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| − | + | Businessmen formed the '''Little Rock Board of Trade''' on April 6, 1886. The first president of the Board of Trade was merchant James A. Fones. He was re-elected seven times. | |
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| + | The Board paid for the efforts of the [[Arkansas Columbian Commission]] to create an Arkansas pavilion for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The [[Board of Trade Building]] was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1908. In 1914 the Board of Trade became the [[Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce|Little Rock Chamber of Commerce]]. | ||
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| + | ====Presidents==== | ||
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| + | *1886-1893 - [[James A. Fones]] | ||
| + | *1897 - [[W. Wallace Dickinson|W. W. Dickinson]] | ||
| + | *1899 - [[M. M. Cohn]] | ||
| + | *1901 - [[William S. Mitchell]] | ||
| + | *1907 - [[Robert E. Wait]] | ||
| + | *1909-1911? - [[Harmon L. Remmel]] | ||
| + | *1912?-1914? - [[George W. Rogers|George Worthington Rogers]] - three terms | ||
====1901 Board of Trade Members==== | ====1901 Board of Trade Members==== | ||
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| + | Officers of the Board of Trade in 1901 were [[William S. Mitchell]], president, [[Ad Hamberg]], vice president, [[John G. Fletcher]], treasurer, and [[George R. Brown]], secretary. Directors were [[F. B. T. Hollenberg]], [[Tillman H. Bunch]], [[Morris M. Cohn]], [[John F. Boyle]], [[W. Wallace Dickinson]], [[Charles F. Penzel]], [[James A. Fones]], [[Charles T. Abeles]], [[James A. Woodson]], [[George W. Rogers]]. | ||
*[[Charles T. Abeles & Company]] | *[[Charles T. Abeles & Company]] | ||
*[[Adams & Boyle]] | *[[Adams & Boyle]] | ||
| − | *Allen-West | + | *Allen-West Compress Co. |
*L. J. Alexander & Co. | *L. J. Alexander & Co. | ||
*Alphin-Lake Cotton Co. | *Alphin-Lake Cotton Co. | ||
| Line 14: | Line 28: | ||
*[[Joe Asher]] | *[[Joe Asher]] | ||
*Joe D. Back & Bro. | *Joe D. Back & Bro. | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Leonidas C. Balch]] |
| − | *Warren Baldwin | + | *[[Warren Baldwin]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Henry C. Bateman]] |
*[[A. D. Beach]] | *[[A. D. Beach]] | ||
| − | *Beal & Doyle | + | *[[Beal-Doyle Dry Goods Company|Beal & Doyle]] |
*Ziba Bennitt & Co. | *Ziba Bennitt & Co. | ||
| − | * | + | *[[John W. Blackwood]] |
*[[Gus Blass Dry Goods Co.]] | *[[Gus Blass Dry Goods Co.]] | ||
*[[Jacob Blass]] | *[[Jacob Blass]] | ||
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*B. Bodeman | *B. Bodeman | ||
*J. H. Boicourt & Co. | *J. H. Boicourt & Co. | ||
| − | *Leo P. Bott | + | *[[Leo P. Bott]] |
| − | *John S. Braddock | + | *[[John S. Braddock]] |
*T. P. Brashears | *T. P. Brashears | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Aristo Brizzolara]] |
*J. M. Brooks | *J. M. Brooks | ||
*B. J. Brown | *B. J. Brown | ||
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*[[Arkansas Gazette|Gazette Publishing Co.]] | *[[Arkansas Gazette|Gazette Publishing Co.]] | ||
*[[German National Bank]] | *[[German National Bank]] | ||
| − | *Geyer & Adams | + | *[[Geyer & Adams]] |
*[[Frank J. Ginocchio]] | *[[Frank J. Ginocchio]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Lawrence D. Gleason]] |
*[[Isa Goodman]] | *[[Isa Goodman]] | ||
*[[John M. Gracie]] | *[[John M. Gracie]] | ||
| Line 126: | Line 140: | ||
*[[John A. Jungkind]] | *[[John A. Jungkind]] | ||
