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msgs[0] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_29_1952.jpg' width='105' height='131' border='1'><b>March 29, 1952</b> - Miss Mary Nell Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rogers of Harrison, is crowned 'Miss Harrison of 1952' in the annual Victoria Beauty Revue held in the Central grade school auditorium on Saturday evening. Eighty-one girls from Harrison High School participate in the event, which is the seventh consecutive revue held in Harrison. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, April 2, 1952; p. 1))";

days[1] = "February 26, 2006";
msgs[1] = "<b>February 26, 1935</b> - Will W. Coffman is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding Jesse L. Russell. Coffman serves four years until Ralph R. Rea succeeds him as acting postmaster on July 12, 1939. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)";

days[2] = "February 27, 2006";
msgs[2] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/02_27_1882.jpg' width='143' height='106' border='1' alt='Eureka Springs Railway'><b>February 27, 1882</b> - After each receiving charters less than two years earlier in 1880, the Eureka Springs Railway Company of Arkansas and the Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Company of Missouri are consolidated as the Eureka Springs Railway. Construction soon begins, with track reaching White River by November of the same year.  The new Eureka Springs Railway formally begins operation nearly a year later on February 1, 1883. The line eventually reaches Harrison in 1901, by then under the name of the St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad Company, Incorporated. (Source: <i>Oak Leaves</i>, Vol. II No. IV, October-December 2004; p. 39)<br><br><b>February 27, 1936 </b>- Repairs begin to fix pipes which had burst at the local water office, caused by recent bitter cold weather. Over $2,000 in damages and 300 patrons left without water are reported. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. business/agriculture-2)";

days[3] = "February 28, 2006";
msgs[3] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/02_28_1922.jpg' width='127' height='127' border='1' alt='Missouri & North Arkansas'><b>February 28, 1922</b> - The Missouri & North Arkansas Railway Company is formally chartered, having previously operated as the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad while in receivership. This is followed a few weeks later by the new company purchasing the old, and regular operations resuming, but not without acts of vandalism and sabotage. (Source: <i>Oak Leaves</i>, Vol. II No. IV, October-December 2004; p. 39)";

days[4] = "March 1, 2006";
msgs[4] = "<b>March 1, 1876</b> - After changing its name from Stiffler's Spring six years earlier on February 7, 1870 under the direction of Captain Henry W. Fick, the town of Harrison, Arkansas is officially incorporated on this day. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; p. 100)";

days[5] = "March 2, 2006";
msgs[5] = "<b>March 2, 1920</b> - Azro C. Brooks is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding James B. Holder. Brooks serves four years until James W. Slover succeeds him as postmaster on March 17, 1924. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)<br><br><b>March 2, 1957</b> - Existing for several years as simply the Square Dance Club, The Rustic Ramblers Square Dance Club, Inc. is formally established by Ed and Dovie Burtran after member Eddie Jones submits the new name for the club. Numbering 23 couples by 1986, the club promotes and teaches the facets of folk dancing known internationally as western-style square dancing. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. business/agriculture-13)";

days[6] = "March 3, 2006";
msgs[6] = "<b>March 3, 1903</b> - The Women's Book Club of Harrison hosts a reception for the public viewing of the new building created to house the Harrison Public Library.  Initial assets consist of 628 books, a grand piano, and five art pictures purchased by the club. Membership fees and rentals on loaned books pay the salary of a librarian who keeps the library open two afternoons a week for public use. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. government/business-2)<br><br><img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_03_1932.jpg' width='267' height='188' border='1' alt='Martin-Rogers Mercantile Co.'><b>March 3, 1932</b> - After importing merchandise from markets that include Fort Smith and Springfield, Missouri, the Martin-Rogers Mercantile Company officially opens at 9:00 a.m. on the south side of the square in Harrison. A full-page ad in the <i>Harrison Daily Times</i> heralds such grand opening deals as mens 3-piece dress suits for $4.95, womens hats for 19 cents, mens work shoes for $1.69, and two pairs of bloomers for just a quarter. The store operates in the same location for 29 years until the flood of May 7, 1961 ends the business. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, March 2, 1932; p. 4)";

