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Subject: [RHEA-L] History of Benton Co. AR Cincinnati and Rhea's
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 20:44:09 EDT

History of Benton County, AR
OTHER TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
page 269
Cincinnati.–This is one of the best inland towns in the [p.269] county. It
is situated in Section 29, Township 16 north, Range 33 west, and is the
center of a rich grain and live stock region. It is within one and a half
miles of “the Nation,” and has a good trade from that country. The amount of
business transacted in 1887 is estimated as follows: Aggregate, $224,935;
merchandise, wagons and agricultural implements, $82,865; grain and grain
products, $43,500; cattle, hogs, sheep and mules, $91,750; miscellaneous,
$5,000. There are in the town five general merchants, two milliners, one
druggist, one wagon factory, one agricultural implement factory, two
blacksmiths, two tanneries, two harness shops, one undertaker, two
shoe-shops, one merchant and custom mill, two physicians, one dentist, one
hotel, one livery stable, an academy and two churches. One of the most
important enterprises is the wagon factory of James Oates, who located in
Cincinnati in 1868. His sales in 1887 amounted to $15,000. The oldest
mercantile establishment is that of R. J. Rhea, who in 1884 succeeded W. H.
Rhea, who began business in 1849. Among the others are Rhea & Watts, Spivey
& Marquess Bros., Moore Bros., H. Shields and C. M. Cox. Moore Bros. are
also proprietors of the Eureka Mills.

Pat H

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