*Herman Kahn Co. | *Herman Kahn Co. | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Andrew Karcher]] |
*[[William Kavanaugh|William M. Kavanaugh]] | *[[William Kavanaugh|William M. Kavanaugh]] | ||
*[[James Keith]] | *[[James Keith]] | ||
| Line 164: | Line 178: | ||
*[[Joseph W. Martin]] | *[[Joseph W. Martin]] | ||
*John H. Martin A. Co. | *John H. Martin A. Co. | ||
| − | * | + | *[[John W. Mast]] |
*W. D. Matthews | *W. D. Matthews | ||
*[[Merchants Transfer Company]] | *[[Merchants Transfer Company]] | ||
*G. L. Meyers | *G. L. Meyers | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Louis L. Mivelaz]] |
*[[Missouri Pacific Railroad|Missouri Pacific Railway Company]] | *[[Missouri Pacific Railroad|Missouri Pacific Railway Company]] | ||
*John M. Moore and W. B. Smith | *John M. Moore and W. B. Smith | ||
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*S. R. McNutt | *S. R. McNutt | ||
*W. S. McDowell | *W. S. McDowell | ||
| − | *W. B. Neff | + | *[[W. B. Neff]] |
*[[Charles M. Newton]] | *[[Charles M. Newton]] | ||
*New Wilson & Webb Co. | *New Wilson & Webb Co. | ||
*U. Nolin | *U. Nolin | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Patrick J. O'Brien]] |
| − | * | + | *[[John S. Odom]] |
*[[Lee Omohundro]] | *[[Lee Omohundro]] | ||
*Oliver-Finnie Co. | *Oliver-Finnie Co. | ||
| − | *B. | + | *[[B. Earl Patten]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Robert O. Paul]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Raleigh M. Pearson]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Harry A. Peckham]] |
| − | *C. F. Penzel Grocer | + | *[[C. F. Penzel Grocer Company]] |
*[[Leo Pfeifer]] | *[[Leo Pfeifer]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Robert G. Pillow]] |
*W. P. Pledger | *W. P. Pledger | ||
| − | *Plunkett & Jarrell | + | *[[Plunkett & Jarrell]] |
| − | *A. | + | *[[A. Bascom Poe]] |
| − | *Polk Transfer Co. | + | *[[Polk Transfer Co.]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Rufus W. Polk]] |
*[[Louis A. Pollock]] | *[[Louis A. Pollock]] | ||
*J. W. Pope Co. | *J. W. Pope Co. | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Roma W. Porter]] |
*Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. | *Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. | ||
*S. M. Powell | *S. M. Powell | ||
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*H. G. Pugh | *H. G. Pugh | ||
*[[Joe P. Quinn]] | *[[Joe P. Quinn]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Patrick Raleigh]] |
*[[Thomas B. Rayburn]] | *[[Thomas B. Rayburn]] | ||
*[[Mike Reigler]] | *[[Mike Reigler]] | ||
*[[Harmon L. Remmel]] | *[[Harmon L. Remmel]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Albert Retan]] |
*E. Reynolds | *E. Reynolds | ||
*[[Lewis Rhoten]] | *[[Lewis Rhoten]] | ||
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*H. E. Rice | *H. E. Rice | ||
*E. B. Richards | *E. B. Richards | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Jacob R. Rightsell]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Richard W. Rightsell]] |
*O. P. Robinson | *O. P. Robinson | ||
*[[George W. Rogers]] | *[[George W. Rogers]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Philander K. Roots]] |
| − | *Hemingway & Rose | + | *[[Hemingway & Rose]] |
*[[John M. Rose]] | *[[John M. Rose]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Charles E. Rosenbaum]] |
*[[Charles H. Ross]] | *[[Charles H. Ross]] | ||
*[[Fred Rossner]] | *[[Fred Rossner]] | ||
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*W. L. Rucker | *W. L. Rucker | ||
*[[Sam Rudolph]] | *[[Sam Rudolph]] | ||