days[7] = "March 4, 2006";
msgs[7] = "<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pea_Ridge' target='_blank'><img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_04_1862.png' width='200' height='146' border='1' alt='Plan of the Battlefield of Pea Ridge'></a><b>March 4, 1862</b> - Confederate General Earl Van Dorn splits his army into two divisions under generals Sterling Price of Missouri and Benjamin McCulloch of Texas, and orders them to march north along the Bentonville Detour with the hopes of getting behind Union Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis and cutting off his lines of communication. The Confederates start an arduous three day forced march down the Bentonville Cutoff from Fayetteville in the midst of a freezing storm. The Battle of Pea Ridge soon ensues. (Source: <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pea_Ridge' target='_blank'>Wikipedia</a>)<br><br><b>March 4, 1872</b> - Leonidas Kirby is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding Thomas Newman. Kirby serves only nine months until Thomas J. Howell succeeds him as postmaster on December 17, 1872. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)";

days[8] = "March 5, 2006";
msgs[8] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_05_1921.jpg' width='124' height='123' border='1' alt='Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad'><b>March 5, 1921</b> - Following a walkout of all union employees and shopmen the previous month, limited service of the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad resumes on this day, with supervisors and non-union labor filling in. The railroad had entered receivership nine years earlier in 1912, and control had just recently been returned to the owners by the U.S.R.A. (United States Railroad Administration) in March of 1920. This resumption of limited service lasts only a few weeks until July 31, 1921, when operations are suspended due to burned bridges and other acts of sabotage. (Source: <i>Oak Leaves</i>, Vol. II No. IV, October-December 2004; pp. 38-39)";

days[9] = "March 6";
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days[10] = "March 7, 2006";
msgs[10] = "<b>March 7, 1838</b> - William Beller is appointed postmaster of the Crooked Creek post office in Carroll County, succeeding Joseph Hickman. Beller serves nearly eight years until William Mitchell succeeds him on January 14, 1846. This Crooked Creek office becomes the Harrison post office years later in 1870 with the creation of Boone County. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)<br><br><img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_07_1903.jpg' width='95' height='96' border='1' alt='Missouri Pacific Railroad'><b>March 7, 1903</b> - T. R.Cave, J. L. Rogers, and their wives enter into an agreement with the White River Railway Company to allow the railroad to be established through the town of Zinc, Arkansas, and for a depot to be built. This railroad later becomes a part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. (Source: <a href='http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.asp?id=462' target='_blank'>Arkansas Historic Preservation Program: Elliott & Anna Barham House, Zinc, Boone County</a>)";

days[11] = "March 8, 2006";
msgs[11] = "<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pea_Ridge' target='_blank'><img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_08_1862.png' width='300' height='206' border='1' alt='The Battle of Pea Ridge'></a><b>March 8, 1862</b> - On this last day of the Battle of Pea Ridge, Union Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis masses his artillery near Elkhorn Tavern and launches a counterattack against the Confederates in an attempt to recover his supply lines. Leading the attack is Curtis's second-in-command, Franz Sigel. The massed artillery -  combined with cavalry and infantry attacks -  begins to crumple the Confederate lines. By noon, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn realizes that he is low on ammunition, and that his supply trains are miles away, with no hope of arriving in time to resupply his men. Despite outnumbering his opponent, Van Dorn has no choice but to withdraw down the Huntsville Road. Approximately 4,600 Confederates fall in battle at Pea Ridge, including a large number of officers. Federal forces suffer approximately 1,400 casualties. The outcome of the battle essentially cements Union control of the State of Missouri. (Source: <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pea_Ridge' target='_blank'>Wikipedia</a>)";

days[12] = "March 9, 2006";
msgs[12] = "<img align='left' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_09_1912.jpg' width='291' height='168' border='1' alt='Harrison High School Building, 1915'><b>March 9, 1912</b> - <i>The Harrison Times</i> reports the final action has been taken by the local school board in its new High School building plans, and with the money now in the bank, the board is preparing for immediate building operations. The original plans have been set aside, and a modern High School building will be erected on the southeast corner of the present school grounds.  The outside dimensions of the new building will be on a larger scale than the present brick building, and the new building will have pressed brick walls. Following the completion of the new building on July 4, 1912, the old frame structure will be wrecked and removed, and school will open next fall with the first eight grades in the old brick building, which will be refloored, plastered and furnished, and the high school classes in the new building. Looking into the future, the board plans to use the present school grounds as the permanent high school location, and also plans to build two eight-room schools in opposite ends of the city for the grammar schools. There is no immediate prospect, nor immediate need, for the new grammar schools, but it is a matter of but few years until they will be needed, and the present board is building with an eye to the future needs of the district, and so as to have as little value as possible in buildings to be discarded. (Source: <i>The Harrison Times</i>, March 9, 1912; p. 1)";

