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Bocage House
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The Carnahan Home
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Childhood home of
Martha Mitchell
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Trulock-Cook home /
Margland Bed & Breakfast |

The Arkansas River
claimed two city
blocks of downtown
in 1908.
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A sender of one of
these cards wrote,
"Horrors at Pine
Bluff"
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Anticipating its
demise, the
Courthouse (center)
was evacuated...
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and stripped of
furnishings -- even
the
window frames!
(right)
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Town leaders
decided
to change the course
of the river...
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by secretly
dynamiting a nearby
levee:
a federal offense!
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The plan worked,
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The town was saved,
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and the identity of the
"demolition team"
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is a secret
to this day!
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The flood of
Decenber, 1908
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The flood of
Decenber, 1908 |

The flood of
Decenber, 1908
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The flood of 1927.
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Remmel Dam
near Pine Bluff
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Remmel Dam
near Pine Bluff |

Free Bridge construction
near Pine Bluff
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Free Bridge over
Arkansas River near P.B.
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Free Bridge over
Arkansas River near P.B.
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Free Bridge over
Arkansas River near P.B. |

Free Bridge over
Arkansas River near P.B.
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Noble Lake
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Arkansas River behind
the Courthouse
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Boating on the river
near Pine Bluff |

Boating on the river
near Pine Bluff
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Arkansas River frozen
Jan. 1912, Pine Bluff
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Arkansas River frozen
Jan. 1912, Pine Bluff
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Arkansas River frozen
Feb. 1898, Pine Bluff |