Response from Grant County (AR) Museum

I received the following response from the Grant County Museum regarding my query about Nathan Thomas BEALS and the HINSHAW brothers:

Mr. LeMaster,

I've not located anything thus far regarding N.T. Beals or the Hinshaws.  Grant Lumber and Timber was operating in Leola in 1900.  They operated a sawmille, a planner and a wagon hub factory during that time frame.  I will continue to research this for you and will send anything I find.

I've forwarded copies of Nathan's obituaries as well to the museum.  Hopefully, they may have something in their files that might shed some light on my ancestor's stay in Arkansas.