On Chatom Bigbee Road (County Road 31) at Bodie Carpenter Road, on the right when traveling north on Chatom Bigbee Road.
Ellisville logging camp had it's beginnings as a
turpentine still 5 miles west of Yarbo off the Chatom
Bigbee road around 1911. The operation was expanded
greatly after 1919 when Ingram Day Lumber company
bought the sawmill in Yarbo. Ingram Day . . . — — Map (db m286137) HM
On Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 43) near Fairford Road (County Road 4).
Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in
in a
community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and
Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the congregation
built this building in the same year. The church . . . — — Map (db m245524) HM
On Red Fox Road 3.2 miles west of U.S. 43, on the right when traveling west.
Aiokpanchi, "Welcome,” to the Official Tribal Reservation
of the MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians. Chata hapia hoke!
"We are Choctaw.” We are glad you are able to visit us and
hope your visit to our Tribal Reservation is both rejuvenating
and . . . — — Map (db m149288) HM
On Jordan Street (Alabama Route 17) 0.2 miles Irving Adams Drive, on the left when traveling north.
During World War II, 275.000 German and Italian forces were captured
with many being sent to the United States to be housed. Chatom and
Jackson Alabama were the two local sites to be selected. Conditions in
the camps conformed to the Geneva . . . — — Map (db m293755) HM
On Court Street north of Central Avenue ( Route 56), on the left when traveling north.
Created in 1800 by proclamation of
governor of Mississippi Territory.
This was first U.S. civil government
in area that was to become Alabama.
Its original boundaries:
East to west: Chattahoochee to Pearl River;
South, 31° lat. . . . — — Map (db m122343) HM
On Court Street at Central Avenue ( Route 56), on the left when traveling north on Court Street.
Dedicated to the memory and
honor of all the men who served
in the Confederate States
Armies from Washington County
For these were men
Whom power could not corrupt
Whom death could not terrify
Whom defeat could not dishonor. . . . — — Map (db m122738) WM
On Court Street at Central Avenue ( Route 56), on the left when traveling north on Court Street.
The Washington County Courthouse as it was
built in 1908. It was razed in 1963. This memorial
cornerstone was placed by the Washington County
Historical Society and the Washington County Museum. — — Map (db m122737) HM
On Brethren Church Road 0.2 miles north of U.S. 45, on the left when traveling north.
The history of Fruitdale Brethren Church can be traced
back to the charter of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, after
which The Brethren School Company of Covington, Ohio,
purchased the land. The church was organized on April 18,
1896. The family of . . . — — Map (db m285578) HM
On Courtney Avenue west of Ray Coaker Hwy (County Road 1), on the left when traveling east.
In the fall of 1902, two men and three ladies A.J. Hand, George B. Davis, Isabella Youse, Abbie C. Mareness, and Mary Gooding, filed a declaratlon to form the Fruitdale Union Chapel Association. Property on which to build the church was acquired . . . — — Map (db m285579) HM
On Firetower Road north of Ray Coaker Highway (County Road 1), on the right when traveling north.
Founded in 1880 as Oak Grove Baptist Church, the congregation
added "South" to its name in ca. 1912. The church began under the
Macedonia Baptist Association and in 1919 joined with the Washington
County Baptist Association. Among its many . . . — — Map (db m286135) HM
On Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 43) 0.2 miles north of Batley Road, on the right when traveling north.
Built circa 1841 by Walter Taylor on Commerce Street in Jackson. In 1985, it was removed from its original site to make way for a new City Hall Complex and was brought to this site and restored as the Leroy Branch of the Washington County State . . . — — Map (db m70598) HM
On Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 43) at John Johnston Road (County Road 35), on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Davis Highway.
Andrews Chapel, also known as the McIntosh Log Church, is one of the few remaining log churches in Alabama. In 1860, John C. Rush and his wife donated land for the church to the McIntosh Community. Shortly afterwards, the church was constructed and . . . — — Map (db m70594) HM
On Commerce Street 0.1 miles north of River Road, on the right when traveling north.
(side 1)
McIntosh has a community population of about 300. The town was incorporated on April 7, 1970, becoming the third incorporated town in Washington County. The following officials were elected to serve four year terms: Mayor Carrol . . . — — Map (db m70596) HM
On Healing Springs Avenue (County Road 34) at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling west on Healing Springs Avenue.
As early as 1872, Healing Springs was known as a
health resort because of its 17 mineral springs which
had been found to be therapeutic for many diseases.
