- First Grist Mill Demun
Mill
on Mill Creek, before 1800.
- First Ferry Hix Ferry
on Current River, 1802.
- Arkansas' first planned
town - Davidsonville, 1815
- First Court held at the
home of Solomon Hewitt, west of Davidsonville, 1815.
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- First U. S. Post Office
Davidsonville, 1817.
- First School Ravenden
Springs-1817.
- First Methodist Circuit
Rider - Eli Lindsey, 1817.
- First Baptist Church
Columbia1818.
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- First Courthouse -
Davidsonville, 1820.
- First U. S, Land Office -
Davidsonville, 1820.
- First Masonic Lodge
Brakebill, 1828.
- First Circus Performance
Pitman, 1838.
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More Than Home
Mrs. Shirley Chester was award Five
Rivers Historic Preservations 2009 More Than Home Award
at the annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet October 19.
The award is given each year to a Randolph countian who
has made a significant contribution to the preservation
of Randolph County's heritage and history.
Mrs. Chester was an early volunteer
on behalf of the 2006 Pocahontas Sesquicentennial. She
developed the first fund raising project on behalf of
the celebration in 2005. The Fall Foliage and Spring
Dogwood tours of historically significant sites in
Randolph County have continued as fund raisers for the
Randolph County Heritage Museum.
She has been a faithful volunteer for
many Five Rivers projects and has supported the Heritage
Museum with her time as well as financially. One of her
main contributions to the preservation of our history
and heritage has been the instilling of a great sense of
importance and knowledge of those things in the members
of her large extended family. |