The Green Forest tribune., 1912-04-12
HISTORY OF
 CARROLL COUNTY
Compiled by the Goodspeed Publish ing Go. and Was First Published
 in the Year 1889.
TOWNS AND VILLAGES. EIIREKA SPRINGS.

EUREKA SPRINGS.
 Newspapers. The Echo. In Novem Der, 1879, T. J. Hadley removed his printing outfit from Olathe, Kas., to Eureka Springs, and issued the first number of the Echo February 21. 1880. This was the pioneer newspaper of the city. A. B. Adams was in partnership during the first four months of it's his tory, when he retired. In September, 1880, Hadley disposed of the paper to H. A. Nckell and J. B. Lowe, by whom it was continued until October. 1882. Nickell had become individual proprietor by this time, and moved the office to Ozark, Ark In August, 1883, A. B. Adams brought printing outfit to Eureka Springs, and Volume 1, No. 1 of the Echo appeared September 5, 1883. It was a three-column, four page paper. The Daily Echoing Neme- sis first appeared Thursday, April 23, 1885. D. P. Cloyd was associated with MT. Adams in this enterprise for time. The name has since been chang ed to the Daily Echo, in connection with which a weekly edition is publish ed, both under the proprietorship and management of Mir. Adams. The pa per is Democratic in politics.
 The Times. The original predeces- sor of the Times was the Republican, established in 1881 by Murphy 6 Penn, who retired at the end of nine months, when the paper was run in the name of s. K. Morgan for time. Perry 6 Spears were the next proprietors, and assumed control February 15, 1882, changing the name to the Times and politics to Democratic. June 20, 1885, the Times was consolidated with the Bulletin, established April 15, 1881, by Lucius Hitchcock, the consolidation taking the name of Arkansas Times Bulletin Don J. Perry had previously retil ed from the Times. May 15, 1884, H. A. Cook succeeded Spear & Hitch cock, and in November, 1887, Sweeney & Weymouth, the present proprietors, took charge. The name has been changed to the Times, and under the present management, the paper has re- turned to it's original political fait..
 A number of definite journalistic ef- forts have been made at various times.
 The annual meeting of the Arkansas Press Association was held at Eureka Springs in May, 1884.
 BERRYVILLE
 Berryville, the county seat of Car roll county, is situated in Prairie Town ship, on branch of Osage river, about the center of the county, The Con gressional township is No. 21 north, Range "A west, and the town plat forms part of the northeast quarter of Sec tion 30. The place has the advantage of an elevated location, It is distant from Eureka Springs fourteen miles, from Carrollton twenty miles, and is conveniently accessible from all parts of the county.
 The town site was originally entered by Joel Plumlee, one of the early set tiers of this part of the county. He built house near the large spring north of the town proper, and cleared small farm. The surrounding prairie was covered at this time with forest undergrowth, and there was nothing to indicate that town would come into existence.
 In 1850 Blackburn Henderson Berry, of Gunter's Landing, on the Tennessee River, in Northern Alabama, purchased Plumlee's farm and opened store near the branch" In the same year Dr. A. A. Baker removed from Carrollton to the site of his present residence and engaged in the practice of his pro- fession; he also opened an apothecary shop. The idea of founding town seems to have occurred to both about the same time; and under their direc- tion Arnold Champlin, school teacher and surveyor, laid out the town in the autumn of 1850. The principal streets were named Main, Church and For sythe, and the entire number of lots was twenty-four. Berry built the first business house on the northeast corner of the public square. One Brown es- l tablished the first blacksmith shop, near his former location at the 'fbranch. Thirteen lots were sold at the first sale Isaac J. Thorn and Samuel Karns were among the first merchants after Berry. Benjamin Hailey built the first hotel, which still stands. not having yet been retired from active service. Within two or three years Berryville had become quite trading point; and at the open ing of the civil war it contained fifty one houses, with population of more than 200.
 During the warit was the rendezvous of the military forces formed on both sides in the county. It was occupied for some time by federal forces, anc the aid and comfort thus involuntarily afforded rendered it the special object of attention from the bushwhackers. At the close of the war but one house remained, that of Mrs. (Hailey) Hub bard. The population had been scat | +ared Tho town was praduallV re