Category: 1910s

‘Shulertown’

January 17, 2026

Students at the University of Arkansas began referring to the commercial district of the West 400 block of Dickson Street as “Shulertown” in the early 1900s, in honor of alumnus Thomas Fred Shuler, who worked at the Frisco Drug store after graduation. In 1920, the newspaper described Shulertown as being “composed of some fifty business … More ‘Shulertown’

Salina Route

January 17, 2026

This name “Salina Route” was applied to an early “highway” running west from Fayetteville to Siloam Springs and then to Tulsa. A 1919 map shows the route going from Fayetteville northwest toward Mount Comfort, down the valley of Clear Creek to Savoy, and then connecting with the present-day Arkansas 16 route.

Ozark Trail

January 10, 2026

Early 20th century “highways” were often given proper names, such as the Lincoln Highway or Jefferson Highway, prior to adoption of the federal numbering program in the latter 1920s. In 1913, William Coin Harvey, who created the Monte Ne resort southeast of Rogers, Ark., started the Ozark Trails Association with the goal of establishing a … More Ozark Trail

John Clinton Futrall and Anne Gaines Duke Futrall

March 20, 2013

John Clinton Futrall (1873-1939) was born in Tennessee and his family moved to Marianna, Ark., when he was 10 years old. He came to Fayetteville to study at the University of Arkansas, then transferred to the University of Virginia and later studied at the universities in Bonne and Halle, Germany. He returned to Fayetteville to … More John Clinton Futrall and Anne Gaines Duke Futrall