William Wooten owned the springs and built a small
hotel and several cottages for . . . — — Map (db m293760) HM
On Mt Carmel Road 0.4 miles north of St Stephens Avenue (County Road 34), on the right when traveling north.
Born and educated in England, Harry Toulmin
came to U. S. in 1793. Moving to Kentucky,
he was elected president of Transylvania
University. Served as Secretary of State of
Kentucky (1796-1804) then moved to Mississippi
Territory as judge of . . . — — Map (db m293732) HM
On Prestwick Road 0.5 miles west of Johnson Road, on the right when traveling west.
Prestwick Post Office
The Prestwick Post Office was established on
February 24, 1904, with Alice Speadham as
postmaster. It was discontinued temporarily on
October 31, 1923. After it was reestablished in
March 1927, Walter B. Taylor held . . . — — Map (db m244903) HM
On Old Saint Stephens Road 1.3 miles east of Cement Plant Road, on the right when traveling north.
A landmark on the Tombigbee River, the massive limestone bluff called Hobuckintopa
by Choctaw Indians, became the site of Alabama's Territorial Capital.
In 1789, while under Spanish rule, Governor Estevan Miro sent a detachment of soldiers . . . — — Map (db m293768) HM
On Old Saint Stephens Road at Jim Long Road when traveling east on Old Saint Stephens Road.
Spanish Fort 1789, Evacuated to the United
States, 1799; Designated Alabama Territorial
Capital, 1817.
Here was located U.S. Court and Land Offices,
and for some years the seat of justice
of Washington County,
September 28, 1922. — — Map (db m293764) HM
On Saint Stephens Avenue at Howell Road, on the right when traveling north on Saint Stephens Avenue.
In 1848, Washington County designated the town of "new" St. Stephens
as the county seat of government. On November 23, 1853, the Alabama
Legislative Act 243 authorized the location and construction of the
courthouse at "Old Hazards Field," a . . . — — Map (db m305967) HM
On Old Saint Stephens Road 1.2 miles east of Cement Plant Road, on the right when traveling west.
The St. Stephens Historical Commission was chartered by the State of Alabama in 1988: The board is charged with "acquiring, maintaining, protecting, promoting, and preserving" Alabama's first capital, St. Stephens.
Washington . . . — — Map (db m294044) HM
On Jim Long Lane 2.1 miles east of Cement Plant Road.
This area on the west side of the lower Tombigbee, as far north as Sinta Bouge Creeky opened to settlement pursuant to a treaty by the British with the Choctaw Nation at the Indian Congress held in Mobile in 1765. The treaty was negotiated by George . . . — — Map (db m261753) HM
On St. Stephens Avenue (County Road 34) 0.2 miles north of Smith Road, on the right when traveling north.
Old St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 9
(1821-1834)
Charter and Early Members Were:
Gov. Israel Pickens, Col. Silas Dinsmore, Thomas Eastin, R. Chamberlain, Thomas Malone, J.F. Ross, Daniel Coleman, John Womack, W.D. Gaines, James . . . — — Map (db m70599) HM
On Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 43) 0.4 miles south of Sullivan Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Named for Thomas Bassett, a British Loyalist and native of Virginia. Migrated to Tombigbee area from near Augusta, Ga. circa 1772 to escape persecution by American patriots. Received in 1776, from King George III, a grant of 750 acres on the west . . . — — Map (db m122336) HM
On Alabama Route 56 0.8 miles west of U.S. 43, on the right when traveling east.
The Sullivan Cabin was built on the east side of Bassett Creek, in
1874 by Gibeon Jefferson Sullivan, a Confederate soldier who served
in Co. A. 32nd Ala Infantry, an all-volunteer company made up of
men from Washington County. The cabin is a . . . — — Map (db m122341) HM
On Jordan Street (Alabama Route 17) at Ingram Saw Mill Road, on the right when traveling south on Jordan Street.
Yarbo was one of the short lived sawmill towns that sprang up in the late 1800's and early 1900's. In 1904 the American Lumber Company began logging operations here and named the town Spencer. E.L. Jordan built a turpentine distillery and built a . . . — — Map (db m293761) HM
On College Road, on the left when traveling north.
Archie Leonard Reed is a life-long Cane Hill resident. As a Cane Hill Harvest Festival committee member and longtime festival volunteer, Archie helped train the next generation of sorghum cookers. In 2024, Historic Cane Hill dedicated this sorghum . . . — — Map (db m311416) HM
Cane Hill College, the first collegiate
institution of learning established in
Arkansas was founded here by Cumberland
Presbyterians on October 28, 1834. The
following persons were named by the
founders as the board of trustees: Col.