| − | *Sandefur-Julian | + | *[[Sandefur-Julian Company]] |
*E. H. Sanders | *E. H. Sanders | ||
*M. B. Sanders | *M. B. Sanders | ||
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*S. Siebert | *S. Siebert | ||
*C. M. Simons | *C. M. Simons | ||
| − | *Simpson & Webb | + | *[[Simpson & Webb Furniture Company]] |
*[[James A. Smith]] | *[[James A. Smith]] | ||
*A. R. Smith | *A. R. Smith | ||
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*B. W. Stewart | *B. W. Stewart | ||
*C. B. Stewart | *C. B. Stewart | ||
| − | *[[Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company]] | + | *[[Southwestern Bell Telephone-Arkansas|Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company]] |
| − | *Crawford Stainback & Co. | + | *[[Crawford Stainback & Co.]] |
*C. B. Stevens | *C. B. Stevens | ||
*[[Abe Stiewell]] | *[[Abe Stiewell]] | ||
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*J. E. Turpin | *J. E. Turpin | ||
*[[Union Compress Company]] | *[[Union Compress Company]] | ||
| − | *J. | + | *[[J. Arthur Van Etten]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Joseph Wysong Vestal]] |
*W. L. Vick | *W. L. Vick | ||
*R. B. Waldrop | *R. B. Waldrop | ||
*R. E. Walt | *R. E. Walt | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Louis E. Walther]] |
*[[Zeb Ward]] | *[[Zeb Ward]] | ||
*J. A. Watkins | *J. A. Watkins | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Emil C. Wehrfritz]] |
| − | *[[Western Union Telegraph & Cable Company]] | + | *[[Western Union Telegraph Co.|Western Union Telegraph & Cable Company]] |
*[[Nal Williams]] | *[[Nal Williams]] | ||
*[[Durand Whipple]] | *[[Durand Whipple]] | ||
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*[[Wolf Brothers Dry Goods Company]] | *[[Wolf Brothers Dry Goods Company]] | ||
*[[Wood-Kraft Fuel Company]] | *[[Wood-Kraft Fuel Company]] | ||
| − | * | + | *[[James A. Woodson]] |
| − | * | + | *[[William H. Woodsmall]] |
| − | * | + | *[[William B. Worthen]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Robert W. Worthen]] |
| − | *W. | + | *[[W. Fulton Wright]] |
*[[Frank B. Yates]] | *[[Frank B. Yates]] | ||
*[[William Zeisler]] | *[[William Zeisler]] | ||
| − | *J. V. Zimmerman | + | *[[J. V. Zimmerman]] |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:58, 22 May 2011
Businessmen formed the Little Rock Board of Trade on April 6, 1886. The first president of the Board of Trade was merchant James A. Fones. He was re-elected seven times.
The Board paid for the efforts of the Arkansas Columbian Commission to create an Arkansas pavilion for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The Board of Trade Building was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1908. In 1914 the Board of Trade became the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce.
Presidents
- 1886-1893 - James A. Fones
- 1897 - W. W. Dickinson
- 1899 - M. M. Cohn
- 1901 - William S. Mitchell
- 1907 - Robert E. Wait
- 1909-1911? - Harmon L. Remmel
- 1912?-1914? - George Worthington Rogers - three terms
1901 Board of Trade Members
Officers of the Board of Trade in 1901 were William S. Mitchell, president, Ad Hamberg, vice president, John G. Fletcher, treasurer, and George R. Brown, secretary. Directors were F. B. T. Hollenberg, Tillman H. Bunch, Morris M. Cohn, John F. Boyle, W. Wallace Dickinson, Charles F. Penzel, James A. Fones, Charles T. Abeles, James A. Woodson, George W. Rogers.
- Charles T. Abeles & Company
- Adams & Boyle
- Allen-West Compress Co.
- L. J. Alexander & Co.
- Alphin-Lake Cotton Co.
- Arkansas Carpet and Furniture Company
- Arkansas Cotton Oil Co.
- Arkansas Democrat Co.
