The year was 1970 and a hot campaign was being conducted by a group of Democrats trying to replace the incumbent Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. The group of De…
My children loved the toy and would ride it for hours, bouncing up and down and traveling to whatever worlds and places were in their young minds. I could iden…
Driving into downtown Fort Smith on Rogers Avenue stands one of the most noticeable statues in the state, that of William O. Darby. Darby is depicted in his fu…
Once World War II was over, America entered a period of peace and prosperity.
The Battle of Prairie Grove was one of the larger battles of the Civil War fought in Arkansas. The battle occurred on December 7, 1862, between the Union Army …
Spring had arrived, the first sign being the daffodil emerging from the still cold Earth and raising its golden crown to capture warmth from a still distant su…
Up the narrow defile we climbed, hand over hand in steep places, until we reached the base of the cliff. Water cascaded over a nearby outcrop of rock, dropping…
The morning sun was burning through the mist as I traveled east on Highway 22. My guest, a fellow teacher from Idaho, was amazed as he saw the medieval towers …
My friend Lee Roy McConnell was on a weekend family excursion. He and his family thought they were in the middle of nowhere, just driving and exploring some of…
The date was January 3, 1931, and times were hard across the South.
