Web Extra: This Week in Arkansas History, The Order of Hoo-Hoo
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: October 19, 2012
In the latest episode of "This Week in Arkansas History," the Secretary of State's Office looks into "The Order of Hoo-Hoo."
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From the Encyclopedia of Arkansas:
Founded in 1892, the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is a fraternal organization of lumbermen and those in trades related to the lumber industry. Hoo-Hoo is the oldest industrial fraternal organization in the United States. At the height of the organization's popularity, membership totaled more than 13,000. The headquarters of the order and its museum are located in Gurdon (Clark County), the town where Hoo-Hoo originated. The order had more than 3,500 members in 2004.
The order was established when six men saw a need for an organization to promote unity and fellowship among lumbermen and to combat a possible split brought on by the lumbermen's broad range of pursuits.
Click here for the full article from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
"This Week in Arkansas History" is part of a made-for-radio series that the Secretary of State's Office has adapted for the web.
Click here to watch.
From the Encyclopedia of Arkansas:
Founded in 1892, the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is a fraternal organization of lumbermen and those in trades related to the lumber industry. Hoo-Hoo is the oldest industrial fraternal organization in the United States. At the height of the organization's popularity, membership totaled more than 13,000. The headquarters of the order and its museum are located in Gurdon (Clark County), the town where Hoo-Hoo originated. The order had more than 3,500 members in 2004.
The order was established when six men saw a need for an organization to promote unity and fellowship among lumbermen and to combat a possible split brought on by the lumbermen's broad range of pursuits.
Click here for the full article from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
"This Week in Arkansas History" is part of a made-for-radio series that the Secretary of State's Office has adapted for the web.
