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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TLA_johnson-county-first-anthracite-coal-historical_Clarksville-AR.html
The first anthracite coal was mined near here on the land of E.B. Alston by a Mr. Walker in 1840. Sample of coal were taken to Little Rock and examined by William E. Woodruff, who pronounced it superior to that found in Pennsylvania. Mr. Walker we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1THD_clarksville-in-the-civil-war-depredations-historical_Clarksville-AR.html
Side 1 Clarksville in the Civil War Clarksville was a key point in the defense of the Arkansas River Valley during the Civil War. Confederate troops occupied the town several times before Union forces took Little Rock and Ft. Smith, gaining…
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