Sentinels of History

by Christ, Mark K.; Slater, Cathryn H.

• ISBN13: 9781557286048
• ISBN10: 1557286043
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr

Summary

Sentinels of History was conceived of as a way to mark the turn of the millennium by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. This generously illustrated book contains thirty-nine essays, each of which showcases an important Arkansas site and is written by a noted authority. Also included is a location map for these sites and a full appendix providing location information, county by county, for the more than two thousand surviving properties in Arkansas (as of June 1999) that appear on the National Register. The essays are as wide-ranging as Roger Kennedy's placement of the Toltec Mounds at the time of Charlemagne, Donald Harington's sensitive look at the "bigeminal" architecture of the Wolf dogtrot cabin, and Neff Compton's egalitarian tribute to the Boxley Valley Historic District on the Buffalo National River.

At least one current color photo of the site and one historic image are included with each essay. In addition, illustrations of the locations or structures listed in the appendix are scattered throughout sections. In all, Sentinels of History serv

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Contributors	ix
What Is the National Register of Historic Places?	xvii
Toltec	3	(3)
Roger G. Kennedy
Parkin Archeological Site, National Historic Landmark, Cross County, Arkansas	6	(4)
Hester Davis
Arkansas Post	10	(3)
Morris S. Arnold
Louisiana Purchase Initial Survey Point Site	13	(4)
S. Charles Bolton
Fort Smith	17	(6)
Elliott West
The Jacob Wolf House at Norfork	23	(4)
Donald Harington
The Washington Historic District	27	(6)
Don Montgomery
Cadron	33	(3)
Stan Hoig
Lakeport: Showplace of Arkansas's ``Cotton Aristocracy''	36	(4)
Thomas A. DeBlack
Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove Battlefields	40	(5)
William L. Shea
The Battle of Poison Spring	45	(5)
Edwin C. Bearss
The Old State House and the Brooks-Baxter War	50	(3)
Kenneth C. Barnes
Frank Ozmer's Dogtrot	53	(8)
Cyrus A. Sutherland
The Wheel Store	61	(6)
Donald Holley
The Pillow-Thompson House	67	(3)
Bobby Roberts
Alive in a Living Historic District	70	(5)
Ned Shank
The Marcella Church and School	75	(3)
Jean Sizemore
The Hot Springs Bathhouse Row	78	(4)
Michael Dougan
Six Country Doctors: The Smith Hospital, Paris, Arkansas	82	(11)
Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock
Good Works by Arkansas Women	93	(4)
Diane D. Blair
Taborian Hall: The Silent Sentinel	97	(4)
Nudie Williams
Arkansas and the Railroads	101	(5)
Carl Moneyhon
Star City Confederate Memorial	106	(6)
Rusty Logan
The Cotter Bridge	112	(6)
Lynn Morrow
A Century of Arkansas Senators	118	(3)
David Pryor
Crystal River Tourist Camp	121	(4)
James Morgan
Wortham Gymnasium	125	(5)
Williard B. Gatewood
Mather Lodge, Petit Jean State Park	130	(4)
Richard W. Davies
Arkansas's Architecture: The Period Revivals of the Mid-Twentieth Century	134	(4)
Kenneth Story
The Piggott Post Office Mural	138	(5)
Gayle Seymour
Tall Peak Fire Tower, Polk County	143	(3)
Jeannie M. Whayne
Rabbit's Foot Lodge	146	(3)
Randall Bennett Woods
Rohwer Relocation Center	149	(3)
Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder
The Clinton Birthplace, Hope, Arkansas	152	(3)
Thomas F. ``Mack'' McLarty III
Central High School	155	(3)
Elizabeth Eckford
The Boxley Valley Historic District	158	(6)
Neil Compton
Square Roots	164	(6)
Marian Boyd
We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny	170	(5)
David K. Stumpf
E. Fay Jones and Thorncrown Chapel	175	(6)
Helen Barry
Appendix: Arkansas Listings on the National Register of Historic Places	181	(100)
Index	281