Bartholomew's Song

Come visit an enchanting place too long overlooked in AmericanHistory where steamboats battled difficult waters to bring life to thebanks of the Arkansas and Louisiana waterway known as BayouBartholomew. Artfully written this narrative flows like the landscape itdescribes brimming with facts details and family names so valuable tohistorians and genealogists. Beginning with the first inhabitants and abrief description of the archeological remains they left behind theauthor explores the bayou through chapters like The ColonialWilderness Early Bayou Settlements in Southeast Arkansas Early BayouSettlements in Northeast Louisiana A Steamboat Thoroughfare AWatery Land Hunters and their Prey Good Times on the Bayou andmore. Part II is devoted to family histories; and lists births deaths andmarriages for hundreds of surnames including: Abraugh BooneBunch Chambliss Crawley Currie Day deYampert Doles FosterHarp Kinnaird Robertson Naff Norris Pugh RobertsonShackelford Thomas and White. Twenty-three pages of notes and atwelve-page bibliography reveal and enhance the archival effort behindthis book which also includes a list of the oral respondents interviewedby the author their date of birth and the date of their meeting. Anappendix lists the names of all signers of the Canal Petition to Congressby Citizens of Chicot County in 1833 and six tables containinformation about commerce population and the names of all thesteamboats documented on the Bayou Bartholomew. For Arkansas andLouisiana natives this is a must have addition to your library and forthe curious reader it guarantees an enjoyable and enlightening experience.