January 23, 1879

The first building for the St. Scholastica Monastery—a log cabin—was completed in the monastery’s Shoal Creek location in Logan County. Now located in Fort Smith (Sebastian County), the sisters of St. Scholastica have staffed three girls’ high schools for boarding and day students; conducted elementary schools; operated four hospitals in rural areas; and cared for children in an orphanage in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) from 1932 to 1938 and an orphanage, school, and daycare facility in North Little Rock (Pulaski County) from 1907 to 1997.

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