Stay updated with breaking news from Ben Mcclendon. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Barbara Anne Smith McClendon passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Greenville Herald Banner on 2023-12-11.
True West Magazine Most of the African Americans migrating to Arizona came from the southern states and their work experience was agriculture. In 1860 there were only 21 Blacks in Arizona and ten years later there was still only 26. Here are some more numbers that you may already have, 1880, 155; 1890, 1,357; 1900, 1,848; 1910, 2,009. Most worked at jobs they had learned in the South, cooks, barbers, laborers, drivers, maids, table waiters and porters. Before long they branched out as cowboys, soldiers, merchants, gold prospectors, stagecoach drivers and musicians. Because of the shortage of ...