In 1990, the state opened the Delta Cultural Center in downtown Helena to preserve and interpret the heritage of a 27-county region of east Arkansas. Despite the many problems in Helena that have been ...
One of my favorite things about the Delta--both the Arkansas and Mississippi sides of the river--is the large number of colorful characters who inhabit the region. Rex Nelson has been senior editor ...
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Jews were an accepted part of life in the Mississippi River port city of Helena, which was thriving at the time. According to the Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish ...