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At a distance of two hours . . .

By Philip Martin

This used to be a Little Chicago—in the early days of the last century, before Prohibition, Depression, floods and drought extracted what they could from Phillips County. Helena used to be a hoppin’ little river port, with the white clubs shakin’ on Cherry and the black clubs jumpin’ on Elm. There was a Chrysler plant here until 1956.

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  • Headline: At a distance of two hours . . .
  • Publication: Perspective, Pages 76 on 03/03/2013
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