresa Underwood
Red Bayou Church Historical Marker  Barbara Niemeyer
Rock Springs (Ark) Cemetery Photo's Tresa Underwood
Rose Hill Cemetery Entrance Elaine Martin
Sacred Heart Church - Texarkana - 1917 Elaine Martin
Texarkana Church of Christ .
Woodlawn Cemetery Dedication Plaque 1949 - Texarkana, Arkansas V. Richardson

City & County Government

Photo Description Submitter
Bowie County History Memorial .
City Hall - Texarkana - 1906 .
City Hall - Texarkana - 1907 Elaine Martin
City Hall - Texarkana - 1929 Elaine Martin
Court House (Old one) - New Boston .
Municipal Building - Texarkana - 1920's Elaine Martin
Municipal Building - Texarkana - 1943 Elaine Martin
Municipal Building, Fire Station, and City Hall - Texarkana .
U S Courthouse - Texarkana Elaine Martin
U S Post Office & Federal Building - 1910 Elaine Martin
U S Post Office - Texarkana - 1912 Elaine Martin
U.S. Post Office, Texarkana .
U S Post Office, Texarkana (with Confederate Monument & First Chirsian Church)      Back of Card Elaine Martin

Civic & Fraternal

Photo Description Submitter
Boy Scout Troop 23 - (Liberty) - Texarkana, Texas Jay (James William) Riley
Boy Scout Troup 1 - 40th Reunion - Oct 16, 1954 L R Henderson


Events

Photo Description Submitter
Centennial Program Front - Texarkana - 1973 Elaine Martin
Centennial Program Back - Texarkana - 1973 Elaine Martin
Pet Parade - Broad Street - 1936-37 Eddie Robinson
Prohibition Era Photo Texarkana Tresa Underwood
Woodmen Parade - New Boston 1904 Marland Old

Homes

Photo Description Submitter
Morrow, J W Home - Texarkana, TX Kelli Fannin
Morrow, J W Home - Texarkana, TX Kelli Fannin
Sweeney Home: Abt. 1908 - 406 Beech Street, Texarkana, Arkansas William Sweeney


Medical

Photo Description Submitter
Canant, Dr E E - Office - Bassett, Texas 1931 Lloyd Canant
Cotton Belt Hospital (Old one) .
Cotton Belt Hospital .
Cotton Belt RR Hospital - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Cotton Belt Hospital - Texarkana - 1943 Elaine Martin
Pine Street Sanitarium - Texarkana Elaine Martin
St Michael's Hospital - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Texarkana Sanitarium and Hospital, Texarkana, Tx .


Military

Photo Description Submitter
Confederate Memorial .
George, Lt. Louis R. Service Photo - Texarkana, Ar Jane Slaughter
McGee, Thomas Turne (In Uniform) Marland Old
United Confederate Veterans .
Veteran's Reunion for either the Bowie Co. Veterans or the 11th Texas Cavalry.  Daniel R. Holmes
V-Mail that was sent by a solder during WWII  Winston McCain

Misc.

Photo Description Submitter
Booze Line - Texarkana State Line - 1911 Elaine Martin
Buchanan's Beverages Bottle - 7Up Bottling Co, Texarkana, Tx Elaine Martin
Cupid In Texarkana Elaine Martin
Dixon Baseball Team, 1887 .
Drinking in Texarkana Elaine Martin
Greetings From Texarkana Elaine Martin
Greetings From Texarkana - 1950's Elaine Martin
Razorkack Articles  - Texarkana AR High School paper,  Feb. 8 1935 Billy R. Boykin
Razorback, Texarkana High School paper - 2 articles Billy R. Boykin
Razorback, Texarkana Arkansas High School paper - 1 article Billy R. Boykin
Texas Rangers .
Twin City Bottling Works Bottle Elaine Martin
Weaver, Johnathan W - Letter to his sister, Eliza Weaver Hayley - written 1844 Matt & Jan Frey

