Difference between revisions of "Mount Holly Cemetery"
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| − | '''Mount Holly Cemetery''' is the final resting place of ten former Arkansas governors, six U.S. senators, fourteen Arkansas Supreme Court justices, and twenty-one Little Rock mayors. Mount Holly is also the final resting place for Confederate spy [[David O. Dodd]], five Confederate generals, Arkansas Traveler [[Sanford C. Faulkner]], Arkansas Gazette founder [[William E. Woodruff]], and Pulitzer prize-winner [[John Gould Fletcher]]. The fame attached to the people interred | + | '''Mount Holly Cemetery''' is the final resting place of ten former Arkansas governors, six U.S. senators, fourteen Arkansas Supreme Court justices, and twenty-one Little Rock mayors. Mount Holly is also the final resting place for Confederate spy [[David O. Dodd]], five Confederate generals, Arkansas Traveler [[Sanford C. Faulkner]], Arkansas Gazette founder [[William E. Woodruff]], and Pulitzer prize-winner [[John Gould Fletcher]]. The fame attached to the people interred has earned the cemetery the moniker "Westminster Abbey of Arkansas." |
| − | The cemetery | + | The cemetery was established in 1843 on four blocks of land donated by lawyers [[Chester Ashley]] and [[Roswell Beebe]]. Mount Holly is located at the corner of Broadway and 12th streets, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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Revision as of 23:25, 9 July 2008
Mount Holly Cemetery is the final resting place of ten former Arkansas governors, six U.S. senators, fourteen Arkansas Supreme Court justices, and twenty-one Little Rock mayors. Mount Holly is also the final resting place for Confederate spy David O. Dodd, five Confederate generals, Arkansas Traveler Sanford C. Faulkner, Arkansas Gazette founder William E. Woodruff, and Pulitzer prize-winner John Gould Fletcher. The fame attached to the people interred has earned the cemetery the moniker "Westminster Abbey of Arkansas."
The cemetery was established in 1843 on four blocks of land donated by lawyers Chester Ashley and Roswell Beebe. Mount Holly is located at the corner of Broadway and 12th streets, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
