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Jan de Goeijen (1861-1944), a friend and benefactor of Arthur Stilwell, who chose to call him DeQueen because the Dutch spelling was "too difficult."
De Goeijen was not pleased: "How would you like it when I told you that I named my son after you [Arthur Stilwell], and you found out that he was called William?"
Jan de Goeijen, a Dutch coffee merchant whose generous donations assisted in the completion of the Kansas City Southern Railroad that passed through DeQueen. De Goeijen's name (/də ˈhɔɪ.ən/ də-HOY-ən) was difficult for locals to articulate so they eventually simplified it to DeQueen.
