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05-57260. GNIS feature ID. 2404569 [ 2] Website. www .prescottar .com. Prescott is a city and the county seat of Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. [ 3] The community had a population of 3,296 at the 2010 census. Prescott is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area .
December 24, 2008. The Prescott Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial core of Prescott, Arkansas, the county seat of Nevada County. Prescott was laid out in 1873, after the railroad was built through the area that is now Nevada County, and the railroad has played a significant role in the city's development.
Elkin's Ferry Battlefield was the site of the Battle of Elkin's Ferry, an engagement of the Camden Expedition during the American Civil War. The battlefield is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Prescott, Arkansas, spanning the Little Missouri River in Clark and Nevada counties. The 575-acre (233 ha) battlefield area was designated a part ...
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad ( reporting mark PNW) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Prescott, Arkansas. It is operated by Arkansas Midland Railroad, which is owned by Genesee & Wyoming . The railroad was chartered in 1890, for the purpose of constructing a railroad north-northwest from ...
The Prairie D'Ane Battlefield, [3] also known as Prairie D'Ann Battlefield or Prairie De Ann Battlefield in anglicized forms, was the site of the Civil War Battle of Prairie D'Ane, one of the engagements in southwestern Arkansas of the Union's Camden Expedition of 1864. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and ...
Biography. Munn was born October 17, 1906, in Prescott, Arkansas, and after graduating from high school in 1923, he attended the United States Naval Academy.After graduating on 2 June 1927, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, he attended Officers' Basic Course at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and was assigned to the 2nd Marine Brigade to participate in the United States occupation of ...
Nancy Pearl Johnson Hall (October 5, 1904 – January 1, 1991) was the first female Arkansas State Treasurer, serving as a Democrat from 1963 to 1981. Prior to becoming Treasurer, Hall was appointed Secretary of State of Arkansas by Governor Orval Faubus in 1961, after the death of her husband, Crip Hall . Upon her election in 1962, she became ...
Added to NRHP. December 22, 1982. The D.L. McRae House is a historic house at 424 East Main Street in Prescott, Arkansas. This 11⁄2 -story wood-frame house was designed by Charles L. Thompson and built c. 1912. It is a well-preserved example of Thompson's work in a small-town setting, featuring Craftsman styling and a relatively unusual porch ...