John . . . — — Map (db m66703) HM
Near East Munyon Road (County Road 442) 0.3 miles south of State Route 45, on the left when traveling south.
First public cemetery for
Washington County Arkansas
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1830 — — Map (db m225062) HM
Near East Munyon Road (County Road 442) 0.3 miles south of State Route 45, on the left when traveling south.
This is the site of
the first church established
in Washington County Arkansas
Bethlehem
Methodist-Episcopal
Church South
established April 17th, 1827 — — Map (db m225061) HM
On College Road near McClellan Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
As James Blunt's First Division of the Army of the Frontier massed in front of the Confederate artillery at the Cane Hill Cemetery, General John Marmaduke ordered J.O. Shelby's Rebels to (unreadable) through the hamlet of Boonsboro. As the . . . — — Map (db m261490) HM
Near State Highway 45 south of Patterson Road, on the right when traveling north.
William Blackwell Welch was born in 1828 in Scottsville, Kentucky and graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1849. In 1851, he married Alabama native, Laura F. McClellan, and the couple moved to Cane Hill in 1855. Here they . . . — — Map (db m240271) HM
On State Highway 45 south of Patterson Road, on the right when traveling north.
Stone fruit cellars, like this one, were once popular in the Ozarks. They were designed to keep food cool in the summer months and above freezing in the winter months.
Most were constructed in the 1920s and early 1930s as home canning was . . . — — Map (db m240312) HM
On State Highway 45 just north of Patterson Road. Reported missing.
Late in November 1862, Gen. John S. Marmaduke with 2,000 cavalry occupied Cane Hill Ridge. Gen. James G. Blunt with 5,000 cavalry and infantry and 30 pieces of artillery met them at dawn Nov. 28, 1862. Retreating slowly, making stands at Boonsboro . . . — — Map (db m261493) HM
On College Road near McClellan Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The Fourth Division, Trans-Mississippi Army Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman's Trans-Mississippi Army contained four divisions: One of cavalry under John S. Marmaduke, infantry divisions under Francis A. Shoup and Daniel M. Frost, and a reserve . . . — — Map (db m261492) HM
On State Highway 45 near Patterson Road, on the right when traveling north.
Zebulon “Zeb” Edmiston was the patriarch of one of Cane Hill's most prosperous Victorian era families. Zeb and Eunice Jane Gray were married in 1852 and had four children: Nina, James, David and John The Edmistons farmed in what is now Clark County, . . . — — Map (db m225063) HM
On Water Avenue at North Elm Street (State Highway 112), on the right when traveling west on Water Avenue.
A half block west across the street is the big spring that gave the town its name. Tents of the 16th Arkansas Infantry covered the campus of the academy to the east near the head of Brush Creek during the winter of 1861-62. Dr. M.D. Steele's . . . — — Map (db m167821) HM
On Water Avenue west of South Elm Street (State Highway 112), on the left when traveling west.
Newly recruited Confederate troops gathered at Elm Springs in 1861 for training. After driving Confederate troops from their winter quarters at Cross Hollows, U.S. pickets occupied the area. Confederates camped here on a bitter cold March 5, 1862, . . . — — Map (db m167935) HM
On State Highway 59 at State Highway 156, on the left when traveling north on State Highway 59.
The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. This act put in motion the systematic removal of the Choctaws, Muscogee Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees from their ancestral homes in the east to Indian . . . — — Map (db m240074) HM
On North Lindell Avenue at West Douglas Street, on the right when traveling south on North Lindell Avenue.
In 1932, the Arkansas Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs established the
first Women's 4H House in America at the
University of Arkansas. Nine students lived in
the house during its first year, but it proved
so popular that the council . . . — — Map (db m224754) HM
On South School Avenue south of West Willoughby Road, on the left when traveling south.
Dedicated to those who served and those who waited
HQ & HQS Battery
Austin, Carl D. ∙ Baldwin, Alvin E. ∙ Bartle, Billy J. ∙ Blake, Harold G. ∙ Blood, Rueben S. ∙ Bohannan, Billy W. ∙ Brown, Marion E. . . . — — Map (db m62976) WM
Near North Campus Walk south of West Maple Street.
