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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6K_pfeiffer-community_Batesville-AR.html
A light-colored crystalline limestone known as Batesville marble has been mined in this area since 1836 and most of the material used in the Arkansas State Capitol under construction from 1899 to 1915 originated here. Pfeiffer was also a railhead …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6J_lafferty-memorial-church_Batesville-AR.html
Lafferty disbanded in 1969 and its members requested the church at 8th and Neeley be sold and funds divided between Philander Smith College and the First United Methodist Church of Batesville. The known history of Lafferty, organized in the Method…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6I_arkansas-methodist-conference_Batesville-AR.html
The Arkansas conference of the Methodist Church created 1836. Composing Arkansas and parts of Louisiana and Indian Territory, held its first session November 2, 1836 in Batesville at corner of Main and Broad Streets. Bishop Thomas Morris presided.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6H_independence-county-office-and-library_Batesville-AR.html
This building was constructed in 1904 by the federal government for the U.S. Postal Office and the Batesville division of federal court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and was in use by the federal agencies until 1974 when a new building was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6G_batesville-during-the-civil-war_Batesville-AR.html
Union soldiers occupied Batesville twice during the Civil War. Gen. Samuel Curtis's Army of the Southwest camped near this site in May 1862 while threatening Little Rock. Union troops were impressed with the town's culture and appearance, saying t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19EL_independence-county-first-county-court-house_Batesville-AR.html
The town of Batesville was selected as the county seat and the first county court house built in 1821. A year after the county was organized.
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