Arkansas

Name: Little Italy
Brand: Chris Dorer
SKU: 9781467114424
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Enjoy the havens of Arkansas history. Jefferson County offered refuge for runaway slaves, forming a prosperous community where black wealth rivaled any place in the South by 1900. Ozark eateries piled plates with comfort food conjured up by the culinary masterminds behind the fried pickle. Fayetteville cultivated a hilltop farm into an institution. Find repose in the scenery of the Rock Island Railroad or seek sanctuary in the downtown district of pre-sprawl Little Rock through our Arkansas history book catalogue.

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Sebastian and Crawford Counties

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Franklin County

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Hot Springs, Arkansas in Vintage Postcards

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Around Little Rock

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Carroll and Boone Counties

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Senator Hattie Caraway

Baseball in Little Rock

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The Battle of Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks

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Haunted Jonesboro

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Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas

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Mount Magazine

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Camp Robinson and the Military on the North Shore

A Savory History of Arkansas Delta Food: Potlikker, Coon Suppers & Chocolate Gravy

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Arkansas Late in the Civil War

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Southern Arkansas University

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Arkansas Civil War Heritage

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Classic Eateries of the Ozarks and Arkansas River Valley

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Southern Arkansas University

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Ozark Culinary History, An

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Walnut Ridge and Hoxie

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Newport and Jackson County

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Van Buren

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Daughter of the White River

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Walnut Ridge and Hoxie

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Little Rock

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The Little Rock Arsenal Crisis: On the Precipice of the American Civil War

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Remembering Arkansas Confederates and the 1911 Little Rock Veterans Reunion

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Pocahontas and Randolph County

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Chicot County

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Little Italy

9781467114424

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Originally called Alta Villa (the "high place"), Little Italy was settled in 1915 by a group of northern Italian immigrants who came to Arkansas looking for an opportunity to achieve the American dream. Though smaller than other Italian colonies in the state, like Tontitown or Lake Village, Little Italy's centralized location and skilled winemakers created the perfect atmosphere for a Prohibition-era oasis where central Arkansans could purchase clean, safe alcohol at a time when thousands throughout the nation had died because of poisonous, alcoholic brews. Recognizing the value of this operation, regional politicians allowed the residents of Little Italy to continue producing wine and cognac, thus establishing the community as a regional curiosity and a popular weekend travel destination.

Southern Arkansas University

9781467126656

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Southern Arkansas University began as a residential agricultural high school, the Third District Agricultural School, in 1909. The school evolved into a junior college, popularly known as Magnolia A&M College, and later into a four-year institution, Southern State College. These four institutions served, primarily, young people of southwest Arkansas and provided extraordinary support to students, often the first in their families to seek degrees. The schools' educational value has been exceptional, as measured in graduates' achievements. Distinguished graduates have included, among many others, Gen. Horace Wade, '36, vice chief of staff, US Air Force; Leland Tollett, '56, president of Tyson Foods; Harry Thomason, '62, Hollywood producer and director; Cinda Hallman, '66, CEO, Spherion Corporation; Joyce Elliot, '73, Arkansas state senator and educational reformer; Joan Dempsey, '81, deputy director, US Central Intelligence Agency; and Fernando Barbosa, '92, managing director, Walt Disney Television International.

Ozark Culinary History, An

9781467136082

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Northwest Arkansas' High South cuisine is replete with nostalgia, fresh ingredients, tall tales and rural roots. Discover Ozark traditions in the realms of forest, farm and table.

In the 1890s, Ozark apples fed the nation. Welch's Concord grapes grew in Arkansas vineyards. Local poultry king, Tyson, still satisfies America's chicken craving. Local chef turned author Erin Rowe recounts her culinary adventures stomping grapes, canning hominy, picking Muscadines, gathering wild watercress and tracking honeybees. Featuring fifty heirloom recipes dating as far back as the early 1800s, this delectable narrative is sure to whet your curiosity and appetite. An Ozark Culinary History celebrates it all, from chow-chow to moonshine.

Walnut Ridge and Hoxie

9781467114851

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When word came to "Old" Walnut Ridge that the railroad was coming, Col. Willis Miles Ponder moved the entire settlement a few miles, cleared a site for a depot, and platted the new town in 1874. Not long after, Hoxie was formed when Henry and Mary Boas offered a right-of-way for another railroad through their land just south of Walnut Ridge. Born by the railroads, the towns have been joined at the hip ever since. By 1889, there was a mule-drawn streetcar connecting the two towns, replaced by an electric streetcar in 1904. Hit hard by the Depression, the towns were saved in part when Walnut Ridge was selected as the home of a World War II Army Air Field, resulting in an influx of 4,000 people. This facility is now used as a city airport, industrial park, and home of Williams Baptist College. Images of America: Walnut Ridge and Hoxie illustrates the boom times and the struggles of these towns through their first 100 years.

Pocahontas and Randolph County

9781467108997

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Pocahontas, Arkansas, began as an early settlement known as Bettis Bluff. The name Pocahontas appears to have first been used in 1836 when the town was chosen as the county seat of the new Randolph County. The area's rivers played a significant role in the county's development, with the first steamboat arriving in Bettis Bluff in 1829. Pocahontas flourished following the Civil War due to the growing lumber industry, which cleared vast forested areas, allowing for an agricultural economy. The arrival of the railroad in the early 20th century ushered in new opportunities, and while World War II led many to leave in search of better-paying jobs, others benefited from the opening of Brown Shoe, Magee Picture Frames, Waterloo, and other industries. A significant lumber industry developed as the forests of the Current and Black River bottoms were cleared. The Port of Pocahontas became a shipping point for lumber, and the Sallee Handle Mill along the riverfront in Pocahontas became a booming business. Randolph County emerged as a significant producer of rice, soybeans, and, more recently, peanuts.

Chicot County

9781467114059

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Chicot County, situated along the Mississippi River, was created in 1823. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans like Frenchman René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle visited the region. With the French influence, the area came to be known as Chicot for the "snags" and "stumps" that populated the swampy bottomlands of the Mississippi River. Beginning in the 1830s, slave-based agriculture dominated the county's economy. By 1860, it was filled with prosperous cotton producers; many plantations were concentrated near the Mississippi River. The county's three principal towns--Dermott (1890), Lake Village (1898), and Eudora (1904)--incorporated as the county began to modernize. Local merchants flourished in the early decades of the 20th century, and Lake Village, situated on Lake Chicot, attracted many tourists. More recently, the county has suffered population loss and struggled economically, but agriculture still thrives, and the county's proud traditions continue.