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The St. Francis River in eastern Arkansas is, for much of its length, a slow and muddy waterway, but this modest river has borne witness to some of the most important developments in Arkansas history.
The year was 1939, and the devastating floods of 1927 and 1937 were still on the minds of northeast Arkansas residents. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers performed one of its greatest engineering feats that year to solve a problem.
On the wall of Rob Rash's office in West Memphis are framed photos of presidents of the St. Francis Levee District dating back to 1893. That was the year the district, which became one of the most powerful economic and political entities in the state, was established.