People

Photo Description Submitter
Barber, Lilly - 1924 - one of the first female sheriffs in the county Jim Stacks 
Batte Family, Miller Co. Ar. Jim Stacks 
Baugh, D A Family - Dalby Springs Eddie Robinson
Beasley, Charlie & Durham, Ealey          Back of postcard Winnie Tidwell
Bellieu, Hazel Jones - Lived on Summerhill Road Elaine Martin
Bellieu, William Titus and Martha (Johnson) with children  Jim Stacks 
Bullard, Jemima Jane, wife of John T. Davis & Family Info
Leander "Lee" A. Davis, Ambrose Lettler Davis, 
Eulila "Lallie" Davis, Lula Davis, Marshall Davis
Billy R. Boykin
Cates, John Morgan Edward Cates
Cates, William and Sarah Edward Cates
Crane, James L family of Fouke, Arkansas  Jim Stacks 
Crane, Mrs James Lon (Arizonia Smith) Jim Stacks 
Crew, Dr C S & DeKalb Home - 1915 Eddie Robinson
Cross, John Sidney & Family - Daniel's Chapel, abt. 1925 Edith Smith 
Davis, John T, Father of William L. Davis. Billy R. Boykin
Davis, Maggie, cotton cards & home canning Billy R. Boykin
Davis, William Lynn & Sarah M. Robertson family  - along with their marriage license.  Billy R. Boykin
Dean Family Photo's, Texarkana  Tresa Underwood
Duflot, Albert & Marie A, 50th Anniversary & Guests Sept 19, 1926; Texarkana, Ark Jane Slaughter
Duflot, Billy & Sorsby, Emory Dale Jane Slaughter
Duflot Family Reunion, August 15, 1915 - Texarkana, Arkansas Jane Slaughter
Duke, Elbert and Holland Eddie Robinson 
Duke, James & Essie McMillan Family Eddie Robinson 
Gay, Sam & Verna Family Eddie Robinson 
Giles, Jeremiah b. 1885 Lillie Giles Best
Gray & Moore Family Photo's  jann_47@msn.com 
Hawkins, Lydia Briscoe Edwards - dob 4/24/1840-1/16/1916 (buried in New Hope Cementery) Eddie Robinson 
Hayes Family Group Picture Eddie Robinson 
Hayes - McMillan Family Photo New Hope 1909 Eddie Robinson 
Jones, Anna & John Family - At New Hope 4 miles from Dalby Springs. Made in 1906 or 1907. Eddie Robinson 
Jones, Inez - Ca 1917 on Summerhill Road Elaine Martin
Mathews, Eddie (Edwin Lee) - 1958 TOPPS EDDIE MATTHEWS #480 BRAVES CARD
Born: October 13, 1931, Texarkana, Texas; Died: February 18, 2001, La Jolla, California; Batted: left; Threw: right; Played for: Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers; Elected to Hall of Fame by BBWAA: 1978; 301 votes of 379 ballots cast: 79.42%
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McCoy, Inez Jones & the Musgrove & Ware Families at Spring Lake Park - Ca 1940 Elaine Martin
McCoy, Jim & Inez Jones & the Musgrove & Ware Families at Spring Lake Park - Ca 1940 Elaine Martin
Jones, Inez & Oliver Martindale - 1931 Elaine Martin
Jones, Inez & Wilma Ligon - 1933 Elaine Martin
Jones, Willard Morelle & Inez Jones McCoy on Summerhill Road Elaine Martin
Knoblock Family Photo's, Texarkana loucallaham@earthlink.net 
Lafeyette, Charles & Cates, Martha Ann McGowan Edward Cates
McCoy, James H at Texarkana Dam - 1933 Elaine Martin
McMillan, Bill Family - 22 Family members - 1904, New Hope, Texas Eddie Robinson 
McMillan Brothers & Family History - John Vanderver (Van) McMillan 1857 _ 1932 Eddie Robinson 
McMillan, John Evander (Van) McMillan & Sarah Catherine Bush family Eddie Robinson 
Mead, Harry Photo, Bowie Co. .
Old, Carra Belle, Willard, & Clifford Marland (abt.1899)  Marland Old
Post, Mr Frank Post & car - 1910  (News clipping) Eddie Robinson 
Robinson Family & Boarders abt 1898 Eddie Robinson 
Stacks, William Monroe & Winona Diatema (Carney) on Wedding Day - 1897 in Bowie County Jim Stacks 
Steelman, James D & Ella Beatrice Bigford Family and Home - Malta, Texas 1907 Bob Steelman
Stingley, J C & Mary Family Eddie Robinson 
Sweeney, Anthony Bernard - ca 1902  William Sweeney
Texas & Pacific & crew - Texarkana - Benton Boykin, Fireman  Billy R. Boykin
Tidwell, Lewis Winfred and Maggie Stingley marriage - 1916 Eddie Robinson
Unknown Bowie County Residents Jo Autrey
Unidentified Children - 1941 Deluxe Studio Texarkana, Tx Photo -
Wagner, Kennie - The Outlaw  (after he turned himself in to Lillie Barber at the Miller County Jail) Jim Stacks 
Webster, Mable - Webster, Sally - Jones, Willard Morelle - Webster, Bobbie at Texarkana Dam - 1933 Elaine Martin
Wright, Edgar Floyd  & Martha Annie Barnes Wright - 1940's Doni Wright
Wright, Mrs Maggie - 1925 and Grandchildren L THOMPSON

