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Officially held on June 15, 1936, Arkansas centennial celebration commemorated the date President Andrew Jackson signed legislation making Arkansas the 25th state in the Union.
The devastating Mississippi River flood of 1927 has deservedly entered the realm of legend and lore, being one of the most costly natural disasters in American history. But 10 years later, Arkansas was on course to repeat history.
A century ago this week, a trial of historical interest snagged on a hung jury at Little Rock. Historians who study U.S. labor unions, railroad history, police interrogation methods and even the history of the Ku Klux Klan could find this case interesting. Old News is, of course, intrigued for less serious reasons.