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Horace Tatum thought Diane Holt was mature for her age. She liked that he could be silly with her younger siblings.

The three oldest of the five Arkansas cemeteries for military veterans, including the one in Fort Smith, were founded just after the Civil War. The two newest opened earlier this century.

The three oldest of the five Arkansas cemeteries for military veterans, including the one in Fort Smith, were founded just after the Civil War. The two newest opened earlier this century.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. If you like to eat, watch football games and exchange stories with friends and family members, how can you not love Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. If you like to eat, watch football games and exchange stories with friends and family members, how can you not love Thanksgiving?

Cathy Dunning was after a big sales account with a fine furniture store. She got that and snagged a fine man in the deal.

Every historian might be a bit of a voyeur (or snoop). We like to examine other people's letters. Reading an honest and well-written memoir can be fun as well as revelatory. We listen enthusiastically to oral history interviews. But nothing excites the historical researcher more than a diary.

Every historian might be a bit of a voyeur -- or snoop! We like to examine other people's letters. Reading an honest and well-written memoir can be fun as well as revelatory. We listen enthusiastically to oral history interviews. But nothing excites the historical researcher more than a diary.

The band was playing loudly and the fried catfish was hot at the iconic Murry's, just west of Hazen on U.S. 70. And this was on a Sunday afternoon.

DeValls Bluff, 1910: "On the other side are bales of cotton being loaded in a car here. The dog's name is Mike."