Routh Ann Yarbrough, 73 of Fayetteville passed away on February 17, 2026, at the Willard Walker Hospice House in Fayetteville. She was born December 4, 1952, in Springfield, Mo., to Donald Raney and Carolyn (Wagley) Raney. She was a retired registrar for Fayetteville High School and a member of Cross Church Springdale. Routh Ann had … More Routh Ann Yarbrough
The school districts in Fayetteville and Charleston were the first in the Old Southern to integrate their high schools. … More Fayetteville Vote Set Integration in Motion Across South
The first fieldhouse at the University of Arkansas became known as “Schmidt’s Barn” for the athletic director and coach Francis Schmidt. The structure had originally been created for an automotive sales showroom in Fayetteville. The famed cowboy humorist Will Rogers spoke at the fieldhouse twice, joking on the second occasion that he was glad to … More ‘Schmidt’s Barn’
In 1942, the old University of Arkansas field house, known colloquially as “Schmidt’s Barn,” was disassembled and rebuilt on the west side of the first Fayetteville High School, which was on School Avenue at the time. The Fayetteville School Board named the auditorium for F.S. Root, the retiring superintendent of the Fayetteville School District from … More Root Auditorium
Minnesota Street is a former street platted to run about where Nolan Richardson Drive is today. … More Minnesota Street
The library in the current Fayetteville High School was dedicated in 2014 and named for Matthew William Moore, an FHS student who died in 1991 in a traffic accident. Moore was a son of Rudy Moore, a long-time attorney for the Fayetteville School District and municipal judge.
Harmon Field opened for high school competition in 1927. … More Harmon Playfield
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produce short videos about the history of Fayetteville in a series called Faytteville History Minute, which airs on the government channel. This week’s history minute is about the integration of Fayetteville High School in 1954.