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  2. Arkansas Delta - Wikipedia

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    The Arkansas Delta is one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas. Willard B. Gatewood Jr., ... Arkansas: A narrative history (1st ed.). Fayetteville ...

  3. Delta Cultural Center - Wikipedia

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    The Delta Cultural Center in downtown Helena, Arkansas, is a cultural center and museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. It is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the culture of the Arkansas Delta. [2] They also partner with other cultural organizations to interpret different cultural elements. [3] The center consists of three ...

  4. Lick Skillet Railroad Work Station Historic District - Wikipedia

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    After sitting abandoned for a number of years, Brinkley Union Station has now been restored and is operated as the Central Delta Depot Museum, a local history museum run by the Central Delta Historical Society. Exhibits focus on the natural, social, agricultural, and cultural history of the Arkansas Delta region.

  5. Culture of Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Southern culture remains prominent in the rural Arkansas delta and south Arkansas. Arkansans share a history with the other southern states that includes the institution of slavery, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws and segregation, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights Movement.

  6. History of Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    The history of Arkansas began millennia ago when humans first crossed into North America. Many tribes used Arkansas as their hunting lands but the main tribe was the Quapaw, who settled in the Arkansas River delta upon moving south from Illinois.

  7. Arkansas County, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Arkansas County is located in the Arkansas Delta (in Arkansas, usually referred to as "the Delta") a subregion of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, which is a flat area consisting of rich, fertile sediment deposits from the Mississippi River between Louisiana and Illinois.

  8. History of Italians in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    There was a historical trend of immigration of Italians into the U.S. state of Arkansas in the 19th and 20th centuries.. Austin Corbin, the owner of the Sunnyside Plantation in Chicot County, within the Arkansas Delta region, decided to employ Italians there during the post-Reconstruction period.

  9. Earle, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    From its formal incorporation in 1905 to the 1940s, Earle was one of the largest towns in Crittenden County. Referred to by locals as the "Pearl of the St. Francis," for many years the town was a center of industry and an important transportation hub for the Arkansas Delta. [10] One of the more notable residents of Earle was George Berry ...