T.B. Van Horne, first pastor of First
Baptist Church, founded Fayetteville
Female Institute on this site in 1858.
Later rechartered in 1861 as Northwest
Arkansas Baptist Female Institute, it
housed a Federal arsenal which was
destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m224239) HM
Six African-American students from Arkansas pioneered the integration of the University of Arkansas through its School of Law between 1948-51. Silas Hunt was the first to enroll, but he died of illness in 1949. The first to graduate, in 1951, was . . . — — Map (db m224742) HM
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historical Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
September 25, 2003 — — Map (db m224779) HM
In 1970-71, zoology graduate students Frances C. James and Herman Henry Shugart Jr., working in Professor Douglas A. James' laboratory, published papers that introduced a new way to determine aspects of the environment associated with habitat . . . — — Map (db m224259) HM
During the 1980s, Professors Allen Hermann
and Zhengzhi Sheng of the Department of
Physics were in the vanguard of research in
superconductivity – the phenomenon whereby
direct current (DC) electricity, once
started, can flow essentially . . . — — Map (db m224248) HM
The University of Arkansas is distinctive among the nation's land-grant universities in that it incorporated teacher education from its inception. After the Civil War, the growing demand for public school teachers was met mainly by the establishment . . . — — Map (db m224282) HM
On April 11, 2002, the university received the largest
gift in the history of U.S. public higher education –
a $300 million challenge gift from the Walton Family
Charitable Support Foundation. The gift established
and endowed an undergraduate . . . — — Map (db m224693) HM
Dedicated to the brave
men who survived their
entrapment at the
Chosin Reservoir,
North Korea, in that
bitterly cold winter
of 1950 ...
who refused to leave
behind "their heroes,"
the dead and wounded.
Who proved again . . . — — Map (db m21102) HM
The University of Arkansas in July 1995 added Dale
Bumpers to the name of the College of Agricultural,
Food and Life Sciences to honor the former governor,
1971-1975, and U.S. senator, 1975-1999. He helped
propel Arkansas agricultural and food . . . — — Map (db m224314) HM
The University of Arkansas in July 1995 added Dale
Bumpers to the name of the College of Agricultural,
Food and Life Sciences to honor the former
governor, 1971-1975, and U.S. Senator, 1975-1999.
He helped propel Arkansas agricultural and . . . — — Map (db m224751) HM
Jim Lindsey and Jim Williams were teammates on Arkansas' 1964 National Championship team, leading the Razorbacks to a perfect 11-0 record and the FWAA Grantland Rice Trophy. Williams was a two-time All-SWC performer while Lindsey played six seasons . . . — — Map (db m236972) HM
Dr. Robert A. Leflar (1901-97) of the University of Arkansas School of Law was one of the nation's leading scholars in the field of conflict of laws. He taught at the School of Law for more than 60 years, and directed the appellate judges seminars . . . — — Map (db m224734) HM
Following a 16-0 victory over LSU in Memphis on Nov. 13, 1909, the University of Arkansas football team was greeted at the Fayetteville train station across the street by a crowd of fans and students. Arkansas was 5-0 after the win and would finish . . . — — Map (db m59912) HM
The University of Arkansas came into being under the Morrell Land-Grant College Act of 1862, through which federal land sales established colleges devoted to “agriculture and mechanic arts,” scientific and classical studies, and . . . — — Map (db m59913) HM
This house was built in 1845 by Judge David Walker. He sold it in 1850 to Stephen K. Stone, whose family lived here during and after the Civil War. A solid shot from Fagan’s Confederate Battery on October 3, 1864 pierced the west wall of the . . . — — Map (db m59910) HM
Designed by Euine Fay Jones as the home for Underwood's Jewelers founded in 1957 by William G. Underwood, CG. Fay Jones was named by the AIA as one of the 10 most influential living architects and in 1990 was awarded the AIA Gold Medal, the highest . . . — — Map (db m224243) HM
The most widely implemented automated mail sorting equipment in the world – the Wide Area Bar Code Reader – was developed by the University of Arkansas' College of Engineering. A $50,000 grant from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to Professors Dwight . . . — — Map (db m224261) HM
After returning from a historic victory over LSU in Memphis in 1909, the University of Arkansas football team was greeted by a large crowd of fans and students at the Fayetteville train station. Coach Hugo Bezdek told the crowd that his team played, . . . — — Map (db m237264) HM
As early as 1906, Wilson Park, Fayetteville's original City Park, was first owned, maintained and operated privately by civic-minded A. L. Trent. Each spring, Trent's Pond, now used as a softball field on the east side of the park, was used by . . . — — Map (db m224241) HM
Nelson Hackett was an enslaved man whose escape to
Canada and subsequent extradition set off an international dispute that ensured Canada remained a safe refuge for those escaping bondage from the United States. He labored near this spot as a . . . — — Map (db m309217) HM
Bev Lewis was a pioneer for women's athletics throughout her 33 years at the University of Arkansas, 19 of which (1989-2007) she spent as the Director of Women's Athletics. The hallmark of that stint was the continued growth and excellence of the . . . — — Map (db m305550) HM
Born in Texas and missed in Oklahoma, the purchase of a Fort Smith newspaper brought Donald W. Reynolds to Arkansas.
From here he built one of the most successful independently owned media companies in America the Donrey Media Group. — — Map (db m305884) HM
During Frank Oldham's tenure as Chairman of the UA Board of Trustees his leadership and vision for the University made possible the renovation of Donald W. Reynolds Stadium before the 2001 football season. — — Map (db m306021) HM
Following his succesful nineteen year career as football coach of the Razorbacks, as Athletic Director Frank Broyles engineered the incredible renovation of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium as well as the construction of the Bud Walton Arena, . . . — — Map (db m305839) HM
Committed to the support of excellence in education at Arkansas and in their community of Bella Vista/Bentonville, George and Boyce Billingsley have supported the Razorback athletic program for decades. Their generosity helped Arkansas build one . . . — — Map (db m306153) HM
As a native Arkansas Jack Stephens has worked his entire life toward improving economic development and education in his state. His service to the University of Arkansas as a member of the Board of Trustees (1948-1958) helped move the University to . . . — — Map (db m306026) HM
The first African-American scholarship football player to compete on the varsity team at Arkansas. Jon Richardson blazed the way for thousands of future Razorbacks with grace and dignity. The native of Little Rock was both a running back and a kick . . . — — Map (db m305840) HM
For nearly 60 years Orville Henry chronicled the accomplishments of the Razorbacks, writing with a style unmatched in the history of journalism in Arkansas. From John Barnhill to Frank Broyles to Houston Nutt, Henry was THE authority on Razorback . . . — — Map (db m306048) HM
The first Director of Women's Athletics, Ruth Cohoon was instrumental in laying the foundation for the growth and success of female student-athletes at the University of Arkansas. Cohoon began her career as a swimming instructor and advocated for . . . — — Map (db m305561) HM
Legendary high school football coach Wilson Matthews was indispensable to the Razorbacks as an assistant coach in building a highly successful football program. Later, as an administrator, he was instrumental in establishing and developing the . . . — — Map (db m306059) HM
Both soldiers and civilians used gristmills to grind
wheat and corn into flour and meal. Confederate
troops destroyed mills to keep Union armies from
using them. Union troops destroyed them to keep
C.S. guerrillas from using them as gathering . . . — — Map (db m224782) HM
Settled 1850 by a group of German immigrants led by the Hermann brothers. They established mills and a store and in 1853 secured a post office with the name Hermannsburg. James Hukill was first postmaster. Two of the Hermanns served as . . . — — Map (db m302362) HM
R. L. Leach
Grocery Store,br>
Dutch Mills, AR
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1925 — — Map (db m302949) HM
The 26th Indiana Infantry and the 37th Illinois Infantry made another attack up the ridge. Colonel John G. Clark, 26th Indiana, U.S.A., wrote: "The regiment was ... ordered on the left of the 37th Illinois...Soon after...they were ordered to . . . — — Map (db m35421) HM
Brothers Columbus and Ad Gray of Company D, 29th Arkansas Infantry, withstood the first Union assault and counterattacked with Sergeant Ad Gray in the lead. Columbus Gray wrote home after seeing his brother fall mortally wounded: "I stopped, . . . — — Map (db m35430) HM
The heaviest casualties were around the Archibald Borden house and orchard. The first house was burned the day after the battle. Mr. Borden built this house on the site of the original in 1872. Charles W. Walker, 34th Arkansas Infantry, recalled: . . . — — Map (db m35365) HM
The battle on this field was fought between the Confederate army of General T.C. Hindman (Arkansas) and Federal forces commanded by Generals James G. Blunt (Kansas) and F.J. Herron (Iowa). Battlefield Park occupies the approximate center of the . . . — — Map (db m35248) HM
The original 10 acres of Battlefield Park were purchased in 1908 by the Prairie Grove chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and maintained by the U.D.C. for nearly 50 years as a memorial park. From 1886 to 1926 an annual reunion of . . . — — Map (db m35272) HM
Blocher's Arkansas Battery was the focal point of the Union attacks. A sergeant in the battery reported: "...The enemy advanced upon us with their artillery, under cover of their infantry, until within range of our battery when they opened a most . . . — — Map (db m35411) HM
From this spot the observer is viewing the terrain over which General James G. Blunt's 1st Division advanced on the afternoon of December 7, 1862, to attack the Confederate left and relieve the pressure on General F. J. Herron's 2nd and 3rd . . . — — Map (db m35329) HM
Site of the first Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Used as a hospital during the battle of Prairie Grove 1862 marked by Prairie Grove Chapter U.D.C. 1930. — — Map (db m88394) HM
On this site stood the former home of Dr. James W.
Webb (1878 1947) and Mrs. Joy Nelson Webb
(1891-1976). Dr. Webb also owned and operated a
dentist office on this property. Mrs. Webb published
and edited the weekly Prairie Grove . . . — — Map (db m225087) HM
During the Battle of Prairie Grove Gen. Robt. G. Shaver established his head- quarters under this tree Dec. 7, 1862 This spot marked by U.D.C. June 20, 1932. — — Map (db m35332) HM
General James G. Blunt General Blunt of Kansas commanded the First Division of the Federal army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was made Brigadier General in April 1862 and given command of all Kansas troops. His army was at Cane Hill . . . — — Map (db m35277) HM
From this spot the observer is viewing the fields over which General F.J. Herron's army advanced on the morning of December 7, 1862, to attack the Confederate position on this ridge. Because the ford of the Illinois River was under artillery fire, . . . — — Map (db m35415) HM
(Upper Plaque):This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior (Lower Plaque): Hindman Hall Museum At bequest by Biscoe Hindman, son of General Thomas C. Hindman . . . — — Map (db m35253) HM
The circular stone wall that encloses the Battle Monument is built of stones from historic structures of Washington County. Some 40 communities are represented, including the pioneer settlements at Cane Hill, Cincinnati, Viney Grove, Rhea's Mill, . . . — — Map (db m35360) HM
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black, 37th Illinois Infantry, ordered the retreat of his regiment and the 26th Indiana to a fence at the foot of the ridge. There, the men faced a Confederate counterattack. Captain William P. Black, brother of Lieutenant . . . — — Map (db m35423) HM
Thomas C. Hindman commanded the Confederate army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was born 1828 in Tennessee. Served in the War with Mexico, later moving from Mississippi to Helena, Ark. Was elected to Congress in 1859. In 1861 he entered the . . . — — Map (db m35275) HM
General Hindman on the Arkansas River planned to drive General Blunt's Federal army out of northwest Arkansas. The Confederate army left Van Buren on December 3. Enroute north, Hindman learned that Blunt had called for help from General Herron at . . . — — Map (db m35255) HM
This house, built about 1855, was the home of the John Morrow family, and originally stood on Cove Creek 9 miles south of here. On the night before the battle of Prairie Grove, Confederate General T.C. Hindman met with his division and brigade . . . — — Map (db m35361) HM
This tower was the chimney of Rhea's Mill, which stood 6 miles northwest of this spot. The mill was operated by the Federal army before and after the battle of Prairie Grove. General Blunt's supply train was at Rhea's during the battle, under guard . . . — — Map (db m35276) HM
The Borden House
The Borden House was the epicenter of what one historian has called “one of the most intense firefights west of the Mississippi” during the Dec. 7, 1862, Battle of Prairie Grove. Union and Confederate troops fought around the . . . — — Map (db m225092) HM
The men who died on this field on December 7, 1862 are buried in the soldier cemeteries in Fayetteville. 700 unknown Confederate soldiers are in the cemetery maintained by the Southern Memorial Association on East Mountain. The Union dead are in the . . . — — Map (db m35416) HM
This 2-story log house and out-buildings were erected by John Latta about 1834 on Evansville Creek, 12 miles southwest of this spot. The Latta settlement was called Vineyard from "The Lord's Vineyard." Vineyard was the first postoffice in Washington . . . — — Map (db m35363) HM
