Fayetteville Female Seminary

Fayetteville Female Seminary in Washington County, founded in 1839 by Sophia Sawyer and Sarah Ridge, widow of Cherokee leader John Ridge; circa 1852.

Women in dresses talking by a fence with schoolhouse and trees

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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Louisiana Purchase through Early Statehood (1803 - 1860)

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