I m attending a meeting of the Little Rock Rotary Club to see my friend Denver Peacock become president of one of the nation s oldest and largest civic clubs. Peacock, a public relations executive who s never lacking for ideas, has big plans for the club during the next year.
Arkansas numerous rivers and streams are among the great assets of the state today, but for much of our history those same waterways were as much hindrance as help. The lack of roads meant that rivers took on much of the responsibility for transportation, but they were great challenges to people traveling overland. Bridges, therefore, were among the most pressing infrastructure needs of 19th-century Arkansas.
Arkansas numerous rivers and streams are among the great assets of the state today, but for much of our history those same waterways were as much hindrance as help. The lack of roads meant that rivers took on much of the responsibility for transportation, but they were great challenges to people traveling overland. Bridges, therefore, were among the most pressing infrastructure needs of 19th-century Arkansas.