Baxter County

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Richard Nott Antrim (1907–1969)
Richard Nott Antrim was a career U.S. Navy officer who received a Medal of Honor for saving the life of a fell...
Two-story brick church with steeple and grounds
Arkansas State University–Mountain Home (ASUMH)
Arkansas State University–Mountain Home (ASUMH) is a two-year community college serving predominately the re...
"Baxter County, Arkansas facts pertaining to its mineral and other resources" newspaper clipping
Baxter Bulletin
The Baxter Bulletin newspaper was established in 1901 in Mountain Home (Baxter County) by J. G. “Uncle Jess...
Two-story brick building and outbuilding inside wooden fence
Baxter County
  Governor Elisha Baxter formed Baxter County as the sixty-eighth county in Arkansas just prior to the Br...
three story concrete building with lamp posts in front
Baxter County Courthouse
The Baxter County Courthouse was opened the week of August 13, 1943. Designed by Fayetteville (Washington Cou...
Clapboard dogtrot-style house with brick chimney and trees
Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society
The Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society was founded on September 27, 1974, by a group of individ...
Brick building with two covered porches and wall with brick columns
Big Flat (Baxter and Searcy Counties)
  Big Flat is a town on State Highway 14, mostly in southern Baxter County but straddling the Searcy Coun...
Brick building with two covered porches and wall with brick columns
Big Flat School Gymnasium
The Big Flat School Gymnasium, located on State Highway 14 in Big Flat (Baxter and Searcy counties), was built...
yellow book cover featuring white boy in overalls standing on porch and looking at black birds overhead
Robbie Tilley Branscum (1934–1997)
Robbie Tilley Branscum gained fame as the award-winning author of books for older children. Her hardscrabble c...
"Baxter County" map showing borders roads highways waterways  national forest
Briarcliff (Baxter County)
Briarcliff is a resort community located on Highway 5 between Mountain Home (Baxter County) and Norfork Lake. ...
White man in kayak holding paddle across chest with river rapids, mountain ridge
Buffalo National River
aka: Buffalo River
The Buffalo National River, which runs through Newton, Searcy, Mari...
Single-story building with stone walls and two doors under covered porch on gravel
Buford School Building
The Buford School Building at 4439 Buford Road near Mountain Home (Baxter County) is a single-story two-room s...
elevated view of sharply curving river and dam
Bull Shoals Dam and Lake
Bull Shoals Dam site is located on the White River about ten miles west of Mountain Home (Baxter County), wher...
Two-story house with covered porch and man with truck in street under a large tree
Case-Shiras-Dearmore House
The Case-Shiras-Dearmore House, located at 351 East 4th Street in Mountain Home (Baxter County), is a two-stor...
Clapboard dogtrot-style house with brick chimney and trees
Casey House
The Casey House, the oldest existing house in Mountain Home (Baxter County), is a pioneer home built in the ...
rundown white building with green trim with "Cold Water" painted above the entrance and a black silhouette on the porch
Cold Water School
The Cold Water School, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in the former v...
Single and multistory houses with covered porches on dirt road
Cotter (Baxter County)
Cotter, situated along the White River in Baxter County, emerged in the early twentieth century as an importan...
bridge with several arches over river
Cotter Bridge
aka: R. M. Ruthven Bridge
Completed in 1930, the R. M. Ruthven Bridge, originally named and o...
"Too many Negroes" newspaper clipping
Cotter Expulsion of 1906
In 1906, white residents of Cotter (Baxter County) expelled all of the town’s African-American population, s...
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Cotter Water Tower
The Cotter Water Tower, located near the junction of U.S. Highway 62B and State Street, was constructed in 193...
White man in shirt and tie smoking a pipe
Thomas Lee (Tom) Dearmore (1927–2004)
Thomas Lee Dearmore was a nationally recognized journalist and newspaper editor. A native of the Ozarks, Dearm...
Young white woman in dress holding a kitten posing with older white woman
Emma Hays Dusenbury (1862–1941)
Emma Hays Dusenbury was an outstanding traditional singer; her work is represented by some 116 songs in the na...
Side view of single story building with wood siding
Galatia Church
The Galatia Church is a one-room, wood-framed structure located southeast of the town of Norfork (Baxter Count...
Group of white men in hats and suits standing outside single-story building hotel with carriages
Gassville (Baxter County)
Gassville of Baxter County has a history of settlement beginning in the 1840s. Its level, fertile plain and pr...
James Albert (Jim) Gaston (1941–2015)
Jim Gaston was a renowned Arkansas businessman, sportsman, and philanthropist whose legacy includes operating ...
Stone building with double doors and brick chimneys
Horace Mann School Historic District
The Horace Mann School Historic District at Norfork (Baxter County) is a complex of four buildings constructed...
Two-story log cabin with brick chimney with white family out front
Jacob Wolf House
The two-story log structure known as the Jacob Wolf House stands on a hillside overlooking the juncture of the...
White man and woman standing outside two-story building with screened-in porch and polka-dot paint on dirt road
Lakeview (Baxter County)
Lakeview of Baxter County is one of several cities that came into being as a result of Bull Shoals dam, which ...
Mitchell v. Globe International Publishing
aka: People's Bank and Trust Company of Mountain Home v. Globe International Publishing
Mitchell v. Globe International Publishing, Inc. 978 F. 2nd 1065 wa...
Single-story school house with bell tower
Monkey Run (Baxter County)
The small community of Monkey Run is located in a narrow valley on the western border of modern-day Baxter Cou...
drawing of multistory building with bell tower and hills in background
Mountain Home (Baptist) College
Mountain Home College (MHC)—known also as Mountain Home Baptist College—operated from 1892 to 1933 in Baxt...
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Mountain Home (Baxter County)
Mountain Home, a small town whose origins date back to the early nineteenth century, is located in north-centr...