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Frances Rowena Mathews Hunt was born on June 6, 1874, in Des Arc, to Julia Ann Wair Mathews and Allen C. Mathews, a Confederate veteran and editor of the town's newspaper, the Des Arc Citizen. While growing up, she was educated in the Des Arc schools and learned the printing trade at her father's newspaper office.
With the recent inauguration of Arkansas’s first female Governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, many are rightfully wondering what the future holds for our state. However, this historic event also provides an excellent opportunity to look back at the state’s past and see where history might be made or where it might
Tuesday was Director Elaine Jones Day, to honor her 24 years on the Hot Springs Board of Directors.
Judge Robert Brown, former justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, is back to talk about the history of Arkansas governors on this episode of the Southern Fried Podcast
A poll tax is a uniform per capita tax levied upon a specified class of people as a requirement for the right to vote. Arkansas' first state constitution, adopted in 1836, authorized a poll tax to be used for county purposes. But things changed following the Civil War.