- Arkansas Pump & Pipe Co.
- Joe Asher
- Joe D. Back & Bro.
- Leonidas C. Balch
- Warren Baldwin
- Henry C. Bateman
- A. D. Beach
- Beal & Doyle
- Ziba Bennitt & Co.
- John W. Blackwood
- Gus Blass Dry Goods Co.
- Jacob Blass
- Sam Blum
- B. Bodeman
- J. H. Boicourt & Co.
- Leo P. Bott
- John S. Braddock
- T. P. Brashears
- Aristo Brizzolara
- J. M. Brooks
- B. J. Brown
- E. C. Buchanan
- T. H. Bunch & Co.
- H. G. Bunn
- George F. Burchard
- C. C. Burrow & Co.
- C. E. Butts
- S. P. Cansler
- Carl & Tobey Co.
- James Chapple
- J. T. Claiborne
- Allen W. Clark
- John E. Coates
- H. K. Cochran
- Maxwell Coffin
- Al Cohn
- Albert D. Cohn
- Mark M. Cohn
- Morris M. Cohn
- Ed. G. Connelley
- Charles M. Connor
- Consumers Cotton Oil Co.
- G. H. L. Coplen
- Ed Cornish
- T. T. Cotnam
- Horace G. Dale
- Abe H. Daugherty
- John L. Deason
- Dixie Cotton Oil Co.
- W. W. Dickinson Hardware Company
- George Doerner
- Draughton's Practical Business College
- Leon Dreyfus
- Nathan Dreyfus
- W. R. Duley
- J. T. Duncan
- John M. Dungan
- M. E. Dunn
- A. A. Ehrman
- P. D. English
- P. C. Ewing
- Exchange National Bank
- D. G. Falk
- William C. Faucette
- W. P. Feild
- W. B. Ferguson
- Ed J. Fischer
- A. A. Fleming
- J. A. Flemister
- Fletcher & Hotze
- Fones Brothers Hardware Company
- Mike P. Forster
- S. W. Fordyce
- A. H. Fox
- Aaron Frank
- Sam Frank
- Franklin Bros. Co.
- John H. Fraser
- R. A. Furth
- Sol Gans
- Gazette Publishing Co.
- German National Bank
- Geyer & Adams
- Frank J. Ginocchio
- Lawrence D. Gleason
- Isa Goodman
- John M. Gracie
- James A. Gray
- B. W. Green
- R. B. Gress
- J. T. Haizlop & Co.
- F. M. Hanley
- M. N. Hanson
- W. H. Hayes
- George M. Heard
- H. W. Hennegin
- J. F. Holden
- F. B. T. Hollenberg
- W. S. Holt
- Home Water Company
- P. O. Hooper
- O. K. Houck & Co.
- Alex C. Hull
- W. P. Hutton
- H. B. Coolidge
- J. W. Irwin
- Independent Compress Company
- M. H. Johnson
- S. J. Johnson Co.
- Sol H. Johl
- Dan W. Jones
- John B. Jones
- T. H. Jones Co.
- John A. Jungkind
- Herman Kahn Co.
- Andrew Karcher
- William M. Kavanaugh
- James Keith
- J. B. Keith
- Ike Kempner
- M. Kirst
- Louis Koers
- Frerichs Knoop & Co.
- Fintan Kraemer
- C. J. Kramer & Co.
- George Krickerberg
- C. H. Ladue
- Lasker Brothers
- Thomas Lafferty
- W. H. Lamberson
- S. D. Lary
- L. B. Leigh
- J. H. Lenow
- Lesser Cotton Company
- Wulliam Letzig
- C. J. Lincoln Co.
- R. A. Little
- Little Rock Brewing & Ice Company
- Little Rock Cooperage Company
- Little Rock Division No. 321 Order of Railway Conductors
- Little Rock Gin & Machine Company
- A. Lofton
- Thomas Lonergan
- J. G. Lonsdale
- Frank T. Longley
- Louis Lorch
- A. S. Maddox
- J. J. Mahoney
- A. M. Machin
- E. S. Maloney
- Mann & Gibb
- Joseph W. Martin
- John H. Martin A. Co.
