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

By James Hulse, October 23, 2021

Governor Thomas Chipman McRae Marker Reverse

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Arkansas, Nevada County, Prescott — 5 — Governor Thomas Chipman McRae — Prescott —

Thomas Chipman McRae, born in Mount Holly (Union County), Arkansas, became a courier for the Confederate Army at age twelve, following his father's early death. He attended area schools and later graduated from Washington & Lee University law . . . — — Map (db m184504) HM

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2 ► Texas, Williamson County, Andice — 13762 — Rocky Hollow Cemetery — Reported missing

Original marker text. Marker has been missing since 1997. In the 1850s, a group of pioneer Black slaves came to this area from Union County, Arkansas, and founded what is now known as the Rocky Hollow Community. This cemetery soon was . . . — — Map (db m25317) HM

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3 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — The Miss Arkansas Pageant — Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic District —

The Miss Arkansas Pageant has been held in Hot Springs since 1958 and is regarded as one of the top five state pageants. In 1964, Donna Axum became Arkansas’s first Miss America. Her homecoming to Hot Springs included a parade down Central Avenue . . . — — Map (db m264290) HM

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4 ► Arkansas, Hempstead County, Blevins — The First Courthouse for the County of Hempstead — Territory Of Arkansas —

Was located in the log house of John English near this site on the old Southwest Trail for the years of 1819 to 1824. — — Map (db m246391) HM

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5 ► Mississippi, Union County, New Albany — 91 — Elder Roma Wilson & Rev. Leon Pinson — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Front The down-home gospel sounds of renowned Union County musicians Elder Roma Wilson (b. 1910) and Rev. Leon Pinson (1919-1998) won them many admirers among blues and folk music audiences, although they were evangelists rather than . . . — — Map (db m96789) HM

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6 ► Arkansas, Union County, El Dorado — El Dorado Female Institute —

Bennett. G. Clark and Sarah W. Clark deeded this land to William Rust, John H. Cornish, John R. Hampton, and William H. Hines, trustees of El Dorado Female Institute, in 1847. May 7, 1858 Albert Rust deeded additional land to Robert Goodwin. . . . — — Map (db m121358) HM

7 ► Arkansas, Union County, El Dorado — First Union County Courthouse —

. . . — — Map (db m121964) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

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