The Pope County Historical Association was established in 1948 as the Arkansas Valley Historical Society. In 1966, the name officially changed, and the Arkansas Valley Historical Papers became the Pope County Historical Association Quarterly.

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The PCHA shut down briefly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the passing of two of the association's officers. In 2022, the PCHA  reorganized and has been going strong ever since.

 

To read more about the early history of the PCHA, check out this article from a 1978 PCHA Quarterly, "History of the Arkansas Valley Historical Society and Pope County Historical Association" by M. C. Tucker.