The Federal Writers Project (FWP) served as a cultural anchor for Arkansas during the years of the Great Depression by providing work for unemployed and underemployed writers who observed, recorded and described the contemporary cultural conditions in their work. These texts serve to this day as the most complete and comprehensive documentation of Arkansas history and culture available from the viewpoint of Arkansans.
True story: I had no clue in February when I rashly decided it would be fun to paraphrase Bernie Babcock s "Billy of Arkansas" that, 10 columns later, I d still be paraphrasin the exploits of Billy Camelton.
As I promised April 3, this week in our continuing attempt to paraphrase "Billy of Arkansas" we shall see Billy Camelton take her broken heart to New York, and join a picket line.
Dr. Thomas William Hardison, physician for the Fort Smith Lumber Co., had a dream. He thought company holdings on Petit Jean Mountain should be a national park.