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School days for Baker Prairie

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The 71-acre Baker Prairie Natural Area spreads alongside Goblin Drive near the entrance of Harrison High School. Four groups including the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, The Nature Conservancy, as well as two Harrison volunteer groups patrol the whole area by maintaining a walking trial through the prairie, conducting insect counts, and clearing pesky sumac.

Evaluation, Prairie ecology

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The Hunley whispers its secrets

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The Hunley rammed an explosive, mounted on a 16-foot spar, against the U.S.S. Housatonic and sank the vessel, and then went down itself on the night of February 17, 1864. For more than three years after the sub's recovery, a team of experts has hovered around the Hunley on a mission of mercy and science.

Legal issues & crime, Company legal issue, Investigations, Submarine disasters, H.L. Hunley (Submarine)

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Tastes of the South: Mountain Country

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Appalachia cooking consists of ham, chicken, beans, beets, potatoes, gravy, and cornbread cooked in cast iron. Soup beans with cornbread are one of the favorite dishes of its natives.

Food and nutrition, Food habits, Mountain whites (Southern States), Appalachian people (Southern States)

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