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The Big Buffalo Valley Historic District, also known as the Boxley Valley Historic District, is notable as a cultural landscape in Buffalo National River. It comprises the Boxley Valley in northern Arkansas, near the town of 
Structures in the valley have been classified into three historical phases:
*The Old-Ozarks-Frontier phase, comprising the period of the 1830s to the 1870s, focusing on settlement and homesteading, with a continuing tradition of log construction extending to the 1930s.
*The Cosmopolitan-Ozarks phase, from ''circa'' 1895 to 1950, in which a more urban style was used for housing, with large barns and the appearance of specialized buildings for shops and services.
*The New-Ozarks-Frontier phase, from 1950 to the present, with a suburban design influence.
The district includes
Ponca
The Ponca ( Páⁿka iyé: Páⁿka or Ppáⁿkka pronounced ) are a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan language group. There are two federally recognized Ponca tribes: the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the Ponca ...
. The valley includes a number of family-operated farms, primarily dating between 1870 and 1930. The farms are situated on either side of the road that parallels the river, Highway 43. Many of these farms are still operated by the descendants of the original homesteaders. However, of fifty residences in the valley, thirty were vacant in 1987, at the time of historic designation.
Structures in the valley have been classified into three historical phases:
*The Old-Ozarks-Frontier phase, comprising the period of the 1830s to the 1870s, focusing on settlement and homesteading, with a continuing tradition of log construction extending to the 1930s.
*The Cosmopolitan-Ozarks phase, from ''circa'' 1895 to 1950, in which a more urban style was used for housing, with large barns and the appearance of specialized buildings for shops and services.
*The New-Ozarks-Frontier phase, from 1950 to the present, with a suburban design influence.
The district includes Villines Mill
Villines Mill, also known as Boxley Mill or Whiteley Mill, was originally built ''c.'' 1840 by Abner Casey in the Buffalo River valley, in what is now Buffalo National River. After becoming known as Whiteley Mill, the mill was at the center of a ...
, listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
See also
* Buffalo River State Park Historic District *Rush Historic District
The Rush Historic District is a zinc mining region of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Now located within Buffalo National River, the district includes ruins dating from 1880 to 1940. The area was an important part of what became known as the N ...
* Parker-Hickman Farm Historic District
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Arkansas
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Arkansas.
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References
Geography of Newton County, Arkansas Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo National River {{NewtonCountyAR-NRHP-stub