There are certain moments in history that seem ordinary when they happen. Nobody holds a ceremony, nobody writes down that something important has just occurred, and the people involved usually have no idea that anyone will still be talking about it generations later. One of those moments happened in Helena, Arkansas, on November 21, 1941. […]
Helena, Arkansas: A Mississippi River Town with an Extraordinary History
There are towns whose history can be told by listing a few important dates, and then there are places where history seems to be everywhere you look. Helena, Arkansas, is one of those places. Sitting between the Mississippi River and the hills of Crowley’s Ridge, Helena occupies one of the most unusual locations in the […]