Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
On New Year’s Eve, 1962, the Hotel Bachelor became engulfed in flames. The fire continued through the night and into the next day. Young and old were ringing in the new year all around Conway but by the end of the night, they were all entranced Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
According to Henry Enderlin, whose family ginned cotton in Conway for most of the 20th century, the last bale of cotton was ginned in Faulkner County in 1972. It was an end of an era that lasted over 120 years in the county.
Cotton was the main cash crop for Faulkner County farmers until Continue reading
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People have been milking cows since almost the beginning of time and in Faulkner County, it was a necessary daily activity for most of the people who came here. In the 1920s, though, milk became an industry for the county. Faulkner County would become a leader in the Arkansas milk industry after World War II. Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
For those who raised beef cattle in Faulkner County, Tuesdays held a special significance because that was auction day. On that day, we would round up the cows and load up the ones we wanted to take to auction. At the sale barn, we would get in line with all the other trucks and trailers and wait for our turn to unload the cows.
Major Lewis established the first livestock auction in Conway in the 1930s. The first sales Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
I don’t remember when Dad started raising beef cattle. As long as I can remember, we had Polled Hereford cows in the pasture behind the house on Nutter’s Chapel Road. He also kept cows in my Uncle Hulen’s pasture which was just west of our pasture. The cows were relatively maintenance free Continue reading