Arkansas postcard past

Marvell, circa 1920: Marvell was named for Marvell Corruth, who came to Arkansas from Mississippi shortly before the Civil War and acquired a large plantation. The coming of the railroad in the 1870s brought a boom to the area as timber was cleared and farming expanded. The town’s still-dirt Main Street was an unbroken line of business, with the depot just visible to the left.

Arkansas Postcard Past, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR 72203