‘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’