Marion County

Anderson Flat (Marion County)
aka: Verona (Marion County)
Anderson Flat, also known as Verona, is a rural community in the so...
Buffalo National River
aka: Buffalo River
The Buffalo National River, which runs through Newton, Searcy, Mari...
Bull Shoals (Marion County)
Bull Shoals is located in Marion County about ten miles south of the Missouri state line. The origin of the to...
Bull Shoals-White River State Park
Arkansas’s seventh state park, Bull Shoals-White River State Park, is near Mountain Home (Baxter County) in ...
Peter Caulder (1795?–1861?)
Peter Caulder was born in Marion County, South Carolina, and was of African descent. The U.S. Army listed him ...
Cold Springs School
aka: Hepsey School
The Cold Springs School, located in Cold Spring Hollow within the B...
Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord
The Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) was a militia-style organization predominantly located i...
Eros School Building
The Eros School Building was constructed around 1935, probably by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a D...
Estes-Williams American Legion Hut 61
Estes-Williams American Legion Hut 61, located on Highway 62/412 in Yellville (Marion County), is a Rustic-sty...
Flippin (Marion County)
Hometown of the internationally recognized Ranger Boats bass boat manufacturer, Flippin (Marion County) is loc...
Charles Leon Gilliland (1933–1951)
Charles Leon Gilliland of Yellville (Marion County) died in combat at the age of seventeen and was posthumousl...
David Hall (1783–1852?)
David Hall was an African-American pioneer who was part of a free black community that existed in Marion Count...
Violet Brumley Hensley (1916–)
Known as the “Whittling Fiddler,” the “Stradivarius of the Ozarks,” or more simply, the “Fiddle Make...
Marion County
Marion County is located in north-central Arkansas on the Missouri border, within the Ozark Mountain range. Th...
Marion County Courthouse
The Marion County Courthouse is located in downtown Yellville (Marion County). The Arkansas Historic Preservat...
McDonald (Lynching of)
A pair of Marion County men were shot as suspected horse thieves on Christmas Day of 1870 by a trio of vigilan...
Oakland (Marion County)
Oakland is a populated unincorporated community in North Fork Township on State Highway 202 about twenty miles...
Expedition from Ozark, Missouri, to Marion County (December 9–15, 1862)
The weeklong expedition from Ozark, Missouri, into Marion County was a successful Union operation that resulte...
Pyatt (Marion County)
Pyatt is a town located on Crooked Creek in Marion County. It is connected by U.S. Business Highway 62 to U.S....
Ranger Boats
Ranger Boats, founded in Flippin (Marion County) in 1968 by Forrest Lee Wood and his wife, Nina, is the larges...
Rush (Marion County)
Marion County lays claim to the only ghost town between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. The rem...
Richard Sharpe Shaver (1907–1975)
Richard Sharpe Shaver was an American writer and “outsider” artist best known for his controversial storie...
Shawnee
Among the immigrant Native Americans who lived in territorial Arkansas were several Shawnee communities. They ...
Summit (Marion County)
The city of Summit was built as a result of the construction of the White River Railway. Summit is a suburb of...
Skirmish at Talbot's Ferry
aka: Skirmish at Talbert's Ferry
The Skirmish at Talbot’s Ferry (also known as Talbert’s Ferry)...
Turkey Trot Festival
Turkey Trot is an annual festival held in Yellville (Marion County) on the second weekend in October, all day ...
Silas Claiborne Turnbo (1844–1925)
Silas Claiborne Turnbo was a former Confederate soldier who spent much of his life collecting reminiscences of...
Tutt-Everett War
aka: King-Everett War
The Tutt-Everett War began as a struggle over political power in Ma...
USS Marion County (LST-975)
The USS Marion County (LST-975) was an LST-511 Class tank landing ship built in 1944 that saw service in World...
Whitewater Scandal
“Whitewater” was the popular nickname for a series of investigations of President William Jefferson Clinto...
Wishbone Cutter
aka: The Shadow of Chikara
aka: The Curse of Demon Mountain
A low-budget western/horror movie made in Yellville (Marion County)...
Forrest Lee Wood (1932–2020)
Forrest Lee Wood was known worldwide for his success in the sport fishing industry. In 1968, he founded Ranger...