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September 8, 1891

Arkansas Cumberland College opened. After Cane Hill College in Washington County closed in 1891, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church moved the school to Clarksville (Johnson County) and renamed it Arkansas Cumberland College. The school was renamed the College of the Ozarks in 1920 and became the University of the Ozarks in 1987. The College of the Ozarks housed a Civilian Pilot Training Program course beginning in 1942, as well as a naval training facility from 1944 to 1945. In December 1943, the navy began using the college for a course in the new radar technology. The first pharmacy school in the state was established at the college in 1946.

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"Arky" Vaughan

In 1985, Madison County native Joseph Floyd “Arky” Vaughan was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The nine-time All Star shortstop hit a lifetime average of .318 and hit .300 or better in ten of his fourteen years in the major leagues. Vaughan drowned in a boating accident in 1952.

 

In 1985, Madison County native Joseph Floyd “Arky” Vaughan was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The nine-time All Star shortstop hit a lifetime average of .318 and hit .300 or better in ten of his fourteen years in the major leagues. Vaughan drowned in a boating accident in 1952.

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