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Editor s note: The Voices editor fondly remembers Charlie Allbright, who was one of the first people to greet her warmly when she started at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 1997. Thanks to a tip from Dan Daugherty, she was able to find the following column that Charlie wrote about his family s Thanksgiving misadventure, which was originally published Nov. 20, 1991. While their father died in 1996, Dan and Drew Daugherty are still alive and well. Enjoy. ....
Following the worst legislative session of my lifetime, I need a trip to the mountaintop. I head for Petit Jean Mountain. Hoping for a day of relaxation and contemplation, I decide not to take Interstate 40 to Morrilton. I drive west out of the capital city, taking Arkansas 10 and 9 through the Ouachita Mountains. ....
Dr. Thomas William Hardison, physician for the Fort Smith Lumber Co., had a dream. He thought company holdings on Petit Jean Mountain should be a national park. ....
From 1874 until 1980, Arkansas elected only one Republican governor. During successive two-year terms, he espoused more progressive policies than the Democrats he d defeated. ....