February 14, 1869

The original wooden Craighead County Courthouse in Jonesboro was consumed by fire, destroying many early documents. Seven years later, in 1876, a second wooden structure burned, and another was destroyed two years later. In 1885, yet another wooden courthouse building burned. Beginning in 1876, county records were kept in a vault, and a brick building was finally completed in 1935.

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