SUPPLY, ARKANSAS
OUR FALL ISSUE OF 1999 RAN A VERY GOOD ARTICLE ON SUPPLY WRITTEN BY LAURA HODGE, A MEMBER OF OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
IN 1810 A WELL WAS DUG BY A MEMBER OF THE FOWLER FAMILY, AND THIS WELL, WHICH NEVER RAN DRY, WAS USED BY MANY TRAVELERS, INCLUDING INDIANS WHO WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY ANDREW JACKSON IN THE 1830'S. THIS ROUTE WAS PART OF THE TRAIL OF TEARS TRAVELLED BY THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES WHICH OCCUPIED THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR THE CONFEDERATE TROOPS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WELL AND ESTABLISHED A SUPPLY DEPOT HERE AND THE NAME STUCK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SUPPLY, WRITE TO US AT OUR NEW ADDRESS.
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