African American History
In 1970 Black students walked out of this school to protest unfair treatment and lack of representation
What is Blytheville High School
This building was built in the 1930's and was the place to go to see a movie on main street!
What is The Ritz
In 1927 and in 1937 the local area experienced this devastating natural disaster which caused people to leave their homes for higher ground and to sleep in box cars on the railroad tracks.
What is a flood
This man is considered the founder of Blytheville
Who is Henry T. Blythe
The Mississippi County area is the #1 producer of this product within the United States
What is Steel
This neighborhood was home to many Black shops, churches, and juke joints!
What is Ash Street
Many people boarded a bus at this building to join the army in World War II
What is the Greyhound Bus Station
The Mississippi River borders this side of Mississippi County
What is the eastern side
What year was Blytheville incorporated as a town?
What is 1891
This crop was once called "King" in Mississippi County and is still farmed today. It even had a festival, parade, and beauty pageant named after it.
What is cotton
This school was the only African American high school, in the Blytheville area, before desegregation.
What is the Harrison High School
This building, built in 1919, serves as one of two county seats in Mississippi County, with the other one being in Osceola
What is the courthouse
In 1811 and in 1812 the Blytheville area experienced hundreds of these events which caused sand and water to erupt onto the land surface.
What is an earthquake
The building you are sitting in was an important retail shop before it was a museum.
What is the Kress Building
This company, on the air base, is an aircraft maintenance company
What is A.R.T. (Aviation Repair Technologies)
The first African American to serve as mayor of Blytheville
Who is James Sanders
This building housed a bottling company for a famous drink company, whose logo can still be seen on the front of the building
What is the Coca-Cola building
These animals were used to eat the weeds and the pests off of cotton plants.
What is a Cotton Goose
This form of transportation helped Blytheville grow in the late 1800s
What is the railroad
This company is "North America's largest steel manufacturer and recycler"
What is Nucor
This park is named after a civil rights activist who was shot during a protest against a white grocery store clerk who was accused of discrimination in 1970.
What is Williams Park
Just outside of this public building is where the founder of Blytheville is buried. This area is called Founders Park and has also been called Chickasawba Cemetery.
What is the library
Blytheville began as a logging town for this type of tree, which thrives in swampy environments.
What is cypress
This group of Native Americans came to the region and lived near a mound, created by an earlier culture, just outside of Blytheville.
What are the Chickasaws
This is the oldest business, in Blytheville, AR still in operation today?
What is Farmers Bank & Trust