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| + | *Jeff LeMaster, "Door to the Past: History of Lewisburg to be Celebrated Saturday," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' May 10, 2007. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 24 July 2010
Markham Tavern in Lewisburg, Arkansas, served as a relay station on the Butterfield Stage Route between Little Rock and Fort Smith in the nineteenth century. The tavern, owned by former Alabaman Ruben T. Markham, had a bar and hotel accommodations. Sam Houston is reputed to have stopped at the tavern.
References
- Jeff LeMaster, "Door to the Past: History of Lewisburg to be Celebrated Saturday," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, May 10, 2007.