The legend of Prairie Grove Spring tells of the spring first being laid claim to by Tom Wagnon, a frontiersman, in 1828. Wagnon soon traded the spring to Rev. Andrew Buchanan, a charismatic preacher, for two redemption sermons. Then Wagnon left . . . — — Map (db m301369) HM
(Panels from Left to Right) (First Panel): At the time of the battle, Nancy Morton lived with her parents in the William Morton house west of this location. When the fighting intensified in the area, the Mortons and three other families . . . — — Map (db m35434) HM
Here on this, the Old Wire Road, was located Fitzgerald's Station on the Butterfield Overland mail route from St. Louis to San Francisco. First trip 1858. Last 1861. Longest and best conducted mail route in the world. 2795 miles. Service twice . . . — — Map (db m59950) HM
Holcomb's Spring, settled in the 1840s, saw many
troop movements during the Civil War. Regular
Baptist Church services halted in January 1862,
as soldiers entered the area. Confederate troops
camped there in October 1862 and July 1863. . . . — — Map (db m224791) HM
• Original trail of early Indians and settlers
• Named for the many early corn flour-woolen mills situated along Spring Creek
• A part of the first Old Missouri Rd. before 1830 to 1858
• Butterfield created present Old Missouri Rd. to the east . . . — — Map (db m224800) HM
August 22, 1840 “Regular Baptist Church of Shilo” was founded 3 miles east of city. The log church was moved in 1841-2 to S.E. corner of Main and Huntsville St. Burned Civil War period and 2nd church built on same site 1868, serving also as first . . . — — Map (db m224794) HM
This historic district comprises three buildings and represents some of the last links to Winslow’s heyday as a resort town. One building dates to 1929; two older ones burned in 1935 and were rebuilt ca. 1938. Maud Dunlap Duncan ran a drugstore . . . — — Map (db m248615) HM
The Helen Dunlap Memorial School for Mountain Girls, located in the Boston Heights hotel in Winslow, Arkansas was established in 1904 and closed circa 1933. The school was named in memory of the young daughter of Virginie Maud Dunlap Duncan, an . . . — — Map (db m309831) HM
This 1882 Date Stone was removed from the South Portal of the original Winslow Tunnel. The tunnel was completed on August 30, 1882, as part of the Frisco rail line. Due to reconstruction to
accommodate larger trains in the late 1960's, the stone . . . — — Map (db m309530) HM
Here - seemingly far from everywhere - the Lincoln Land Company, a division of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, thought this place a likely site for a new town. It was, after all, the highest point between Chicago and Denver, and . . . — — Map (db m199981) HM
1865 Indian War In November 1864, in southeastern Colorado, U.S. Volunteer troops attacked Black Kettle's peaceful band of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek. In retaliation for the massacre and mutilation of 163 Cheyenne men, women, and children, . . . — — Map (db m199956) HM
Last Days of the Buffalo
For thousands of years, the grasslands supported staggering numbers of bison, from the giant species of 10,000 years ago to the smaller animals of today. As North America's largest land animal, the buffalo dominated . . . — — Map (db m199982) HM
Park development started in 1963 on this hill, which has an elevation of 322 feet and a limestone base. A stream flowing from the hill plunges over a cliff and disappears through an underground channel. Some sinks and caverns are near the falls, . . . — — Map (db m73295) HM
The historic Washington Primitive Baptist Church has stood near the banks of Hard Labor Creek since 1932. Constituted in 1848, the congregation first met in a heart pine building on the north side of Owens Pond Road. In 1931, church members voted . . . — — Map (db m270525) HM
Kudzu, brought to this country from Asia as an ornamental, was developed near here in the early part of the Twentieth Century and given to the world as a soil-saving, high-protein forage plant by Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Pleas. The fast-growing, . . . — — Map (db m73294) HM
Designated a Historic District in 1989. This street is one of the first residential areas in Chipley. Though a railroad town in the beginning, Chipley was, and remains primarily an agricultural center. Notable due to the array of late 19th & 20th . . . — — Map (db m110516) HM
This house was built in 1906 by Edward Jacob and Georgia Ophelia Stokes. This one-story frame structure with Queen Anne Cottage architectural elements embodies a residential building style popular in northern Florida between 1880 and 1910. Its . . . — — Map (db m244289) HM
