As many of you might already be aware, I’m a huge history buff. I plan to start dropping some historical content here from time to time (especially on topics related to my hometown). I hope you enjoy, and if you have questions or ideas for new content, please don’t hesitate to drop me a note! […]
Key Figures in the Civil War from Helena, Arkansas
After spending some time researching my mom’s family’s (Davis) connection to Jefferson Davis, I thought it might be interesting to look into some key players in the confederacy that were either from Helena or who settled in Helena. Contemporary Arkansas historical sources identify seven Confederate generals or general-level commanders associated with Phillips County, although two—Charles […]
Official Movie Trailer for ‘Greater’
The official movie trailer for ‘Greater’, the Brandon Burlsworth Story, has been released this week on YouTube. I’m also starting to see a lot of positive promotion about the movie from media around the country. As many of you are probably already aware, our son, Spencer, plays baby Aaron Burlsworth in the movie. Needless to […]
Arkansas Urban Legend / History Lesson
I know this isn’t my typical type of blog post but today there was a discussion in one of those hometown Facebook groups about something in my hometown, Helena, Arkansas, that I happened to know a little bit about so I joined in. This discussion concerned a tombstone that is in one of my hometown’s […]
Large Tech Conference in Conway?
A while back I blogged about having a large tech conference in central Arkansas, later I was asked to write an article for the Arkansas Times regarding my idea for a large tech conference in central Arkansas, you can read my post about the idea here, and my Arkansas Times article here. The article in […]
Arkansas Times Big Idea…
Last week I was asked to present an idea to the Arkansas Times magazine for their “Big Ideas” section related to technology. I chose something that several of my friends (Brant Collins, Steven Trotter, Arlton Lowry, and Keith Crawford have discussed quite extensively, and that’s bringing a large tech conference to Arkansas similar to SXSWi. […]