 was his primary financial sponsor, and De Huyen's money helped the railroad expand through western Arkansas. For his financial backing, Stilwell decreed that a station in Sevier County would be named in the Dutchman's honor, although the locals had just a terrible time trying to pronounce, let alone spell, De Huyen. The closest they could come was De Queen, and with that name the town quickly prospered and became the seat of Sevier County.