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Designated as a state park in 1973. Park is
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The Woolly Homestead
This one-room dog cabin was built by Martin Alfred Woolly in 1882. It
was originally located approximately three-fourths of a mile south-west
of Woolly Hollow State Park on the Blackfork Road. The cabin was moved
to its present location in February 1974, and restoration completed in
early 1975.
Martin Alfred Woolly was one of eleven children of William Riley Woolly,
head of the family clan for whom Woolly Hollow was named. William Riley
Woolly came to Arkansas from Tennessee in 1852. He took land in what
was then Conway County, now Faulkner County. According to U.S.
Certificate 8045, dated June 1, 1859, containing 40 acres. Martin Alfred
Woolly and his wife, Mary Caroline Blessing, had four children born in
the log cabin.
Last owner of the cabin was Oscar Gray, whose grandfather, Math Johnson,
built the original stone chimney for the fireplace. The acquisition and
restoration committee, Arch J. Troxell of Greenbrier served as chairman
of the committee, which raised the necessary funds and directed the
restoration. Virgil Conatser, Park Superintendent at Woolly Hollow State
Park, was in charge of the project.
Erected by Conway Chamber of Commerce
Faulkner County Historical Society
Woolly Hollow Restoration Committee
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