Charles Brough, a Mississippi native and former professor at the University of Arkansas, became the twenty-fifth governor of Arkansas in 1917 in a time of change. The early twentieth century was a time...
The early twentieth century was a time of great change in Arkansas, and many residents were excited about what the future held. Many programs were introduced to modernize...
For many people, family means everything. In Arkansas politics, it has often been an important springboard for careers. One particular family duo, Ben and Fadjo Cravens of Fort...
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 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...