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OPINION | REX NELSON: Prairie County memories
My grandparents lived at Des Arc when I was boy, and there were few things each summer that I enjoyed more than spending time with them. The flatlands of Prair…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | REX NELSON: Building a diocese
Just two years after becoming the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock in 1843, Andrew Byrne oversaw construction of the diocese's cathedr…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | REX NELSON: The Irish bishops
The man who would become the first Catholic bishop in Arkansas, Andrew Byrne, was born in 1802 in the Irish community of Navan, about 40 miles from Dublin.
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Subscriber ExclusiveA planter’s life: Although Arkansas is becoming more urbanized, agriculture drives the state’s economy
I'm enjoying my visit with John King as he drives slowly across his farm south of Helena. In a state that's rapidly becoming urbanized, King believes it's part…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | REX NELSON: Cranes over Pine Bluff
It was the fall of 1970. I was an 11-year-old member of Boy Scout Troop 24 in Arkadelphia. We headed to Pine Bluff early on a Saturday morning to hike what was…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | REX NELSON: Catholics in Arkansas
I was only 7 or 8 years of age, but I remember clearly the visit to St. Joseph's Hospital in downtown Hot Springs. I was there to see my sister. She had wisdom…
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The Southern Fried Podcast: Economic growth and fostering community across Arkansas with Graham Cobb
On this week’s episode, President of Paceline Strategies and former President and CEO of the Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce, Graham Cobb, joins Rex to di…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | REX NELSON: The legend of Saracen
There are several ways to spell the name of the Quapaw legend. It can be Sarasin, Sarasen or Sarrasin. I'll go with Saracen in this column (the book I quote or…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | REX NELSON: The downstream people
One isn't going to stump Wena Supernaw, who chairs the Quapaw Nation Business Committee (the modern equivalent of a chief), when it comes to Quapaw history. To…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | REX NELSON: A southeast Arkansas spark
In the fall of 2019, a year before completion of the Quapaw Nation's casino at Pine Bluff, I took a trip to Oklahoma with a relatively new casino employee, Car…
