Tag: Arkansas

A busy peach packing house in Horatio, Arkansas, became the scene of a deadly disaster in July 1907 when the building suddenly collapsed while it…

What began as a summer picnic on a Mississippi River sandbar in 1925 ended in tragedy when a swimmer was caught in the current and…

A man wearing makeup and a dress rode into Sheridan, Arkansas, back in 1909 and caused quite the stir. The town had no idea what…

Put on any B-rated horror movie and someone is bound to be swinging an axe, but just how prolific are axe murders? Truthfully, we rarely…

What was life like in 1861? Find out by reading these news bits, sayings, and humor pieces published in newspapers that year. *-* The beech…