Columbia County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

199 South Court Square, Magnolia, Arkansas

( Marker is at the intersection of South Court Square and South Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling east on South Court Square.)

Marker installed: 2006

Arkansas was one of the first states in the U.S. to enact a statewide prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcohol, passing the law in 1915. Prohibition was repealed in the state in 1933, shortly after the end of the nationwide prohibition era.