days[13] = "March 10, 2006";
msgs[13] = "<b>March 10, 1947</b> - Harrison voters approve a $40,000 bond issue by a three-to-one margin to match federal funds to buy and improve Harrison's airport. Mayor E. T. Parker proclaims the vote is gratifying and a step forward in the development of Harrison and the surrounding territory. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, March 11, 1947; p. 1)";

days[14] = "March 11";
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days[15] = "March 12, 2006";
msgs[15] = "<b>March 12, 1846</b> - Garrett Greer is appointed postmaster of the Crooked Creek post office in Carroll County, succeeding William Mitchell. Greer serves six years until Joseph B. Baines succeeds him on November 26, 1852. This Crooked Creek office becomes the Harrison post office years later in 1870 with the creation of Boone County. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)<br><br><img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_12_1935.jpg' width='124' height='123' border='1' alt='Missouri & North Arkansas'><b>March 12, 1935</b> - After being placed into receivership nearly eight years earlier in 1927, the rights, properties and franchises of the Missouri and North Arkansas Railway are sold to Frank Kell. (Source: <i>Oak Leaves</i>, Vol. II No. IV, October-December 2004; p. 38-39)<br><br><b>March 12, 1978</b> - The Diamond City United Methodist Church is established, with district superintendent Harold Spence preaching and presiding at the organizational meeting. The church was earlier established as a 'mission,' or outreach project, of members of First United Methodist Church in Harrison and pastor John McCormack. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. religion/business-5)";

days[16] = "March 13";
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days[17] = "March 14";
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days[18] = "March 15";
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days[19] = "March 16, 2006";
msgs[19] = "<b>March 16, 1876</b> - John Watkins is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding David W. Barnett. Watkins serves less than three months until Felix S. Baker succeeds him as postmaster on June 9, 1876. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)";

days[20] = "March 17, 2006";
msgs[20] = "<b>March 17, 1924</b> - James W. Slover is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding Azro C. Brooks. Slover had previously served as postmaster from 1910 to 1914. This time, he serves a little over a year until Rex Worthington succeeds him as acting postmaster on June 1, 1925. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)";

days[21] = "March 18, 2006";
msgs[21] = "<b>March 18, 1930</b> - An election is held in the city of Harrison.  It is proposed that $25,000 in revenue bonds be issued and used to build a city hospital.  The election results are counted, and the proposal does not pass. (Source: <i>History of Boone County, Arkansas</i>, with a Narrative by Roger V. Logan, Jr.; p. 65)";

days[22] = "March 19, 2006";
msgs[22] = "<b>March 19, 1956</b> - Mrs. Hallie Ormond, building committee chairman, and Mrs. Raymond Coffman, Band Mothers president, turn the first spades of dirt on this Monday morning that begins construction of a new $18,000 band building on a lot adjacent to the Harrison High School building on South Pine Street. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. business/agriculture-11)";

days[23] = "March 20";
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days[24] = "March 21, 2006";
msgs[24] = "<b>March 21, 1960</b> - According to the <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, after a working line dating back to 1906, the last passenger train through Bergman is run on this date. The Bergman depot is later sold to Steve Blevins in 1971. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. places/people-2)";

days[25] = "March 22, 2006";
msgs[25] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_22_1901.jpg' width='212' height='141' border='1' alt='First train arrives in Harrison, Arkansas.'><b>March 22, 1901</b> - At 9:15 a.m., the first locomotive and construction train arrives in Harrison, Arkansas when track is completed into the city limits. The new St. Louis & North Arkansas Railroad (later renamed the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad) built the line from Eureka Springs to Harrison. Less than one month later on April 15, regular scheduled operations to Harrison begin. The railroad is later extended south to Leslie, Arkansas. (Sources: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; pp. 139-140; and <i>Oak Leaves</i>, Vol. II No. IV, October-December 2004; p. 39)";

days[26] = "March 23, 2006";
msgs[26] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_23_1877.jpg' width='206' height='278' border='1' alt='John Doyle Lee'><b>March 23, 1877</b> - John Doyle Lee is executed by firing squad in Utah for his part in the <a href='collections/mmm/index.html'>Mountain Meadows Massacre</a>. Having been tried twice, the first hearing was declared a mistrial. On the second trial, Lee was deserted by the church and left to face his crime alone. Old and broken, Lee then wrote a full confession. His confession stated that he had obeyed orders given to him by Isaac Haight and Philip Klingensmith, and that their orders came from God. Sentenced to die, Lee chose the firing squad as the method of his execution. The Government transports him to the exact spot on which the emigrant victims stood when Lee came to them with a white flag and guaranteed their safety. Lee sits on his coffin and refuses the marshal's offer of a bandage for his eyes. The rifles then roar. Lee is the only person ever convicted in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; p. 51)";

