December 20, 2011

During his lifetime, several schools throughout the United States were named in honor of Church of Christ leader James Alexander Harding. Harding College, now Harding University, which opened at Morrilton (Conway County) in 1924, is the only Arkansas school to bear his name. The school, which moved to Searcy (White County) in 1934, is also the only school to be named in his honor after his death.

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