Conway, AR
· Local history
Conway, Arkansas, owes its existence to the iron horse. The Cairo and Fulton Railroad carved its way through the Arkansas landscape in 1872, and where it stopped, Conway began. Named for Henry Wharton Conway, a figure…
1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion
· 15.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Right here, in the middle of nowhere Arkansas, a nuclear missile blew up in 1980, sending its warhead flying.On September 18th, 1980, a fuel leak was detected in a Titan II missile silo. While attempting to fix the…
Bold Pilgrim Cemetery
· 17.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
This quiet spot holds the stories of generations of African American families in Conway County. The Bold Pilgrim Cemetery, established in the late 1800s, became a final resting place for hundreds, especially during the…
Morrilton, AR
· 17.5 mi
Morrilton, Arkansas, rising just over 350 feet above the Arkansas River Valley, presents a quiet face to the world. Agriculture and manufacturing hum along as the town's economic engines, a far cry from the cotton boom…