Thursday, October 2, 2008

Early Baxter County Transportation

Below are newspaper ads for different modes of transporation in 1905 in Baxter County. The ads were taken from the Cotter Courier in Cotter, Arkansas.
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Baxter County had at least 19 working ferries.





Rent a good horse & rig.









Baxter County Map from 1919 showing Wagon Trails, Rivers, and Creeks.
Baxter County Railroad

Transportation to and from Baxter County via Railroad:

Missouri Pacific Railway

White River Railroad


St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad


References:

Baxter County Arkansas
. Map. Little Rock, AR: F. L. Blaisdell, 1919.
Featuring Wagon Roads and Trails


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