- John W. Mast
- W. D. Matthews
- Merchants Transfer Company
- G. L. Meyers
- Louis L. Mivelaz
- Missouri Pacific Railway Company
- John M. Moore and W. B. Smith
- G. Morgner
- H. W. Morrison
- R. E. Morris & Co.
- J. D. Moore
- Louis Muller
- E. C. Murray
- C. B. Myers
- H. A. Myers
- S. R. McNutt
- W. S. McDowell
- W. B. Neff
- Charles M. Newton
- New Wilson & Webb Co.
- U. Nolin
- Patrick J. O'Brien
- John S. Odom
- Lee Omohundro
- Oliver-Finnie Co.
- B. Earl Patten
- Robert O. Paul
- Raleigh M. Pearson
- Harry A. Peckham
- C. F. Penzel Grocer Company
- Leo Pfeifer
- Robert G. Pillow
- W. P. Pledger
- Plunkett & Jarrell
- A. Bascom Poe
- Polk Transfer Co.
- Rufus W. Polk
- Louis A. Pollock
- J. W. Pope Co.
- Roma W. Porter
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
- S. M. Powell
- C. A. Pratt
- John Pumphreys
- H. G. Pugh
- Joe P. Quinn
- Patrick Raleigh
- Thomas B. Rayburn
- Mike Reigler
- Harmon L. Remmel
- Albert Retan
- E. Reynolds
- Lewis Rhoten
- E. S. Rice
- H. E. Rice
- E. B. Richards
- Jacob R. Rightsell
- Richard W. Rightsell
- O. P. Robinson
- George W. Rogers
- Philander K. Roots
- Hemingway & Rose
- John M. Rose
- Charles E. Rosenbaum
- Charles H. Ross
- Fred Rossner
- John Rothery
- H. H. Rottaken
- George F. Rozell
- W. L. Rucker
- Sam Rudolph
- Sandefur-Julian Company
- E. H. Sanders
- M. B. Sanders
- George B. Sawyers
- St. Louis Southwest Railway Company
- A. L. Schader
- Fred Schader
- Joe Schmelzer
- Scott-Mayer Compress Company
- J. L. Scofield
- S. Siebert
- C. M. Simons
- Simpson & Webb Furniture Company
- James A. Smith
- A. R. Smith
- J. F. Smith
- Paul Snodgrass
- Southern Cotton Oil Company
- W. A. Sparks
- B. W. Stewart
- C. B. Stewart
- Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company
- Crawford Stainback & Co.
- C. B. Stevens
- Abe Stiewell
- Charles S. Stifft
- George H. Stratman
- Victor Sugarman
- George Taylor Compress Co.
- Joseph N. Templeton
- Charles T. Taylor
- Frank J. Taylor
- Sol F. Thalheimer
- The Institute
- A. D. Thomas
- G. M. Thomas
- William S. Thomas
- George Thornburgh
- Spence Torrey
- J. M. Townes
- Jacob Trieber
- J. H. Trawick
- A. D. Tucker
- J. E. Turpin
- Union Compress Company
- J. Arthur Van Etten
- Joseph Wysong Vestal
- W. L. Vick
- R. B. Waldrop
- R. E. Walt
- Louis E. Walther
- Zeb Ward
- J. A. Watkins
- Emil C. Wehrfritz
- Western Union Telegraph & Cable Company
- Nal Williams
- Durand Whipple
- B. D. Williams
- W. W. Wilson
- F. J. Wittenberg
- Louis Wolfort
- Wolf Brothers Dry Goods Company
- Wood-Kraft Fuel Company
- James A. Woodson
- William H. Woodsmall
- William B. Worthen
- Robert W. Worthen
- W. Fulton Wright
- Frank B. Yates
- William Zeisler
- J. V. Zimmerman
References
- "Little Rock Board of Trade Burns," New York Times, December 24, 1908.
