Clay County

Leslie L. Biffle (1889–1966)
Leslie L. Biffle was a national Democratic Party official from Arkansas. After serving as secretary for Arkans...
C-130 Crash of 1970
A C-130 cargo plane flying from Little Rock Air Force Base (LRAFB) in Jacksonville (Pulaski County) caught fir...
William Neal (Bill) Carter (1936–)
Bill Carter is a lawyer, former Secret Service agent, music manager and promoter, and author. He is best known...
Skirmish at Chalk Bluff (May 1–2, 1863)
Chalk Bluff in Clay County, where Crowley’s Ridge is cut by the St. Francis River, was an important transit ...
Skirmish at Chalk Bluff (May 15, 1862)
On May 15, 1862, Colonel Edward Daniels, commanding elements of the First Wisconsin Cavalry, forced Lieutenant...
Clay County
Clay County is a predominantly rural area with small cities and towns located in northeastern Arkansas. Light ...
Corning (Clay County)
Corning, incorporated in August 1877, was the first of Clay County‘s two seats (Piggott is the other). ...
Crop Circles
Crop circles are a relatively recent phenomenon in Arkansas, appearing in northeastern Arkansas wheat fields i...
Clyde Crosley (1915–1988)
Clyde Crosley was an author and historian of the Arkansas prison system. An inmate himself from 1934 to 1940, ...
Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National Scenic Byway
As Arkansas’s first National Scenic Byway, Crowley’s Ridge Parkway, merges six U.S. highways, nine Arkansa...
Datto (Clay County)
Datto is a town in Clay County situated just north of U.S. Highway 67. Created when the railroad was built thr...
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd was a 1957 movie drama based on the short story, “Your Arkansas Traveler,” written by ...
Barbara Fairchild (1950–)
Throughout her career, Barbara Fairchild has been an influential singer and songwriter in both country and g...
Greenway (Clay County)
Greenway is a city on U.S. Highway 49 in Clay County, three miles south of Piggott (Clay County). Built as a s...
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, located at 1021 West Cherry Street in Piggott (Clay Coun...
Elias Hensen (Lynching of)
Elias Hensen was seized from a house and shot to death on March 12, 1879, in Clay County after testifying agai...
William Herrig (Lynching of)
William Herrig, a white man described in news reports as “a well-to-do farmer 67 years old” was lynched in...
Doyle Overton Hickey (1892–1961)
Doyle Overton Hickey served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War I, World War II, and the Korean Wa...
Roland Janes (1933–2013)
Roland Janes was a well-known session guitar player who worked with Sam Phillips at the legendary Sun Studios ...
Francis M. “Buck” Jenkins (Lynching of)
Francis M. “Buck” Jenkins was a horse thief who was lynched on or around December 16, 1878, at Corning (Cl...
Knobel (Clay County)
Knobel is a city in Clay County, about seven miles south of Corning (Clay County). Once a stop on the Iron Mou...
McDougal (Clay County)
McDougal is a city in Clay County on U.S. Highway 62 about halfway between Piggott (Clay County) and Corning (...
Nimmons (Clay County)
Nimmons is a small town in eastern Clay County. It is near the St. Francis River, which forms the border betwe...
Skirmishes at Okolona
aka: Battle of the Bees
  The Skirmishes at Okolona were fought as Confederate cavalry...
Peach Orchard (Clay County)
Although it was not incorporated until 1910, Peach Orchard is the oldest extant settlement in Clay County. Loc...
Pauline Pfeiffer (1895–1951)
Pauline Pfeiffer was a successful journalist who wrote for such magazines as Vanity Fair and Vogue. From 1927 ...
Piggott (Clay County)
Piggott, a thriving agricultural town in northeast Arkansas, has several claims to fame that have left their m...
Piggott National Guard Armory
The Piggott National Guard Armory at 775 East Main Street in Piggott (Clay County) was built in 1956 and refle...
Piggott Post Office
The Piggott Post Office at 119 North Third Street in Piggott (Clay County) is a one-story, brick-masonry build...
Pollard (Clay County)
Pollard is a city in Clay County, a few miles west of Piggott (Clay County) on U.S. Highway 62, in the foothil...
Pugsley v. Sellmeyer
Pugsley v. Sellmeyer is the title of an Arkansas Supreme Court case that dealt with a disciplinary decision ma...
Rector (Clay County)
Rector, a railroad town on the St. Louis and Texas railroad line (Cotton Belt), was platted by the Southwester...