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Martha Elizabeth Beall Jennings Mitchell was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on September 2, 1918, [1] the only child of cotton broker George V. Beall and drama teacher Arie Beall Ferguson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She recalled later in life that as a child she mostly played with the children of her African-American " mammy ", who lived with the Beall family ...
The Pine Bluff MSA population in 2007 dropped to 101,484. Pine Bluff was the fastest-declining Arkansas MSA from 2000 to 2007. The Pine Bluff area is also a component of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area which had a population of 902,443 people in the 2014 U.S. census estimate.
The house was built c. 1860 by Thomas A. Boone [2] and was originally located at 702 W. Second Avenue. [3]Civil War Sesquicentennial Marker. Following the evacuation of Little Rock by Confederate forces on September 10, 1863, the citizens of Pine Bluff asked that a Union garrison be stationed there for their protection.
The Hale was a freighter which had been converted to a gunboat and mounted four 32-pounder smoothbore cannon and was commanded by Lieutenant James H. Gillis. The ship arrived near the Confederate battery of two 24-pounder guns in the late afternoon and exchanged artillery fire. [ 6 ]
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]
Actor Ron Hale, who co-starred on Ryan’s Hope before playing Sonny Corinthos’ dad Mike Corbin on General Hospital, has died at the age of 78. Hale passed away on Aug. 27, according to an ...
Ahead of 'The White Lotus' season 3 premiere on Max, Nest New York just dropped an official candle designed to smell like the show's luxury hotel setting.
The Pine Bluff Commercial Historic District encompasses a portion of the historic city center of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.It extends from Barraque Street south along Main Street, extending in places to properties alongside streets.