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Upcoming Events!


Dumas Area Arts Council and Desha County Historical Society

present

"Vinegar Pie and Chicken Bread"

Friday, July 23rd  7:30pm at Dumas Arts Center

a one-woman play written by Ashley Edwards (formerly of Pine Bluff)
based on the the book edited by Margaret Jones Bolesterli

The play is set in Watson, Arkansas in the 1890's


Advance tickets - $10     At the door - $12
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Desha County Historical Society Presentation


WHEN:  Sunday, September 12th    2:30pm 

PRESENTATION:  "Mr. Speaker"          BY:  Maylon Rice

WHERE:  Municipal Building (Sprague Street) Arkansas City, AR

This well researched program reports how political leaders from Desha County have influenced
Arkansas politics since 1850


 

Upcoming Board Meetings

 

Monday, August 2th @ 4:30pm

Desha County Museum

Dumas, AR

 

Past Events

 

WHEN: Sunday, April 18th at 2:30 pm

WHERE: Arkansas City Municipal Museum, 606 Sprague Street

PRESENTATION: "The Civil War in Desha County"

BY:  Susan Gallion

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WHEN:  Sunday, February 21st, 2010    2:30 pm

WHERE:  McGehee Municipal Bldg Auditorium, 901 West Holly Street

PRESENTATION:  "Adam Walker, An Extraordinary Black Man"
His Struggles and Accomplishments

BY:  Rubye Emerson

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WHEN:  Sunday, September 13th  3:00 pm    WHERE:  First Methodist, Dumas

PRESENTATION:  "Big Island - Amazing Diversity of                                 Landscapes, Wildlife and Habitat"

BY:  Peggy Clayton Chapman

Recollections by: Andrew Wargo, Martin Walt and Ross Wayne Martin

 

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New!
2009 Publications
are available!!!


2009 Contents

A limited number of the complete set of publications is available for a special price.

Contact Anne Ferguson at azf.gibbsferguson@att.net


During Wind and Rain: The Jones Family Farm in the Arkansas Delta 1848-2006
by: Margaret Jones Bolsterli

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