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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «pike county» AND «arkansas»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Mark Hilton, August 2, 2018
Royston Factory Mill Marker
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1 ► Arkansas, Pike County, Murfreesboro — 55 — Henry Merrell / Royston Factory Mill —
On Courthouse Square at South Washington Avenue (State Route 301), on the left when traveling east on Courthouse Square.
Henry Merrell Henry Merrell, known as the "Industrial Missionary to the South," was born in Utica, N.Y., in 1816. He moved to Arkansas in 1856 and built an industrial complex in Pike Co. He helped draft an anti-secession resolution in . . . — — Map (db m121147) HM

2 ► Arkansas, Montgomery County, Mount Ida — Arkansas State Quarter — Designed by Dortha Scott of Mount Ida, Arkansas —
On Whittington Street at West Street, on the left when traveling west on Whittington Street.
[title is inscription] — — Map (db m262793) HM

3 ► Arkansas, Pike County, Murfreesboro — John Wesley Huddleston — "Diamond John" — 1860-1936 —
On State Park Road.
The first diamonds found in Pike County, Arkansas were discovered in August 1906 by John Wesley Huddleston. These stones were sent to Charles S. Stifft, a Little Rock jeweler, who confirmed they were genuine diamonds. Stifft described them as . . . — — Map (db m274212) HM

4 ► Arkansas, Pike County, Murfreesboro — First Diamonds —
On State Park Road.
Near this site in August 1906, local farmer and amateur treasure hunter John Wesley Huddleston discovered the first diamonds in Pike County, Arkansas. According to one of many accounts, Huddleston was panning for gold on his farmland one . . . — — Map (db m274880) HM
 
 
  
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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