Saline County

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Alexander (Pulaski and Saline Counties)
The city of Alexander is located northeast of Benton (Saline County) on the line dividing Pulaski and Saline c...
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Arkansas Health Center
The Arkansas Health Center (AHC), located in Benton (Saline County), is a 310-bed nursing facility licensed an...
Karen Aston (1964–)
Longtime women’s basketball coach Karen Aston first had a successful high school and college playing career....
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Avilla (Saline County)
Founded by German settlers, the unincorporated community of Avilla lies in northern Saline County seven miles ...
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Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes (1963–)
Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes is a musician, writer, naturalist, park ranger, ethnographic photographer, and actor...
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Barron-Craig House
The Barron-Craig House, the oldest structure still standing in northern Saline County, is located at Paron nea...
light colored two story building with columns and black wrought iron gate "Bauxite Museum"
Bauxite (Saline County)
The story of Bauxite is largely the story of the bauxite mining industry. Bauxite, the ore from which the town...
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Bauxite and Northern Railroad
The Bauxite and Northern Railroad (B&N) is a short, three-mile railway built in 1906 by a subsidiary of Al...
light colored two story building with columns and black wrought iron gate "Bauxite Museum"
Bauxite Historical Association and Museum
The Bauxite Historical Association and Museum (BHAM) works to preserve the history and culture of the company-...
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Bennett House
The Bennett House was constructed in 1904 along First Street in Benton (Saline County). The single-family resi...
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Benton (Saline County)
Benton is on the Southwest Trail, an old Indian trail that was part of the National Road leading from Missouri...
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Benton Commercial Historic District
The Benton Commercial Historic District consists of fifty-three buildings located in the heart of downtown Ben...
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Benton Utilities
Benton Utilities, also known as Benton Municipal Light and Waterworks, is one of the oldest continually operat...
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Affair at Benton
In this extremely brief exchange, a brigadier general in the Arkansas State Militia was killed, with the Union...
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Skirmish at Benton (August 18, 1864)
After the Camden Expedition, Confederate forces were concentrated in the southern part of the state and lacked...
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Skirmish at Benton (December 1, 1863)
After the fall of Little Rock (Pulaski County) in September 1863, Federal forces established defensive lines a...
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Skirmish at Benton (July 6, 1864)
  With the conclusion of the Camden Expedition, some Confederate forces in Arkansas became emboldened and...
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Bland (Saline County)
Bland is an unincorporated populated place in Union Township of Saline County. It is located near the intersec...
Joseph Eddy (Joe) Broadway (1939–2002)
Joe Broadway tried four times in the 1960s to rob a tiny branch bank in his hometown of Bauxite (Saline County...
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Bryant (Saline County)
Bryant (Saline County) is a small city that is currently growing and developing into an extension of the Littl...
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Leon "Muscles" Campbell (1927–2002)
Lonnie Leon Campbell was one of Arkansas’s first post–World War II sports legends. In addition to being a ...
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Central Arkansas Development Council
The Central Arkansas Development Council (CADC) was developed in direct response to the Economic Opportunity A...
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Charlie Francis Cole Chaffin (1938–)
Charlie Cole Chaffin of Benton (Saline County) served in the Arkansas Senate representing District 16 (Sa...
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Charles "Bullet" Dean Hyten House
The house at 211 South Main Street in Benton (Saline County) was the home of Niloak Pottery creator Charles ...
Ann Veasman Clemmer (1958–)
Ann Veasman Clemmer is a professor, politician, and public servant from Saline County. She taught political sc...
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Collegeville (Saline County)
Collegeville is one of Arkansas’s oldest unincorporated communities and the oldest in Saline County. The are...
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Congo (Saline County)
Congo is an unincorporated community in Salem Township located approximately six miles north of Benton (Saline...
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William Ayers Crawford (1825–1874)
William Ayers Crawford’s importance to Arkansas history stems from his service to the Confederacy and his pa...
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Crows (Saline County)
Crows, often referred to as Crows Station, is an unincorporated rural community in Dyer Township of Saline Cou...
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Charles Franklin Cunningham (1933–2017)
Charles Franklin Cunningham Sr. was instrumental in the creation and leadership of the Central Arkansas Develo...
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Detonti (Saline County)
Detonti is an unincorporated community approximately six miles south of Benton (Saline County) and fifteen mil...
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Dr. James Wyatt Walton House
The house of Dr. James Wyatt Walton at 301 West Sevier Street in Benton (Saline County) is one of the oldest h...