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Smackover, Arkansas Historical Events


1928
Reflections of Life in Smackover during the early to mid-1900’s
I have an interesting story about Smackover. I was born there in 1928, to Leecil Horace and Dora Coffman. My parents had a lot of pictures of the boom times of that era. Unfortunately most of them were burned when their house burned down in 1951 in Corrales, New Mexico. I was not much more than a year old when they moved back to the area of Pittsburg, Texas where they were born and grew up. There were a few pictures that survived ,and are now on my daughters genealogy web site for our family. One picture is of me on a pillow on the front porch of this old looking house. We were fortunate to have a house to live in as most people lived in tents. My parents did for a short period. I get the Wall Street Journal, and on the front page of the Feb 14th, 2000 issue ,as you probably already know, is an article about the Bromide in Smackover.

My parents had a pool hall and the general store at that time in partnership with my father’s brother, Harvey Coffman. I listened for many years to their stories of the oil field boom days and would look at all the pictures my mother kept in albums of the men dragged down the street to be hanged after they were taken from the jails, of the KKK burning buildings, of gun fights. My dad was in fights with rough necks. They kept a gun under the cash register ( I think that’s done a lot now too! ) My mother carried a gun at all times. A man in this article on Smackover wrote a book titled: The Hell Hole Of The World." I just wish my parents were alive and could get their stories in a book . My mother said many times she could write the best seller. There is a picture of dad’s barber shop in Hainesville, Louisiana on our web genealogy site, It was a booming oil town . The picture was taken in 1922 . My Dad was only 23 years old. There are more stories about that town and Homer Louisiana. My brother was born there in 1921. My sister in Pittsburg Texas in 1923. My brother died last year (1999). My parents in 1978 and 1981 with all their stories. I'm writing all I can think of that were told for future generations, along with the few pictures left.
My daughter’s family geneology web site
My web site
Submitted by: Melba Quick


Early 1920’s
My mother lived in Smackover as a young chid and her daddy was some kind of security for the oilwells, had to carry a gun all the time. My grandmother used to tell me the story of this haunted house they lived in. The story goes as follows: A man had been shot and killed on the back porch and at night you could hear a heavy boot step on the porch and the sound of all the dishes rattling in the cupboard, doors a slaming but when you got up to see it would quit and nothing would be out of place. Now my granny, Mary Francis Bowers, was a very straight religious lady and I know this to be the truth. The house must have been in the country as she also said she saw mountain lions in the yard.
Submitted by Dorothy Dillon

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This page is for perpetual written accounts of historical events that have occurred in the city. Anyone who feels they have pertinent information may submit it. This includes all people in or out of Smackover and could involve any interested adults or children with events or items that are of interest. Items may be submitted for publication on this page where they will remain as part of a historical archive for the city. Items of interest may include noteworthy events, special events of historical importance, information about area growth that pertains to the history of the city, and other pertinent notes. We hope to establish a large data base of information about the history of each city. Historical Societies are encouraged to open their own page on Key to the City for more extensive historical information.

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