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1941 WPA travel guide to post-Depression Arkansas tours an unfamiliar state

1941 WPA travel guide to post-Depression Arkansas tours an unfamiliar state

  In 1941, Arkansas operated eight state parks. Seven were open only to white visitors. The eighth was set aside for the second-class citizens politely called Negroes. Peaches were a major cash crop in Arkansas back then. At now vanished Highland Peach Orchard, south of