Paris-Logan County Coal Miners Memorial & Museum

03/16/2023

Vendors wanted!!

07/27/2022

Mark your calendars for the 2022 Frontier Day Festival on October 1, 2022, starting at 9 am with the annual parade!

07/27/2022

“In Logan County, the first coal was found by 19-year-old Robert Dayton Waddell in 1866. He was a blacksmith’s son and was searching for material to burn in his dad’s forge. They used charcoal for his furnace because hard coal was scarce and costly. Robert discovered a small outcrop of semi-anthracite coal about three miles west of Paris. His dad made him a pick and other implements to remove the earth surrounding the coal and Robert dug four tons of this coal. What his father didn’t use was sold to nearby blacksmiths for 75 cents a bushel.”

The dream of one man, Robert “Bob” Thomas, became a reality on October 2, 2010, with the opening of the Paris-Logan County Coal Miners Memorial and Museum. In 2004 Bob was interested in writing a book about mining and was interviewing local miners when it was suggested that it would be nice to h...

09/06/2021

This documentary film illustrates the importance of the Smith Hospital in Paris, Arkansas, and its surrounding communities. Produced by the Don Tyson School ...

11/17/2017

REMINDER
Open house on the square & Coal Miners Museum
Coal miners Museum
Refreshment served
Door Prize Paris Arkansas and It's People Book
Do not have to be present to win. Pick up at Miners Museum Fri.- Sat.-Sun. 9:30-4a;30 pm

11/16/2017

Good Afternoon
A reminder open house on the square & the Coal Miners museum
Sunday Nov. 19
Miners Museum 1 to 4 pm
Refreshments served
Door Prize The Paris Arkansas & It's People Book
Do not have to be present to win
Pick up at the Coal Miners Museum
Fri.-Sat.-Sun. 9:30 to 4:30 pm
See you there Come out & support Paris & Miners Museum