Dams, DeGray Dam, ground breaking, June 6, 1964 [View 16] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

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Dams, DeGray Dam, ground breaking, June 6, 1964 [View 16] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

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Part of a group of negatives taken for June 9, 1964, Arkansas Gazette article "Poor Weather Accompanies Ground Breaking for Dams," B1:2. On June 6, 1964, Senator John McClellan (1896-1977) set off a charge of dynamite to mark the official beginning of DeGray Dam overlooking the Caddo River near Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas at a ground breaking ceremony. Other attendees included John Marrow of Batesville, an 87 year old man who oversaw several dam projects on the White River, and MajorGeneral Elsworth Davis, Chief of the Army Engineers division of the Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Warren County, Arkansas.

1 negative : b&w ; 3 x 4 cm. (1 x 1 in.)

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Deane, Ernie

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McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977

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John Little McClellan, Representative and Senator from Arkansas; born in Sheridan, Grant County, Ark., February 25, 1896; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913, when he was seventeen; commenced practice in Sheridan, Ark.; served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps 1917-1919; moved to Malvern, Ark. in 1919 and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial district of Arkansas 1927-1930; elected as a De...

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...