days[27] = "March 24";
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days[28] = "March 25";
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days[29] = "March 26, 2006";
msgs[29] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_26_1985.jpg' width='252' height='104' border='1' alt='Harrison Chamber of Commerce'><b>March 26, 1985</b> - The <a href='http://www.harrison-chamber.com/' target='_blank'>Harrison Chamber of Commerce</a> opens its new $210,000 office building along the U.S. Highway 62-65 truck route - the former right-of-way of the old Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad. The new building is designed to resemble the old railroad depot that once served Harrison, and is located near the site of the original structure. Built by Ben Martin Construction Company of Harrison, the new building has 2,196 square feet of floor area. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. business/agriculture-18)";

days[30] = "March 27";
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days[31] = "March 28, 2006";
msgs[31] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_28_1924.jpg' width='243' height='194' border='1' alt='Harrison Noon Lions Club, Nov. 1, 1938.'><b>March 28, 1924</b> - At the suggestion of widely-known Baptist evangelist Rev. W. G. Winans, The Harrison Noon Lions Club is chartered. The ideal behind Lions Club International is one of group service without regard to politics, religion, or personal interests of its members. Twenty-five charter members sign up under the Harrison chapter. (Source:<i> The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. clubs/florists-34)";

days[32] = "March 29, 2006";
msgs[32] = "<b>March 29, 1948</b> - A meeting is held at the Methodist Church on Stephenson and Pine in Harrison to organize Chapter A G, Harrison's second International Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) chapter, and Arkansas' 33rd chapter. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. clubs/florists-31)<br><br><img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/03_29_1952.jpg' width='111' height='140' border='1' alt='Miss Mary Nell Rogers'><b>March 29, 1952</b> - Miss Mary Nell Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rogers of Harrison, is crowned Miss Harrison of 1952 in the annual Victoria Beauty Revue held in the Central grade school auditorium on Saturday evening.<br><br>Eighty-one girls from Harrison High School participate in the event, which is the seventh consecutive revue held in Harrison. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, April 2, 1952; p. 1)";

days[33] = "March 30, 2006";
msgs[33] = "<b>March 30, 1870</b> - Lorenzo D. Rush, owner of the greater portion of what later becomes the business section of the town of Harrison, conveys Block One to Boone County to be used for the construction of the first county courthouse. The conveyed land consisted of 3 and 62/100 acres. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; p. 104)<br><br><b>March 30, 1898</b> - John H. Bruton is appointed postmaster of the Bellefonte post office, succeeding John A. Witty. Bruton serves over six years until December 30, 1904, when George C. Lane succeeds him as the new postmaster. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. places/people-7) ";

days[34] = "March 31";
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days[35] = "April 1, 2006";
msgs[35] = "<b>April 1, 1903</b> - R. X. DeGraw, J. S. Rogers, T. R.Cave, and D. W.Cave invest $50,000 to create and incorporate the Sugar Orchard Mining and Realty Company. The articles of incorporation state that the place of business is to be located in the town of Zinc, and the 'general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is: to buy, sell, let, lease, handle, and control mining and other lands, including town sites, and the doing of a general real estate business; mining, milling, buying and selling ores or valuable stone of all kinds; erecting, buying, selling, leasing and operating Water Works, telephone exchanges and other business of like character.' (Source: <a href='http://www.arkansaspreservation.org/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.asp?id=462' target='_blank'>Arkansas Historic Preservation Program: Elliott & Anna Barham House, Zinc, Boone County</a>)<br><br><b>April 1, 1986</b> - Zahn Lewis is appointed officer in charge of the Harrison post office, succeeding postmaster Donald J. Childers. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12) ";

days[36] = "April 2";
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days[37] = "April 3, 2006";
msgs[37] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/04_03_1953.jpg' width='254' height='186' border='1' alt='Edwards Grocery & Feed, April 3, 1953.'><b>April 3, 1953</b> - Edward's Grocery & Feed in Harrison gives away free chickens to its customers as part of a promotion.<br><br>The event proves very successful, as hundreds of people respond and form a crowded line down the street in front of the store. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. business/agriculture-9)";

