Harrison, Arkansas Harrison, Arkansas Historic downtown Harrison Location in Boone County and the state of Arkansas Location in Boone County and the state of Arkansas Harrison is a town/city in Boone County, Arkansas, United States.
It titled after General Marcus La - Rue Harrison, a surveyor that laid out the town/city along Crooked Creek at Stifler Springs. According to 2012 Enumeration Bureau estimates, the populace of the town/city was 13,163, up from 12,943 at the 2010 census. Harrison is the principal town/city of the Harrison Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Boone and Newton counties.
Peace March in Harrison displaying love for range in the city.
Lake Harrison Park and Downtown Harrison view from a Hot Air Balloon amid the Balloon Festival America's first National River, Buffalo National River, is positioned just south of Harrison Boone County Heritage Museum in Harrison Harrison was platted and made the county seat.
The town of Harrison was incorporated on March 1, 1876. In 1905 and 1909, people drove all of the black residents and nearly all of the unemployed barns men (most of whom were African-American) out of Harrison, purportedly to "curb crime". These affairs were the subject of an Independent Lens program entitled "Banished" on PBS in 2008. The Boone County Courthouse, assembled in 1909, and the Boone County Jail, assembled in 1914, were both designed by architect Charles L.
Harrison is just north of the Buffalo National River so it is meaningful to acknowledge one of the greatest historical affairs in United States History.
On March 1st, 1972, 100 years after the establishment of the first National Park at Yellowstone National Park, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Buffalo National River as the first National River in the United States.
The universal was spearheaded by longtime congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Arkansas.
Thomas Robb, nationwide director of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, maintains his office near Harrison in the outlying town of Zinc and uses a Harrison mailing address for the organization. Combined with the history of the 1905 and 1909 banishment of unemployed barns workers and all other black residents, this incidental connection to the KKK has given the town a negative image.
In response, a small-town airways broadcast removed its close-by billboard, and students from North Arkansas College passed out fliers calling for a protest of the sign. An official statement read: "The mayor's office considers the content inflammatory, distasteful and not in line with the truth on how Harrison is a town/city of welcoming and tolerant people." 65 leads north 33 miles (53 km) to Branson, Missouri, and south 108 miles (174 km) to Conway, Arkansas.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.1 square miles (28.8 km2), of which 11.1 square miles (28.7 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.26%, is water. The Boone County Courthouse, instead of in 1909, serves as the heart of the downtown precinct and is central to Harrison's town square.
Harrison hosts the annual Arkansas Hot Air Balloon competitions each September, Crawdad Days Music Festival each May, a Harvest Homecoming festival each October, and Christmas celebration in December.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has recognized the Harrison Courthouse Square Historic District.
Located just south of Harrison off Scenic Highway 7, Fenton's Berry Farm provides the region with locally grown fruits and vegetables in season.
The Ozarks Arts Council is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in 1996 with the mission "To enrich lives by promoting the arts in Harrison and North Arkansas through exhibitions, performances, and education." It provides administrative support and distributes financial and in-kind donations to its member organizations: Harrison serves as the National Park Service's Buffalo National River headquarters.
Harrison, Arkansas Located in Harrison, Arkansas the Equity Bank Sports Complex features state of the art baseball/softball fields.
Harrison, Arkansas Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls, at 209 feet (64 m) the tallest waterfall between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians, is positioned 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Harrison near Compton. On the same bluff line is Diamond Falls, at 148 feet (45 m) the second tallest in the state. Harrison is also home to North Arkansas College (Northark).
The Harrison School District has been a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools since 1936.
Harrison and Boone County have been served by the small-town newspaper, The Harrison Daily Times, since 1876. KTKO-TV 8.1, also known as TKO 8, provides coverage for small-town events including Goblin Sports, Harrison City Council meetings, and Boone County Quorum Court meetings. It is an partner of the Me-TV Network showing a wide range of classic tv programming. Harrison was the command posts of the defunct Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad, which provided passenger and freight service from Joplin, Missouri, to Helena in Phillips County in easterly Arkansas, from 1906 until its disestablishment in 1946. A segment of the route between Seligman, MO and Harrison, AR was directed as the Arkansas & Ozarks Railroad from 1948 to 1960. Harrison is served by Boone County Regional Airport.
Scheduled flights from Harrison to Memphis, Tennessee, and Kansas City, Missouri, are offered by Sea - Port Airlines.
Arkansas 7.svg Arkansas Highway 7 Arkansas 43.svg Arkansas Highway 43 Arkansas 123.svg Arkansas Highway 123 Arkansas 392.svg Arkansas Highway 392 Arkansas 397.svg Arkansas Highway 397 Brandon Burlsworth, All-American offensive lineman, played for the Arkansas Razorbacks in the late 1990s; Drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft, but was killed in a car accident eleven days later; born in Harrison; 1994 graduate of Harrison High School.
Smith Henley, federal judge, retired to senior status in Harrison; the federal building in Harrison is titled in his honor.
Charles Robinson, Arkansas State Treasurer; native of Harrison "City of Harrison Arkansas".
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