1902 — Sheriff W.H. Rollins seized several illegal whiskey barrels on this day and poured out the whiskey and smashed the barrels in front of the Washington County Courthouse at the center of the square.
1940 — A cry of "Old Main's on fire" electrified the University of Arkansas campus on this day. Fire caused between $10,000 and $15,000 worth of damage to the upper two floors of the north end of the building.
1998 — The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport opened on this day near Highfill. Over the next several months, the commercial airlines operating out of Fayetteville's Drake Field — American Eagle, TransWorld Express, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Northwest Airlink and U.S. Air Express — moved their operations to the new airport.
1940 — A cry of "Old Main's on fire" electrified the University of Arkansas campus on this day. Fire caused between $10,000 and $15,000 worth of damage to the upper two floors of the north end of the building.
1998 — The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport opened on this day near Highfill. Over the next several months, the commercial airlines operating out of Fayetteville's Drake Field — American Eagle, TransWorld Express, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Northwest Airlink and U.S. Air Express — moved their operations to the new airport.
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