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
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
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
In 1829, when Arkansas was a territory of the United States, Jacob Wolf
donated the land and built this structure as the first permanent courthouse for
Izard County. Great competition existed among frontier settlers to secure the "seat of justice . . . — — Map (db m170827) HM
Wolf Family Home
Even after the county seat moved, this house bustled with activity.
Arkansas became a state in 1836, and settlers followed the White River
hundreds of miles into the interior of north Arkansas. Thousands of these
settlers . . . — — Map (db m171528) HM
Jacob Wolf was a merchant, builder of log structures,
carpenter, and blacksmith. He was elected a
representative to Arkansas Territory's General
Assembly in 1826. The two-story dogtrot structure
constructed by Wolf in 1829 served as Izard . . . — — Map (db m170758) HM
The steel beams you are standing under form a "ghost structure”
to provide an outline of the original home's dimensions.
Situated on the corner of the town square and next to the main road,
this house was prominent in the hustle and . . . — — Map (db m170932) HM
Courthouse
Jacob Welt was serving as a legislator in the Arkansas Territorial General
Assembly in 1829 when he wrote the legislation to create the structure you see as the country's first permanent courthouse. In the legislation he noted . . . — — Map (db m171518) HM
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