The public is invited to attend the dedication of a historic marker at the Wolf House in Norfork Friday afternoon at 1.
Short remarks are scheduled to be made by dignitaries in front of the two-story log house. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held inside the historic structure.
The recently installed marker notes Jacob Wolf was a merchant, builder of log structures, carpenter and blacksmith. He was elected a representative to Arkansas Territory’s General Assembly in 1826. The two-story dogtrot structure constructed by Wolf in 1829 served as Izard County’s first permanent courthouse. The Wolf House sits in present-day Norfork near where the White and Norfork rivers meet, a prime location for hosting thousands of pioneers finding their way into the central highlands of north Arkansas.
The Wolf House is open for visitors Tuesdays through Saturdays, with guided tours at 10 and 2.
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