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Willie Roaf
Willie Roaf is a former professional football player who played for nine seasons with the New Orleans Saints and four seasons with the...
Feb 15, 20233 min read
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Frances Hunt: The First Female Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Frances Hunt was the first female member of the Arkansas House of Representatives and an accomplished politician and public servant...
Feb 8, 20234 min read
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Monte Coleman
Monte Coleman is a former professional football player who played for sixteen seasons with the Washington Redskins. He also led the UAPB...
Feb 1, 20232 min read
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Arkansas's Great North American Eclipse 2024
On Monday, April 8, 2024, at around 1:00 p.m., two-thirds of Arkansas will fall within the path of totality of the Great North American...
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Bessie Boehm Moore
Bessie Boehm Moore was an Arkansas public school educator and advocate for library access throughout Arkansas and the entire United...
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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Don Hutson
During his 11-year career with the Green Bay Packers, Donald Hutson revolutionized the NFL. He was one of the first players to use pass...
Jan 11, 20234 min read
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Hercules King Cannon White
Hercules King Cannon White was a six-term Pine Bluff mayor and a prominent figure in the Brooks-Baxter War during the Reconstruction era....
Jan 4, 20233 min read
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William Harold Flowers: A Civil Rights Titan Who Served Arkansas Well
William Harold Flowers was a civil rights titan, winning many landmark victories which include ending the practice of excluding African...
Dec 21, 20223 min read
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Fountain Brown: A Methodist Preacher's Confessions
Fountain Brown, a Methodist preacher, confessed to selling eight of his slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation, creating a historic...
Dec 14, 20224 min read
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Thoughtful Last-Minute Gift Ideas
The coronavirus pandemic has brought unforeseen challenges for all of us. The tourism industry came to a screeching halt and restaurant...
Nov 30, 20222 min read
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Kenneth Culver Johnson: Pine Bluff Sci-Fi Legend
Pine Bluff native Kenneth Culver Johnson, is Sci-Fi legend with shows like The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and V., making...
Nov 16, 20224 min read
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End of the Line: The 1987 Movie partly filmed in Pine Bluff
End of the Line 1987 train heist dramedy was filmed in Pine Bluff with assistance from the Cotton Belt Historical Society and the Cotton...
Nov 2, 20223 min read
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Harvey C. Couch: Arkansas’ Super Industrialist
Harvey C. Couch was the astute Arkansas businessman who founded the precursor to Entergy, and helped to bring electricity and telephone...
Oct 26, 20225 min read
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UFO Sightings in Arkansas
There have been numerous sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in Arkansas between 1896 and 1965, including at least three UFO...
Sep 28, 20223 min read
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The Quiet Lynching of Judge Jones
In 1910, Judge O. Jones was lynched in Pine Bluff by a silent mob of forty to fifty armed men who disappeared into the night without a...
Sep 21, 20222 min read
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The Forest Park Fair
From 1904 to 1912, the Forest Park Fair proved to be an excellent attraction causing a huge influx in tourism to Pine Bluff. Image...
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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John Thach: An Extraordinary Navy Aviator
John Thach proved to be one of the most brilliant Navy aviators, conducting test flights, teaching pilots, and even developing his own...
Aug 31, 20223 min read
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John Rust & His Mechanical Cotton Picker
John Rust’s relentless pursuit of perfecting the mechanical cotton picker revolutionizing the post World-War II Southern economy. Image...
Aug 17, 20223 min read
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Buddy Deane: Beloved Radio Host & TV Personality
Buddy Deane, a native of Pine Bluff, was one of the first radio hosts to understand the appeal of Rock n’ Roll in its infancy, the host...
Aug 3, 20224 min read
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Barbara Hendricks: A Class Act
Barbara Hendricks is a world class opera singer from Arkansas who has garnered critical acclaim and performed in opera houses around the...
Jun 29, 20223 min read
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