Thomas Boles
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Thomas Boles was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and U.S. Representative, federal marshal, and court clerk from Arkansas. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a Rep
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Dardanelle, Arkansas
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Dardanelle is a city in northeast Yell County, Arkansas, United States. Its population was 4,517 at the 2020 census. Along with Danville, it serves as a county seat for Yell County. It is located near
Thomas Boles
…and again served from February 9, 1872, until March 3, 1873, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1872. Boles resumed the practice of law at Dardanelle, Arkansas and also served many years as school director and alderman. He was appointed receiver of the land office at Dardanelle by President Rutherford B. Hayes…
For nearly four decades (1891-1929), the bridge between Yell and Pope Counties at the old military road crossing at Dardanelle was the longest pontoon bridge in the U.S. at over 2,200 feet.
Yell County Courthouse in downtown Dardanelle
An oil-on-canvas mural, Cotton Growing, Manufacture, and Export, painted in 1939 by Ludwig Mactarian is on display in the Dardanelle post office.
View of Lake Dardanelle, with reactor at Arkansas Nuclear One visible in background