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HISTORY
NEVADA COUNTY DEPOT MUSEUM
403 West 1st Street South
Prescott, AR 71857
870-887-5821
https://www.thedepotmuseum.org/
MYSTERY OF "OLD MIKE"
One man in particular keeps people coming to see him face to face, but he’s been dead for more than a century and almost everything about him is a mystery.
His story is living on through stories of those who once met the man known as “Old Mike.”
ARK-LA-VILLAGE
In 1959, the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company opened a western town as a tourist attraction just north of Emmet. The community was called Ark La Village and was described as a re-creation of a western settlement of 1880. It featured a saloon and general store, a livery stable, and a museum. Connected with the village was a factory that built horse-drawn carriages. Employing thirty-four workers, the factory included Amish farmers and Hollywood movie-makers among its customers. Both the village and the factory had closed by 1970.
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
PRESCOTT CITY JAIL
Prescott City Jail
The Prescott City Jail is a historic city jail behind the city hall of Prescott, Arkansas. The modest single-story structure was built for the city in 1912 by the Southern Structural Steel Company. It is built of reinforced concrete, with metal grates covering unglazed window openings, and a doorway that is reinforced with heavy metal shutters. It was built to replace an early jail, from which a suspect involved in the burglary of a prominent citizen’s home had escaped, in part due to its poor condition. This building, housing three cells, served the city until the 1960s
(added 2005 – – #05001077)
Also known as Site#NE0079
Alley behind City Hall at 118 W. Elm St. , Prescott
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Southern Structural Steel Co.
Architectural Style: Other
Area of Significance: Politics/Government, Law, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
CAMDEN TO WASHINGTON ROAD
Camden to Washington Road-Rosston Segment
The segment is unimproved and consists of sand, gravel, and dirt. It appears much as it did when it was created in the 1820s. Parts of the segment pass between high banks, built up over the decades from use. The road crosses Cypress Creek, forcing visitors to use off-road vehicles due to the rough terrain and often high water. The area around the road is sparsely settled, and most of the agricultural fields that were present in the area have transitioned into timber plantations. Several hunting camps are located along the road, as well as the Carolina Methodist Church.
(added 2009 – – #08001374)
Also known as Military Road;Old Washington Road;Site#NE0164
Nevada Co. Rd. 10 , Rosston
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Commerce, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Military
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner: Local
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Road-Related
Current Function: Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function: Road-Related, Unoccupied Land
PRAIRIE DE'ANN BATTLEFIELD
Prairie De Ann Battlefield
By the spring of 1864, the Federal high command set forth a plan to bring pressure across the whole of the Southern Confederacy. Overall Union commander Ulysses S. Grant, thrust Federal armies into Virginia, north Georgia, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The Battle of Prairie D’Ane was part of two larger Federal operations—the Camden Expedition and the Red River Campaign.
(added 1974 – – #74000481)
Also known as NE0037
N and S of Hwy. 24 and SW of Prescott , Prescott
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Military
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
ELKINS' FERRY
Elkins’ Ferry
The Battle of Elkin’s Ferry (April 3 – 4, 1864), also known as Engagement at Elkin’s Ferry, was fought in Clark and Nevada counties in Arkansas as part of the Camden Expedition, during the American Civil War.
(added 1994 – – #94001182)
Also known as Battle of Elkins’ Ferry
Both banks of the Little Missouri R., about 10 mi. N of Prescott , Prescott
Historic Significance: Person, Event
Historic Person: Steele, Frederick, et al.
