The Little River County Genealogy Society program will discuss "Laynesport," the first town in Little River County founded in 1839 by Benjamin Layne.
Genealogy society member Vynn Stuart will present the program, which will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 in the convention center at the University of Arkansas Cossatot campus in Ashdown.
About 40 settler families founded Laynesport.
"Some of the families included Layne, Hartfield, Hawkins, Green, Taaffe, Penney, Schuman, Hamiter and Armstrong," said Roxie Jones, a spokesperson for the genealogy society.
"Laynesport had the only ferry access in the area, and it lay next to the Indian territory and Mexico, which later became Texas. The major roads leading from Arkansas to Texas came through Laynesport.
The meeting is free. For more information, call Jones at 870-898-7224 or 903-278-0681.