March 10, 2007

For more than seventy years, the Sharp County towns of Hardy and Evening Shade served as dual county seats. In 1967, this dual system was abolished by the Arkansas General Assembly, and the seat of government was relocated to Ash Flat. While the Hardy courthouse still stands, the one in Evening Shade, as shown in this photograph, has long disappeared.

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