Izard County

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Edward Baxter Billingsley (1910–1997)
Rear Admiral Edward Baxter Billingsley was a decorated naval officer and veteran of World War II who went on t...
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Bootleggers
aka: Deadeye Dewey and the Arkansas Kid
The 1974 movie billed on its original posters as Charles B. Pierce...
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Boswell (Izard County)
The unincorporated community of Boswell is located in the White River valley on the western boundary of Izard ...
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Boswell School
The Works Progress Administration (WPA), one of the many government programs designed to help combat the econo...
small white shed "Brockwell Music School"
Brockwell Gospel Music School
The Brockwell Gospel Music School offers instruction in choral and instrumental musical techniques for those w...
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Calico Rock (Izard County)
Calico Rock, located on the White River in Izard County, developed as a steamboat landing originally known as ...
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Calico Rock Historic District
The Calico Rock Historic District covers the first block of Calico Rock (Izard County) up from the White Rive...
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Calico Rock Home Economics Building
The Calico Rock Home Economics Building, located on Second Street in Calico Rock (Izard County), was built in ...
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Calico Rock Methodist Episcopal Church
aka: Calico Rock Music Hall
The Calico Rock Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Calico Rock ...
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Calico Rock Museum and Visitor Center
The Calico Rock Museum and Visitor Center, which was formally dedicated on April 12, 2014, occupies two of the...
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Sarah Esther Case (1868–1932)
Sarah Esther Case was the first woman from Arkansas to be called as a foreign missionary by the Methodist Epis...
John Greene Chisum (1848–1951)
John Chisum was one of the last thirty surviving Civil War veterans, the last surviving Arkansas-born Confeder...
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John William (Bill) Dark (1835?–1863)
John William (Bill) Dark was a bushwhacker in north-central Arkansas during the Civil War. From June 1862 to J...
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Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers
During the height of the great string band era of the 1920s, one of the largest and most popular string bands ...
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Forty-Four (Izard County)
Forty-Four (sometimes spelled without the hyphen) in Union Township of Izard County is a historic community on...
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Franklin (Izard County)
The town of Franklin is one of the oldest settlements in Izard County. Located on State Highway 56, it is just...
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Gid (Izard County)
Gid is an unincorporated historic community in Gid Township of Izard County. Gid is located on Arkansas Highwa...
Group of white men posing in "Guion" uniforms with caps and mitts
Guion (Izard County)
Guion, located on the east bank of the White River in Izard County, was home to some of the area’s first set...
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Ransom Gulley (1839–1921)
Ransom Gulley was an educator, lawyer, entrepreneur, and politician who lived much of his life in Independence...
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Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875–1958)
Samuel Billingsley Hill was an Arkansas-born politician who represented the state of Washington in Congress fo...
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Horseshoe Bend (Izard County)
Horseshoe Bend is the only city in Arkansas that includes land from three counties within its city limits. The...
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Izard County
In the nineteenth century, Izard County served as a gateway to settlement across northern Arkansas and was the...
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Izard County Courthouse
The Izard County Courthouse is located off Highway 69. It joins adjacent streets of Lunen, Court, and Spring t...
Paper cover text "The Izard County Historian volume 7 January 1976 number 1" above portrait of older white couple formally dressed caption "William L. Muncy 1860-1930 Carrie Lee Muncy 1868-1950"
Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society
Discussions concerning the formation of a historical society for Izard County began in the summer of 1969 afte...
"Storm and Flood; terrible destruction wrought by raging elements" - newspaper clipping
Izard County Tornado of 1883
A tornado tore through north-central Arkansas on November 21, 1883, killing around eleven people, injuring doz...
Jehoiada Jeffery (1790–1846)
Jehoiada Jeffery and his family are believed to have been the first permanent settlers in Izard County....
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Robert Emmett Jeffery Jr. (1875–1935)
Robert E. Jeffery Jr. was a descendent of one of the earliest families to settle in north–central Arkans...
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Skirmish at Kickapoo Bottom
aka: Skirmish at Sylamore (May 29, 1862)
During the Civil War, present-day Stone County was part of Izard Co...
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LaCrosse (Izard County)
The community of LaCrosse in the twenty-first century is practically a ghost town, with only a few occupied ho...
"The Izard County Calamity" newspaper clipping
LaCrosse Collegiate Institute
The LaCrosse Collegiate Institute was established in 1868 by Michael Shelby Kennard, under the name LaCrosse M...
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Lunenburg (Izard County)
The unincorporated community of Lunenburg, located on Rocky Bayou approximately four miles south of the Izard ...
Skirmish at Lunenburg
By the winter of 1863, much of Izard County was overrun by lawless bands of bushwhackers and guerrillas. Late ...