Editing Sweet Home, Arkansas (section)

==History==
Most of the geographical history of Sweet Home and the surrounding areas was farms and fields. After [[bauxite mining]] between the 1940s through 1960s many blue holes were formed in the Sweet Home Area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherer |first1=Robert |title=Sweet Home (Pulaski County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4056 |website=www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>

Sweet Home was the site of the Arkansas Confederate [[Old soldiers home|Soldiers' Home]] from 1890 to 1955, but the home was moved to the grounds of the [[Arkansas School for the Deaf|Schools for the Deaf]] and [[Arkansas School for the Blind|Blind]] in Little Rock from 1955 to 1963.<ref>Arkansas History Commission, "Arkansas Confederate Home Records" in Catalog of Arkansas Resources and Archival Treasures at {{cite web |url=http://arkansashistory.arkansas.com/documenting/confederate_homes.asp |title=Search Arkansas Confederate home records |access-date=January 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530191149/http://arkansashistory.arkansas.com/documenting/confederate_homes.asp |archive-date=May 30, 2009 }} (accessed January 27, 2009).</ref> The Hanger Cotton Gin is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Pulaski County, Arkansas|National Register of Historic Places]].