Make plans to join us for this year’s Fall Ramble as we journey to Historic Cane Hill! We will tour the town of Cane Hill, learn about the Cumberland Presbyterians who settled the area, learn about Cane Hill College (chartered in 1850 and the first college in the state to admit women) and learn about the region’s prominent role in Arkansas’s historic apple industry. Ramblers will also visit Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park to learn about the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove and tour the historic Borden House.
The bus will depart from First Presbyterian Church – Argenta in downtown North Little Rock. A half-day option is available and includes lunch and dinner. You will provide your own transportation for the half-day option.
Tickets for the bus tour are $125 and include snacks, libations, lunch and dinner. Tickets for the half-day option, which includes lunch and dinner, are $65. We can’t wait to see you on the Ramble!
Preliminary Program
7:30 AM Bus departs from First Presbyterian Church – Argenta
201 W. 4th St., North Little Rock
11:00 AM Early History of Cane Hill
Cane Hill Cemetery
Bobby Braly, Executive Director, Historic Cane Hill
John Greer, AIA, LEED AP, Principal/Vice President, WER Architects/Planners
11:45 AM Lunch at Cane Hill College (catered by Briar Rose Bakery)
Speaker: Susan Young, Outreach Coordinator, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
“The Apple Orchard of America,” a slide program on the heyday of the apple industry in northwest Arkansas from the late 1800s and early 1900s, featuring historic images from the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Collection.
1:00 PM Heirloom Apples and Cider-Making
J. S. Edmiston House
Trey Holt, Black Apple Crossing
1:30 PM Tour of Cane Hill
D. N. Edmiston House
Dr. Blackburn House
Cane Hill Presbyterian Church
2:00 PM Refreshment & Restroom Break
A. R. Carroll Drug Store
2:30 PM Tour Continued
Zeb Edmiston House
Cane Hill Museum
Methodist Manse
3:45 PM Bus leaves Cane Hill
4:00 PM Battle of Prairie Grove and Historic Borden House
Bart Taylor, Interpreter, Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park
6:00 PM Dinner at Mermaids Seafood Restaurant
2217 N. College Ave., Fayetteville
7:30 PM Bus departs for North Little Rock
10:30 PM Bus arrives at First Presbyterian Church – Argenta
Rice Country Ramble
Beer on the Border: The History of Hops in Frontier Arkansas
Behind Barbed Wire: Arkansas's WWII Homefront Heritage
Papa and the Man in Black: Rooted in the Arkansas Delta
The Vines that Bind: Cultivation, Community and Tradition in Arkansas
Mid-Century to Mid-Century: Headquarters to Hantz
Red River Ramble: the Camden Expedition and the Civil War in Arkansas
East Arkansas Harvest Ramble
