John Gould Fletcher had a privileged but sheltered upbringing in Little Rock at the end of the nineteenth century and became one of the nation’s most celebrated poets...
The poetic souls in our lives often see the beauty and rhythms of the world. They will strain to listen to those hidden symphonies of nature or...
One critic called him “the Hank Williams of American poetry,” which Miller Williams took to be the highest compliment. Miller Williams, a Hoxie native, was one of...
Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain,...
Twin brothers John Middleton Clayton and William Henry Harrison Clayton were born on their father’s farm near Philadelphia in October 13, 1840. Their lives were defined like many men...
The Civil War was over, but now Arkansas and Augustus Hill Garland had many decisions to make about the future. Like the land his family adopted, Garland had a promising future but...
The study of American History is often neatly divided between the period of the Civil War and before and the period after the war. The changes that...
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,” said Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Such words describe the life of...
Sen. Robert Johnson was once one of Arkansas’s most powerful politicians. In a time when the nation was pulling itself apart, Johnson became one of those men pulling...
George Lloyd Spencer lived the life of a simple farmer, businessman, and patriot. Though his career was overshadowed by more famous figures, he served in two world wars and in...