What is the history of Ozarks?
The University of the Ozarks has a rich and distinguished history. Ozarks was founded by Cumberland Presbyterians in 1834 as Cane Hill School at Cane Hill, Arkansas, near present-day Fayetteville. Cane Hill School closed in 1891, and its successor, Arkansas Cumberland College was established in Clarksville, Arkansas that same year. Another name change came in 1920, when Arkansas Cumberland College became College of the Ozarks, and another in 1987 when it became University of the Ozarks. Ozarks has always had a relationship with the Presbyterian Church. The university was previously owned by the Oklahoma-Arkansas Synod of the United Presbyterian Church(U.S.A.), and in 1960, the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church(U.S.A.) assumed ownership and operating responsibility for the college. In 1973, an elected Board of Trustees assumed ownership and administrative responsibility. The board receives continued support from the Synod of the Sun of the United Presbyterian
