Garland County is a county located in the U. S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,024; the county seat is Hot Springs. Garland County comprises AR Metropolitan Statistical Area; the county includes Hot Springs National Park, the only national park in the state of Arkansas as well as the first property to be protected under federal legislation. This area was occupied by the historic Natchitoches people, who frequented the hot springs for their healing powers, their ancestors among regional indigenous peoples had been coming to this area for thousands of years. President Thomas Jefferson requested William Dunbar, a planter and amateur scientist of Natchez, to explore this area. Dunbar led small group of a dozen soldiers and friend George Hunter, a chemist, to the Ouachita Mountains to report on the Indian tribes and springs, they reached Hot Springs in December 1804, where they found a basic cabin used by visitors to the springs. The first European-American settler was Jean Pierre Emanuel Prudhomme, a descendant of French colonists.

An owner of a plantation at Red River, Prudhomme was suffering from illness and sought relief from the springs. In 1807 he built the first permanent European house by the springs. Isaac Cates and John Percival, two trappers from Alabama, joined him. Percival foresaw a great potential for the area and built log cabins in order to rent to visitors to the springs. In 1828, Ludovicus Belding came with wife and children to visit the hot springs. After a few months they built a small hotel for the visitors of the springs. In 1832 President Andrew Jackson signed legislation to protect the hot springs area for recreational use by American citizens as Hot Springs Reservation, the first time such action was taken; this was four years before Arkansas became a state, on June 15, 1836. A dispute among original settlers and their descendants over control of the property was settled by the US Supreme Court in 1877 in favor of the federal government. Hot Springs National Park is managed by the National Park Service.

Garland County is Arkansas' 68th county, formed on April 5, 1873, from portions of Hot Spring and Saline counties. It was named for eleventh governor of Arkansas, it is the only county in the United States with this name. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 735 square miles, of which 678 square miles is land and 57 square miles is water. U. S. Highway 70 U. S. Highway 270 Highway 5 Highway 7 Highway 88 Perry County Saline County Hot Spring County Montgomery County Yell County Hot Springs National Park Ouachita National Forest As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 88,068 people, 37,813 households, 25,259 families residing in the county; the population density was 130 people per square mile. There were 44,953 housing units at an average density of 66 per square mile; the racial makeup of the county was 88.85% White, 7.80% Black or African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.72% from other races, 1.49% from two or more races.

2.56 % of the population were Latino of any race. There were 37,813 households out of which 25.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.20% were married couples living together, 10.10% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.20% were non-families. 28.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.50% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.78. In the county, the population was spread out with 21.30% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 25.10% from 45 to 64, 21.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 94.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $31,724, the median income for a family was $38,079. Males had a median income of $28,117 versus $20,421 for females; the per capita income for the county was $18,631.

About 10.50% of families and 14.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.70% of those under age 18 and 8.60% of those age 65 or over. Hot Springs Fountain Lake Lonsdale Mountain Pine Hot Springs Village Lake Hamilton Piney Rockwell Royal Bear Jessieville Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county; each township includes unincorporated areas. Arkansas townships have limited purposes in modern times. However, the United States Census does list Arkansas population based on townships. Townships are of value for historical purposes in terms of genealogical research; each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications. The townships of Garland County are listed below. Over the past few election cycles Garland County has trended towards the GOP; the last Democrat to carry this county was Arkansas “favorite son” Bill Clinton in 1996. List of lakes in Garland County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places listings in Garland County, Arkansas Garland County government's website Hot Springs, Arkansas Community Guides • What to do and where to find it in Hot Springs

Ruth Shepley was an American stage actress from Providence, Rhode Island who appeared in comedies such as It Pays to Advertise. A Broadway performer, she was trim, with blonde hair, medium height, she was educated in Paris. Shepley was a close friend of Helen Hayes and Douglas Fairbanks Sr.. Shepley's debut as an actress came in 1908 at the Bijou Theatre, she appeared in All For A Girl. Subsequent performances at the same venue included acting in A Gentleman of Leisure, The Brute, The Fatted Calf, Nearly Married, It Pays To Advertise. Quite a few of her early stage work came under the management of George M. Cohan, her most noted production was The Boomerang in which Shepley played the part of Grace Tyler at the Belasco Theatre. In 1921 Shepley appeared at the Cort Theatre in Her Salary Man; the following year she made her first London performance in Lawful Larceny. Her final work as an actress came with Helen Hayes in Ladies and Gentlemen, a production staged in Santa Barbara, California. During World War I Shepley was a captain in the American Women's Voluntary Services.

