The Herald (Mt. Ida) June 11, 1936 The First
Stone Business Buildings
The first stone business buildings were erected in 1912. The fronts and West
side was built of cut sandstone, which was quarried on the mountain side south
of Mt. Ida, and the other walls of field stone. The four store buildings were
financed by the Mount Ida Investment company, a Corporation organized, under the
Laws of Arkansas, by L.L. Beavers. Construction was under the supervision and
direction of John Kohn, a stone cutter and mason. The officers and stockholders
of the Corporation were: Dr. L.L. Kennedy, President; C.J. Watkins, Vice
President; L.L. Beavers, Secretary and Treasurer; Gibson Witt, W.D. Freeman,
W.I. Hovell and J.D. Whittington. These buildings are now occupied by J.H.
Alley, Lee Jackson and William Davis.
Sam Newton Hickey and his son Glenn N. Hickey opened a two story buff brick
hardware store in Mt. Ida in 1944. The store is located on the courthouse square
and was called "Hickey's Hardware and Department Store; its motto was "right on
the corner, right on the price." Glenn Hickey also served as mayor of Mt. Ida
and deacon of the First Baptists Church.
First Baptist Church, Mt Ida 1998
Mt Ida United Methodist Church
Photo courtesy of Bill Ray June 2001.
Mt. Ida summer 2010 photos below.
Roosevelt Auditorium
Roosevelt Auditorium Mt Ida rock work - local rocks used.
Artist: Harold Van Borkum
Harold van Borkum 1921-2004, born in Beatrice, NE. His main interest was art. Not just pictures and paintings but especially Native American art styles. Harold worked for Walt Disney and a television station in Chicago early in his career. A member of the Marine Corps during WW2. His mission was to draw aircraft. He eventually ending up near Mt. Ida, Arkansas where he enjoyed retirement on five acres.
1946 - Bearce
C.H. Herdon 1971 memorial sidewalk
Mt Ida Methodist -June 2010 - Worship11am Sundays
Pastors Ted DeWeese and Terry Scott
Hwy 27 in Mt. Ida looking west
Hwy 27 in Mt. Ida looking west, 26 May 2012
Loveseat
Photo credits: Olwyn , 1998, 2010, 2012
"I've lived in big cities all my life, and
now I see cows and horses and they're not on milk cartons. It's like I've died
and gone to Mayberry."G RKANSAS by Tom W.
Dillard
wrote William Ward, an American academic and maxim writer.