January 15, 2025
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Know-It-All Quiz # 1
The Alamo
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Our first quiz tests your research skills by asking questions about five postcards commemorating the Battle of the Alamo. After a 13-day siege, that began on February 23, 1836, the Mexican Federal forces under the leadership of General Santa Anna won the battle on March 6, reclaiming the Alamo Mission, located in present day San…
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December 29, 2021 6 Comments
Cotton was king in the American South and west from before the Civil War into World War II. Picking cotton was backbreaking work for slaves and later tenant farmers and sharecroppers. So why did Blytheville, Arkansas hold a Cotton Picking Contest from 1941 until 1961?