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'''Markham Tavern''' is [[Lewisburg]], Arkansas, served as a relay station on the [[Butterfield Stage Route]] between [[Little Rock]] and [[Fort Smith]] in the nineteenth century.
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'''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.
  
 
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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 22:31, 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.

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