Significant Year: 1864
Area of Significance: Military
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
EMMET METHODIST CHURCH
Emmet Methodist Church
Located half-way between Prescott and Hope, the small city of Emmet was incorporated in 1883 as a stop on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad. A Methodist Church was organized at Emmet in 1855, but the present building was constructed about 1917 to replace an earlier frame structure. The Emmet Methodist Church was designed in the Colonial Revival style by an architecture firm from Texarkana. The church’s layout adhered to the Akron Plan Sunday School form, which was popular among Protestant churches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
(added 2009 – – #09000742)
209 S. Walnut , Emmet
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: Colonial Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
CAROLINA METHODIST CHURCH
Carolina Methodist Church
The simple gable-roofed wood-frame church is located in Poison Spring State Forest, along an old section of the historic post road between Camden and Washington, east of the junction of County Roads 10 and 47. It is a remnant of the community of Carolina, which was settled in 1855; regular services were discontinued in 1977.
(added 1991 – – #90001947)
Co. Rd. #10 E of jct. with Kirk Rd., Poison Springs SF , Rosston
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
MOSCOW METHODIST CHURCH
Moscow Methodist Church and Cemetery
As early as 1810, the community of Moscow had primarily consisted of various small farms and businesses that included several retail shops, two blacksmiths, a post office, a saloon, and a Masonic Lodge. Methodist historians place the church congregations date of origin as early as 1842. The first marked burial in the cemetery dates to 1864, but the deed to the grounds was not issued until 1868, so it appears that the land had been in use for burial and religious purposes well before the property transaction was formalized and recorded.
(added 2006 – – #06000826)
Also known as NE0002
Jct. of AR 23 and AR 260 , Prescott
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: No Style Listed,
Area of Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Art
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
DEANN CEMENTERY HISTORIC SECTION
De Ann Cemetery Historic Section (Also burial site of “Old Mike”)
The earliest dated grave in the cemetery is for an infant who died on December 18, 1871, the same year Nevada County was formed. Prescott was platted in 1873 and incorporated in 1874. The land for the cemetery was donated to the city by Perry and Martha Hamilton on April 3, 1880. At least six graves in the cemetery date to the 1870s. The original donation was equally divided into white and African-American sections. The white section includes about 600 marked graves, while the African American section includes ninety-five marked graves. Multiple unmarked graves are also located in the African-American section and are visible due to depressions in the ground. The African-American section is full, while the white section occasionally still has an additional burial in the twenty-first century.
(added 2005 – – #05000498)
Also known as Prescott City Cemetery
1/2 mi. W. of Jct. US 371 & AR 19 , Prescott
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Art, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner: Local
EPHESUS CEMETERY
Ephesus Cemetery
The cemetery, which was probably laid out in 1860 when the adjacent Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church was founded, is a small plot containing 68 marked graves with legible dates, six with markers but illegible dates, and 27 known unmarked graves. The oldest dated burial is 1876; the cemetery contains the graves of many of Emmet’s early settlers, and is the last surviving element of that time (the church having been replaced in the mid-20th century)
(added 2009 – – #08001340)
Also known as NE0166
1/4 mi. N. of Emmet on US 67 , Emmet
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner: Private
MCKENZIE, HENRY HOUSE
McKenzie, Henry, House (added 1998 – – #98001128)
The Henry McKenzie House is a transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival home located in Prescott (Nevada County). Constructed in 1902 at 324 East Main Street, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1998.
Also known as NE0071
324 E. Main , Prescott
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: King, Frank
Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
MCRAE D.L., HOUSE
McRae, D. L., House
The D. L. McRae House is located in Prescott (Nevada County). Designed by architect Charles Thompson and commissioned by Duncan McRae Sr., the house was constructed in 1912 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1982. Duncan was the son of Arkansas governor and member of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Chipman McRae,
(added 1982 – – #82000869)
424 E. Main St. , Prescott
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Thompson,Charles L.
Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
MISSOURI PACIFIC DEPOT
Missouri Pacific Depot (Also now known as the Nevada County Depot Museum)
The Missouri Pacific Depot of Prescott is located at 300 West 1st Street North. It is a 1+1⁄2-story red brick building, with a breezeway dividing it into two sections. The building has been adapted for use by as a local history museum.
Also known as Prescott Railroad Station
300 W. 1st St. North , Prescott
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Local
