Forgotten Passages

 Always interesting to read about are the great mines that once were located in Crittenden and Livingston County.  These were located in the...

While rummaging around in my collection of everything you can imagine about Crittenden County, I came across a wonderful and colorful larg...

  January 1, 1904 - Moore & Paris Lumber Company building.    It was owned by R. L. Moore and O. H. Paris, with James T. Hickman as dist...

Who was John Bell creator of our Bell Mines and Community   In 1836 John Bell, a politician from Nashville, Tennessee, came to Crittende...

  On May 19, 2020 I did a post on Herbert F. Phillips and his part in the "Firing of the Last Shot in WWI."  Since that post I hav...

  Mico Mining & Milling Announces Operation A group of St. Louis investors headed by Mr. Albert Balenson have started a new mining and m...

   The large island, known as Hurricane Island, located in the Ohio River a short distance from the Tolu shore line has fascinated me for ma...