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History of CC AR, Hopkins, p 248� y. c"""_ lfoad �t5 �i i � .,.a of ]g76, 36 rai � �ovess►bet' Van $uren. ~vV��6'�C3� E�iti°n cam to W• Campbell Circus arrived in Van 'Buren �'�' that the H. 916, it was reporter en agement. It was set up on a large vacant spa f rim St ins 4n t 5 Oct ] s for a week s g � m the year �� �� board �venty-fn'e Fnsco ]tailroad car - Da�S Grp Company. 'ttr� � the ,meat Clifton -Kell Carnival in combination with "Wilson's Trained Lions Cirgag�, a • � lucre ] 9 ] S, �� non the 10 . �`'� fex a we�c � Perfornran� to begi Variety Troupe pn �, March ] 869, the Pearson and Eldridge Variety Troupe gave a performance at the Crawford County CoU,thou� to raise funds for the Van Buren Brass Band. Opera ��ou�e The citizens of Crawford County and in the town of Van Buren were, from earliest times, very refined and culwred individuals and, therefore, it is not surprising that we f nd an opera house in Van Buren. ?he Marta Opera House on 8°i Street in Van Buren, on 1 l October ] $97, was reported to have presented William 5, Hart playing in "The Man in the Iron Mask." On 2? November ] 897, at 5; UO a,m, a Marta Upera 1-lousc was destroyed by fire as well as other business buildings in the area. ieS�,Lly v yJil e� St )die h�� and �,ib arrnonY� ing strap fen• e� h onst�� °atxne bv ton c otre boy�akis�g p°beat the ba to � beaa tit'°� to do ed was the play earl Sa empty tOmatOt � cloo ba dim and � ss pfodu�n� Unlble comb, e� �.he h me any �,,rell ould put tOave to it the bay a and � played the ban eaturea � ' lay d Duke Ellington mho P Wilbert Chatman f Hemet Dicks randson ° d was the seer Negro gap the P�ents Teacher Asso �,,,,.. '�s�. 1 On 19 October ]901, Col, H, p. Kings "King Opera House" at 5''' and Main Street in Van Buren, Arkansas, was dedic�d. Nt purchased the property in ] 898, The first performance given was Goethe's "Faust" under the direction of Edwin Epperson, In lures of 1919, the King pparx House of Van Buren was sold to Joe Huff On 4 April ]r>2U, it was rc:pUrtod that Joo Ilufi, nwnt;t• aCtha King Op®ra .[douse was renovatinb the building, which would continua to bc� us°� tts a �rtc�ving picture house, Un 21 January 1 rI2U, it was rCpc7r reel that Mrs, ,M, Donnell owner of the Royal Theatre in Van Buren would build a new $2S,1)UU,U(J (�purf� house on thr� [3ttllctrd}7'axi property, On the 29u, of M eels 192Q, she scrltf the ltciysl 7'hatitra tc� ldouis Whittaker, h� 2UU1 we arty hti to re o a t„visa ►,as been restored to its origins) cl©gctnce ant) is in use, It ispa major historhat the .Kind Opera 'd-iii tiurGn, Arkanras, C site on Main Street in 2=lF