FIRST TROLLY- The photo, which belongs to Emerson Richardson, is the earliest made of the Walnut Ridge-Hoxie street car. This one is No. 2, so it either had a predecessor, or someone wanted to make the line seem bigger. The mule-drawn cars were later re-placed by cars powered by electricity.

The man standing by the animal is Walter Griffin. The third man from left was named Culver and was a lumberman. The "dude" eating the banana is Bill Surridge and the man at extreme right was named Potter. Just a guess: This photograph was likely taken around 1900 to 1910. (Times Dispatch Newspaper, Walnurt Ridge, Arkansas)