Dewayne, I had recently been thinking about these old railroads and where they were. Thank you so much for telling us this and everyone else that gave information about it. Would you or any one else happen to know where there is a list of these men that worked on this railroad line?? Is there any other information, records,or documents other than the 1928 county township map of Searcy co. that JJJ mentioned and the article in the Searcy Co.Source Book by Harrell in existance that we could look at??? Thanks, Marinda Holliman >From: "Ann McDonald" <amcdonal@sheltonbbs.com> >To: ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] M & NA Railroad >Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:01:18 -0500 > >Thanks Dewayne for this information. When back in Searcy County in October >will be on the lookout for some of these sites. Thanks for the input. > >Ann > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dewayne Treat" <dtreat@bulldog.afsc.k12.ar.us> >To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 4:34 PM >Subject: [ARSEARCY] M & NA Railroad > > > > There ARE many, many reminants of the old railroad still visible > > today....most of the old Railroad beds are now county & rural > > roads...the old Cove road that parallels hwy 65 between Leslie and > > Marshall is the old RR track.....the old county road from Marshall to > > Zack is on the old RR track.....most all of the old RR track along the > > Red River from Leslie to Shirley and beyond is now old county > > roads.....as for other visible evidence, the great bridge trussle across > > the Buffalo River near the mouth of Brush Creek, near Gilbert, is still > > standing and quite an awesome site!!! The old concrete trussles where > > the RR crossed many parts of Brush Creek are still standing....some > > evidence of the old track can be seen driving down hwy 333 from hwy 65 > > to Gilbert...just look on your left when you get close to the creek just > > before Gilbert...there are many other signs of the old RR still > > around....just have to get off the main roads to see them!!! Hope this > > means something to somebody...my grandpa, Grover TREAT, was a RR bridge > > builder from 1920's to the closing of the RR in 1945-46...being a member > > of the RR maintenance crew kept Grover from going to WW 2.....see ya! > > Dewayne Treat > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

There are several books on the M & NA railroad, and one piece in "Shortline Railroad of Arkansas" by Clifton E. Hull about the Dinkey Line. Actually the piece about the Dinky Line is in the Chapter on the M & NA, but it is pretty good. There are also the following books that deal with the M &NA, and some (particularly Fair) has information about the Dinkey Line. "The North Arkansas Line" by James R. Fair, Jr. "The Eureka Springs Railway: A Short-Line Railroad to a little town" by Edwin R. Tolle "The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Strike" by Orville Thrasher Gooden "The Harrison Riot or The Reign of the Mob on The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad" by Rev. J. K. Farris (Takes side of labor) "An Industrial War: History of the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Strike and a Study of the Tremendous Issues Involved" by Rev. Walter F. Bradley (Takes side of management) Fair's book has been reprinted and may still be available. The Boone County Historical & Railway Society has reprinted one of the Reverends' books, and their Society does a quarterly publication (or maybe less frequently) on the M & NA Railroad called "Oak Leaves" which was the name of the old M & NA publication. JJJ