William Hines Furbush: African-American Carpetbagger, Republican, Fusionist, and Democrat

From: Arkansas Historical Quarterly | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Wintory, Blake | Copyright information

ON APRIL 17, 1873, THE EASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTY OF LEE was created from parts of Phillips, St. Francis, Monroe, and Crittenden Counties. Democratic planters and merchants around Marianna, the new county seat, had lobbied hard for the creation of the county, weathering strong opposition from politicians and newspaper editors in Helena. The proposed county had gone through a number of name changes before the state legislature finally chose to honor Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Ironically, ...

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