Monroe County

Clapboard school house with double doors and chimney
Blackton (Monroe County)
Little remains of the town of Blackton, but the area is significant as an important farming region and as the ...
White women and men with damaged buildings behind them, photograph labeled "Brinkley Cyclone"
Brinkley (Monroe County)
The town of Brinkley in Monroe County sits just south of Interstate 40, halfway between Little Rock (Pulaski...
Newspaper front page "Brinkley Argus"
Brinkley Argus
On May 5, 1883, J. C. McKetham and brothers B. F. Kelley and Robert J. Kelley established the Brinkley Argus n...
Multistory building with extensive damage
Brinkley Tornado of 1909
aka: Brinkley Cyclone
aka: Tornado Outbreak of March 8, 1909
Thirty-five people were killed and most of the town of Brinkley (Mo...
African-American man in suit and tie
Floyd B. Brown (1891–1961)
Floyd B. Brown founded the Fargo Agricultural School in Monroe County in 1919 to provide the equivalent of ele...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Skirmish at Cache Bayou
On July 6, 1862, dismounted members of Company “I” of the Third Iowa Cavalry turned back a Confederate att...
Steel and concrete river bridge with overgrown embankment and trees
Cache River
The Cache River arises near the Arkansas-Missouri border at the confluence of a few agricultural ditches and f...
Bare trees in flooded wetlands with green algae floating on the water
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
The 62,000-acre Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is the most important wintering area for ducks and the la...
"Lynched a white man" newspaper clipping
Zallie C. Cadle (Lynching of)
Early on the morning of November 8, 1903, a mob lynched a white man named Zallie C. Cadle in Brinkley (Monroe ...
Multistory brick building with single-story wings on grass with flag pole and bell on brick pedestal next to paved driveway
Central Delta Depot Museum
The Central Delta Depot Museum in Brinkley (Monroe County) is an initiative of the Central Delta Historical So...
large pile of material in field outside wood-frame building with smoke stack
Clarendon (Monroe County)
Clarendon is located on the White River near the mouth of the Cache River. It became an early settlement as a ...
front and back of a sign with descriptions of Civil War confrontations
Clarendon Expedition (August 4–17, 1862)
The Clarendon Expedition of August 4–17, 1862, resulted in the Union’s capture of the city of Clarendon (M...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Clarendon Expedition (October 16–17, 1864)
In the early fall of 1864, a combined Union cavalry and infantry force embarked upon a mission into eastern Ar...
"Four dead" newspaper clipping
Clarendon Lynching of 1898
On August 9, 1898, Manse (or Manze) Castle, Will Sanders (Saunders), Sanders’s mother Lorilla (Rilla) Weaver...
Bearded white man in military garb
Skirmish at Clarendon (June 26, 1864)
Early on the morning of June 24, 1864, a Confederate cavalry brigade under the command of Brigadier General Jo...
small group of African American students of various ages outside brick building
Consolidated White River Academy
The Consolidated White River Academy arose in the late 1800s when several African-American church groups in th...
Wilfred Benjamin Crutchfield (1918–1968)
Wilfred Benjamin Crutchfield served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and made the milit...
Single-story brick house with flat angled roof driveway and flagpole
Ellis and Charlotte Williamson House
The Ellis and Charlotte Williamson House is located on the south side of the westernmost end of West Cloverdal...
Single story tan aluminum siding building with blue sign in front and trees
Fargo (Monroe County)
Fargo is a town on U.S. Highway 49 in northern Monroe County, north of Interstate 40. Fargo came into existenc...
Group photo of black men women and children in formal attire outside multistory wood frame building
Fargo Agricultural School
Before the state of Arkansas made public funds available for segregated schools for black children, Floyd Brow...
Gold colored frame with floral patters and a centered oval shaped black and white portrait of a young white man wearing a suit
Lucius Featherston (1834–1863)
Confederate colonel Lucius Featherston, an attorney at Clarendon (Monroe County), served during the Civil War ...
"Without Masks. A  Mob at Clarendon lynches the assailant of Florence Wright" newspaper clipping
Godfrey Gould (Lynching of)
On July 30, 1896, an African American man named Godfrey Gould was lynched by a mob of more than 100 people in ...
Statue of a dancing girl on brick column outside multistory brick building with parking lot
Great Southern Hotel
The Great Southern Hotel, also known as the Rusher Hotel or Hotel Rusher, is a historic hotel building at 127 ...
"Lynching at Clarendon" newspaper clipping
Jack Harris (Lynching of)
On June 25, 1903, an African American man named Jack Harris was lynched in Clarendon (Monroe County) for alleg...
Blue diamond with stars and crossed swords above blue and red text
Skirmish at Harrison's Landing
Shortly after completion of a successful expedition along the White and Little Red rivers, which resulted in...
Expedition from Helena to Indian Bay
A four-day expedition from the Union base at Helena (Phillips County) resulted in the capture of several Confe...
Steel truss bridge with concrete supports over river
Highway 79 Bridge
Located in Clarendon (Monroe County), the Highway 79 Bridge spanned the White River for eighty-eight years unt...
Richard Nathaniel Hogan (1902–1997)
Richard Nathaniel Hogan was one of the most influential preachers and essayists among black Churches of Christ...
Single-story white building with covered porch and bell tower
Holly Grove (Monroe County)
Holly Grove is a well-preserved Delta community. Its business district is included on the National Register of...
"Monroe County" map with borders roads cities river national wildlife refuge
Indian Bay (Monroe County)
Indian Bay is an unincorporated community in southern Monroe County. Located on a lake of the same name, India...
"Jerked into eternity" newspaper clipping
Goodwin Jackson (Execution of)
On May 22, 1885, an African American man named Goodwin Jackson was executed in Clarendon (Monroe County) for t...
"Johnson the man who was arrested and placed in jail in Monroe county for the murder of Parks and Young a short time ago" newspaper clipping
Johnson (Lynching of)
On August 19, 1876, a white man named Johnson was lynched in Clarendon (Monroe County) for allegedly having mu...