Henson Springs were along the Old Missouri Road where it ran north of present-day Lake Fayetteville. They were named for the Thomas Andrew and Sarah Caroline Henson family, who lived and farmed in that area.
The northernmost most portion of Lake Fayetteville Park was admired by Callie Henson in the 1860s when it was still prairie. The city named the restored prairie after her in 2012. … More Callie’s Prairie
Long after her death in 1927, Sarah Caroline Henson’s nickname, “Callie,” became a part of Fayetteville’s place names. Sarah was born October 18, 1839, in Washington County to Tom A. and Sultana Barr Gregg. At about the age of 14, she married Thomas Andrew Henson. During the Civil War, they left Northwest Arkansas for safer … More Sarah Caroline Henson