Date Original
1839-1842
Description
This journal contains travel notes, expense accounts, comments on frontier religious life, agriculture, social customs, and slavery, as well as names and circumstances of individuals Ridgway met.
Biographical/Historical Note
Robert Ridgway, an itinerant Methodist preacher, was born about 1820 in Richland County, Ohio. He traveled through Illinois and Michigan for a number of years, and then in 1841 visited Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, and northeastern Texas. He preached to Arkansas pioneers, American Indians, and slaves. During his travels he visited Batesville and Washington, Arkansas. He died soon after his return to the North in 1842.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MG.00178
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Robert Ridgway journal, MG.00178
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Robert Ridgway journal, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
