Hempstead County

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"Negro is lynched at Garland City" newspaper clipping
Andrew Avery (Lynching of)
On July 30, 1917, an African-American man named Andrew Avery was lynched for allegedly attacking a levee contr...
Multistory hotel and storefronts on street with signs street lamps and parked cars
Barlow Hotel
The Barlow Hotel at 102 South Elm Street in Hope (Hempstead County) was, for more than seventy-five years, the...
Stuffed alligator with sign on wooden shelf
Big Arkie
Big Arkie was a thirteen-foot-long alligator caught in 1952 near Hope (Hempstead County). He was the Little Ro...
"Hempstead County" map with borders roads cities waterways
Bingen (Hempstead County)
An unincorporated community in Mine Creek Township, Bingen (Hempstead County) is located about four miles n...
White woman sitting in chair painting on framed canvas
Helen Long Bittick (1918–1985)
Helen Marie Long Bittick was an artist of the “primitive folk style,” meaning that she had no academic art...
Two young white men in suits with knives in hand
James Black (1800–1872)
James Black, popularly known as the maker of the bowie knife, was one of the early pioneers of Arkansas and se...
Two-story log cabin with covered porch on dirt
Blevins (Hempstead County)
Blevins is a second-class city located in the northeastern corner of Hempstead County on U.S. Highway 371. Ove...
Old white man in suit with white shirt
Abraham Block (1780?–1857)
aka: Abraham Bloch
Abraham Block was the patriarch of the first documented Jewish fami...
Painting of older white woman in black with black hair with brooch in red chair
Frances Isaiah Isaacs (Fanny) Block (1796–1871)
Frances (Fanny) Block was the matriarch of the first documented Jewish family to immigrate to what became the ...
Old white man with glasses smiling in suit and tie
Kelly Bryant (1908–1975)
Kelly Bryant was a Democratic politician in the 1960s and 1970s. He has long been identified as the first of t...
Older African-American woman smiling in hat and suit
Vertie Lee Glasgow Carter (1923–2022)
Vertie Lee Glasgow Carter was a renowned educator whose doctorate in education paved her way into previously u...
Multistory house with covered porch inside white picket fence
Clinton Birthplace
aka: President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
aka: Bill Clinton Birthplace
William Jefferson Clinton, the forty-second president of the United...
Book cover "My Life Bill Clinton" with portrait white man with graying hair smiling wool jacket collar upturned
Bill Clinton (1946–)
aka: William Jefferson Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton, a native of Hope (Hempstead County), was...
Brick building with parking lot and mail box
Columbus (Hempstead County)
Columbus is an unincorporated community in Hempstead County, on State Highway 73. Along with Washington (Hemps...
Two-story wooden building with brick chimney
Confederate State Capitol Building (Hempstead County)
aka: Hempstead County Courthouse of 1836
The 1836 Hempstead County Courthouse located in Washington (Hempste...
Portrait painting of a stern white man with white hair and a chin strap beard wearing a suit jacket and bow tie
Edward Cross (1798–1887)
Edward Cross, who was born in Tennessee and reared in Kentucky, practiced law briefly in eastern Tennessee as ...
"Negro Swung up by Determined Mob" newspaper clipping
Dillard (Lynching of)
On January 18, 1909, a young African American man was lynched in Hope (Hempstead County) for an attempted assa...
Young white woman with long hair smiling in sweater
Melinda Ruth Dillon (1939–2023)
Melinda Dillon was an American actress who appeared in dozens of movies, plays, and television shows. She was ...
Gravestones under tree and people standing in field with trees and power lines in the background
Dooley’s Ferry Fortifications Historic District
The Dooley’s Ferry Fortifications Historic District features a series of redoubts and trenches that Confeder...
Old white man with long beard reading a book
Jno Eakin (1822–1885)
aka: John Rogers Eakin
Jno Rogers (John) Eakin, an editor, jurist, champion of women’s r...
"Vincent Walker Foster Junior" gravestone with dates January fifteenth Nineteen forty-five and July twentieth Nineteen ninety-three
Vincent Walker (Vince) Foster Jr. (1945–1993)
Vincent Walker Foster Jr. was a prominent Little Rock (Pulaski County) lawyer and close friend and associate o...
White man with glasses smiling in suit and tie
George Thomas Frazier Sr. (1918–2013)
George Frazier was a well-known business, civic, and political leader in Hope (Hempstead County) for six and a...
White men with hats and tools and push cart on steel truss bridge
Fulton (Hempstead County)
Fulton is a town on the northern bank of the Red River in southern Hempstead County. It is one of the earliest...
White man with long dark beard in suit and tie
Edward W. Gantt (1829–1874)
Edward W. Gantt became one of southwestern Arkansas’s leading politicians in the Civil War era. He pushed fo...
White man with long beard posing for portrait
Rufus King Garland (1830–1886)
Rufus King Garland was a prominent Arkansas politician who voted for secession and briefly held the rank of ca...
Old white man in glasses posing at his desk with typewriter and rotary telephone
Claud Wilton Garner (1891–1978)
Claud Wilton Garner was a man of many interests and talents. He began as a musician, became a merchant and an ...
Weathered barn-like building with smokestacks in field
Goodlett Gin
The Goodlett Gin is located at 799 Franklin Street in Historic Washington State Park in Washington (Hempstead ...
White man in suit and tie
James Houston (Jim) Gunter Jr. (1943–)
Lawyer and politician James Houston Gunter Jr. was a prosecutor and judge for thirty-six years in the late twe...
Five white men in suit and tie sitting at a table with three white men standing behind them
Oren Harris (1903–1997)
Oren Harris served as prosecuting attorney of Arkansas’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (1937–1940) and in th...
"The People's Forum" newspaper clipping
Haygood Seminary
Haygood Seminary in Washington (Hempstead County) was established in 1883 as one of the first schools for Afri...
Two-story wood frame building with dark shutters and "Confederate State Capitol" on the front with rectangular stone monument and barbed wire fence
Hempstead County
Hempstead County, located in the southwest corner of the state, was organized in 1818, before Congress establi...
"Henry's Chapel built here 1817 this marker placed 1961 by historical society Little Rock conference the Methodist Church" engraved stone on concrete base
Henry's Chapel
Henry’s Chapel was a log church built at Mound Prairie (Hempstead County) around 1817 by Methodist pioneers...