Randolph County Heritage Museum

HERITAGE MUSEUM RECEIVES GRANT FOR 2008 ARKANSAS HERITAGE MONTH
In the Museum Store: The Ledbetters of Old Davidsonville By Aubrey Glen Mobley and Madeleine Throesch 183 pages, soft cover - $15 In the early 1800s the new government was encouraging people to go west and settle the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. This story is about one of those families. Hershel and Rachel Ledbetter took their thirteen children and headed west in search of free land and a new beginning. They followed the National Road from North Carolina to the Mississippi River, then headed south on the Southwest Trail to the Fourche River. That was where the New Madrid Earthquake changed everything. This story is about the Ledbetter family and the rise and fall of Old Davidsonville, the oldest settlement in Arkansas.
Plans made for “U.S. Rock and Roll Highway.”
Our Cotton Heritage The Heritage Museum is seeking photographs and stories of the cotton era in Randolph County, to be used in a cotton heritage exhibit we're creating. Being sought are anything related to the growing of cotton, as well as gin photos, etc. All original photos will be returned to the owners immediately after scanning, or photos and information may be sent to Cindy Robinett by e-mail at heritagemuseum@centurytel.net.
	Ravenden Springs as farmers with their wagon loads of cotton waited in line at the gin. The man in front is George Lorsbach. The photo came from the extensive family photo collection of Mrs. Helen (Lorsbach) Davis of Dalton. That's the Southern Hotel in the background on the right. Opened in 1883, the 40-room hotel stood until 1942.