Old Indepedence MuseumHistoric Batesville to be Subject of Senior Program at Old Independence Regional Museum

Alan Bufford will be presenting the history of Batesville for Old Independence Regional Museum’s August Senior Program. The PowerPoint presentation will be at the museum on Tuesday, August 25th at 10 a.m. Following the presentation, Francis Mathis will lead participants in the decorating and stocking of a miniature first aid kit.

This program is free.  Space is limited to 15 participants and reservations are required.  Please call the museum at 870-793-2121 to reserve your space!

This humanities program is made possible by local support from Independence County and the City of Batesville, as well as by Challenge Grant Endowment funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities.  Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Old Independence serves a 12-county area:  Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Marion, Poinsett, Sharp, Stone, White, and Woodruff.  Parts of these present-day counties comprised the original Independence County in 1820s Arkansas territory.

Phone:    (870) 793-2121