Cato Springs is southwest of Fayetteville and named for John Henry and Jacob Cato, brothers who homesteaded the area around the springs in 1849. It has also been referenced as Cato’s Spring. John Branner, state geologist, wrote in his 1888 description of Washington County that “Cato’s Spring” was another name for “Big Spring,” near the … More Cato Springs
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 the Walker Cemetery, located on East Rock Street and final resting place of many of … More Walker Cemetery
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
Prior to the establishment of National Cemetery at the southern end of present-day Lt. Col. Leroy Pond Avenue, the hillock upon which it sits was originally known as Gallows Hill. View Gallows Hill in a larger map The hilltop had a hanging gallows from at least the 1840s to the Civil War. The first people … More Gallows Hill
Fayette Junction was a railroad switchyard on the south side of Fayetteville where the mainline of the Frisco Railway met the St. Paul Branch. … More Fayette Junction