Howard County Historical Society / 1912 E.A. Williams Chapel & Museum

09/12/2026

WoW! It's a NEW EVENT: FAMILY DAY for the Howard County Historical Society team! Coming up on OCTOBER 4th....Sunday afternoon....dedicated to ALL FIRST RESPONDERS and ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS OF HOWARD COUNTY ARKANSAS AND FAMILIES!

09/11/2026

MAJOR FUND RAISER FOR THE HOWARD CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY! COME ON OUT AND SHOW YOUR CAR. SECOND SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER!

09/08/2026

THIS COMING SATURDAY! GET YOUR SHINE ON AND COME ON OUT TO THE NASHVILLE CITY PARK! BRING YOUR CAR AND ENJOY THE FUN!

MAJOR FUND RAISER FOR THE HOWARD CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY! COME ON OUT AND SHOW YOUR CAR. SECOND SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER!

09/03/2026

Look! The city of Paragould AR just sent me a Pic of the 1934 Dodge Brothers Fire Wagon. Kyle Jackson is fire chief now and his father was chief when they had the truck. THANKS CITY OF PARAGOULD! COME SEE US SOMETIME.

09/03/2026

BIG THANKS GOING OUT TO SMITH BATTERY ALTERNATOR & STARTER OF HOPE, ARKANSAS for rebuilding the starter for the 34 Dodge Brothers Fire Wagon and helping us with the battery problem! We are up and running with your professional help and service! Howard County Historical Society / 1912 E.A. Williams Chapel & Museum appreciates your support!

09/02/2026

Pack the Park t shirts are IN! GREAT JOB going out to HCHS BOARD MEMBER Jason Horn for organizing and promoting this fund raising project. Big Thanks going out to all the great advertising sponsors as well. Your support of the Howard County Historical Society / 1912 E.A. Williams Chapel & Museum is FANTASTIC. We will have a list of these sponsors here in a few days. You can get a shirt early for $15 at the Old Nashville Fire Station, Nashville, AR.

09/01/2026

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ARKANSAS CEMENT:
Photo=The Arkansas Portland Cement Company in Okay (Howard County); circa 1940s.

Okay (Howard County)--Named after the company’s OK brand cement.
Until the late 1980s, the town of Okay in Howard County was home to a major limestone mining operation located on a peninsula on the east side of Millwood Lake. Most of what remained of the once-thriving company town, founded in the late 1920s, had almost disappeared by the end of the twentieth century.

In 1926, Charles Boettcher, founder of Ideal Cement Company, based in Denver, Colorado, dispatched Tom Dodson and Joe Hargis from a branch plant in Oklahoma to scout out a potential Arkansas plant site after learning of the growing movement in Arkansas to improve roads and bridges. A remote site in Howard County was chosen due to its rich deposits of limestone and chalk.

From the Lucille and Parker Westbrook Collection, courtesy of the Butler Center--

08/31/2026

We think the left pic is near the end of the 1927 and the other is 2025. E.A. Williams Chapel/Museum.....formerly known as the Nashville Presbyterian Church. Placed on the National Registry of Historical Places in 1976.

08/27/2026

The 1934 Dodge Brothers Fire Wagon now has custom MUD FLAPS!