Riverdale is known for being a lot of things, including its role as the city’s design district. But what lures most people to this neighborhood are the incredible dining options (some with beautiful river views) and ample outdoor recreation opportunities.
The Central Arkansas Library System is getting ready to pay homage to the 5,526 Black men who escaped enslavement and joined the Union army to fight for their freedom during the Civil War.
It was 1927, the year of the Great Flood that devastated Arkansas' cotton-based economy. The Little Rock School Board decided that year to begin offering junior college classes at Little Rock High School at the urging of John Larson, the school's principal. The University of Arkansas had stopped offering extension courses in Little Rock, and Larson felt the state's largest city should have college courses available.
In 1947, Little Rock businessman Raymond Rebsamen donated 80 acres on the east side of Hayes Street for a new campus for Little Rock Junior College. The undeveloped land in far south Little Rock was covered in pine, hickory and oak trees.