days[38] = "April 4";
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days[39] = "April 5";
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days[40] = "April 6, 2006";
msgs[40] = "<img align='left' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/04_06_1870.jpg' width='253' height='159' border='1' alt='Original Boone County Courthouse building.'><b>April 6, 1870</b> - Having received 3 and 62/100 acres of land the previous week from Lorenzo D. Rush, Boone County Court approves plans and specifications for building a courthouse in Harrison. The initial cost estimate for the structure is $10,500. Construction is underway by 1871, and the building is completed by January of 1872. This original courthouse would stand for 34 years until fire claims the structure on July 4, 1906. (Source: Logan, R. V. Jr. Judicial history of Boone County is recalled. <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. historical-18)<br><br><img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/04_06_1986.jpg' width='255' height='94' border='1' alt='Boone County Library.'><b>April 6, 1986</b> - Dedication ceremonies are held for the new Boone County Library.  The new library building is financed by the sale of the old library building, tax revenues, the fund drive called 'We're Moving For a Better Library', and the grant of funds from the Arkansas Library Commission. (Source: <i>History of Boone County, Arkansas with a Narrative by Roger V. Logan, Jr.</i>; p. 82)";

days[41] = "April 7";
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days[42] = "April 8, 2006";
msgs[42] = "<b>April 8, 1970 </b>- The Ozark Humane Society is incorporated as a non-profit organization. An office and thrift shop is opened a few weeks later on May 18, 1970 in the Milburn Building on the west side of the square, and staffed with volunteers. The following year, the Society purchases 15 acres on Rock Springs Road, including an old house used as a home for the first caretaker, Charlie Williams, and his family. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. clubs/florists-9)";

days[43] = "April 9, 2006";
msgs[43] = "<b>April 9, 1869</b> - Governor Clayton signs into law a bill introduced by Carroll County Senator J. T. Hopper, officially creating Boone County from territory taken off the east side of Carroll County. It becomes the 63rd county in the state, and has an initial area of 648 square miles. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; pp. 95-96)<br><br><div align='center'><img src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/04_09_1869.jpg' width='400' height='140' border='1' alt='Early Boone County.'></div><br><b>April 9, 1874</b> - Jesse Marshall is appointed postmaster of the Bellefonte post office, succeeding M. L. Tyson. As postmaster, Marshall serves only three months until July 22, 1874, when Isaac A. Eoff succeeds him as the new postmaster. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. places/people-7)";

days[44] = "April 10, 2006";
msgs[44] = "<b>April 10, 1922</b> - Following a termination of operations the previous year, property of the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad is put on the auction block and is sold to a group represented by Charles Gilbert of St. Louis, Missouri for the sum of $3 million. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; pp. 172-173)<br><br><b>April 10, 1944</b> - A tornado of major proportions strikes several localities in Boone County, mainly along the western edge of the Harrison city limits. The storm hits at about 5 p.m. on Monday afternoon. Several injuries, one fatality, and estimated property damage of around $50,000 are reported. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. historical-7)";

days[45] = "April 11";
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days[46] = "April 12, 2006";
msgs[46] = "<img align='center' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/04_12_1873.jpg' width='535' height='153' border='1' alt='Boon County Advocate.'><br><b>April 12, 1873</b> - The <i>Boon County Advocate</i>, first newspaper in the newly-created county, changes its name to the <i>Highlander</i>. The paper operates under this name until 1878 when John R. Newman, son of Thomas Newman, takes over the newspaper and changes the name to the <i>Harrison Times</i>. (Source: Newman, C. R. (1973). <i>One Hundred Years 1873-1973: A History of The Methodist Church in Harrison, Arkansas</i>. p. 8)<br><br><b>April 12, 1945</b> - The most damaging area flooding of the time begins on this night of President Franklin Roosevelt's death. The next four days of intense storms through April 16 bring a total rainfall of 8.9 inches. About 4 inches of this occurs during a 6-to-8-hour period on the night of April 13-14. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. historical-4)";

days[47] = "April 13, 2006";
msgs[47] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/04_13_1871.jpg' width='107' height='173' border='1' alt='Thomas R. Newman.'><b>April 13, 1871</b> - Thomas Newman, a St. Louis job printer and native of Dorchestershire, England, who had been naturalized in Philadelphia, succeeds founder Captain Henry W. Fick as Harrison postmaster. Newman also operates the countys first newspaper, the <i>Boon County Advocate</i>, which is a precursor to The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>. Newman serves as postmaster for nearly a year until he is succeeded by Leonidas Kirby on March 4, 1872. (Source: Newman, C. R. (1973). <i>One Hundred Years 1873-1973: A History of The Methodist Church in Harrison, Arkansas</i>. p. 7; <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)";

days[48] = "April 14";
msgs[48] = "";

