On Arkansas Route 56 south of Pirates Place, on the right when traveling south.
Military Activity at Calico Rock
While no battles were fought at Calico Rock, the area saw considerable military activity. The 4th Missouri Cavalry (C.S.) and 1st Illinois Cavalry skirmished at Calico Rock Landing on May 26, 1861. Following . . . — — Map (db m170196) HM
On Lacrosse Road (Arkansas Route 9) at County Road 57, on the right when traveling south on Lacrosse Road.
Three miles north of here was located
the site of the Lacrosse Collegiate
Institute, which was established by
Prof. M.S, Kennard in 1868 and ran
to 1883, when it was destroyed by a
cyclone, it was rebuilt and ran to 1902. — — Map (db m170360) HM
On Lacrosse Road at County Road 57, on the left when traveling north on Lacrosse Road.
Union troops passed through the Wild Haws area many times during the Civil War. Gen. Samuel Curtis was here with cavalry, artillery and Illinois infantry on May 1, 1862. Fifth Kansas Cavalry troops rode through on July 6, 1862, as did a company of . . . — — Map (db m170462) HM
On East Main Street (Arkansas Route 69) east of Lunen Street, on the right when traveling east.
Site of first Court House of Izard
County. A small building of rough logs,
erected at Liberty in 1830. It stands in
what is now Baxter County. The second
court house was a frame building erected.
in 1834. The third was built at Mt. Olive
in . . . — — Map (db m170362) HM
On County Road 142 north of County Road 79, on the right when traveling north.
Land for the Old Baptist Church building and the
adjacent Yeager Cemetery was deeded by Daniel
Yeager in 1897 to the Polk Bayou congregation of
Primitive Baptists for one dollar. The congregation
built a church at this location, yet after a few . . . — — Map (db m170366) HM