Remembering Rogers: From cars to news to history - NWAOnline
In 1935, Newt Hailey bought the Ford dealership in Rogers at 314 S. First St. (now a vacant lot) when he purchased the Davis Motor Co. Hailey introduced the Mercury car line into the company in 1939. In 1947, Hailey built a new home for Hailey... The building at 313 S. Second St. (most recently The Morning News) housed the Ford/Mercury automobile and truck sales and service departments. The unveiling of the new car models every year was a big event in Rogers. Hailey sold the dealership to a group of investors headed by James D. Yates in March 1961. The name of the new company became Benton County Motors, and it remained on South Second Street, according to The Rogers Daily News. The dealership again changed names in May 1965 when it became Randall-Sanders Ford-Mercury. In 1967, you could buy a brand new Mustang hardtop for only $2,461. On July 31, 1967, Randall-Sanders Ford moved from downtown into new facilities on the southwest corner of U. S. 71 and New Hope Road. The Rogers Daily News bought the Newt Hailey Ford building, renovated it and moved in on Nov. The name and ownership of the newspaper has changed several times through the years, and when the newspapers of Northwest Arkansas consolidated earlier this year into the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the company closed its offices in the... Source: www.nwaonline.com
