This commercial historic district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 2010
as a representative collection of early to mid-20th
century vernacular architecture, Centered on the
Baxter County Courthouse, which was . . . — — Map (db m170753) HM
About 1800 near this spot white man established the first trail from East to West across Baxter County. Later some of the Cherokee Indians were moved to Oklahoma using this route which was known as the Trail of Tears. — — Map (db m62248) HM
On Oct. 12, 1862, Maj. John Wilber led a force of 125 men of the 14th Missouri State Militia (U.S.) and 100 from the Enrolled Militia from Ozark, Mo., to hit Confederate troops camped at Yellville. High water on the White River forced the Union . . . — — Map (db m170457) 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
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
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
