Franklin County

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Altus (Franklin County)
Altus (Franklin County) was incorporated on August 31, 1888. Railroad authorities had named their railhead Alt...
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Katharine Susan Anthony (1877–1965)
Katharine Susan Anthony was suffragist, feminist, pacifist, socialist, and author of feminist and psychologica...
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus
Arkansas Tech University–Ozark Campus is a two-year college in Ozark (Franklin County) that serves as a sate...
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Arkansas Valley
aka: Arkansas River Valley
The Arkansas Valley, one of the six natural divisions of Arkansas, ...
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Branch (Franklin County)
The city of Branch developed in southern Franklin County around the beginning of the twentieth century as coa...
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Roy Buchanan (1939–1988)
aka: Leroy Buchanan
Leroy (Roy) Buchanan was a guitar innovator whose skill inspired an...
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Betty Bumpers (1925–2018)
Betty Bumpers, wife of former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator Dale Bumpers, was known for her far-reaching ...
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Dale Leon Bumpers (1925–2016)
Dale Leon Bumpers was one of the state’s most successful politicians in the last half of the twentieth centu...
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Charleston (Franklin County)
Charleston is one of the two county seats of Franklin County, along with Ozark. Located south of the Arkansas ...
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Desegregation of Charleston Schools
Much has been written about the Little Rock School District desegregation in 1957. However, the Charleston Pub...
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Chateau Aux Arc Vineyards and Winery
One of several new vineyards in Arkansas, Chateau Aux Arc of Altus (Franklin County) promotes itself as the la...
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Denning (Franklin County)
Denning is a town in southern Franklin County. Its northern border is the southern city limit of Altus (Frankl...
"Paying the Penalty" newspaper clipping
Thomas Edmonds (Execution of)
Thomas Edmonds was hanged at Ozark (Franklin County) on May 28, 1880, after being convicted of a murder he wen...
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Franklin County
Franklin County, bisected by the Arkansas River into a forested northern section and a southern section primar...
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Franklin County Courthouse, Northern District
The Franklin County Courthouse for the Northern District, located at 211 West Commercial in Ozark (Franklin Co...
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Franklin County Courthouse, Southern District
The Franklin County Courthouse for the Southern District, located at 607 East Main Street in Charleston (Frank...
"Franklin" newspaper clipping
Gifford (Lynching of)
A young man named Gifford was shot to death in the Franklin County jail in Ozark (Franklin County) on December...
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Janice Holt Giles (1905–1979)
Janice Holt Giles was a popular and prolific autobiographer and author of historical fiction, much of which ad...
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Elizabeth Ward Gracen (1961–)
aka: Grace Elizabeth Ward
Grace Elizabeth Ward was the 1981 Miss Arkansas and 1982 Miss Ameri...
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Francis Irby Gwaltney (1921–1981)
Francis Irby Gwaltney prospered as an author in the 1950s, writing some of the most significant novels dealing...
"Jesse Jones Hanged" newspaper clipping
Jesse Jones (Execution of)
Jesse Jones was hanged at Ozark (Franklin County) on December 6, 1895, after being convicted of killing, disme...
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Charles Rice Kellam (1809–1854)
Charles Rice Kellam was a Baptist missionary to the newly established Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) ...
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William Walker Mansfield (1830–1912)
William Walker Mansfield was a lawyer, legislator, circuit judge, and associate justice of the Arkansas Suprem...
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Florence Emily McGraw McRaven (1877–1975)
Florence McRaven of Little Rock (Pulaski County) was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 19...
"Dance of Death" newspaper clipping
James Howard Miller (Execution of)
James Howard Miller was hanged at Ozark (Franklin County) on February 27, 1880, for the crime of murdering a w...
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Oscar Franklin Miller (1882–1918)
Oscar Franklin Miller was an Arkansas-born U.S. Army major who achieved national fame during World War I and r...
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Mount Bethel Winery
Mount Bethel Winery in Altus (Franklin County) is the third-oldest winery in the state and is a part of the tr...
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Mountain Crest Academy
Mountain Crest Academy was located seven miles south of Combs (Madison County), just one mile across the Madis...
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Ozark (Franklin County)
Founded in 1836, Ozark is one of the state’s oldest cities. Ozark, from the French words “Aux Arc,” mean...
Desegregation of Ozark Schools
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision, Ozark (Fr...
Helen Lyle Pettigrew (1894–1977)
Helen Lyle Pettigrew was an author of word puzzles (including crossword puzzles). Her puzzles appeared in news...
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Post Familie Vineyards and Winery
Post Familie Vineyards and Winery is located on state Highway 186 in the town of Altus (Franklin County), on t...