Beginning this week the Faulkner County Museum presents an ongoing display of antique friendship quilts at the Faulkner County Library. The museum’s textile collection contains quilts from three centuries, and this display contains a few of those from the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Each quilt comes from a small community in the county and contains Continue reading
We’re nearing fall and the 142-year-old Springfield-Des Arc bridge is still falling apart over Cadron Creek off Springfield Road north of Wooster on Faulkner County’s edge with Conway County.
The City of Conway has run into snags in its already-funded project to restore and move the bridge to Beaverfork Lake for walking/bicycling. Conway announced last week it learned it must Continue reading
Conway’s City Council recently approved funding for the Springfield-Des Arc bridge, which is due to be relocated to Beaverfork Lake.
Thanks to efforts by the Faulkner County Historical Society and UCA history professor Ken Barnes Continue reading
Part of Rush, Arkansas, the only ghost town located between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, will be “live” again soon, once a new National Park Service project is completed.
The old Hicks Hotel and Hicks General Store in Rush will be digitally reconstructed by University of Arkansas researchers as part of a project Continue reading
The Arkansas State Archives’ new website with sections for researchers and educators makes searching state records much easier. As the official state archives, the group maintains the largest physical collection world-wide of Arkansas historical materials at its two locations: the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives in Powhatan and the Southwest Regional Archives in Washington.
In addition to keeping much of the existing content, the new website also has:
♦ the ability to search for specific information or browse records alphabetically Continue reading