Conway’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Conway. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city of Conway was founded by Asa P. Robinson, who came to the area shortly after the Civil War. Robinson was the chief engineer for the Little Rock-Fort Smith Railroad (now the Union Pacific). Part of his compensation was the deed to a tract of land, one square mile, located near the old settlement of Cadron. When the railroad came through, Robinson had deeded a small tract of his land back to the railroad for a depot site. He laid off a town site around the depot and named it "Conway Station" in honor of a famous Arkansas family. Conway Station contained two small stores, two saloons, a depot, some temporary housing, and a post office. Despite being founded as a railroad town, there is currently no passenger service; this is attributed to the increasing emphasis placed on cars.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Conway’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Conway’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThis is a Ward body (82381), c. 1930: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Conway, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Arkansas - Faulkner County - Conway - ED AR 23-4 to 11 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.