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Walk & Talk: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

An Hour of Fayetteville Square History with J. B. Hogan

Spend an hour with award-winning author and historian J. B. Hogan learning about some of the history of the Fayetteville Square.

Join us at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 28, at the Fayetteville Public Library for a Walk & Talk adventure with award-winning author and historian J. B. Hogan. Mr. Hogan will meet us in the Mountain Street Lobby, on the corner of Mountain Street and School Avenue. He will enlighten us by reliving Fayetteville history up Mountain Street, around the Fayetteville Square, and then back to the library, via Center Street. After the walk, he will have his book "The Square Book: An Illustrated History of the Fayetteville Square" for sale. Spaces are limited, so don't miss this historic opportunity and sign up now.

Wear comfortable clothing and shoes, sunscreen up, bring a bottle of water and be ready for some historic fun.

J. B. Hogan is an award-winning author with over 270 stories and poems and ten books published. He has a Ph.D. in English Literature, worked for many years as a technical writer, and has researched and written extensively on local history. His book "Angels in the Ozarks" is a history of 1930s professional baseball in the area. He co-authored "An Illustrated History of the Fayetteville Square" with noted local historian Anthony J. Wappel. His book of local history articles, "Forgotten Fayetteville", is scheduled to be published by Oghma Creative Design in October 2021. In October 2019, he received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Washington County Historical Society and in June 2021 received the Tom Dillard Advocacy Award from the Arkansas Historical Association.

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