The Arkansas conference of the Methodist Church, created 1836, composing Arkansas and parts of Louisiana and Indian Territory, held its first session November 2, 1836 in Batesville at corner of Main and Broad Streets. Bishop Thomas Morris presided. . . . — — Map (db m70559) HM
1836 — 1936
The first Arkansas Conference of
the Methodist Church met on
November 2, 1836
in a lodge hall on the upper floor
of the building that stood on this
corner at that time.
Thomas A. Morris, Bishop
W P. Ratcliffe, Secretary . . . — — Map (db m221137) HM