Schools

Photo Description Submitter
AR High School - 1910 .
AR High School - 1924 .
AR High Group Photo before 1926 #1 Pat Foster King
AR High Group Photo before 1926 #2 Pat Foster King
Bowie Co. School Group circa 1900-1905 Lavone Major
Catholic School Class Texarkana, Ark. abt. 1910 William Sweeney
Central School Building - Texarkana Elaine Martin
College Hill School - 1912 Eddie Robinson 
Creosote School 1917 - 1918; Texarkana, Tx - Ruby Dennis DeFee, (Grandmother of William Sweeney) William Sweeney
Crump School in the Lenox Hill Community - North of De Kalb, TX. Kathy Mitchell
DeKalb Girls Basketball Team - 1911 Eddie Robinson 
DeKalb Girls Basketball Team - 1928 Marland Old
DeKalb School Primary Grades 1915 Eddie Robinson 
DeKalb School 1915 Photo & names - Seventh and Eighth Graders Marland Old
Highway School - 1933 - Students Photo Juanita Grider Shelton
By way of: Marland Old 
Highway School Souvenir & Photo of Artie Richardson Juanita Grider Shelton
By way of: Marland Old 
Liberty School 9th Grade /Names  - 1945 Texarkana, Texas Jay (James William) Riley
Lydia School - 1910-1911 School Year Don Condor
Moss Springs School 1910 Marland Old 
Mt. Sterling School Photo #1 - (Which was near Austin Chapel on FM1840.)  Jean Old
Mt. Sterling School Photo #2 (1922) Jean Old
Mt. Sterling School Photo #3 Jean Old
New Boston HS Graduates - 1915 / names Marland Old 
New Boston School 1914 - 8th and 9th Grade /names Marland Old 
New Hope School/Class - 1914 Eddie Robinson 
Oak Grove School in 1900 Marland Old 
Old Salem School - 1898 / names Marland Old 
Old Salem School 1939 Kathy Mitchell
Sand Hill School Photo 1929 Daniel Holmes
Texarkana Jr College - 1920's Elaine Martin
Texarkana Jr College Elaine Martin
Texas High School - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Texas High School - Texarkana Ca 1930's L R Henderson
Unknown Texarkana Texas School abt. 1915 William Sweeney
Wards Creek School 1909 Marland Old 
Whitaker School - abt 1926 - Effie Belle Head Britt, Principal standing on back row.  Located on the Texas side of Texarkana, right behind Hardy Methodist Church.  Building is still standing at 519 Whitiker St. , Texarkana, TX B G Yocom Coulter

Street & Park Scenes

Photo Description Submitter
Aerial View - Texarkana - 1937 Elaine Martin
1910 - The Boulavard .
1910 Street Scene .
1912 Construction Crew - Hwy 82
                           &
1912 Highway 82 Road Construction
Marland Old

Eddie Robinson
Bird's Eye View of Texarkana .
Broad Street Photo; Texarkana, 1874 Tresa Underwood
Broad Street - Texarkana - 1907 Elaine Martin
Broad Street - Texarkana - 1908 Elaine Martin
Broad Street - Texarkana - Ca 1915 Elaine Martin
Broad Street Photo; Texarkana, 1939 Tresa Underwood
Downtown Texarkana Ar. Broad St. early 1900's William Sweeney
Pine Street - Texarkana Elaine Martin
Spring Lake Park .
Spring Lake Park - 1910 Elaine Martin
Spring Lake Park - 1911 Nancy Merritt
State Line Aerial View - Texarkana - Ca 1905 Elaine Martin
State Line - Texarkana - 1909 Elaine Martin
State Line - Texarkana - Ca 1910 Elaine Martin
State Line Avenue, Texarkana USA, 1930 .
State Line - Texarkana - 1940 Elaine Martin
State Line - Texarkana - 1940's .
Street Scene - Texarkana - Ca 1888 Elaine Martin
Texarkana Street Car abt. 1915  Jay (James William) Riley
Texas Viaduct and Broad Street .
Third Street - Texarkana - 1930's Elaine Martin

Texarkana - Arkansas side

Photo Description Submitter
Pine Street Presbyterian Church - 1913 Barbara Ray

Unknown
Can you identify these people?  Please contact the submitter.

Photo Description Submitter
Unknown Family (1) Don Condor
Unknown Family (2) Don Condor



Arkansas Civil War Note

Civil War Dollar -- Arkansas

100 Dollars -- Republic of Texas

Civil War 5 Dollars -- Louisiana
 
 



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