Arkansas Ties ... A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lot of Arkansas

Craighead County Court House 511 Main St. 1934 Art Deco-style public building Listed in National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1998.     More on Nick Bacon: http://www.arkansasties.com/Pulaski/Structures/StateCapitol/MedalofHonor4.htm   I wish I could photograph every one of these.   The Arkansas This is the 16,000 pound anchor off the bow of the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser USS Arkansas, CGN - 41. This anchor was placed here in grateful memory of those who served aboard her. Four ships of the United States Navy and one of the Confederate States have borne the name Arkansas. The first USS Arkansas was a wooden hulled barkentine - rigged steamer in the American Civil War. The second, BM - 7 was a single turreted monitor. The third USS Arkansas, BB - 33, a Wyoming-class battleship, saw action in the Mexican - American war, WWI, and WWII including combat action against the Japanese at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. CGN-41 was 586 feet long, 63 feet at the beam and displaced 1,600 tons. She was powered by two nuclear power plants. Her crew was 45 officers and 540 enlisted. The ship was armed with antiaircraft and tomahawk cruise missiles. It participated in Desert Storm in 1991. She was launched in 1978 and decommissioned in 1998. After CGN - 41 was decommissioned Craighead County Judge Dale Haas requested that Governor Mike Huckabee assist in securing the anchor from the Arkansas for display as part of our veterans monument. The plaque was donated by Paragould Monument Co.   Hattie W. Caraway A.B., L.L. D. February 1, 1878 - December 22, 1950 Tennessee Native - Arkansas Daughter A Good Southern Wife in the Best Traditional Sense First - Elected Woman U.S. Senator First - Woman to preside over the Senate First - Woman Chairman of a Senate Committee New dealer and political liberal. Possessed of mind, courage, and convictions. In all things she stood for the interest of her people. By Hoe and Hope Garden Club - 1975. In Memoriam United Spanish War Veterans 1898 Erected by Department of Arkansas Auxiliary U.S.W.V. 1940    Battery C, 206th Coast Artillery (AA) Dutch Harbor, Alaska 206th Coast Artillery Killed in Action World War II Kenneth Burkhart Clifford Cloud Joseph J. Eble John H. Franklin Charles Hutton Cletis Jeffers Fred Johnson James Lemmer Owen "H" Lynch Carl Neal Ray Shreeve Frank Sweeney Roy Wiles    Sons of the American Revolution G. Glisson - President B. Atkinson - Secretary Craighead County | Court House One | Court House Two | Court House Three