Eddie Mae Herron Center

We would like to invite you to our Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration on January 21st. Agenda 10am – Walk begins at the Courthouse, will continue down Marr Street to the Community Center. 10:30am – Music by Marilyn’s Clogging and St. Paul’s School at the Community Center 12 noon – Chili lunch and a birthday [...]

Most residents have heard the story that the first school for African-American children in Randolph County was a one-room school opened by sisters at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pocahontas circa 1888. It is also believed that this was the first school of its kind in Arkansas. Additionally, the story goes that the school closed after a short [...]

The Herron Center/Museum will conduct their annual Pie aucton on Friday night April 20 th. There will be a Meet and Greet between 5 and 6 P.M. with refreshments being served. Auction will start around 6 P.M.

The Eddie Mae Herron Center/Museum will conducting their annual Boston Butt Sale for Easter. The center will be selling fully cooked Boston Butt Roast for $ 25.00. The roast weight will be between 7 and 10 Lbs. Place your order now by calling the Center at 892-4433 or go by the center at 1708 Archer [...]

Schedule of Events for Black History Month:   All  events begin at 10:00 a.m. with the exception of the Hog Killing which begin at 8;00 a.m. February 6th  Mrs. Kay McFall and Lisa Perry will be presenting stories through songs. February 10th Mrs. Anna Cook will demonstrate Kitchen Tools of the Past February 13th The Center will  celebrate [...]

The Eddie Mae Herron Center is chartering a bus  to Little Rock on Saturday, February  the 4th to kick off their annual Black History Month celebration. They will be visiting the Central High School Museum and the  Mosanic Templers Cultural Center/Museum. The bus ticket will be $25 per person.  They need at least 55 people to [...]

The Eddie Mae Herron Center/Museum will be hosting their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration on January 16, 2012. There will be a march across Pocahontas starting at 10am at the Courthouse on Broadway. We will walk down Marr Street to the Community Center on Geneva Street. The public is invited to march with [...]

The Eddie Mae Herron Museum/Center will participate in the Pocahontas Chamber of Commerce 2011 Tour of Homes on December 11 and the Center will remain open throughout the Christmas Holidays for tours.  The Center’s Christmas Committee invites everyone to stop by the Museum for a step back in time where the decorations will represent simpler times [...]

The West Central Church of Christ performed at the Juneteenth Celebration held at the Eddie Mae Herron Center.

Southern Gospel Quartet Homeward Bound will perform Friday, June 17th at 6pm during our Juneteenth Celebration at the Randolph County Development Center on the campus of Black River Technical College.