Craighead County, Arkansas was part of the territory claimed for France in 1682. This area was transferred to Spain in 1762 as part of the Louisiana Territory. Later it became part of the Missouri Territory. It was carved out of Poinsett and Mississippi Counties, Arkansas in 1859. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state at the corner of the Missouri Boot. Schools, churches, railroads, Press, 1860 census, first settlers, and Biographical Sketches of first families.
Harry Lee Williams
(1930), 1995, cloth, 752 pp.
ISBN: 9780893084004
117-AR14
