Logan H. Roots [graphic] / Jenny Delony Rice [painter]. 1897.

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Logan H. Roots [graphic] / Jenny Delony Rice [painter]. 1897.

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Logan H. Roots (1841-1893) came to Arkansas with the U.S. Army after the Civil War. Roots was a United States Representative from 1868 to 1871, and a U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas in 1871 and 1872. He was a banker, railroad man, and a staunch Republican. Roots was one of three stockholders in the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company formed in 1881, and was considered the "Father of the Telephone System of the Southwest."

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Roots, Logan H. (Logan Holt), 1841-1893

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Logan Holt Roots was a Union Army officer, congressman, banker, and promoter of the state of Arkansas. From the description of Logan H. Roots collection, 1842-1907 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 232605473 ...

Delony, Jenny Eakin, 1866-1949.

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...