Phillips County Museum News for September 30, 2020

It’s great to see the Hi-Line Racing events bringing visitors from near and far to our community. Dodson may have had the honor of having the first big races in our county. After a baseball game in 1917, the Enterprise reports the car races began. Four cars entered a 10-mile race. The cars were a Buick owned by Byron Hurley, a Chevrolet owned and driven by Dodson People, a Buick car driven by Jack Brown, and another Buick driven by Jimmie Twitchell. It was reported that Byron took a lead and never looked backcrossing the finish line in the first place. His time an unbelievable seventeen minutes and four seconds! Mr. Hurley won a cash award of fifty dollars – no small amount in 1917. The cars raced the track at the Phillips County Fairgrounds while guests viewed from the newly constructed amphitheater. Remember the PC Museum has a wonderful Dodson section and we are open Monday through Saturday 10-5.