The desire to homestead some land brought two brothers, Harrison and Joshua Hinson, to this place. In approximately 1887, the two brothers, along with Joshua's oldest son, Oscar, brought five hogs to this area. They explored the land, released the . . . — — Map (db m200364) HM
Early settlers, attracted by the fertile Coosada (later Holmes) Old Fields, established a log schoolhouse Methodist mission near here soon after Spain ceded Florida to the United Stated in 1820. The first Methodist ministerial assignment between the . . . — — Map (db m73292) HM
Washington County was a center for Native American activity for thousands of years and became the scene of military action during the Creek War of 1813-1814 & First Seminole War of 1817-1818. A Red Stick chief named Holms (Holmes) left Alabama . . . — — Map (db m148539) HM
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In the 1950s, there was a broad effort in the South to expand African American education and preserve the dual school system. To centralize the education of African American students in Vernon and the surrounding area, the Washington . . . — — Map (db m200357) HM
In 1931, during the Great Depression, Vernon High School was constructed for white students in grades one through twelve with eight classrooms, offices, and an auditorium. In 1947, four junior-high and nine elementary classrooms were added, which . . . — — Map (db m199929) HM
In the 1820s, settlers arrived in the area around present-day Vernon. One of the earliest was Stephen J. Roche who built a trading post on Holmes Creek and called it “Roche’s Bluff.” The town of Vernon developed near the trading post. On . . . — — Map (db m73293) HM
Union Major General William T. Sherman and the 17th Corps of his army's "Right Wing" left their encampment at New Hope Methodist Church on Tuesday morning, November 29, 1864. They marched generally southeast toward Tarver Place, Plantation. Their . . . — — Map (db m103357) HM
On Nov. 27, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved from Sandersville toward Louisville on its destructive March to the Sea. The 20th Corps (Williams) and Carlin’s division, 14th Corps (Davis), moved to Davisboro . . . — — Map (db m38008) HM
New Hope is the oldest Methodist Church still in existence in Washington County. Its early written church records are lost, but oral history relates that New Hope's original structure was built in the late 1700s. It was a one-room building with a . . . — — Map (db m103249) HM
On Nov. 27, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved from Sandersville toward Louisville. Ward’s division, 20th Corps, and Carlin’s division, 14th Corps, with the artillery and trains of both corps, moved to . . . — — Map (db m49508) HM
In 1805, this site was settled by the family of Alexander Giles (1793-1873) who moved from Warren County to Washington County after the Creek Indian Cessation. The farm’s borders were Bluff Creek and Indian Trail Road, a high ridge trail used for . . . — — Map (db m38521) HM
On Nov. 24, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army [USA] left Milledgeville enroute to Sandersville, the 14th Corps via Black Spring, the 20th Corps via Hebron. That night, the advance of the 20th Corps camped at Hebron, . . . — — Map (db m197785) HM
On Nov. 23, 1864, Maj. Gen. H. C. Wayne, Adj. Gen. of Georgia, was in Oconee (No. 14, CRR), 10 miles N. with a mixed force [Confederate] of 1200 men and 6 guns (including the Corps of Cadets, Georgia Military Institute) to defend the RR bridge over . . . — — Map (db m107287) HM
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (85 miles N), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed . . . — — Map (db m41411) HM
On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Ball’s Ferry (O.4 mi. N of Ga 57). The 17th Corps (Blair), . . . — — Map (db m35498) HM
On Nov. 19, 1854, Maj. A. L. Hartridge, CSA, arrived from Savannah with 186 men and 2 guns [CS] to defend the railroad bridge against raiding parties from Gen. Sherman’s army [US], then on its destructive March to the Sea. Next day, he was joined by . . . — — Map (db m35456) HM
This highway is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below Milledgeville, along the course of a former trading path to the Creek Indians. The lower . . . — — Map (db m21254) HM
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