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Oak Grove Cemetery is the oldest cemetery of the city of Conway, Arkansas. It was established in 1880, five years after the town was incorporated and nine after its first settlement. The cemetery is in active use, with more than 3,000 burials. Among the interred are many of the city's earliest and most prominent citizens. [2]
Along the way, J.W. Underhill, a one-time owner of The Log Cabin, purchased assets of a smaller Conway newspaper, The Democrat, which operated from 1881 to 1885 and had been revived in 1899. Underhill married into the Robins family, and the two papers merged as The Log Cabin Democrat in late 1900.
University of Central Arkansas alumni (1 C, 50 P) Pages in category "People from Conway, Arkansas" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
Starting in 1968, the Arkansas Activities Association organized playoffs to determine a state champion in each school size classification. 1967 – FS Northside (9), Conway (2) 1966 – LR Hall (3)-North Little Rock (2)-FS Northside (8) 1965 – North Little Rock; 1964 – LR Hall (2), Conway; 1963 – Pine Bluff (16) 1962 – Pine Bluff (15)
Conway is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Faulkner County, located in the state's most populous Metropolitan Statistical Area, Central Arkansas. The city also serves as a regional shopping, educational, work, healthcare, sports, and cultural hub for Faulkner County and surrounding areas.
Conway County is within the Arkansas River Valley region, a fertile, low-lying valley along the Arkansas River between the Ozark Mountains to the north and the Ouachita Mountains to the south. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 567 square miles (1,470 km 2 ), of which 552 square miles (1,430 km 2 ) is land and ...
Conway Cemetery Historic State Park, officially the Conway Cemetery State Park, is the final resting place of James S. Conway, first governor of Arkansas, and his wife, Mary J. Conway. It is a 11.5-acre (0.047 km 2) Arkansas state park in Lafayette County. No recreational or visitors' amenities are available at the state park.
James Sevier Conway was born on December 4, 1796, in Greene County, Tennessee, to Thomas and Ann (née Rector) Conway. Conway's father was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in 1771. [1] His paternal ancestors originated in Conwy, Wales. [2] Among Conway’s siblings were politicians Elias N Conway, William B Conway and Henry W Conway.