New Archibald Yell Monument Dedicated

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Published April 29, 2019 at 12:25 PM CDT

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Hugh Kincaid speaks at a ceremony to dedicate a new monument for Archibald Yell April 27 at Evergreen Cemetery in Fayetteville.

Charlie Alison

A new monument to mark the graves of Archibald Yell and his family members was dedicated this weekend at Fayetteville’s Evergreen Cemetery. Yell, who is believed to have been born in the late 1790s, was the state's first congressman and second governor.