This week's trip through archives at the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History reintroduces us to John L. Ferguson, who served as the Arkansas state historian for 45 years.
Keeping Arkansas's History for 50 Years
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Arkansas State Archives