In World War II she was featured in an eight-month tour of the Pacific Rim in Dear Ruth. The entertainment was under the auspices of the United Services Organization. Shepley married Gordon Sarre in 1920, a union, dissolved in 1932, she was survived by her second husband, the New York surgeon Dr. Beverly C. Smith, whom she married in 1932, she resided at 28 East 73rd Street in Connecticut. Ruth Shepley at the Internet Broadway Database

This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 227 of the United States Reports: Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. Co. v. Greenwood Grocery Co. 227 U. S. 1 Wynkoop, Crawford Co. v. Gaines, 227 U. S. 4 Virtue v. Creamery Package Mfg. Co. 227 U. S. 8 Cameron Septic Tank Co. v. Knoxville, 227 U. S. 39 Gray v. Taylor, 227 U. S. 51 Michigan Central R. Co. v. Vreeland, 227 U. S. 59 Grant v. United States, 227 U. S. 74 Davis v. Las Ovas Co. 227 U. S. 80 ICC v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. 227 U. S. 88 Guardian Assurance Co. of London v. Quintana, 227 U. S. 100 De Bary & Co. v. Louisiana, 227 U. S. 108 Texas & New Orleans R. Co. v. Sabine Tram Co. 227 U. S. 111 Heike v. United States, 227 U. S. 131 American R. Co. of P. R. v. Didricksen, 227 U. S. 145 Ross v. Oregon, 227 U. S. 150 United States v. Harvey Steel Co. 227 U. S. 165 Robinson v. Lundrigan, 227 U. S. 173 Guttierrez del Arroyo v. Graham, 227 U. S. 181 Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Schwyhart, 227 U. S. 184 Brooklyn Mining & Milling Co. v. Miller, 227 U.

S. 194 United States v. Winslow, 227 U. S. 202 St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. of Tex. v. Alexander, 227 U. S. 218 Scott v. Lattig, 227 U. S. 229 Johnson v. Hoy, 227 U. S. 245 New York Central & Hudson River R. Co. v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Hudson, 227 U. S. 248 St. Louis, I. M. & S. R. Co. v. Edwards, 227 U. S. 265 Porto Rico v. Rosaly y Castillo, 227 U. S. 270 Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Los Angeles, 227 U. S. 278 Winfree v. Northern Pacific R. Co. 227 U. S. 296 Hutchinson v. Valdosta, 227 U. S. 303 Hoke v. United States, 227 U. S. 308 Athanasaw v. United States, 227 U. S. 326 Bennett v. United States, 227 U. S. 333 Harris v. United States, 227 U. S. 340 Stuart v. Union Pacific R. Co. 227 U. S. 342 Northern Pacific R. Co. v. United States, 227 U. S. 355 Wadkins v. Producers Oil Co. 227 U. S. 368 Cordova v. Folgueras y Rijos, 227 U. S. 375 Luke v. Smith, 227 U. S. 379 Porto Rico v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co. 227 U. S. 382 Crenshaw v. Arkansas, 227 U. S. 389 Rogers v. Arkansas, 227 U.

S. 401 James v. Stone & Co. 227 U. S. 410 Lovell v. Newman & Son, 227 U. S. 412 Bartell v. United States, 227 U. S. 427 Troxell v. Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. 227 U. S. 434 United States ex rel. Champion Lumber Co. v. Fisher, 227 U. S. 445 United States ex rel. Foreman v. Meyer, 227 U. S. 452 Hampton v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. R. Co. 227 U. S. 456 Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Neiman-Marcus Co. 227 U. S. 469 Bradley v. Richmond, 227 U. S. 477 United States v. Mason, 227 U. S. 486 Zimmerman v. Harding, 227 U. S. 489 Supreme Ruling of Fraternal Mystic Circle v. Snyder, 227 U. S. 497 Bacon v. Illinois, 227 U. S. 504 Smoot v. Heyl, 227 U. S. 518 Svor v. Morris, 227 U. S. 524 Ross v. Stewart, 227 U. S. 530 Matheson v. United States, 227 U. S. 540 Grand Trunk Western R. Co. v. South Bend, 227 U. S. 544 Southern Pacific Co. v. Portland, 227 U. S. 559 Van Iderstine v. National Discount Co. 227 U. S. 575 Rosaly v. Graham y Frazer, 227 U. S. 584 Ensign v. Pennsylvania, 227 U. S. 592 Southern Pacific Co. v. Schuyler, 227 U. S. 601 Starr v. Long Jim, 227 U.

S. 613 Zavelo v. Reeves, 227 U. S. 625 Marrone v. Washington Jockey Club, 227 U. S. 633 Baxter v. Buchholz-Hill Transp. Co. 227 U. S. 637 Kansas City Southern R. Co. v. Carl, 227 U. S. 639 Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. Harriman, 227 U. S. 657 Supreme Court of the United States United States Supreme Court cases in volume 227 United States Supreme Court cases in volume 227 United States Supreme Court cases in volume 227