by Do South | Dec 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Christmas Honors “][/title] On any given day, a visit to the Fort Smith National Cemetery is a holy thing, walking among the 16,300 snow-white headstones engraved with the names of those who served...
by Do South | Nov 1, 2018 | People
[title subtitle=”words and images: Dwain Hebda”][/title] “You gonna play in the tournament?” asks the sixty-something fella with the pool cue in his hand. I’d been watching the action for the better part of an hour, as two pool tables welcomed a steady...
by Do South | Nov 1, 2015 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Chaffee Historic District”][/title] The long history of Fort Chaffee begins with an equally long name: Major General Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. Born in 1884, in Kansas, he died in 1941, in Boston, and...
by Do South | Jul 1, 2015 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell images:courtesy Harold Mainer and Henry “Hank” Hauser”][/title] Sixteen million Americans served in World War II. Only 855,070 are left today, most in their nineties, and Arkansas is home to 11,070 of...
