Last Updated: October 11, 2006

• October 11 , 2006: You can download a PDF of Alicia Valentino's dissertation "The Dynamics of Industry as Seen from Van Winkle's Mill, Arkansas" can be downloaded by chapter, or in its entirety in our Resources section.
  
  
• August 25, 2006: Congratulations to Alicia Valentino. The successful defense of her dissertation on the industrial archaeology of Van Winkle's Mill has made her the FIRST Ph.D. in anthropology produced by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Look for a PDF version of her dissertation to be posted to this site in late September or early October.
  
  
• July 2006: The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will consider Van Winkle's Mill (and 27 other properties in 18 Arkansas counties) for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places when it meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2 in the meeting room of the Oyster Bar at 3003 W. Markham St. in Little Rock.
  
  
• June 6, 2006: The final report on the 2005 archaeological investigations at the blacksmith shop and the mill area (written by Alicia Valentino) is now available for download in PDF format in two versions: a high resoultion version (7.87MB) or a smaller, black and white scan (1.77MB).
  
  
• May 29, 2006: Katherine Cleek, a Ph.D. student at the University of Arkansas has prepared a National Register of Historic Places nomination for Van Winkle's Mill as a part of her research assistantship at the Arkansas Archeological Survey. It has been submitted and we had addressed some comments...we'll keep you posted. In the meantime, you can take a look at the NRHP nomination form (in PDF format) here.
  
  
• December 11, 2005: The Friends of Hobbs State Park organization has just gotten a web site up & running. Check it out & join the Friends of Hobbs! http://www.friendsofhobbsstatepark.com/
  
  
• October 6, 2005: Check out the photo gallery of this fall's excavations, or this article which appeared on the front page of the Rogers edition of the Morning News.
  
  
• October 3-7, 2005: We will be returning to Van Winkle's Mill this fall in order to look for the foundations of the gristmill building, clean off the boiler platform and test the new cellar feature discovered during the field school. More information and pics will be posted as the date nears...contact Alicia or Jamie if you would like to volunteer or visit.
  
  
• September 10th, 2005: The grand opening of the Van Winkle Legacy exibit at the Rogers Historical Museum. Check back soon for pictures.
  
  
• Check out pics and information about the 2005 archeological field school at Van Winkle's Mill:

• June 4, 2005: Dedication of the Historic Van Winkle's Mill Trail: 10:00 a.m. until noon. Look here for Pics.
  
  
• 2005 Field School in Historical and Industrial Archeology at Van Winkle's Mill announced for first summer semester!
  
  
• May 4, 2005: Pics of the current development at Hobbs State Park.
  
  
• A Van Winkle's Mill archaeology monograph summarizing the technical aspects of our excavations is in the works. . . look for it to come out in the Arkansas Archeological Survey's Research Series--Maybe early next year! We're also talking about doing a report in the AAS Popular Series. . .