Immigrants who faced a crossroads moment in their lives and traveled west to begin settling the Logan County area were the topic of Overland Trail Museum’s History Café program Wednesday. The program served as a kick-off for the museum’s Crossroad journey which will culminate in August with the Smithsonian exhibit, “Crossroads – Change in Rural […]
The Historic Elm Grove Baptist Church, 3114 S. Mississippi St., in Pine Bluff is preparing for its 180th anniversary celebration at 10 a.m. Aug. 20. The Rev. Jesse Turner is the pastor.
Cathay Williams knew that she couldn’t volunteer to serve as a regular soldier in the U.S. military. But knowing didn’t stop her. The young girl who had once labored as a house slave on the Johnson Plantation in Jefferson City, Missouri devised a plan to enlist in the U.S. Regular Army: she would register under the pseudonym William Cathay. | Cathay Williams knew that she couldn’t volunteer to serve as a regular soldier in the U.S. military. But knowing didn’t stop her. The young girl who had once labored as a house slave on the Johnson Plantation in Jefferson City, Missouri devised a plan to enlist in the U.S. Regular Army: she would register under
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