Arkansas counties

uncle told me that he was going to take me hunting. When he told me this I was the most excited kid in Arkansas. When I got home after shooting I ran into my house yelling that I was going hunting next weekend and I couldn't wait. When that time finally came I packed my bag with all the hunting stuff my dad and I had bought for this special day. So there we went on the drive to Madison county where my uncle lived. The night before the big day I couldn’t sleep because I was too excited about…

It moves from county to county, state to state, and eventually nation to nation. A similar incident on gay marriage had taken place in the state of Arkansas before the Supreme Court ruling in June. Arkansas senator and deacon at Southern Baptist church, Senator Bart Hester proposed bill SB 202 to rid Arkansas of all non-discrimination ordinances. He explained why in an interview when saying, “ ‘I am singled out…

The Marcellus Shale Play is a black shale formation lying under the Appalachian Basin running from Tennessee to New York. The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) estimates that 1,953 billion cubic feet of recoverable reserves lie beneath the shale sediment. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2012) The EIA estimates that shale basins in the United States have a potential to produce from 500-1,000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2012). Natural Gas…

become a General in the confederate army, and fight not side by side with his brother John in the Union, but fight on the opposite side with his Arkansas troops for the confederate cause. Colonel James Simmons McIntosh, and Eliza McIntosh- Shumate were blessed with a son named James McQueen McIntosh who later became Brigadier General for the 1st and 2nd Arkansas mounted rifles of the confederate Army fighting in 2 battles Wilson’s Creek, and Pea Ridge. James McIntosh was from a well-known…

Hattie Caraway was best known for being the first woman to serve in the United States Senate. Her life before, during, and after the Senate was all very important. She was a very important woman in Arkansas history. Hattie was born on February 1, 1878, in Bakerville, Tennessee on a farm. Her full name was Hattie Ophelia Wyatt when she was born. Her father, William Carroll Wyatt, was a shoekeeper and a farmer. Her mother, Lucy Mildred Burch Wyatt, raised three children plus Hattie. When Hattie…

How to Stay Entertained in De Queen, Arkansas Keeping yourself entertained can be hard when you live in a small town. De Queen is a small town in southwest Arkansas. Our population is around 6,000 people, each one of us different; but also all the same in one way, we are all bored. Having a lot of friends is a necessity, or you will end up sitting at home all weekend. Hanging out in parking lots, wasting all your gas riding around all night, and sitting at home watching netflix is all there…

(Geier, P. 12). Robert E. Lee Folkes was only twenty when he was accused of the murder. He had dropped out of high school so that he could help his mother pay their bills (Geier, P.9). He was born in "rural Arkansas," but the family moved to Los Angeles in order to escape the racism in Arkansas (Geier, P. 9). In Los…

any time. The Arkansas Christian Academy has recently let faculty members carry firearms. We can’t stand by and watch a mass shooting like Sandy Hook or Virginia Tech happen again. To begin with, many schools do not have the necessary security. Most public schools have one or two armed police officers, roaming throughout the school. If an armed gunman walks into the other side of the school, no one is there to stop him. By the time the police officer gets to the…

Japanese Injustice Throughout history, many groups of people have come to Arkansas for a variety of reasons. Some people have come seeking land, freedom, or other opportunities. Other groups of people were forced to come to these state. Some groups have settled in the state and lent their culture to the region while other groups were here for a while, then moved on to other regions of the United States. One group that came to Arkansas by force was the Japanese. These people were forced into…

have a shiny crown, a beautiful dress, and my hair and makeup done. My mom suggested I start out competing in the local county pageant. During the summer, I ended up winning Miss Congeniality and Miss Fulton County. Since I won this title, I had the honor of represent Fulton County at the state fair. After awhile, pageant directors suggested I compete in prelims to go to Miss Arkansas. I decided to call my friend Savannah, since…