Agricultural Chemistry Professors Barnett Sure (1920-51) and Marinus C. Kik (1927-67) made major advances in nutrition science during their long tenures at the University of Arkansas. Sure co-discovered vitamin E and extended knowledge of how . . . — — Map (db m224345) HM
On College Avenue (U.S. 71) at Center Street, on the right when traveling north on College Avenue.
Born near Salisbury, North Carolina, Aug. 1797
Volunteer in Battle of New Orleans, 1815
Member of Tennessee Legislature, 1827
Grand Master of Masons in Tennessee, 1831
District Judge of Arkansas Territory, 1832-1836
Charter Member of . . . — — Map (db m59891) HM
Archibald Yell was Arkansas’s first congressman and its second governor. Likely born in Tennessee in the late 1790s, Yell received limited formal education but a sound instruction in law, which became his calling. Yell’s close friendship with . . . — — Map (db m234889) HM
One of the first erected after Old Main,
Buchanan Hall was among the prettiest
buildings on campus while it stood. It
was built as a men's residential hall and
occupied by early 1888.
It was named for John L. Buchanan, the
sixth president of . . . — — Map (db m224278) HM
On West Maple Street at North Lindell Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Maple Street.
The Campaign for the Twenty-First Century,
considered the most ambitious fund-raising effort
undertaken by an organization in Arkansas, spanned
3/1/1998-6/30/2005. The $500-million campaign's
objective was to raise funds for scholarship . . . — — Map (db m237270) HM
On North McIlroy Avenue north of West Dickson Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Chi Omega Greek theater was built in
1930 as a gift from Chi Omega, the national
women's fraternity (sorority) that was
founded at the University of Arkansas in
1895 when four coeds and a faculty adviser
chartered the mother chapter, Psi. . . . — — Map (db m224250) HM
On West Maple Street at Oakland Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Maple Street.
The Chi Omega was the first Greek organization to build its own chapter house on the University of Arkansas campus. Chi Omega (Psi chapter) purchased this lot in the Oakland Place Addition in 1928. Construction begin that that same year and the new . . . — — Map (db m224732) HM
On West Maple Street at Oakland Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Maple Street.
Founded April 5, 1895
University of Arkansas
by
Dr. Charles Richardson
Ina May Boles
Jobelle Holcombe
Alice Cary Simonds
Jean Marie Vincenheller
Governing Council
April 5, 1995
Melanie Maxwell Shain, S.H.
Mary Ann Hancock . . . — — Map (db m224731) HM
[Top plaque]
Built A.D. 1930
Chi Omega
Greek Theatre
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department
of the Interior
[Bottom plaque]
The Chi Omega fraternity . . . — — Map (db m224254) HM
On West Maple Street at Garland Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Maple Street.
The nation's 42nd president, William J. Clinton (1993-2001), and First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, were faculty members of the University of Arkansas School of Law in the mid-1970s. Mr. Clinton started in 1973, teaching trade regulation, . . . — — Map (db m224737) HM
From 1962-71, UA Agricultural Engineering Professor Xzin McNeal designed, built, tested and developed the nation's first successful pallet trailer system of stacking and storing cotton. His system solved the temporary storage problem created by the . . . — — Map (db m224263) HM
Near East Rock Street west of Walker Road, on the right when traveling west.
David Walker was born Feb. 19, 1806, near Elkton,
Ky. He moved to Arkansas in 1830, earning his
law license and settling in Fayetteville. Walker
was elected circuit prosecutor in 1832, then to
the Arkansas territorial legislature in 1835. . . . — — Map (db m224142) HM
On West Maple Street west of North Storer Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On November 15, 1913, the Delta Iota chapter of
Delta Delta Delta sorority became the fourth
sorority installed at the University of Arkansas.
Founders were Juanita Moore, Vesta Kilgore, Aileen
McCoy, Bess Phillips, Anna Bryant, Alma . . . — — Map (db m224719) HM
“Arksoy,” the first Arkansas soybean variety,
was developed by agronomy professor
Chalmers K. McClelland and released by the
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in
1928. Agronomist Charles E. Caviness and
plant pathologists H.J. “Jack” . . . — — Map (db m224344) HM
On West Maple Street at Garland Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Maple Street.
The University of Arkansas became the first
major Southern public university to admit a
Black student without litigation when Silas
Hunt, of Texarkana, an African-American
veteran of World War II, was admitted to the
university's law school in . . . — — Map (db m224752) HM
On West Center Street at North University Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Center Street.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, Evergreen is the first public cemetery in Fayetteville and final resting place of city, state and national leaders. The first burials began in the 1840s as the private family cemetery of . . . — — Map (db m206939) HM
On Center Street at East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Center Street.
