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

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 —

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

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2 ► Arkansas, Montgomery County, Mount Ida — Arkansas State Quarter — Designed by Dortha Scott of Mount Ida, Arkansas —

[title is inscription] — — Map (db m262793) HM

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3 ► Arkansas, Pike County, Murfreesboro — John Wesley Huddleston — "Diamond John" — 1860-1936 —

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

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4 ► Arkansas, Pike County, Murfreesboro — First Diamonds —

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

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