Dear Beth: Thank you for your note. You asked if I know anything about Rough and Ready. Like you I have a fascination about the place. When I was growing up in Monticello, my mother and I like to go out there from time to time to see if we could find foundations of buildings or anything that gave us a hint of the fact that it used to be a community with a wild reputation. I think there is a lot of myth about Rough and Ready. Even about where the name came from. I am one of those who believes that it was truely named for the Mexican War General "Old Rough and Ready"...my reasons for believeing this it the timing of the settlement of the community corresponds with the timing of the Mexican War. And there must have been many soldiers and others moving through Arkansas to Texas at that time...many, I'm sure, came through Rough and Ready since there weren't many settlements west of the Mississippi at that time. Anyway, this is just conjecture on my part, but it makes sense. What I don't understand is why it died so quickly as a community. Maybe it was because of its wild and wooly reputation. Or maybe Monticello was just a better place to live. After Monticello was formally laid out, land was cheap and it was more of a center of commerce for the area. Anyway, it has always bothered me that the County Government or Monticello groups haven't done more to locate any remnants of the place. It could use some interpretation, signage, something to educate everybody of the importance of the area. Beth, I think I was good friends with Dwayne, Curtis and Dennis. We all played on the American Legion Baseball team together. Great Team. Curtis could have been in the majors. Great home run hitter. Curtis and I were in Mrs. Berry's first grade class together at Drew Central. thanks for the note. Tell Judy hi for me. Robert Lane >From ardrew-l-request@rootsweb.com Sun Nov 8 16:35:18 1998 >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA03576; > Sun, 8 Nov 1998 16:32:29 -0800 (PST) >Resent-Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 16:32:29 -0800 (PST) >Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19981108183103.00f05d68@popc.ipa.net> >X-Sender: TerriLee@popc.ipa.net (Unverified) >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) >Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 18:31:03 -0600 >Old-To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >From: Terri Lee Wolfe <terrilee@ipa.net> >In-Reply-To: <199811081748.JAA09510@lothar.lothar.com> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Subject: [ARDREW-L] Re: Robert >Resent-Message-ID: <"CqQ0Q.A.-0.SgjR2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1912 >X-Loop: ARDREW-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: ARDREW-L-request@rootsweb.com > >At 09:55 AM 11/8/98 -0800, you wrote: >>Robert sent his initial post with his subscribe request. The server >>From: Robert Lane, westplex@hotmail.com > >Welcome to the list, Robert. Judy talks about you all the time and how you >have an insatiable appetite for anything historical, esp. Drew County and >its Civil War history. By chance, do you know any more about the last >skirmish of the war at Rough and Ready Hill, other than the fact that it >occurred there? Beth Thurman...teach w/ Judy >Beth Thurman >or >Terri Wolfe >Monticello, AR >367-2701 > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com