New Historical Marker: Independence County Poor Farm

Before we had a welfare program, Independence County had a Poor Farm for folks that found themselves in a time of need and despair. There they would find lodging and farm grown groceries. It was one of many poor farms or houses created in the mid-1800s.

Independence County

Independence County was the ninth county to be formed in Arkansas and was the fourth after the Arkansas territory was created. The Act creating the county passed by the Territorial legislature was signed by James Miller, governor of the Arkansas territory, on October 23, 1820.

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