Difference between revisions of "Mount Holly Cemetery"
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[[Image:Mount-holly-1.JPG|thumb|Mount Holly Cemetery. Photo by Nathan Scarborough]] | [[Image:Mount-holly-1.JPG|thumb|Mount Holly Cemetery. Photo by Nathan Scarborough]] | ||
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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 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 in the cemetery has acquired it the moniker "The Westminster of Arkansas." |
| − | The cemetery, located at the corner of Broadway and 12th streets is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | + | The cemetery, established in 1843 and located at the corner of Broadway and 12th streets, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| + | [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cramsey/Mt.Holly.Cem-by.CR.html RootsWeb Register of Tombstones at Mount Holly Cemetery] | ||
[[Category:Cemeteries]] | [[Category:Cemeteries]] | ||
Revision as of 12:59, 5 April 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 in the cemetery has acquired it the moniker "The Westminster of Arkansas."
The cemetery, established in 1843 and located at the corner of Broadway and 12th streets, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
