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The '''Little Rock Board of Trade''' was a predecessor organization to the [[Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce]]. The [[Board of Trade Building]] was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1908.  
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Businessmen formed the '''Little Rock Board of Trade''' on April 6, 1886. The first president of the Board of Trade was merchant James A. Fones. He was re-elected seven times.
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The Board paid for the efforts of the [[Arkansas Columbian Commission]] to create an Arkansas pavilion for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The [[Board of Trade Building]] was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1908. In 1914 the Board of Trade became the [[Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce|Little Rock Chamber of Commerce]].
  
 
====Presidents====
 
====Presidents====
  
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* - [[James A. Fones]] - first present & for seven years
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*1886-1893 - [[James A. Fones]]
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*1897 - [[W. Wallace Dickinson|W. W. Dickinson]]
 
*1899 - [[M. M. Cohn]]
 
*1899 - [[M. M. Cohn]]
 
*1901 - [[William S. Mitchell]]
 
*1901 - [[William S. Mitchell]]
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*1909-1910 - [[Harmon L. Remmel]]
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*1907 - [[Robert E. Wait]]
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*[[George W. Rogers|George Worthington Rogers]] - three terms
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*1909-1911? - [[Harmon L. Remmel]]
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*1912?-1914? - [[George W. Rogers|George Worthington Rogers]] - three terms
  
 
====1901 Board of Trade Members====
 
====1901 Board of Trade Members====

Latest revision as of 15:58, 22 May 2011

Businessmen formed the Little Rock Board of Trade on April 6, 1886. The first president of the Board of Trade was merchant James A. Fones. He was re-elected seven times.

The Board paid for the efforts of the Arkansas Columbian Commission to create an Arkansas pavilion for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The Board of Trade Building was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1908. In 1914 the Board of Trade became the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce.

Presidents

1901 Board of Trade Members

Officers of the Board of Trade in 1901 were William S. Mitchell, president, Ad Hamberg, vice president, John G. Fletcher, treasurer, and George R. Brown, secretary. Directors were F. B. T. Hollenberg, Tillman H. Bunch, Morris M. Cohn, John F. Boyle, W. Wallace Dickinson, Charles F. Penzel, James A. Fones, Charles T. Abeles, James A. Woodson, George W. Rogers.

References

  • "Little Rock Board of Trade Burns," New York Times, December 24, 1908.

External links

Retrieved from "https://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Little_Rock_Board_of_Trade&oldid=14931"