The earliest known inhabitants of the hardwood forest of the Ozarks migrated to Arkansas over 12 thousand years ago through the Great Bering Strait. For the next two thousand years Bluff Dwellers hunted the mountain plateaus before the Quapaws, . . . — — Map (db m59882) HM
On West Mount Comfort Road (County Road 84) west of Rupple Road, on the right when traveling west.
This was the campus of Far West Seminary, founded by the
Rev. Cephas Washburn and chartered by the State of Arkansas
in 1840. Its successor school, the Rev. Robert W. Mecklin's
Ozark Institute, was located a half mile east of this site.
These . . . — — Map (db m224756) HM
On Center Street at East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Center Street.
The Fayetteville Square served as the location of the Washington County courthouse from 1837 to 1904, when a new courthouse was built facing Center Street on College Avenue. Title to the public square (Block 27) was conveyed to the United States of . . . — — Map (db m59879) HM
Near South Government Avenue at South Lt Col Leroy Pond Avenue.
Civil War in Northern Arkansas
The first battle in Arkansas occurred on February 16, 1862, at Big Sugar Creek just south of the Missouri border. The next day, Union Gen. Samuel Curtis' Army of the Southwest continued its southward march. . . . — — Map (db m224112) HM
On Center Street, on the right when traveling west.
Fayetteville's earliest
Methodist Church
Stood on this site
1840 – 1899
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Fayetteville was organized in 1832. The modest frame building of 1840, destroyed by fire during the Civil War, was . . . — — Map (db m59875) HM
On West Maple Street at Oakland Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Maple Street.
University of Arkansas plant pathologists George Templeton, Roy Smith (USDA), David TeBeest and graduate student Jim Daniels conducted research in the early 1970s that led to Collego™, the first biological herbicide for weed control in a field crop. . . . — — Map (db m224721) HM
On Center Street at East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Center Street.
Near this spot a flag was presented to the First Confederate Company organized in Washington County Co. E, 2nd Cavalry Reg’t Arkansas Volunteers Capt. T.J. Kelly May 1861 — — Map (db m59902) HM WM
Near West Maple Street west of Garland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
In 1951, through what is now the Dale
Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and
Life Sciences, the University of Arkansas
became the first land-grant institution in
the nation to assemble an agricultural
foreign mission. Developed in concert . . . — — Map (db m224749) HM
Near South Lt Col Leroy Pond Avenue south of National Street.
Dedicated
to those men of the
First Marine Division, FMF
who gave their lives
in the service of
their country
World War II Korea Vietnam
Southwest Asia — — Map (db m224110) WM
Near East Rock Street west of Walker Road, on the right when traveling west.
Imagine living in Fayetteville in 1866. The city with a population just under 1000 was still mourning its dead and rebuilding from the destruction of the War Between the States. Mass graves, lonely graves in pastures and roadsides held the remains . . . — — Map (db m224151) HM
Gray Hall was built as a men's residence hall in 1906 at the same time as Carnall Hall. It was named for Oliver C. Gray and stood near what later became the west entrance to Mullins Library. Its basement was used as dressing rooms for the football . . . — — Map (db m224276) HM
On East Dickson Street at College Avenue (Business U.S. 71), on the left when traveling east on East Dickson Street.
This house, built by Jonas M. Tebbetts about 1858, was used as headquarters by the Federal troops during the battle of Fayetteville on April 18, 1863. Two doors still bear scars of the battle -- panels splintered by minie balls. Confederate cavalry . . . — — Map (db m140425) HM WM
Near North Campus Walk south of West Maple Street, on the right when traveling south.
Hill Hall was named for General Daniel Harvey
Hill, who served under General Robert E.
Lee during the Civil War and was the fourth
president of the university. The hall was
built in 1901 and opened for use as a men's
residence hall in early . . . — — Map (db m224342) HM
On Arkansas Avenue north of Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north.
President of University of Arkansas 1939-1941.
U.S. Representative 1943-1944.
U.S. Senator 1945.
Delegate to the United Nations 1954.
Author of Fulbright Resolution for International Cooperation 1943.
Originator of Fulbright . . . — — Map (db m59915) HM
On Arkansas Avenue 0.1 miles south of West Maple Street, on the right when traveling south.
