James N Lewis, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and old acquaintance of J W Atkinson, who had his reminiscences in this paper a few weeks ago, has a few memories of his own about Pocahontas in the old days. He says:”I knew all those people Mr Atkinson mentioned. Then there was only two brick buildings there. One was the B J Bigger Hotel and the other was a small brick building used as a Court House and Pat Mondy ran a saloon in it. Mr Bigger bought the hotel from Eli Haevener. Dave Black was sheriff when Brainard and Turpin were hung and I remember the old man who peddled milk. Mr Miller had a flour mill just below the Bigger Hotel and when any person wanted to cross Black River they had to go over in a ferry boat. I sold Mr Irby feed when he had the livery barn. I have eaten at Mrs Nancy Jones’ hotel. I remember the fall of 1876 when Hays and Tildon were the nominees for President. I never did see Gov Drew but I knew Joe Drew way back in those days. People in Pocahontas would say that if they only had a railroad what great things they would do. But now that they have a railroad they haven’t done so much. I would like to read something from some more of the old fellows. I will be 75 next August.” Pocahontas Star Herald, 25 January 1924