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Hiram
Abiff Whittington Memorial
1805 - 1890
Whittington Avenue
Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas
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Hiram Abiff Whittington
1805 - 1890
Born in Boston, Mass., came to
Arkansas in 1826 to be printer for the Arkansas Gazette.
In 1832, he moved
to Hot Springs and in a two room log cabin established a general store,
post
office, and lending library. He served as County Clerk, Post Master,
Territorial
Councilman, State Representative and as a Presidential Appointee.
He helped
survey the Territory, established a hotel and the whetstone industry.
His colorful letters
to brother, Granville (1808 -1887) back in Boston, humanize
a time in frontier Arkansas
and are valuable historical records.
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Place in 1992 by the Garland County Historical Society.
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My bed, table, two trunks, a box, with a small stool comprise my furniture
and
on a shelf is my library. There is a beautiful stream within 5 yards
of my door,
and all I have to do is step to this purling brook and wash my eyes
and the drudgery
of my day's work is done. In 1836, Hiram married Mary
Burnham and they had six
children. Their home was located at this junction
of Central and Whittington Avenues.
St. Mary's Catholic and the First
Presbyterian Churches are on property donated by Hiram.
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Granville came to Arkansas in 1835, founded Mt. Ida, served as Secretary and
also served as State Representative. In an April 1833 letter, Hiram wrote
"Dear Brother
Granville, it is now middle afternoon, I have no customers, no
official business, and what
is best of all, no blue devils to trouble me with
foreboding of future ills. I live in a cabin a
bout 10 feet square, with an
adjoining room about 7 x 9. The larger room is my store, the smaller is my
private apartment, sitting room, Clerk's Office, Post Office, and bed chamber.
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