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Russellville: 15: Latimore Tourist Home: Latimore Tourist Home: January 27, 2012 : S. Houston Ave. and West 5th St. Russellville: part of the Arkansas Highway History and Architecture Multiple Property Submission: 16
Charles Henry "Speedy" Atkins (1875–1928) was an American tobacco worker in Paducah, Kentucky.A pauper at his death, he drowned in the Ohio River.The city turned over his body for a pauper's burial to his friend A.Z. Hamock, the only African-American undertaker in town.
Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a 2022 estimated population of 29,133. [7] It is home to Arkansas Tech University. Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant is nearby. Russellville borders Lake Dardanelle and the Arkansas River.
Along the same line Atkins was the original home of the fried dill pickle, created by Bernell “Fatman” Austin. [6] The pickle plant came under owners through the years until 2002 when the plant shuttered but left the town with the two-day "Picklefest" legacy held each May.
The Russellville Downtown Historic District encompasses an eight-block area of downtown Russellville, Arkansas. This area, developed primarily between 1875 and 1930, includes the city's highest concentration of period commercial architecture, a total of 34 buildings. Most of them are brick, one or two stories in height, and in a variety of styles.
Pope County was established on November 2, 1829, ten years after the establishment of the Territory of Arkansas, with a temporary county seat to be at the home of John Bollinger. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] A county seat selection commission elected in January 1830 chose the community of Scotia , home of Judge Andrew Scott , a neighbor of Bollinger, as the ...
Sequoyah's Cabin is a log cabin and historic site off Oklahoma State Highway 101 near Akins, Oklahoma.It was the home between 1829 and 1844 of the Cherokee Indian Sequoyah (also known as George Gist, c. 1765–1844), who in 1821 created a written language for the Cherokee Nation.
Russellville was known as a "rogue's harbor", as many of its early settlers moved there due to being wanted by the law in other areas, or simply needed a fresh start. [4] The first house in the district was built in 1790, but it no longer stands.