Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
As the temperatures rise and summer draws near, many anxiously anticipate the arrival of swim season. Nothing is better on a hot summer Arkansas day than a dip in cool water.
Early Faulkner County residents usually found the nearest creek, pond or river on those hot summer days. My grandmother’s family often gathered Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
The establishment of a post office is very important to the development of a town. But for Conway, it would be many years before the post office found a permanent home.
Before the post office came, few people got mail. According to the reports of some old settlers, someone in the area would go to Little Rock every two or three months Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
The Arkansas Army National Guard has been a part of Conway for nearly a century. Many Faulkner County residents have served in the Conway unit and even more have been touched by its presence in the community.
The Conway unit was organized and federally recognized on April 21, 1921 as the Headquarters Company, 5th Regiment of Infantry Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
Throughout my elementary school years, one of my family’s weekly activities was to go visit my maternal grandfather, Will Starkey, at Richardson’s Rest Home. He had a stroke in 1966 which
left him unable to care for himself so he became a resident there. My paternal great-grandmother, Minda Holloway Burnett, Continue reading
Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.
Caring for the sick was often a community responsibility in the years before hospitals. Family or neighbors would “set up” with the sick person, tending to their needs and giving them their medicine. Others would tend their animals, Continue reading