Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
In 1999, Conway Regional Health Foundation, Dr. Mitch Collins and Nabholz Properties co-developed the Conway Regional Medical Park. They named the various medical buildings in the complex after several prominent doctors who served Conway and Faulkner County. Today’s column sketches some of the accomplishments of these doctors. Continue reading
The Faulkner County Historical Society has been awarded two grants for the interpretive signage for the restored Springfield Bridge which will be placed at Beaverfork Park. A grant in the amount of $1,958 for the project, “Historical Interpretations of the Springfield Bridge,” is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In addition, the Conway Community Foundation, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation, Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
On January 10 at 8 p.m., AETN will air “American Experience: Command and Control,” a two-hour chilling documentary about the accident that occurred at the Titan II missile silo near Damascus, Arkansas Continue reading
The Society is having a BOOK SALE! We have found some more hard copy issues of books and past booklets from the FCHS:
♦ The Guiding Star for the St. Joseph Colony, a guide book for Catholic emigrants to the Arkansas River Valley written by Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
Just off Dave Ward Drive there are a number of medical offices that make up Conway Regional Medical Park. One of the oldest clinics, the Banister-Lieblong Clinic, houses the offices of a number of Conway physicians—none of whom are named Banister or Lieblong! So here’s the story…
The Banister-Lieblong Clinic has only been on Dave Ward Drive since Continue reading