Community in Crittenden County, Arkansas
Hopefield was a small community on the Mississippi River in Crittenden County, Arkansas .[1] Its location is near or included within the current limits of the city of West Memphis, Arkansas .[2] [3] It was a ferry crossing point to Memphis, Tennessee ,[2] and was served by an east-west rail line built by the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad that eventually became a mainline of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway .[4] [5] During the American Civil War General Stephen Hurlbut had the town burned to combat rebel activity.[2] It was rebuilt, hit by a series of Yellow Fever epidemics, and diminished by erosion.[2] Hopefield Chute, an Ox Bow also called Dacus Lake, and Hopefield Lake are in the area, as well as some remains.[2] G. W. Watson moved there.
The area was once known as Camp Esperanza under Spanish rule.[6] In the 1840s there were plans to develop land in the area.[7] Several locations in the area were surveyed and marked.[8]
An 1880 report discusses the area being quarantined with mounted men stationed to patrol it.[9]
^ "Hopefield (historical)" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved March 26, 2021 .
^ a b c d e "Encyclopedia of Arkansas" . Encyclopedia of Arkansas .
^ "West Memphis" . Discover Arkansas. Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^ "The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad (M&LR)" . Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved March 21, 2023 .
^ "Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association" . The Association. February 15, 1911 – via Google Books.
^ Shinn, Josiah Hazen (February 15, 1908). "Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas" . Genealogical and Historical Publishing Company – via Google Books.
^ Court, Arkansas Supreme (February 15, 1918). "Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, at the ..." Woodruff Print. Company – via Google Books.
^ Survey, U. S. Coast and Geodetic; Sutcliffe, Walter Draper (February 15, 1934). "First-order Triangulation and Traverse in Arkansas (1927 Datum)" . U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
^ Association, American Public Health (February 15, 1880). "Public Health Papers and Reports" . American Public Health Association. – via Google Books.
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