days[49] = "April 15, 2006";
msgs[49] = "<b>April 15, 1901</b> - After completing track into the city limits less than a month earlier on March 22, the St. Louis & North Arkansas Railroad (later renamed the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad) begins regular scheduled operations to Harrison. Service to St. Joe and Gilbert soon follow. The following year (1902), the railroad is extended south to Leslie, Arkansas. (Source: <i>Oak Leaves</i>, Vol. II No. IV, October-December 2004; p. 39)<br><br><b>April 15, 1985</b> - Oregon resident David Charles Tate shoots two Missouri State Troopers at about 1:45 p.m. after they pull him over during a routine traffic stop on Highway 84 near Highway 65, just north of the Arkansas border. Trooper Jimmie Linegar dies from his wounds. His partner, Trooper Allen Hines, is wounded but recovers. Tate is later arrested in Forsyth, Missouri. He is alleged to have ties to the Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) - a survivalist group whose compound in northern Marion County is raided by Federal agents a few days later. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. business/agriculture-13)";

days[50] = "April 16, 2006";
msgs[50] = "<b>April 16, 1935</b> - After the rights, properties and franchises of the Missouri and North Arkansas Railway are sold to Frank Kell the previous month, the Missouri and Arkansas Railway Company assumes control of property. (Source: <i>Oak Leaves</i>, Vol. II No. IV, October-December 2004; p. 38-39)";

days[51] = "April 17";
msgs[51] = "";

days[52] = "April 18, 2006";
msgs[52] = "<b>April 18, 1970</b> - The Harrison Colony Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) is organized by Mrs. Ulys Jackson Cook of Little Rock (state organizing secretary) and Mrs. James Andrew Williams of Parksdale (state regent). (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. clubs/florists-16)";

days[53] = "April 19";
msgs[53] = "";

days[54] = "April 20";
msgs[54] = "";

days[55] = "April 21";
msgs[55] = "";

days[56] = "April 22, 2006";
msgs[56] = "<b>April 22, 1898</b> - President McKinley calls on Arkansas Governor Dan M. Jones for 1,600 troops from the state to serve in the war against Spain. This prompts John R. Newman, Captain of Co. B, Fourth Infantry, Arkansas National Guard, to muster officers and men from the Boone County area for service. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; p. 123)";

days[57] = "April 23";
msgs[57] = "";

days[58] = "April 24, 2006";
msgs[58] = "<b>April 24, 1973</b> - A tornado hits Boone County at 9:45 a.m. on this Good Friday, cutting a seven-mile path just south, southeast, and east of the Harrison city limits. One person is killed, 17 people are injured, and property damage is estimated at between $3 and $4 million. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. historical-7)";

days[59] = "April 25";
msgs[59] = "";

days[60] = "April 26";
msgs[60] = "";

days[61] = "April 27";
msgs[61] = "";

days[62] = "April 28";
msgs[62] = "";

days[63] = "April 29";
msgs[63] = "";

days[64] = "April 30, 2006";
msgs[64] = "<b>April 30, 1912</b> - The cornerstone of the new Harrison High School building is laid, with the following officers acting by regular authority: B. G. Andrews, grand master; W. G. Daily, deputy grand master; W. G. Clark, senior warden; B. N. Ritchey, junior warden; D. T. Waynick, orator;  Ed Zimmerman, marshall;  C. E. Wilson, treasurer;  L. Kirby, secretary;  L. B. Kirby, senior deacon;  E. C. Loop, junior deacon;  J. O. Wilson, senior master of ceremonies;  A. C. Brooks, junior master of ceremonies;  J. A. Womack, chaplain;  J. J. Marrs, Bible bearer;  and Ben F. Tye, Tyler. The St. Aldemar Commandry of Knight Templars act as an escort to the Grand Lodge and participate in the ceremonies. At 2 o’clock, the entire public school, headed by the High School Band, moves in procession around the square, presenting a most inspiring sight.  The Masons and the Knight Templars join the line at their hall and then all proceeded to the site of the new High School, where the impressive ceremonies of the laying of the corner stone are enacted. The new High School will add another to the several handsome structures of Harrison.  It will be 75 x 75 feet, two stories, and include a finished basement. The exterior will be of pressed brick, trimmed with Carthage limestone, similar to the town's United States government building.  Besides a large auditorium and study hall, there will be six large class rooms.  The basement will be divided into a gymnasium, two lavatories, toilets and a furnace room.  The building will be heated throughout with steam and furnished with the best up-to-date furniture and equipment generally. (Source: <i>The Harrison Times</i>, May 4, 1912; p. 1)<br><br><b>April 30, 1931</b> - The first chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, an international association of women, is organized in Abilene, Kansas. A Harrison chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is established five years later in 1936, but disbands after a few years. Fourteen years later, in March of 1950, Mrs. Veda Black re-establishes a chapter in Harrison with a candlelight ceremony in her home. Lillian Moore serves as the first president of this Alpha Omega Chapter, and Mrs. Black serves as its first director. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. clubs/florists-30)<br><br><b>April 30, 1978</b> - On this Sunday afternoon, baseball and golf ball sized hail fall in Boone County for about a 15-minute span beginning at 5:55 p.m. The large hail stones are accompanied by winds clocked at up to 50 miles-per-hour at the Boone County Airport. About 4,300 residences with more than 15,000 of the county's residents are affected, and the home damage alone is estimated at $12,900,000. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. historical-9)";

