Department
History
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-19-2016
Abstract
Among Clark County’s earliest settlers was a man named Abner Hignight, who moved to the area shortly after the beginning of the nineteenth century. According to family legend, Hignight traveled southwest from Missouri into Arkansas, riding a buffalo along the primitive path that was later called the Southwest Trail or Military Road. Hignight eventually settled along that road, about two miles west of Hollywood. In 1823, after the U.S. land office opened in Washington, Arkansas, he acquired land on the east side of the Terre Noir Creek where the road from Hollywood to Antoine crosses the stream today. It is believed that he built a sizable log home there shortly thereafter and lived in it for the rest of his life.
Publication Title
Siftings Herald
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2016 Arkadelphia Siftings Herald
Recommended Citation
Richter, Wendy Bradley, "Hignight known as bear, buffalo hunter" (2016). Articles. 229.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/articles/229
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