128 Ye'ar-Old Bridge Between Danville and OlaThis antique bridge, the Danville-Mickles Bridge located between Ola and Danville, is
shown in its Autumn splendor as it sJ?ans Petit Jean River, The bridge was made in 1880 andfirst crossed Petit Jean River in DanvIlle before it was moved in 1922, Efforts are being :tp.adeto save the bridge before high waters destroy the bridge (Record photo),
It IS belIeved that the vrglanttis either were revenginCharles Carter frorDardanelle or SheltoCalqwell from Not Springwho were both killed (Cartedied- a week later) in a possambush on August 7, 1883The.ambush was in what wareferred to as the "ThrelCorner Desperadoes" east 0where Bill Potter was killelin the southwest part 0Perry County near the YelCounty line. The shooter:were thought to be thlDaniel brothers (BlockeJwas in jail).
The Dardanelle POSi
newspaper dated Septembei13, 1883, would make thefollowing statements; "Thi~is the first hanging that evel
took place at Danville, ana itis to be hoped it will be thelast. The mob ought to beindicted for obstructing the
public highway for surely nohorse would cross the bridgewith those men hangingthere."
On September 10, 1883,not long after Coker's bodywas taken out of Danville,the 28 year old Blocker, having just eaten supper andmost likely fearing for his
Joseph L. Davis was born in 1847 in Union County, ARSoon after serving in the Confederate Calvary during theCivil War, he would move to Dardanelle, AR. "Joe" Daviswould serve two terms as Yell County Sheriff and also serveas Circuit Court Clerk; Joe Davis died in 1923. He was sheriff when the hangi,ng took place in Danville.
Jesse Randolph Hunnicutt was born in 1839 and died in1921. Shown here is the former Sheriff's tombstone in YoungGravelly Cemetery. Hunnicutt was the leading Deputy Sheriffwhen the hanging took place.
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