Date Original
undated
Description
This collection contains a story, drawing, and music sample of "The Arkansaw Traveler and the Turn of the Tune." It is from the book, Pope's Early Days in Arkansas, published by Fred W. Allsopp.
Biographical/Historical Note
"The Arkansas Traveler" is the name of a tune, dialogue, and a painting depicting an urban Traveler and rural Squatter. In it, the Traveler stops by the cabin of the Squatter and eventually joins him in playing the fiddle. The sheet music was first published in Cincinnati in 1847 under the title "The Arkansas Traveller and Rackinsac Waltz" and the painting was created by Edward Payson Washbourne by 1856. By the late nineteenth-century, there was also a humor journal and play published by that name. It was the state song from 1949-1963 and became the state historical song in 1987.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.OV.097
Resource Type
Text
Collection
""The Arkansaw Traveler and the Turn of the Tune," SMC.OV.097
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
"The Arkansaw Traveler and the Turn of the Tune," Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
