Pocahontas

On the north side of Pocahontas was George Mansker, His family was related to Thomas S. Drew, the two families coming to Arkansas from adjoining counties of Tennessee. Soon after the establishment of the town of Pocahontas, one of the first families to move here was William L. Rice, who had already become the first citizen of the village of Warm Springs. The first map of the town of Pocahontas, made soon after the town was plotted, showed the following as owners of some of the lots and blocks: White, Hanover, Looney, Hunter, Rice, David Fine, Mitchell, Black, Imboden.