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Dan Boice, director of Library at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, is the author of a new book on Arkansas place names, “Naming Arkansas: Curious Place Names from Greasy
From Weiner to Toad Suck, the wild history behind these Arkansas names continues to leave Southerners confused, but amused.
After a developer changed the name for planned townhomes in a historically Black neighborhood to reference a luxury hotel downtown, the city history advisor called on local officials and developers
If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying to explain them. If your town is small, few folks have heard of it and they have no idea where it is.
If you grew up in a town with a unique name, there are likely many stories about how the name came to be. Also, you know the struggles of trying