The Saline County History and Heritage Society (SCHHS) will tour the Haskell Museum on Thursday, March 21st at 6:00 p.m. Meet at the Haskell Museum at Truman Street in Haskell, Arkansas. Visit the SCHHS on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/266480560216689 or their website at http://www.schhs.us/.
Longtime State Tourism Director Joe David Rice to Speak Mar 5 in HSV & Benton
Longtime Arkansas Tourism Director Joe David Rice will speak in Hot Springs Village and Benton on Tuesday, March 5th. He retired, but is now a freelance writer and author. He will talk about the quirks, characters and curiosities of the Natural State. See Mr. Rice speak at 2 p.m. at the Coronado Center at 150 […]
Genealogist to Host Day of Sessions to Teach Research Methods
The Saline County Library will host a Genealogy Conference with Michael L. Strauss leading sessions on military history, genealogical newspaper research, gravestones and epitaphs of our ancestors, and descendancy research. The sessions will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 16th at the Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library at 1800 Smithers Drive […]
Preservation Organization to Host 2nd Annual Historical Summit July 7th in Benton
Saline County Preservation, Inc. (SCP) invites the public to gather with other Saline County folks who love preserving history, for the 2nd Annual Historical Summit. It’s Saturday, July 7th at 9:00 a.m. at the Saline County Courthouse. In this event, participants get five minutes at the microphone to tell about your family or organization and […]
History & Heritage Society to Feature Roedel, Speaking on the Electrification of Saline County
Join the Saline County History & Heritage Society, Thursday evening at 7:00 pm for a history of the Rural Electrification Lines in Arkansas and Saline County. The program will be presented by Mr. Rob Roedel, manager of corporate communications for Arkansas Electric Cooperatives. The meeting will be held at 123 North Market Street in downtown […]
The History of the “Saline County Jail Space” Sign
MySaline asked readers on Nov. 29, 2016, to help answer some questions about the sign pictured above. See the answers we got below. On November 22, 2007, MySaline reader Renee Taggart posted a picture of a road sign to the website. She was tickled at the boldness of the sign – seemingly saying that criminals […]
Bryant Homestead from 1906 Demolished, Leaving Questions
This is one of those stories that may take a while to get all the facts, but I’m posting it as a mystery that perhaps MySaline’s readers can help solve. The house at 2028 Evans Loop in Bryant has been demolished. I realized this after David Holiman emailed MySaline from his Texas residence, saying he […]
VIDEO: Lib Carlisle to Presents Program on Saline County Politics in Benton
Longtime Benton resident Lib Carlisle presented a program on the history of Saline County Politics at the meeting of the Saline County History and Heritage Society (SCHHS). The meeting was on Thursday, July 21st, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at 123 North Market in Downtown Benton. Carlisle served at different times as Saline County Chairman of […]
VIDEO: Bryant Historical Society presents “The History of Collegeville Cemetery”
The following is a video of Bryant Historical Society and Linda Pool Hester, sharing some little known facts about the historical Collegeville Cemetery. The cemetery is very small but full of history, from the founders to the number of Revolutionary and Civil War veterans buried there. This program was July 19, 2016 in the Bryant […]
Benton Resident Finds Military Artillery in Saline River
Yesterday, Benton Police officers were called to a residence on West Lakeview in regards to a possible piece of military grade explosives there. It was determined that somebody had located an old military grade ordnance in the Saline River over the weekend and brought it home thinking that it was inactive.The Arkansas State Police were called […]
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