Simon Adler, born in Bavaria in 1832 (according to his tombstone), was one of the first Jewish immigrants to s...

Drivers heading south from Newark (Independence County) on Highway 122 will see an isolated cemetery marker at...

Allen Chapel is a small community in Independence County on Highway 14 between Ramsey Mountain and Salado (Ind...

Arkansas Normal College, located in Jamestown (Independence County), was founded in 1895 as a two-year coeduca...

The Arkansas Scottish Festival is held each year in October on the campus of Lyon College in Batesville (Indep...

Slaves in the United States had no legal rights and only limited access to legal protection, so few legal case...

Aydelott is a historic community in Independence County located on Highway 14 between Oil Trough (Independence...

Catherine Sweazey Barker was a social worker and author who lived in Batesville (Independence County) in the 1...

James Woodson Bates was an early Arkansas settler who was elected as the first Arkansas territorial representa...

Geographically, Batesville was destined to exist. It stands at the point where waters of the White River exit ...

The Batesville Confederate Monument is a commemorative sculpture erected in 1907 by the Sidney Johnson Camp No...

The Batesville Daily Guard has been published continuously since 1877, the only Batesville (Independence Count...

The Batesville Regional Airport is located on Highway 167 (Batesville Boulevard) in the town of Southside (Ind...

On December 31, 1862, General John S. Marmaduke and 8,000 cavalry launched a raid into Missouri from near Lewi...

On March 6–8, 1862, one of the most important Civil War battles west of the Mississippi River was fought at ...

Elisha Baxter, a Unionist leader during the Civil War and a jurist, is best remembered as Arkansas’s last Re...

Captain Jesse Bean’s Ranger Company was one of six companies of mounted militia authorized by Congress in 18...

Although there were settlers in what became Bethesda (it was originally called Washington) in the early days o...

John Doyle Brooks was a stuntman and actor whose career included appearances in some of the most renowned tele...

The Burton-Aikin (also spelled “Aiken”) feud between Dr. Phillip Patrick (known as P. P.) Burton and Dr. T...

Henry Byrd was one of Arkansas’s most prolific antebellum portrait painters. His portraits present Arkansas�...

Caney Creek begins as a spring in the hills of the Ed Taylor Holler at McHue (Independence County), moves east...

Robert Albert Causby, though senseless at the time of his execution, was hanged at Batesville (Independence Co...

There are two communities named Cedar Grove in Independence County, one south of the White River between Flora...

There are two communities named Cedar Grove in Independence County—one south of the White River near Floral ...

Charlotte is located just off Highway 25 (a.k.a. White Drive) on Old School Road near the banks of Dota Creek,...

A popular place for church and social picnics in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Chinn Spring is located on Ca...

Chinquapin is an unincorporated community in Washington Township of Independence County on Chinquapin Loop nea...

Convenience is a historical community located on Dota Creek on Cedar Grove Road just off Highway 25 about four...