The earliest newspaper mention of Dead Horse Mountain is 1950. Jack Carlisle started writing a column called “RFD Seven,” short for Rural Fire District 7,” for the Northwest Arkansas Times that year and used the term “Dead Horse Mountain” often in his columns, which were colorful but sometimes read like fiction. In his second column, … More Dead Horse Mountain
“McGarrah’s Field” was a farm field owned by the McGarrah family, one of the pioneer families that settled Fayetteville. The field covered an area approximately bounded by present-day Dickson, College, Maple and Willow streets. Also referred to as “McGarrah’s Corn Field.”
The “Bible Barn” near the intersection of Interstate 49 and Stephen Carr Memorial Boulevard. … More Bible Barn
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 genesis and development of the Fayetteville Farmers Market.