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[2] The library was established in 1913 as a library association with the generous support of the Pine Bluff Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. [2] In 2016 a flood affected the old library building. Another flood occurred in 2017 due to a faulty pump. [3] The new library opened in 2020 at a cost of $10,500,000. [6]
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, previously known as the Pine Bluff Weekly Graphic and the Pine Bluff Semi-Weekly Graphic, was an American daily newspaper published in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, between 1893 and 1942. [1] The Sunday edition was known as the Pine Bluff Sunday Morning Graphic. [2] It was founded by James W. Adams. [1]
The Pine Bluff and Jefferson County Library System operates the Watson Chapel Dave Burdick Library, near the high school and along U.S. Route 79. Its namesake is the library director from 1991 to 2012. [2]
The Battle of Pine Bluff, also known as the Action at Pine Bluff, was an engagement fought on October 25, 1863, in Jefferson County, Arkansas during the American Civil War. The Post of Pine Bluff, a U.S. garrison commanded by Colonel Powell Clayton , successfully defended the town against attacks led by Confederate Brigadier-General John S ...
Pine Bluff is the largest city in a three-county MSA as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau including Jefferson, Cleveland, and Lincoln counties. The Pine Bluff MSA population in 2000 was 107,341 people. The Pine Bluff MSA population in 2007 dropped to 101,484. Pine Bluff was the fastest-declining Arkansas MSA from 2000 to 2007.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 914 square miles (2,370 km 2), of which 871 square miles (2,260 km 2) is land and 43 square miles (110 km 2) (4.7%) is water. [9] The county is located approximately 43 miles (69 km) southeast of Little Rock , 144 miles (232 km) southwest of Memphis, Tennessee , and 218 miles ...
The Pine Bluff Weekly Herald was a newspaper in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. [1] It debuted in 1900 and served the African American community. [2] It was edited by J. C. Duke. [3] S. W. Dawson was an associate editor. [1]
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic This page was last edited on 5 March 2022, at 00:08 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...