Gurdon, Arkansas: Hoo Hoo Monument and World Headquarters
The International Concatenated Order of the Hoo Hoo was founded here in 1892 by apparently fun-loving lumbermen stranded in town. The monument is topped by two of their so-called Hoo Hoo cats, with upraised tails that form the number 9.
- Address:
- 207 Main St., Gurdon, AR
- Directions:
- Hoo Hoo headquarters is in a log building on the north side of E. Main St./Hwy 53 between 2nd and 3rd Sts. The monument is a block west, just north of Main St., on the west side of N. 1st St. next to the train tracks and just south of the train station.
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The Hoo-Hoo monument and door have some beautiful details.
[Annie, 04/19/2022]
When in Gurdon on Main Street, the monument is on the property of the Union Pacific Railroad Depot. There is a Hoo Hoo museum a little further down the road.
[Kim Clark, 05/10/2017]
The museum in the Hoo Hoo HQ building has no hours posted. It was closed on the Saturday we stopped. Go see the mural on the side of a building, just across the tracks from the monument.
[Ms Jack, 03/22/2016]
The International Concatenated Order of the Hoo Hoo was founded in 1892 in Gurdon, Arkansas by lumbermen stranded in town. The fraternal lumbermen's organization has had from its inception a sense of humor about itself, naming its officers the Snark, Bo-jum, Sr. High Hoo Hoo, Jabberwock and other whimsical names. Along the nearby railroad tracks, a small statue commemorates the Hoo Hoo symbol, the black cat whose up-raised tail forms the number "9." The fraternal organization still thrives world-wide today.
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