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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM273R_white-county-court-house_Searcy-AR.html
In 1837, two years after the creation of White County, the site of the town of Searcy was laid off as the permanent seat of justice of the county.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM273N_white-county-vietnam-memorial-a-war-memorial_Searcy-AR.html
Dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice, and in honor of all the men and women who served their country in a time of need.
Killed in Action
Dean, Lawrence C.
Latimer, Wilbur D.
Marsh, Clark L.
Solomon, Douglas E.
Sublett, Michel …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM273M_white-county-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Searcy-AR.html
Erected
to the memory of
the
Confederate Soldiers
of White County
by Public Conscription 1917.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM272V_spanish-land-grant-to-john-fayac_Searcy-AR.html
Marking
Spanish Land Grant
to a native of France
John Fayac
given prior to 1800 and
patented by him 1805
"These are pioneer souls who
have blazed their paths,
where no highway ever ran"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26VJ_action-at-des-arc-bayou_Searcy-AR.html
On July 8, 1864, a column of 221 men of the 10th Illinois Cavalry headed for Searcy to confront Gen. J.O. Shelbys Confederates, who were operating in the area. They set up camp at Des Arc Bayou on July 13. At 4:30 a.m. July 14, around 500 men unde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26V9_brig-gen-dandridge-mcrae_Searcy-AR.html
Born in Alabama Oct. 10, 1829, Dandridge McRae moved to Arkansas in 1849. A lawyer, he recruited Confederates in 1861 and led a battalion at Wilson's Creek and a regiment at Pea Ridge. Promoted to brigadier general Nov. 5, 1862, he was the only Wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26V5_searcy-landing-in-the-civil-war-guerrilla-war-on-the-little-red_Searcy-AR.html
Searcy Landing in the Civil War
Searcy Landing was a steamboat stop with cotton warehouses before the war. On May 9, 1862, Col. P.J. Osterhaus's 3rd Division of the Union Army of the Southwest built a bridge across the Little Red River, camping…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26TN_naval-combat-at-west-point-combat-on-the-little-red-river_Searcy-AR.html
Naval Combat at West Point
The U.S. gunboat Cricket steamed up the Little Red River Aug. 14, 1863, hunting the Confederate steamboats Kaskaskia and Tom Sugg. She captured the vessels at Searcy Landing and destroyed a pontoon bridge. While the …