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- Smith celebrates 100th birthday
While many were getting ready to ring in the new year, Ella Frances Williams Smith was celebrating a milestone of her own.
- Cole ready to take on status quo
Don Cole sits at his computer at Southern Tans researching city-related issues he hopes to bring up during his time on the Trumann City Council.
- A Year of Gratitude
I wish to start off this blog with a huge thank you to my readers. I wish you all a year of peace, happiness, health, and good fortune.
- MT Rotary club purchases, installs equipment at elementary school
Rotarians Gary Masters and Jana Hatley work to install the playground equipment at Marked Tree Elementary School.
- Area Births
Madeline Elsie Payne Amy and Matthew Payne announce the birth of their daughter.
- 2008 a year of change and progress
Change and progress were the name of the game in 2008 in Trumann. Voters approved extending a sales tax for water and sewer upgrades; the city began doing its part to help the environment with a new recycling ...
- Other days
27, 1908 Sam Williams, 16, living near Marked Tree, drowned Wednesday in Old River.
- Producers of 'Carol' happy with turnout
Donnie Walters and Jared Weston were thrilled with the turnout for their production of the popular Charles Dickens tale of'A Christmas Carol." Opening night last Friday drew close to 100 people and about 60 ...
- "Gunsmoke" actor Ken Curtis had Marked Tree ties
Jack and Pauline Noel were surprised to learn that one of their television heroes had Arkansas roots.
- Trumann woman killed in fatal wreck
A Trumann woman was killed Tuesday when she collided with a truck east of Marked Tree, according to an Arkansas State Police report.
- Arkansas rice: new umbrella organization
Farmers in Arkansas have been growing rice for nearly 100 years, but rice producers and the other segments of the state's rice industry have never spoken with one voice - until now.
- MSCC establishes scholarship in memory of Sen. Mike Everett
Mid-South Community College has established a scholarship in memory of the late Arkansas State Sen.
- Tricky Driving for Motorist in Northern Arkansas
Posted by Melissa Moon Tricky Driving for Motorist in Northern Arkansas The morning commute was a dangerous one for drivers in northern Arkansas Highway 63 was covered with sleet that began falling Monday night ...
- Capitol gains
Arkansas legislators have received about $4.1 million in expenses so far this year, suggesting an upward trend in what they seek for mileage, travel and daily allowance to serve their constituents.
- Absolute Care Management grows by putting patients first
After seven years and three expansions, Absolute Care Management has carved a place for itself in the private care industry.
- MT Council hears complaints of police harassment
The Marked Tree City Council heard allegations of police harassment and approved its 2009 budget at its regular meeting Monday night.
- Lepanto City Council discusses police dept
At the last meeting of the year, the mayor told the Lepanto City Council he still hasn't reached a decision hiring a new chief of police.
- Marked Tree parade is a success
The Marked Tree Christmas parade Saturday was a great success with over 20 entries.
- County officials committed to "Powering Rural Development"
Marked Tree Mayor Dixon Chandler and Sunken Lands Regional Chamber of Commerce president Soozi Williams were two of the many city and couty officials who gathered Monday to discuss Powering Rural Development.
Marked Tree Classifieds
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City DescriptionMarked Tree is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas in the United States, along the St. Francis River, at the mouth of the Little River. The population was 2,800 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geologically, the area marks the southern end of the New Madrid Fault.
The city got its name from a tree located on the bank of the St. Francis River until 1890 that had been slashed to mark a section of the river where Indians could walk about 120 yards (110 m) across land to reach the Little River and avoid paddling twelve miles (19 km) upstream. It is the only city in the world with that name.
That's one theory. What is more accurate, but less accepted is that the town was named after the Murrel Gang. An eye witness account says, "People said the Indians marked the tree (this is the most often told story and probably the one most people believe), but the tree had a large 'M' about 12 inches high and 12 inches wide. It had been deeply cut in the trunk of the tree. It was healed over...since it has been marked. I know no Indian ever made that 'M' for the Indians hadn't been educated and didn't know our alphabet." So, it is more ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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