Ouachita County

Anthony Timberlands, Inc.
Formed by John Ed Anthony in 1974, Anthony Timberlands, Inc. (ATI) operates five mills in southern Arkansas an...
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
The Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge crosses railroad tracks in Stephens (Ouachita County). Constructed in 1928, the...
B-26 Bomber Crash of 1944
On the afternoon of January 20, 1944, a B-26 bomber with a total of eight crew members and passengers crashed ...
Bearden (Ouachita County)
Bearden, originally founded as a railroad town, has been an important center for the timber industry in Arkans...
Bearden Lynching of 1893
On May 9, 1893, three African Americans were lynched in Bearden (Ouachita County) for what was called a “mur...
Bearden Waterworks
The Bearden Waterworks, located on the northwest corner of North Second and North Cedar streets in Bearden (Ou...
Lasker (Las) Bell (1928–2016)
Lasker Bell Sr., founder of the Las Bell Variety Show television and radio program, hosted the show from 1967 ...
Ben Laney Bridge
The Ben Laney Bridge is located in Camden (Ouachita County). Spanning the Ouachita River, the bridge carries t...
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha (1972) was the second exploitation film shot in Arkansas by B-movie director Roger Corman. The ...
Beth Brickell (1936–)
Beth Brickell is an actor, producer, and writer with many stage and screen credits, and is especially known fo...
Buena Vista (Ouachita County)
Buena Vista (Ouachita County) is an unincorporated community located about nine miles southwest of Camden (Oua...
Henry Gaston Bunn (1838–1908)
Henry G. Bunn was a prominent lawyer and judge in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Highly re...
Camark Pottery
Founded in 1926, Camden Art Tile and Pottery Company was the third and last producer of Art Pottery in Arkansa...
Camden (Ouachita County)
Camden is the county seat of Ouachita County and is located in south-central Arkansas on the Gulf Coastal Plai...
Camden Army Air Field
aka: Harrell Field
Camden Army Air Field (a.k.a. Harrell Field) was one of three contr...
Camden Confederate Monument
The Camden Confederate Monument is a commemorative sculpture erected in 1915 on the grounds of the Ouachita Co...
Camden Daffodil Festival
The Camden Daffodil Festival originated from a move to raise money for the restoration of a historic building ...
Camden Water Battery
The Camden Water Battery was part of a system of Civil War fortifications that Confederate soldiers built in l...
Skirmish at Camden (April 15, 1864)
The Skirmish at Camden on April 15, 1864, occurred after Union brigadier general Frederick Steele had forced M...
Captain John T. Burkett House
The Captain John T. Burkett House is a Folk Victorian–style home located near Frenchport (Ouachita County). ...
Gressie Umsted Carnes (1903–1979)
Gressie Umsted Carnes was active in state and national politics as a member of the Democratic Party. She also ...
Jack Carnes (1896–1958)
aka: Samuel Jacob Carnes
Samuel Jacob (Jack) Carnes was the founder and owner of Camark Pott...
Chidester (Ouachita County)
Chidester is a second-class city located in northwestern Ouachita County. Like many Arkansas cities that emerg...
Clifton and Greening Streets Historic District
The Clifton and Greening Streets Historic District is located in Camden (Ouachita County). Consisting mainly o...
Maud Robinson Crawford (1891–1957)
Maud Robinson Crawford, a lawyer with the Gaughan, McClellan and Laney law firm in Camden (Ouachita County), m...
Devoe and Huntley (Lynching of)
aka: Huntley and Devoe (Lynching of)
In early January 1898, two African Americans named Devoe and Huntle...
John Dowdy (Execution of)
John Dowdy was hanged at Camden (Ouachita County) on April 25, 1847, for murdering a Choctaw man (name unknown...
East Camden (Ouachita County)
  East Camden is the only city in Arkansas that was constructed by the U.S. Navy. It is located on Highwa...
James Thomas Elliott (1823–1875)
James Thomas Elliott was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the Second D...
John R. Fellows (1832–1896)
John R. Fellows was a lawyer, noted for his oratorial skills, in Camden (Ouachita County). He served in the Co...
Don Juan Filhiol (1740–1821)
aka: Jean de Filhiol
aka: Baptiste Filhiol
aka: Jean Baptiste Filhiol
Present-day Camden (Ouachita County) has its origins in a 1782 sett...
Forts Lookout and Southerland
aka: Forts Southerland and Lookout
aka: Fort Diamond
Forts Lookout and Southerland are large earthen redoubts constructe...