Billy Bob Thornton addresses Clark County Historical Association … sort of
Actor and director Billy Bob Thornton was the guest speaker at the December 2025 meeting of the Clark County Historical Association. Sort of.
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Korean War aviation instructor to give talk Tuesday at Hollywood
On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 6 p.m. at Hollywood Church, Charles Todd will talk about the four years he…
Original Arkansas Constitution to be on display during celebration of Clark County Courthouse’s 125th anniversary
This exhibit from the Arkansas State Archives is coming to the Clark County Courthouse to showcase specimen pages of the original 1874 Arkansas Constitution, approved over 150 years ago
DeGray’s first park superintendent to keynote annual lecture
The Clark County Historical Association’s annual Meeks Etchieson Lecture will feature Stan Graves, first superintendent of DeGray Lake State Park
L’eau Frais, Terre Noire, De Roche: Where did these Clark County landmarks get their names?
Joe Jeffers tagged along in 1957 to see his older brother off to college at Ouachita Baptist University. There was something about that “Wash-uh-taw” name that drew the seventh grader back to Arkadelphia, five years later, to pursue a college education.
Museum funding heads back to budget panel
The Clark County Quorum Court on Monday again referred separate expenditures related to the county’s museum and historical association back to the court’s Budget Committee
New book highlights Clark County’s mining history; reception scheduled Feb. 7
Cinnabar’s discovery in southwest Arkansas came during the Great Depression. As events unfolded and men poured into the area, a 1932 Time magazine story even called it a “quicksilver rush.”