Randolph County Historical Society Historical Reviews
Published in the 1960s by the Randolph County Historical Society, each issue contained a wealth of county history. We’re trying to find all issues of this series. If you have any we don’t currently have online, please loan them to us to record for posting here. Thanks!
The Story of Futrell’s Hardware
A Futrell descendant, Matthew Walton, made this excellent video presentation about the wonderful Futrell’s Hardware in downtown Pocahontas.
Program from 1956 “Miss Randolph County”, “Miss Pocahontas”, and “Miss Centennial” Beauty Pageant
Director: Mrs. Mary Sallee
M.C.: Ted Rand
Music: Mrs. Owen Hudgins
Presenting: Miss Norma Sue Ward, Miss Randolph County and Miss Pocahontas of 1954-55, and Miss Peggy McFatridge, Miss Randolph County and Miss Pocahontas of 1955-56
Contestants |
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Bates, Anna Frances |
Long, Marbra Jean Million, Barbara Ambertine Perrin, Freda Marie Thielemier, Stella Mae Thomas, Elta Lee Thomas, Rex Ann Waymon, Shirley Anne |
1914 Pocahontas High School “The Totem”
Vol. 1, No. 5 of “The Totem”, dated May 20, 1914. An amazing monthly school publication printed by Star Herald Printing, it’s more akin to a yearbook than a school newspaper. W. Ross Hooton’s 1914 copy, scanned and labeled 95 years later by Dr. Patrick Carroll.
There are a few unidentified photos. If you spot any long-lost family members here we’ve failed to identify, please let us know! Among those now identified are:
Allphin, Laverne Bailey, Lonzo Baker, Edna Bennett, Hite Bigger, Pearl Bowers, Della Bowers, Pearl Boyd, Green Campbell, Barto Campbell, Reland Chesser, Burley Carter, Lucille Childs, Harry Childs, Lester Craven, Charity Craven, Eric Danford, Agnes |
Douglas, Dorcas Douglas, Thursye Dunklin, Allaire Dunn, Isabel Eaton, Helen Edrington, Maude Ely, Mary Findley, Berna Fry, Ola Greer, Edith Hall, Hazel Hall, Kern Halton, Sue Hirst, Adaline Holland, Loretta Hooton, Ross Hughes, Mildred |
Hughes, Richard Hulen, E. E. Jackson, Nell James, Feb Johnson, Jennie Johnson, Waldo Johnson, Winnie Jones, Blanche Jones, Charlie Kirkpatrick, Lewis Knotts, Mae Knotts, Pearl Lucas, Stella Mae Marshall, Dewey Martin, Edgar Martin, Edith McCalister, Della |
McCallister, Fannie Mock, Claude Mock, Notra Paine, Ivan Paine, Evan Pettijohn, Mary Pratt, Blanch Presley, Jala Price, Herbert Purdy, George Raglin, Brance Shivley, James (Jim) Stubblefield, Pearl Thompson, Eugene Thompson, Roy Wiley, Clifford Vermilyea, Anna |
The Lynching of Cheverie
Accounts of a mob lynching that occurred in Pocahontas in 1901.
Old Randolph Courthouse Restoration, 1970’s
This summary of the 1970’s restoration of the old Randolph County courthouse comes from the papers of Paul and Rosemary Bowlin, who were active in the restoration project.

Thomas Drew
History of Pocahontas’ Founders:
Bettis and Drew
Historical account of Pocahontas’ founder, Ranson Bettis and his son-in-law, Arkansas’s third governor, Thomas Drew.
THE ACCIDENTAL GOVERNOR:
Thomas Stevenson Drew and the Settlement of Pocahontas
Copyright © 2007
by Carla Barringer Rabinowitz