[1][2] It was a port on the Arkansas River and was a site of conflict during the American Civil War.
Doctor J. S. Shibley and Dr. T. D. Nichols wrote a clinical study of pneumonia in the community.
[4] Charles Humphrey served as postmaster and petitioned for a postal route from Atlas to Paris.
His son Benjamin Boone Chism served as Secretary of State of Arkansas.
[8] The Arkansas Digital Archives notes a vertical file of documents related to the community.