Flagpole erected October 1972 through cooperation of the Sesame Club of Fordyce and Dallas County.

Mrs Minnie G. Wylie, Judge

R.S. Dunn, County Judge

County Com'rs.
W.T. Graham
J.P. Benton
F.H. Wozencraft
Jno. Gresham, Clerk
G.M. Harris, Treasurer
T.F. Sisson, Assessor
J.W. Holeman, Surveyor

Fordyce, Arkansas

Nambed for Samuel W. Fordyce, a leader in the building of the first railroad through this area in 1882. Post office established June 25, 1883. Incorporated April 8, plat filed July 5, 1884. Second major railroad reached town in 1905. Became Dallas County seat of government October 6, 1908.