Month: January 2012
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In And Near Pocahontas, Things to Do Here
The Eddie Mae Herron Center
The Eddie Mae Herron Center is many things: a museum, an education center, a community center, a heritage and culture center. The Center preserves and…
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In And Near Pocahontas, The St. Charles
The St. Charles Massacre
First a little history. The largest building in Pocahontas during the American Civil War was the two-story St. Charles Hotel, which occupied two-thirds of the east side of…
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In And Near Pocahontas, Lesmeister Guesthouse, The St. Charles
Camera Corner Studio
Strolling the Pocahontas town square can take you by so many interesting places, including Cindy Throgmorton’s Camera Corner Studio, on the corner just a few…
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Southern Traveler Magazine
A writer for AAA‘s magazine Southern Traveler was in Pocahontas last week, interviewing everybody downtown for an upcoming article. She visited the Randolph County Heritage Museum twice…
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In And Near Pocahontas, Lesmeister Guesthouse, The St. Charles
Historic Preservation
I read a wonderful article today in the latest edition of Preservation, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The article is about…
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In And Near Pocahontas, Things to Do Here
Arkansas’ Oldest Drug Store
There has been a drug store at the corner of Bettis Street and Broadway on the town square in Pocahontas since 1852, making it the oldest pharmacy…
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In And Near Pocahontas, Lesmeister Guesthouse, Randolph County
Preparing for the bids!
Today my architect sent me copies, for approval, of the terms for bidding on construction of the Lesmeister Guesthouse project! Eighteen months of planning, negotiating,…
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In And Near Pocahontas, Randolph County, Things to Do Here
Randolph County Heritage Museum
The Randolph County Heritage Museum, on the Pocahontas town square just around the corner from the Lesmeister Guesthouse and across the square from The St.…
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