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Meeting the Gardeners: Terry and Shirley Sigle

Terry and Shirley Sigle at the home outside of Dardanelle, Arkansas. All images by Bryan Moats. If you read this column often you know that for the past year the McElroy House: Organization for...

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Meet the Growers: Violet Bullock

Mrs. Bullock at her home in Dardanelle. All images by Saira Khan for the McElroy House: Organization for Cultural Resources. If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know that for the past year...

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Muzzled Oxen: Reaping Cotton and Sowing Hope in 1920s Arkansas, Part 1

A recent book published by Butler Center Books, the publishing arm of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, examines life in the Yell County cotton fields in the 1920s. Written by the late Genevieve...

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Working Girl Blues and Coal Tattoos: Women in Labor Unions in the 1970s

Florence Reece, author of the song “Which Side Are You On?” Written by contributor Audra Butler, this post is taken from a larger essay on women’s involvement in the American labor movement of the...

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Holding on to Heritage: The Oates’s Century Farm

  Photo by Liz Chrisman for ABOUT the River Valley magazine. This story originally ran in the May issue of ABOUT the River Valley magazine in partnership with the Boiled Down Juice and McElroy House:...

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Muzzled Oxen Part 2: The Price of Cotton

Last month we explored a recent book published by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies entitled Muzzled Oxen: Reaping Cotton and Sowing Hope in 1920s Arkansas. Written by the late Genevieve Grant...

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Prayer Shawls and Homemade Quilts

  Quilt by Golda Faye Taylor McElroy In the corner of my living room closet is a stack of handmade quilts, blankets, and throws. Some of them come from great grandmothers and were made generations ago...

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Muzzled Oxen Part 4: Malaria and Tornados

  Author Genevieve Grant Sadler In several past columns I’ve discussed the recent publication Muzzled Oxen: Reaping Cotton and Sowing Hope in 1920s Arkansas. Written by the late Genevieve Grant Sadler...

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Honoring Local Women’s Stories: Storytelling and Oral History Event at the...

  Mrs. Violet’s Hands.  Photo by Saira Khan for the McElroy House. Click on the photo to read more about Mrs. Violet Bullock of Dardanelle.    Growing up in an intergenerational family with my...

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The Children Will Expect This of Us: A Response to the Rebel Ride

    Image from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. This short piece was submitted as a letter to the editor of the Courier newspaper  (hence the short length) on behalf of the McElroy...

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