days[65] = "May 1, 2006";
msgs[65] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/02_28_1922.gif' width='127' height='127' border='1' alt='Missouri & North Arkansas'><b>May 1, 1922</b> - The Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad resumes operations after a nine month standstill. Employees who had been on strike are offered their jobs back at a wage 25% below the standard scale. This offer is refused, and operations resume on an open shop basis.  (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; pp. 173)";

days[66] = "May 2, 2006";
msgs[66] = "<b>May 2, 1891</b> - James T. Penn is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding Vincent W. Murphy. Penn serves nearly three years until Charles S. Rosson succeeds him as postmaster on February 16, 1894. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12) ";

days[67] = "May 3, 2006";
msgs[67] = "<b>May 3, 1861</b> - Bellefonte Lodge 165 holds its first lodge meeting under Dispensation of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas. The new members at this first meeting are assisted by brethren from Bluff Springs Lodge 103 and Crooked Creek Lodge 135. The Grand Lodge later grants a formal charter to the new Bellefonte Lodge in November of the same year, and the new club assembles for its first meeting under the new charter on December 6, 1861. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. clubs/florists-24)<br><br><b>May 3, 1961</b> - A meeting is held at Western Grove.  Rev. W. T. Nicholson of Bellefonte is elected temporary chairman of an organization to be known as the North Arkansas Historical Society.  According to C. G. Truitt, the purpose is to gather historical material of NW Arkansas and preserve it, and to establish a museum for preserving pioneer implements and household equipment.  Will Rice is elected president.  The next meeting is scheduled for June 14.  Five counties are covered by this society:  Searcy, Boone, Newton, Marion, and Baxter.  No record has been found showing how long this organization endured. (Source: <i>History of Boone County, Arkansas with a Narrative by Roger V. Logan, Jr.</i>; p. 69)";

days[68] = "May 4";
msgs[68] = "";

days[69] = "May 5";
msgs[69] = "";

days[70] = "May 6, 2006";
msgs[70] = "<b>May 6, 1935</b> - The Harrison Business and Professional Women's Club is chartered with 40 members. Two weeks later on Monday, May 20, the club meets at the Hotel Seville and elects its first president, Agnes Bass Shinn, and other officers. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. clubs/florists-14)";

days[71] = "May 7, 2006";
msgs[71] = "<b>May 7, 1898</b> - John R. Newman, Captain of Co. B, Fourth Infantry, Arkansas National Guard, musters seventy-one officers and men to serve against Spain in response to a request by President McKinley and Arkansas Governor Dan M. Jones. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; p. 123)<br><br><b>May 7, 1961</b> - Following heavy rains, normally placid Crooked Creek surges from its banks in the early morning hours on this Sunday, flooding the town of Harrison. Later deemed a '100-Year-Flood', the damage is catastrophic: over $5.4 million in property losses, 80 percent of the town's business district wiped out, and 331 buildings destroyed or damaged. Four local residents also lose their lives in the floodwaters: Troy Paul, 64, Sherman Smith, 55, J. C. McCutcheon, 77, and his wife, 74. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. historical-2) ";

days[72] = "May 8";
msgs[72] = "";

days[73] = "May 9";
msgs[73] = "";

days[74] = "May 10";
msgs[74] = "";

days[75] = "May 11";
msgs[75] = "";

days[76] = "May 12, 2006";
msgs[76] = "<b>May 12, 1884</b> - Captain Henry W. Fick, considered to be the founder of Harrison as well as its first postmaster, dies in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; p. 119)<br><br><b>May 12, 1926</b> - Jesse L. Russell is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding Rex Worthington. Russell serves over eight years until Will W. Coffman succeeds him as postmaster on February 26, 1935. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)";

days[77] = "May 13, 2006";
msgs[77] = "<b>May 13, 1972</b> - Joe L. Knox is appointed acting postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding William C. Capps. Knox serves nearly five months until Donald J. Childers succeeds him as postmaster on October 5, 1972. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12)";

