Discover how historians, archeologists, genealogists and conservationists solve mysteries of the past through discovering and preserving lost facts and evidence when Jacksonport State Park Museum in Newport opens a new exhibit on March 2. The exhibit, “The Jacksonport Collection Calamity,”…
Freedom Park Dedication in Historic Helena This Saturday
Helena-West Helena officially opens Freedom Park to the public with a dedication this Saturday, Feb. 23. Freedom Park, located at 750 South Biscoe in Helena-West Helena, includes exhibits that focus on the often-forgotten story of thousands of escaped freedom seekers who…
Bass Reeves: A Legendary Arkansas Lawman
If there was ever a person in Arkansas history who should be — and is — considered “larger than life,” it’s Bass Reeves. One of the most interesting people who ever lived in The Natural State, Reeves was a U.S.…
Free Screening of “Lincoln” in Lincoln on Feb. 12
Good things come to towns named Lincoln. The promotions department for the currently released movie, “Lincoln”, is hosting a nationwide promotion of the Steven Spielberg Oscar-nominated movie in towns named Lincoln. So, a free screening of the movie will be…
Spotlighting African-American History
Helena-West Helena officially opens Freedom Park to the public with a dedication on Saturday, Feb. 23. Freedom Park includes exhibits that explore the African-American experience in Civil War Helena. The exhibits follow the journey of the African-Americans from fugitive slave…
