Pea Ridge Battlefield National Park - transfer of title ceremonies, March 7, 1960, at Pea Ridge gymnasium [Faubus with Bohlinger] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1960.

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Pea Ridge Battlefield National Park - transfer of title ceremonies, March 7, 1960, at Pea Ridge gymnasium [Faubus with Bohlinger] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1960.

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Negative taken for March 8, 1960, Arkansas Gazette article "U. S. Gets Deed to Pea Ridge," B1:4. On Monday, March 7, 1960, in the historic Elkhorn Tavern, Governor Orval Faubus handed the deed to the military park at Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas, to Conrad L. Wirth, director of the National Park Service. The park is now named Pea Ridge National Military Park. PIctured is Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on stage with Neill Bohlinger of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. The ceremony was held at the Pea Ridge gymnasium in Benton County, Arkansas.

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Deane, Ernie

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United States. National Park Service

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U.S. National Park Service has managed the Morristown National Historical Park since 1933. From the description of Morristown National Historical Park resource management records, 1933-1994 (bulk 1938-1970). (Morristown National History Park). WorldCat record id: 71014733 The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created...

Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Elkhorn Tavern (Pea Ridge, Ark.)

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Bohlinger, Neill, 1884-1969

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Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994

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34th governor of Arkansas. Faubus was born in the Ozark Mountain community of Greasy Creek; taught school in rural communities (1928...1939); worked as an itinerant farm laborer and lumberjack (1931...1935); briefly attended Commonweath College, the radical labor school at Mena (Polk County) Arkansas (1935); was elected to two terms as Madison County Circuit Clerk and Recorder; served in the U.S. Army as an enlisted man and subsequently as a commissioned officer in Europe (1942-1946); was Huntsv...