A distinguished scholar, author, statesman, leader
President of the University of Arkansas 1939-1941
U.S. Representative 1943-1945 U.S. Senator 1945-1974
Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1959-1974
Author of the Fulbright . . . — — Map (db m224690) HM
On Dunn Avenue south of West 11th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Lynching in America. Before the Civil War, millions of African people were kidnapped, enslaved, and shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas under horrific conditions that frequently resulted in starvation and death. Over two centuries, . . . — — Map (db m258636) HM
Near North Campus Walk south of West Maple Street, on the left when traveling south.
Five alumni of the University of Arkansas have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest distinction for supreme gallantry in military action. World War II: Lt. Maurice Britt ’41, U.S. Army, Italy, Nov. 10, 1943; Lt.(JG) . . . — — Map (db m224265) HM
Near West Mount Comfort Road west of Rupple Road, on the right when traveling west.
After the Aug. 10, 1861, Battle of Wilson's Creek,
Mo., four of Washington County's first Confederate
war dead – Capt. S.R. Bell, Sgt. Wm. Brown, Pvt.
Henry Fulbright and Pvt. Samuel McCurdy – were
buried in Mount Comfort Cemetery. The . . . — — Map (db m224775) HM
Near North Campus Walk south of West Maple Street, on the right when traveling south.
In the 1950s, Professor Paul Kuroda of the University of Arkansas' Department of Chemistry predicted that self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions could have occurred naturally in earth's geologic history. In 1972, his prediction was confirmed when . . . — — Map (db m224271) HM
On West Mount Comfort Road (County Road 84) west of Rupple Road, on the right when traveling west.
This community was first settled about 1830 when
Solomon Tuttle built his log house. A few years later
his son-in-law, W. D. Cunningham, built the 2-story brick
that is still standing. This home witnessed many historic
events, including the . . . — — Map (db m224757) HM
Near North Campus Walk south of West Maple Street, on the left when traveling south.
Phi Alpha Theta, the only national honor academic society in history and the largest honor society devoted to a single discipline, was founded at the University of Arkansas. On March 14, 1921, Dr. Andrew Cleven, assistant professor of history, met . . . — — Map (db m224269) HM
On College Street west of Church Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This Ante-Bellum Home was built on land granted to Washington County by an Act of Congress to build a court house, entitled “An Act for the Relief of Fayetteville, in the Territory of Arkansas,” and signed June 26, 1834 by . . . — — Map (db m59911) HM
On Monte Painter Drive west of Northhills Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
The . . . — — Map (db m92306) HM
On Cemetery Circle, on the right when traveling east.
In memory to those soldiers
who fought for American
Independence during the
Revolutionary War.
These veterans of the
American Revolution came to
live and died in Northwest
Arkansas
Benton County . . . — — Map (db m21227) HM WM
Near South Rieffs Chapel Lane 0.2 miles north of West Pear Lane (County Road 202), on the left when traveling north.
Rieff's Chapel Cemetery began in the 1840s with the founding of its pioneer community named after John Rieff, an early settler and farmer who arrived in 1838. The first known burial was of John Rieff's daughter-in-law, Mary Alexander Rieff, on . . . — — Map (db m225098) HM
On North College Avenue (Business U.S. 71) 0.1 miles north of East Spring Street, on the right when traveling north.
This corner was the scene of hot fighting by Confederate troops under Brig. General W. L. Cabell and Federal forces commanded by Colonel M. LaRue Harrison on April 18, 1863. — — Map (db m224236) HM
Near North Campus Walk north of West Dickson Street.
Founded in 1957 by Professor of Music Richard Brothers, this 32-voice mixed choir of University of Arkansas students quickly gained worldwide critical acclaim. In 1962, Schola Cantorum [Latin for 'school of singers'] became the first American choir . . . — — Map (db m224280) HM
Begun by the Class of 1906, Senior Walk contains the names of more than 120,000 graduates, beginning with the first class inscribed at the foot of the Old Main steps. It is a unique, much-loved tradition of the University, covering nearly five miles . . . — — Map (db m237265) HM
On Center Street at East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Center Street.
Significant dates in Fayetteville history include: Incorporated town in 1836; Old Wire road from Jefferson City, Mo. to Ft. Smith cut in 1835; Washington County Fair first held on the Square in 1856; first telegraph installed around 1860; . . . — — Map (db m59877) HM
On North Campus Walk south of West Maple Street, on the left when traveling south.
Silas Herbert Hunt pioneered the integration of higher education in Arkansas and the South, enrolling at the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1948 and becoming the first African-American student to successfully seek admission to a Southern . . . — — Map (db m224346) HM
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