Saline County, Arkansas
2014 – The historic Dr. T. E. Buffington House at 312 West South Street in Benton was officially added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 2014. The English Revival-style home was built around 1928 for Dr. Turner Ellis Buffington, a Saline County native who practiced medicine in Benton and elsewhere in the county and also served as Benton’s mayor. –
1937 – Camp Halsey in Faulkner County reopened on October 1, 1937, as a Civilian Conservation Corps forestry camp. The camp eventually closed, and its enrollees were transferred to Camp Paron in Saline County, connecting the Depression-era CCC program directly to local history. –
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Arkansas
1919 – October 1 was a crucial day in the Elaine Massacre. After violence erupted the previous night at a meeting of Black sharecroppers near Hoop Spur in Phillips County, hundreds of armed white men were roaming the area and killing Black residents. Phillips County officials sent telegrams to Governor Charles Brough requesting federal troops. Brough began the process of obtaining authorization to send soldiers from Camp Pike near Little Rock. The violence continued into October 2, when more than 500 federal troops arrived. –…