Crawford County, Arkansas Notebook: A History in Chronological Form (1820-1920)

Crawford County was created on October 18, 1820 by an act of the Arkansas Territorial Legislature: being the third county created after Territorial status was established. The area encompassed by the original county was of a much greater extent than that expressed by the current limits. At one time or another, it covered all or parts of eleven counties in the present State of Arkansas, as well as lands in nine counties in the current State of Oklahoma.It was referred to early day judge, Jesse Turner, as "the Empire County". This volume represents the first attempt at compiling an extensive chronological history of Crawford County. and may well be the first of its kind in the State of Arkansas.