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FAYETTEVILLE -- A mural planned along the retaining wall on Nelson Hackett Boulevard depicts the history of the area while communicating joy to the viewer, the citys Arts Council members agreed.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A mural planned along the retaining wall on Nelson Hackett Boulevard depicts the history of the area while communicating joy to the viewer, the citys Arts Council members agreed.

The city of Fayetteville honors one of the state's first politicians.

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Fayetteville recently dedicated a memorial and renamed a street with the name of Nelson Hackett. As an historian not familiar with the name, I began to unravel the story behind

An enslaved man who fled Arkansas in 1841 seeking freedom in Canada, only to be forcibly returned to the U.S., has been honored with a historical marker and a new

A marker honoring Hackett and his impact was installed in Fayetteville's downtown square, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

An enslaved man who fled Arkansas in 1841 seeking freedom in Canada, only to be forcibly returned to the U.S., has been honored with a historical marker and a

The unprecedented 1842 extradition of Nelson Hackett from Canada sparked an uproar in the British colony

The marker will be on the corner of the downtown square