President Harrison, a member of the Whig Party, was an American military officer and politician who served as the 9th president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841 and had the shortest presidency in U.S. history.
At that time, the area that would first become Russellville was a few buildings two and a half miles to the north.
During the 2019 flood, water backed up into Whig Creek, flooding Car-Mart on South Arkansas Avenue and what is now 420 Dispensary.