Cleveland County was created on April 17, 1873 as Dorsey County, named after Republican congressman Stephen Do...

The Cleveland County Courthouse in Rison was designed by Theodore M. Sanders and constructed in 1911. It inco...

In 1888, George H. Tisdale started the Cleveland County Herald at Rison (Cleveland County). It was a Democrati...

On January 7, 1898, in Little Bay (Calhoun County), African-American men Charley Wheelright (or Wheelwright) a...

On April 18, 1896, a twenty-one-year-old African-American man named Jeff (sometimes called Jefferson) Gardner ...

Birthplace of musical legend Johnny Cash and of famed football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, the city of Kings...

Location: Cleveland County Size: 6.2 acres Marks’ Mills Battleground State Park, in Cleveland County on ...

The Action at Marks’ Mills took place on April 25, 1864, when Confederate troops ambushed a Union supply tra...

Mount Elba, located on the Saline River in present-day Cleveland County, was established in the 1830s and beca...

The Action at Mount Elba was fought March 30, 1864, as Confederate cavalrymen attacked Union soldiers guarding...

Located on Highway 8 between Warren (Bradley County) and Fordyce (Dallas County) is the town of New Edinburg....

The New Edinburg Commercial Historic District includes a number of former stores and other businesses located ...

Constructed in 1916, Old U.S. 79, Kingsland Segment, is a historic road located in Kingsland (Cleveland County...

Jimmy “Red” Parker was a football coach at the high school and college levels who was inducted into the Ar...

On October 14, 1897, an African American man named Tom Parker was reportedly lynched in Cleveland County for p...

The Phoenix Hotel was located in Rison (Cleveland County). The two-story red-brick building was located on Mai...

The earliest recorded Arkansas woman to use a hyphenated name after her marriage, Sallie Irene Robinson-Stanfi...

The Texas and St. Louis Railroad gave rise to Rison. The county seat of Dorsey (later Cleveland) County was or...

The Rison Cities Service Station is located at the corner of Main and Magnolia streets in Rison (Cleveland Cou...

The Rison Texaco Service Station is an Art Deco–style former gas station located in Rison (Cleveland County)...

Monroe Schwarzlose was an Arkansas farmer and politician who was a perennial candidate for governor during the...

Walter Roy Sturgis was a self-made multi-millionaire from southern Arkansas whose fortune continues to benefit...

The small farming community of Toledo is located on State Highway 35, approximately three miles southeast of R...

Wesley Chapel is a historic church located near Woodlawn (Cleveland County). Constructed in 1872, the single-s...

The Skirmish at White Oak Creek occurred on the evening of April 14, 1864, the day before Union forces seized ...

In late August 1897, an African American man was lynched in Cleveland County for allegedly killing one man and...