Calico Rock’s Pharmacy

1879

Roby & Galloway Druggists Owners: Roby and Galloway Location: Unknown

1898

A fire destroys the town’s commercial district.*

1902

Calico Rock becomes a boomtown when St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railway open rail service

1903

Calico Rock Schools founded

1905

City of Calico Rock incorporated

1918

Evans Brothers Drug Store, Owners: Leonard & Levi Evans, Location: Main Street

1923

Over 20 businesses destroyed in a fire caused by a spark from a locomotive*

1935

City of Calico Rock installs a water system

1940

U.S. Census shows Calico Rock’s population at 738.

1948

Armstrong Drug Store, Owner: Richard Armstrong, installed the pharmacy’s first soda fountain

1951

City Drug Store, Owners: Reed and Anita Perryman

1960

U.S. Census shows Calico Rock’s population at 773

1967

Highway bridge over Arkansas 5 on the White River replaces the town’s historic ferry

1969

Perryman Drug Store (Incorporation), Owners: Reed & Anita Perryman

1989

Perryman Drug Store, Owners Jack and Brenda Ward (daughter of Reed an Anita Perryman)

2000

Mitchell’s Park Street Pharmacy, Owners: Steven and Sarah Mitchell

2010

U.S. Census data show Calico Rock’s population at 1,545 * It’s unclear if the pharmacy buildings were damaged or destroyed in the fires. SOURCE: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, Steven Mitchell