History Minute: The bizarre governorship of Xenophon O. Pindall
As acting governor, he signed into law the state’s first pure food and drug law, protecting the state’s foods and medicines from contamination
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History Minute: The rise of Arkansas rice
Arkansas has been the leading rice producer in the United States for decades, all due to the determination and imagination of a Lonoke County farmer
History Minute: New Year traditions, customs around the world
In most countries throughout the world, January 1 is an official holiday to mark the beginning of the new year
History Minute: The roots of Christmas celebrations
Christmas as a U.S. holiday emerged slowly, with Louisiana being the first state to declare it as a state holiday in 1837
History Minute: How a newspaper comic strip redefined Christmas TV specials
Soft-spoken WWII veteran Charles M. Schulz was responsible for a Christmas story that became a cultural icon — almost entirely by accident
History Minute: Arkansas native John Harold Johnson changed African-American media forever
The Arkansas native launched Ebony magazine in 1946
History Minute: Jenkins Ferry
Days earlier, caught off-guard by their own hunger and desperation, Union forces had fallen into a trap at Poison Springs near Camden and later cut off from reinforcements in Pine Bluff and any hope of escape to the east by disaster at Marks’ Mills