days[78] = "May 14, 2006";
msgs[78] = "<b>May 14, 1950</b> - The Southside Baptist Church of South Lead Hill is organized. The first meeting is held at the old Lead Hill school house, with Dr. James Carl Hefley serving as the church's first pastor. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. religion/business-2)";

days[79] = "May 15, 2006";
msgs[79] = "<b>May 15, 1876</b> - John A. Witty is appointed postmaster of the Bellefonte post office, succeeding Isaac A. Eoff. As postmaster, Witty serves nearly two years until February 15, 1878, when Eoff returns as the new postmaster. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. places/people-7)";

days[80] = "May 16, 2006";
msgs[80] = "<b>May 16, 1978</b> - The Boone County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. is formed in Harrison.  The society's first president is Roger Logan, Jr.  This society begins to publish the Boone County Historian, a quarterly publication containing genealogical data and general Boone County area history. (Source: <i>History of Boone County, Arkansas with a Narrative by Roger V. Logan, Jr.</i>; p. 81)";

days[81] = "May 17, 2006";
msgs[81] = "<b>May 17, 1872</b> - M. L. Tyson is appointed postmaster of the Bellefonte post office, succeeding Alexander J. Walters. As postmaster, Tyson serves nearly two years until April 9, 1874, when Jesse Marshall succeeds him as the new postmaster. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. places/people-7)<br><br><b>May 17, 1889</b> - Vincent W. Murphy is appointed postmaster of the Harrison post office, succeeding John W. Anderson. Murphy serves two years until James T. Penn succeeds him as postmaster on May 2, 1891. (Source: The <i>Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. utilities/industries-12) ";

days[82] = "May 18";
msgs[82] = "";

days[83] = "May 19";
msgs[83] = "";

days[84] = "May 20";
msgs[84] = "";

days[85] = "August 11, 2006";
msgs[85] = "<img align='left' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/08_11_1913.jpg' width='120' height='120' border='1' alt='Odus Davidson'><b>August 11, 1913</b> - Odus Davidson, a 30 year-old Boone County resident, is publicly hanged behind the old jail in Harrison following his trial and conviction for the murder of 18 year-old Pleasant Ridge resident Miss Ella Barham. His is the last legal hanging in the county before the State of Arkansas introduces the electric chair. (Source: <i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986; pp. 6-7)<br><br><b>August 11, 1954</b> - The State Highway Department issues a work order to commence construction on the Bergman-Lead Hill surfacing project, beginning at Missouri Pacific overpass in Bergman and extending northeast through Lead Hill. The $121,590.41 worth of work is to consist of approximately 10 miles of crushed stone base and asphalt surface. (Source: <i></i>The Harrison Daily Times</i>, July 4, 1986 sesquicentennial edition; p. religion/business-3)";

days[86] = "November 21, 2006";
msgs[86] = "<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/11_21_1912.jpg' width='120' height='170' border='1' alt='Ella Barham'><b>November 21, 1912</b> - Miss Ella Barham, an 18 year-old resident of Pleasant Ridge, is brutally murdered near Davidson Cemetery on her way home from visiting a neighbor. Local resident Odus Davidson is later tried, convicted, and hanged in Harrison for the crime. (Source: <i>Boone County And Its People</i>, by Ralph R. Rea; pp. 148-149)";



var months = new Array("",
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
);

var today = new Date(); // today
var mon = months[today.getMonth() + 1]; // month
var day = today.getDate(); // day
var year = y2k(today.getYear()); // year

function dateMsg() {
for (i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return("<b>Today is " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "</b>"); // returns today's month, day, and year
   }
return("<b>Today is " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "</b>"); // returns default month, day, and year, which is also defined as today
}

function historyMsg() {
for (i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return(msgs[i]); // returns today's this day in boone county history msg which is predefined above
   }
return("<img align='right' src='images/includes/js/dayinboone/default.jpg' width='194' height='112' border='1'>Whether you live nearby or are planning a visit to the area, be sure to stop by the <a href='museum/information/index.html'>Boone County Heritage Museum</a> in Harrison to discover more about this and many other days in Boone County history. Located in the historic 1912 Harrison High School building, our museum hosts three floors of exhibits, genealogy collections, hundreds of old photographs, railroad memorabilia, and much <a href='museum/information/index.html'><b>More...</b></a>"); // returns this default msg if no other msg is found for this day
}

// Y2K Fix Function
function y2k(year) {
if (year < 2000)
year = year + 1900;
return year;
}
//  End -->
