James, Thank you for telling us about the books avilable on the Dinky RxR and the M&NA RxR. I am not too familiar with the differences between the two Rail Roads and the information you gave will surly help out. In June me and my husband Rick and his mother Wilma (Ragland) Holliman took a drive down to Zack, Ar. . If I am not mistaken ,the old M&NR rail road ( I believe that is the name of it?? ) went through there. There are still signs of the old watering tanks that held water for the train and what apears to be a depot or some sort of log building that may have been used by the railroad line.?? The dam like structure and its remains are still on the creek. It once held water for the train , but it is partially filled with dirt and gravel now. There are some old deserted houses near by also. Wilma showed us where she use to live when she was a little girl about 10 years old. Wilma told us that Sam and America Freeman use to have a store down there where she bought candy. Sometimes she and her daddy Roscoe Ragland would often walk from there to Marshall, Ar. and stay all night with his dad Samuel Jack Ragland. She also said that she walked to school from there to Grandview, Ar. and often carried her sister Betty on her hip with her. Marinda Holliman >From: James Johnston <johnston@ipa.net> >Reply-To: johnston@ipa.net >To: ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ARSEARCY] Searcy County Railroads >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 19:43:06 -0500 > >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 > > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp