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Craighead County Court House

511 N. Main St.
1934 Art Deco-style public building
Listed in National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1998.

 

 
 

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More on Nick Bacon:

http://www.arkansasties.com/Pulaski/Structures/StateCapitol/MedalofHonor4.htm

 

 
 

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I wish I could photograph every one of these.

 
 

 Craighead County Court House

The Arkansas

This is the 16,000 pound anchor off the bow of the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser USS Arkansas, CGN - 41. This anchor was placed here in grateful memory of those who served aboard her. Four ships of the United States Navy and one of the Confederate States have borne the name Arkansas. The first USS Arkansas was a wooden hulled barkentine - rigged steamer in the American Civil War. The second, BM - 7 was a single turreted monitor. The third USS Arkansas, BB - 33, a Wyoming-class battleship, saw action in the Mexican - American war, WWI, and WWII including combat action against the Japanese at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. CGN-41 was 586 feet long, 63 feet at the beam and displaced 1,600 tons. She was powered by two nuclear power plants. Her crew was 45 officers and 540 enlisted. The ship was armed with antiaircraft and tomahawk cruise missiles. It participated in Desert Storm in 1991. She was launched in 1978 and decommissioned in 1998. After CGN - 41 was decommissioned Craighead County Judge Dale Haas requested that Governor Mike Huckabee assist in securing the anchor from the Arkansas for display as part of our veterans monument.

The plaque was donated by Paragould Monument Co.

 

 
 

 Craighead County Court House

Hattie W. Caraway A.B., L.L. D.
February 1, 1878 - December 22, 1950
Tennessee Native - Arkansas Daughter

A Good Southern Wife in the Best Traditional Sense

First - Elected Woman U.S. Senator
First - Woman to preside over the Senate
First - Woman Chairman of a Senate Committee

New dealer and political liberal.
Possessed of mind, courage, and convicitons.

In all things she stood for the interest of her people.

By Hoe and Hope Garden Club - 1975.

 

 

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In Memoriam
United Spanish War Veterans
1898
Erected by Department of Arkansas
Auxilliary U.S.W.V. 1940

 
 

 Craighead County Court House

Battery C, 206th
Coast Artillery (AA)
Dutch Harbor, Alaska

206th Coast Artillery
Killed in Action World War II

Kenneth Burkhart
Clifford Cloud
Joseph J. Eble
John H. Franklin
Charles Hutton
Cletis Jeffers
Fred Johnson
James Lemmer
Owen "H" Lynch
Carl Neal
Ray Shreeve
Frank Sweeney
Roy Wiles

 
 

 Craighead County Court House

Sons of the American Revolution

G. Glisson - President

B. Atkinson - Secretary

 

Craighead County | Court House One | Court House Two | Court House Three

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