Walker Donation
October 4, 2026
David Walker proposes to donate two pieces of property to the university’s board of trustees if the university is established in Washington County. … More Walker Donation
Category: 1870s
Quarles House
January 14, 2026
The Quarles House, a boarding house, was operated at the northwest corner of East Avenue and Meadow Street. Initially referred to as the “Quarles Hotel,” the house began providing boarding options with provisions for stabling horses on site. An early advertisement in the Fayetteville Weekly Democrat, said: This house is pleasantly located, being convenient to … More Quarles House
Clear Creek Academy
December 28, 2025
This early academy was about a quarter mile north of Mud Creek, fairly near the present-day intersection of College Avenue and Joyce Boulevard. … More Clear Creek Academy
Fayetteville National Cemetery
March 1, 2013
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 Faytteville History Minute, which aired on the government channel. This week’s history minute is about Fayetteville National Cemetery, final resting place for veterans who have served America from the Revolutionary … More Fayetteville National Cemetery
The Grades of James McGahee
June 1, 2010
When the Arkansas Industrial University began in 1872, the university provided scholarships to 219 “beneficiaries,” students chosen from across the state to receive four years of education at no charge. Among the beneficiaries was James McGahee, a student from Woodruff County who was preparing himself for the ministry of the Episcopal church, according to the … More The Grades of James McGahee
Stage Line Established from Altus to Fayetteville
May 12, 2010
Not long after an Arkansas stage line was proposed to be started between Altus and Fayetteville, Dudley Emerson Jones, a Little Rock trustee of the Arkansas Industrial University (University of Arkansas), sent a letter to the Arkansas Gazette exhorting people along the stage company's route to support the company. The Gazette published the letter on … More Stage Line Established from Altus to Fayetteville
Another Letter about the Road to Fayetteville
May 12, 2010
Soon after a stagecoach operation started between Altus and Fayetteville, James H. Van Hoose made the journey north and sent back a note to the Arkansas Gazette, which published the note on October 8, 1875: The Road to Fayetteville. Editor Gazette: Permit me through your columns to say to the traveling public that the stage … More Another Letter about the Road to Fayetteville
Timeline — 1870s
January 1, 1828
The newly re-incorporated city of Fayetteville successfully bids for the state university, which is sited on the McIlroy farm and long afterward William McIlroy purchases a bank on the square. … More Timeline — 1870s