The GazetteOctober 5, 1939 The coming of a railroad through the western part of the parish at the turn of the century accounted for the establishment of Lillie. Although there was one settler living at the present site of the town in 1899 names Frank Farrar, the credit for the founding of the community goes … Continue reading Railroad Causes Establishment of Lillie Community
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Our Railroad
The Gazette April 9, 1902 Last week very satisfactory work was accomplished in the way of securing timber contracts, in aid of the construction of a railroad to Farmerville, and the promoters of the enterprise entertain sanguine hopes that active construction work on the road will soon begin. Mr. Brown left this morning for Omaha, … Continue reading Our Railroad
Hamburg, Ruston & Southern Railroad
The Gazette November 20, 1901 It is now claimed that all, preliminary matters pertaining to the construction of the Hamburg, Ruston & Southern railroad have been definitely closed, and that the board of directors met in Ruston last week and elected officers. It is their purpose to begin operations on the road between Ruston and … Continue reading Hamburg, Ruston & Southern Railroad
Bernice Dots #2
Bernice Historical Society Bernice Dots #2 1899 By Cathy Buckley The year 1899 saw the birth of the town of Bernice, the village of Lillie and the death of the village of Shiloh. Capt. Henderson was moving his Arkansas Southern railroad at a fast clip toward Ruston making deals for timber, right of way and … Continue reading Bernice Dots #2
Farmerville & Ruston Railroad
The Gazette October 24, 1900 The project of constructing a railroad from Farmerville to Ruston is being talked on our streets. Parties familiar with the topography of the country between those two points claim that the road could be graded at a minimum expense. By crossing the D'Arbonne at the point. where Stowe creek empties … Continue reading Farmerville & Ruston Railroad
From Spearsville
The Gazette April 12, 1899 No doubt The Gazette readers have decided that the correspondent has long since given up the "dotting" from this place. School duties have been too pressing to gather many "dots," much less to write them; therefore, the editor, is well as the readers, will please pardon the long delay. Mr. T. … Continue reading From Spearsville
From Spearsville
The Gazette November 2, 1898 As I have not written the items of this place in some time I will now send another write-up. Sickness is not so general, but in a worse form, it seems. Mr. A. B. Henderson's mother, after lingering for quite a while seemingly at the point of death, expired early … Continue reading From Spearsville
The History of Lillie
Author Unknown Provided by Dorothy Farrar Carson Given to StC by Lucy Farrar Old records show that in the early part of the nineteenth century a Mr. Barnes from Alabama owned a large tract of land in the vicinity of present-day Lillie. In 1840 Wince Farrar and his wife Mandy, with their slaves and other possessions, migrated … Continue reading The History of Lillie
Shiloh to Canaan 
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