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	The school struggled in Altus, largely over differences of administrative opinion. Delegates to the Arkansas Methodist Conference first discussed moving Hendrix elsewhere at a November 20-25, 1889, meeting in Conway. Local Conway minister [[E. A. Tabor]] encouraged the delegates to consider his town as a new home for the school. At a trustees meeting in March 1890 three finalists were considered: Arkadelphia, Conway, and Searcy. On the fifty-first ballot Conway was selected. The trustees were swayed by an offer of $10,000 from local resident Captain [[W. W. Martin]], and $62,000 pledged by other local citizens.		The school struggled in Altus, largely over differences of administrative opinion. Delegates to the Arkansas Methodist Conference first discussed moving Hendrix elsewhere at a November 20-25, 1889, meeting in Conway. Local Conway minister [[E. A. Tabor]] encouraged the delegates to consider his town as a new home for the school. At a trustees meeting in March 1890 three finalists were considered: Arkadelphia, Conway, and Searcy. On the fifty-first ballot Conway was selected. The trustees were swayed by an offer of $10,000 from local resident Captain [[W. W. Martin]], and $62,000 pledged by other local citizens.
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		+	====Government====
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		+	A U.S. Post Office was established in Altus on July 6, 1875.

	==References==		==References==

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		+	[[Image:Altus-postcard.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|1908 Altus postcard.]]
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-'''Altus''' is an [[Arkansas]] town best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.
+'''Altus''' is an [[State of Arkansas|Arkansas]] town best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.
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-'''Altus''' is an [[Arkansas town]] best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.
+'''Altus''' is an [[Arkansas]] town best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.
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 '''Altus''' is an [[Arkansas town]] best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.

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−	'''Altus''' is an Arkansas town best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.	+	<table cellspacing="8" cellpadding="5" border="0" align="right"><tr valign="top"><td style="border: 1px solid #CEF2E0; padding: 8px; background: #F5FFFA;"><h5 style="border: 1px solid #A3BFB1; padding: 5px; background: #CEF2E0">The Arkansas Studies Institute (Under Construction)</h5>{{#widget:Google Street View
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		+	'''Altus''' is an [[Arkansas town]] best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.

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	*[http://www.tiedyetravels.com/2008/08/five-generations-of-winemaking.html Five Generations of Winemaking Tradition in Altus]		*[http://www.tiedyetravels.com/2008/08/five-generations-of-winemaking.html Five Generations of Winemaking Tradition in Altus]

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−	'''Altus''' is an Arkansas town best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in [[Franklin County]] and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.	+	'''Altus''' is an Arkansas town best known for its wineries. The town, located below [[St. Mary's Mountain]] is a high point in elevation on the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first season of the FOX television reality show [[The Simple Life]], starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Hilton and Ritchie lived with a local family for one month. The show garnered as many as 13 million viewers.

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 The Arkansas River Valley has great natural potential for grape growing due to its mountains, valleys, and well-drained sandy soil.  Altus is home to four [[wineries]]: [[Post Familie Vineyards & Winery]], [[Wiederkehr Wine Cellars and Vineyard]], [[Mount Bethel Winery]], and [[Chateau Aux Arc Vineyards & Winery]].
-Each of these places offer free tours and a variety of other tourist attractions. The wineries can be traced back to the 1870s when German-Swiss immigrants settled in the area and began to grow grapes. [[Johann Andreas Wiederkehr]] dug out his first wine cellar in 1880. German emigre [[Jacob Post]], fleeing the Franco-Prussian War, founded the [[Post Winery]] that same year. Later, his descendant [[Eugene Post]] founded [[Mount Bethel Winery]] on the original site of the [[Post Winery]], which remains one of the largest in Altus.
+Each of these places offer free tours and a variety of other tourist attractions. The wineries can be traced back to the 1870s when German-Swiss immigrants settled in the area and began to grow grapes. [[Johann Andreas Wiederkehr]] dug out his first wine cellar in 1880. German emigre [[Jacob Post]], fleeing the Franco-Prussian War, founded the [[Post Familie Vineyards & Winery]] that same year. Later, his descendant [[Eugene Post]] founded [[Mount Bethel Winery]] on the original site of the Post Winery, which remains one of the largest in Altus.
 In 1984, the federal government declared 12,800 acres around Altus an American Viticulture area.