History Minute: Thanksgiving traditions from the Pilgrims to modern celebrations
Thanksgiving is part of a long tradition that has spanned many generations
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History Minute: Halloween
Halloween is a day filled with excitement, charged with the spirit of adventure that makes childhood such a memorable time
History Minute: Lake Hamilton namesake was a pioneer of Arkansas industrialization
Ham Moses helped usher in the modern age of industrialization for Arkansas
History Minute: The father of ragtime music hailed from Texarkana (maybe?)
Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s
History Minute: Miller Williams, a celebrated Arkansas writer and poet
One critic called him “the Hank Williams of American poetry,” which Miller Williams took to be the highest compliment
History Minute: Clayton twins rise from Civil War soldiers to Arkansas leaders
These two Pennsylvania brothers would play leading roles in the aftermath of the war in Arkansas
History Minute: The rise and fall of Arkansas political powerhouse Sen. Robert Johnson
Sen. Robert Johnson was once one of Arkansas’s most powerful politicians, but his career was reduced to ashes