Little Rock Board of Trade

The Little Rock Board of Trade was a predecessor organization to the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. The Board of Trade Building was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1908. 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, T. H. Bunch, Morris M. Cohn, John F. Boyle, W. W. Dickinson, Charles F. Penzel, James A. Fones, Charles T. Abeles, J. A. Woodson, George W. Rogers.

1901 Board of Trade Members

• Charles T. Abeles & Company
• Adams & Boyle
• Allen-West Com. 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.
• L. C. Balch
• Warren Baldwin
• H. C. Bateman
• A. D. Beach
• Beal & Doyle
• Ziba Bennitt & Co.
• J. 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
• A. 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 Co.
• Frank J. Ginocchio
• L. 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.
• A. 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.
• J. W. Mast
• W. D. Matthews
• Merchants Transfer Company
• G. L. Meyers
• P. 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
• P. J. O'Brien
• J. S. Odom
• Lee Omohundro
• Oliver-Finnie Co.
• B. E. Patten
• R. O. Paul
• R. M. Pearson
• H. A. Peckham
• C. F. Penzel Grocer Co.
• Leo Pfeifer
• R. G. Pillow
• W. P. Pledger
• Plunkett & Jarrell
• A. B. Poe
• Polk Transfer Co.
• R. W. Polk
• Louis A. Pollock
• J. W. Pope Co.
• R. W. Porter
• Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
• S. M. Powell
• C. A. Pratt
• John Pumphreys
• H. G. Pugh
• Joe P. Quinn
• P. Raleigh
• Thomas B. Rayburn
• Mike Reigler
• Harmon L. Remmel
• A. Retan
• E. Reynolds
• Lewis Rhoten
• E. S. Rice
• H. E. Rice
• E. B. Richards
• J. R. Rightsell
• R. W. Rightsell
• O. P. Robinson
• George W. Rogers
• P. K. Roots
• Hemingway & Rose
• John M. Rose
• C. E. Rosenbaum
• Charles H. Ross
• Fred Rossner
• John Rothery
• H. H. Rottaken
• George F. Rozell
• W. L. Rucker
• Sam Rudolph
• Sandefur-Julian Co.
• 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
• 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. A. Van Etten
• J. W. Vestal
• W. L. Vick
• R. B. Waldrop
• R. E. Walt
• L. E. Walther
• Zeb Ward
• J. A. Watkins
• E. 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
• J. A. Woodson
• W. H. Woodsmall
• W. B. Worthen
• R. W. Worthen
• W. F. Wright
• Frank B. Yates
• William Zeisler
• J. V. Zimmerman

References

• "Little Rock Board of Trade Burns," New York Times, December 24, 1908.