When members of the eastern Indigenous nations were forcibly removed by the United States from their traditional homelands in the American southeast during the 1830s, they were driven west to what was then referred to as the Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. The forced removal began in 1830 with Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act … More Trail of Tears
Rochier’s Pond was a small spring-fed pond across the highway from Fayetteville High School. The earliest reference to this pond was in 1839 when the Benge contingent of Cherokee citizens passed through Fayetteville after being forced from their homelands in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee west to the present-day Oklahoma. They were mentioned as having … More Rochier’s Pond
Counties in Arkansas were divided into administrative areas called townships, with elected officials — a justice of the peace and a constable — being elected from each township. Early, when Fayetteville’s city limits were just six blocks by six blocks, the city was surrounded by Prairie Township. Originally, a county constable and a justice of … More Prairie Township
Full solar eclipses for any particular point on earth are rare. The last one Fayetteville saw was in 1834. The next will be in 2045. … More eclipses
Wilson Dameron operated this mill as early as the 1830s on the north side of Clear Creek at a site that is today covered by Lake Fayetteville. On at least one map, the mill was identified as Banner’s Mill. Whether this was an earlier name or a mistake is unknown. “Dameron” was often misspelled, including … More Dameron’s Mill
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produce short videos about the history of Fayetteville in a series called Fayetteville History Minute, which aired on the government channel. This history minute is about the Free Mason organization and Washington Lodge No. 1 of Fayetteville, the first Masonic lodge … More Masonic Lodge
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produced short videos about the history of Fayetteville in a series called Fayetteville History Minute, which aired on the government channel. This week’s history minute is about Archibald Yell, a judge at Fayetteville who later served as Arkansas’ first representative in Congress … More Archibald Yell
[Legal notice advertising the initial sale of lots after the survey of Fayetteville in 1834. The city boundaries at the time were College Avenue on the east, South Street on the south, the lots on the west side of West Avenue and Dickson Street on the north.] Sale of Lots IN THE TOWN OF FAYETTEVILLE … More Announcement of Initial Sale of Town Lots
During the 1830s, a patent for the town is issued, the city is surveyed, the first churches are organized and a courthouse is built at the center of the Fayetteville Square. … More Timeline — 1830s