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

Civic Center Plaza Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Civic Center Plaza This fountain celebrates our cities most cherished resources: water. Founded on the Mississippi River, Memphis has an artesian well system which provides pure drinking water and helps to sustain the city's growth. Until 1887, Memphis drew most of its water from cisterns and the Wolf River. On March 18, 1887, drillers tapped artesian wells beneath the city: the Artesian Water Company was formed. In 1893, Memphis bought the company to form the Memphis American Water Department, the first city-owned utility and forerunner to Memphis Light, Gas & Water. April 1993. Sweetie playing in the water fountains.  We should have taken off our shoes and ran under the fountains!