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Yellville Arkansas & Northern Arkansas Area History

World-Famous Bull Shoals Lake Country
A Quiet Town With Plenty Of Fun To Offer Near The Missouri Border

  
Yellville was originally founded in 1835 under the name of Shawneetown for the Indian villages located here. It wasn't until statehood was achieved and 
      

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new counties were formed in 1836 that Yellville was provided with its current moniker.
  
The name was designated in honor of the first member of the House of Representatives to come from Arkansas as well as its second governor, Archibald Yell. A legend has been handed down that Mr. Yell wanted the new town named in his honor and offered the city's founding fathers $50 as a way of convincing them to do so. They indeed named it Yellville but never received the $50.
   
The name Yell can also be seen in a number
of other areas across Arkansas, such as Yell County and Archibald Yell Boulevard in Fayetteville.
 
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