The Curiosity Shop - Gurdon Light - Trip 4

May 19th, 2000

On May 19th, 2000 Linda and I went to Gurdon again. We arrived in time to visit the Hoo-Hoo Museum. Beth and her husband J.R. were there and Beth gave us a nice tour. The only information she had on the Gurdon Light was a newspaper clipping about Will McClain, and it had been misplaced. Beth did tell us a couple interesting thing. She said that just before Will McClain was killed some men had been blowing up trestles to make work for themselves and others, repairing the railroad. Will McClain was about to, or maybe did, find out who they were when he was killed. Beth also mentioned that she believed her husband's father or grandfather, I don't remember which, had seen the Gurdon light some years before Will McClain was killed.
Friday night we did not go out on the tracks. Linda had been sick and so had I. We were just too tired.
Saturday we went to the Clark County Library in Arkadelphia on a tip that they had some information on the light. We could not find anything. We wenk to the library of Ouichita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, but summer break had started and the library was closed. The same was true at Herderson State University, also in Arkadelphia.

Saturday night we were out on the track from 9:30p.m. to about 12:15. We met some people coming back as we were going out. We saw a few lightning bugs, and that was it. Sunday morning we had to come home.

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