The Felsenthal Forum, held on July 23, 2015 in Felsenthal, attracted over 25 participants who discussed the history and heritage of the Union County communities of Felsenthal, Huttig, and historic Lapile. Many of the participants brought scrapbooks, pictures, and old newspapers to share...
Don Harrell of El Dorado Printing was kind enough to co-host the Preservation Society meeting at his business on 7-14-2015. After a brief background talk by Director Patrick Hotard, Mr. Harrell demonstrated the workings of the famous Linotype line casting machine used in printing from the...
Will Teague, a history instructor at SouthArk, gave a very interesting lecture about the media (newspapers) and their relationship to the growth of the big three American sports of baseball, football and basketball. He covered the origins of each sport and how each was covered and/or...
Jane Thompson, a retired document conservator (Arkansas History Commission) recently lectured on the most important actions one can take to preserve your family documents and papers. The talk ranged from basic conservation principles to specific suggestions for particular types of...
Picture from Wednesday 29 April 2015 @ city hall in El Dorado
From L to R --- Patrick Hotard, SAHPS Director, Courtney Crotty- 2015 Mayhaw Festival Chair, El Dorado Mayor Frank Hash, Lauren Ritchie- Mayhaw Children's Activities Chair, and Jay Helm - SAHPS Board/Wing Ding Chair....
Carolyn Willaims gave a dynamic presentation at the April 13, 2015 meeting of the Preservation Society. The Director/Archivist of the Quilted History program here in Union County brought a number of items including a family slavery document and handmade quilts. She discussed her...
Professor Story Matkin-Rawn gave an excellent Powerpoint presentation about the large migration of African-Americans to Arkasnsas from other parts of the South between 1870 and 1900. The lecture revealed a substantial amount of new and exciting research conducted by Prof. Matkin-Rawn....
Local attorney and researcher Worth Camp discussed the early appeal of the El Dorado region to 19th century settlers. The clean water springs and ample streams may have been a key factor in the earliest settlers choosing what is now El Dorado. Our thanks to Worth for sharing his...
Mark Christ, noted author and historian, discussed Union soldier Jacab Haas experiences in Arkansas during the War Between the States at the February 2, 2015 meeting of the Preservation Society. Our thanks to the event patrons and to Mark. Join us in March for another interesting...
The American Experience documentary on the laying of the Transatlantic Cable was screened at SouthArk on January 5th. Our thanks to SouthArk for their co-sponsorship of this program and we look forward to the April 2nd lecture later this year. Also our thanks to the News-Times...
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