Helena, Arkansas.
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When the Union army built Fort Curtis in 1862, the 34-star flag flew over the fort. The day the Battle of Helena was fought, July 4, 1863, the 35-star flag the official U.S. flag. The new star represented West Virginia, . . .
(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
When the Union army built Fort Curtis in 1862, the 34-star flag flew over the fort. The day the Battle of Helena was fought, July 4, 1863, the 35-star flag the official U.S. flag. The new star represented West Virginia, . . . (Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
lived here 1851-56
Quick to Volunteer Between 1861 and 1865, several hundred men— one-third of the able-bodied men in Phillips County — joined the Confederate army. Most enlisted in the opening weeks of the Civil War. The volunteers joined the . . . 
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, the son of Dr. Joseph and Mary Anne Ronayne Cleburne, was born March 17, 1828. At the age of twenty-one he immigrated to the United States. He settled in Helena in 1850. The Son of Privilege Patrick . . . 
The Stencil House is typical of small side-gabled homes common in New York and New England. The floor plan groups four rooms around a central chimney. A central front door, flanked by pairs of double-hung windows, opens into . . . 
Front This quiet street was once Washington's answer to New York's Lower East Side. Fourth Street, known until 1934 as a 4½ Street, and nearly Seventh Street were Southwest's shopping centers. Around 1900 this street was the . . . 
Front You are standing in the heart of one of Washington, DC's oldest—and newest—neighborhoods. For 150 years Southwest Washington was a working waterfront community. Then urban renewal changed the landscape forever. Today . . . 
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court made its historic decision in Brown vs. Board of Education to end segregation in public schools. One of the lawsuits that made up this decision involved the DC schools, and the . . . 
Front The lively scene around you began with an arts movement in the 1950s. Musicians, dancers, and artists found centrally located 18th Street attractive as declining rents made it affordable. Early on, jazz guitarist . . . 
Front The charming Victorian rowhouses you see along 18th Street are an Adams Morgan signature. But they were nearly lost in the 1960s in the name of progress. During World War II, thousands flooded Washington to work for . . . 
Front Across the street you can see the Marie H. Reed Community Learning Center. It opened in 1977 on the former sites of Morgan Community School and Happy Hollow Playground. Both the Adams and Morgan elementary schools . . . 
FRONT Top right Police Call Boxes such as this one (originally painted blue) were installed in the District after the Civil War. Officers on foot patrol used this secure telegraph system to contact the station, accessing the . . . 
Conductor Laureate Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli C.H. 1899-1970 lived here
Dr. Joseph Rogers Health Care Reformer lived here
Major General Benedict Arnold American Patriot resided here from 1796 until his death June 14, 1801
William Wilkie Collins 1824-1889 Novelist lived here 
The Reverend Nathaniel A. Pratt, first minister of the Roswell Presbyterian Church. During the Civil War, Union troops camped here in 1864 while occupying Roswell on their way to Atlanta.
Primrose Cottage was the first permanent residence constructed in Roswell. Built for Eliza King Hand, a daughter of town founder Roswell King, the home features a hand-turned fence executed by an English craftsman. The house . . . 
Patrick Cleburne found a home, friends and a profession in Helena. When the Civil War began, he supported his adopted state, writing to his brother, Richard, "I am with Arkansas in weal and woe." From Clerk to Lawyer Two . . . 
"I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat." Patrick Cleburne, May 1861 A Brilliant and Beloved Commander Patrick Cleburne was a brilliant military tactician and one of the Confederacy's most able . . . 
