| Chicot County Contributor(s): Wintory, Blake (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467114057 ISBN-13: 9781467114059 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 976.7 |
| LCCN: 2015937929 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chicot County, situated along the Mississippi River, was created in 1823. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans like Frenchman Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle visited the region. With the French influence, the area came to be known as Chicot for the "snags" and "stumps" that populated the swampy bottomlands of the Mississippi River. Beginning in the 1830s, slave-based agriculture dominated the county's economy. By 1860, it was filled with prosperous cotton producers; many plantations were concentrated near the Mississippi River. The county's three principal towns--Dermott (1890), Lake Village (1898), and Eudora (1904)--incorporated as the county began to modernize. Local merchants flourished in the early decades of the 20th century, and Lake Village, situated on Lake Chicot, attracted many tourists. More recently, the county has suffered population loss and struggled economically, but agriculture still thrives, and the county's proud traditions continue. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wintory, Blake: - Author Blake Wintory is the director of the Lakeport Plantation, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site in Chicot County. The Lakeport Plantation, built in 1859, is the last antebellum plantation home in Arkansas still standing on the Mississippi River. The museum showcases the restoration of the home and interpretations of the people who lived and worked at Lakeport. |