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May 15, 2005

After being towed from Turkey, where it had been slated for decommissioning, and after conservation work, the submarine Razorback was opened for public visits as part of the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. It is Arkansas’s only historic naval vessel open for public viewing. The museum, on the bank of the Arkansas River at North Little Rock (Pulaski County), opened officially in July 2005. It is also the site of a memorial to the USS Snook, one of fifty-two submarines lost during World War II and adopted by Arkansas for commemorative purposes. Two barges, one of which serves as the museum’s visitor center, are also anchored there. In 2015, the historic tugboat USS Hoga became part of the museum.

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Strange Scenes in the Ozarks by M. E. Oliver

In 1955, M. E. Oliver, an artist from Madison County, created a book of illustrations he titled Strange Scenes in the Ozarks. Produced in the old-fashioned serigraph process, the book consists of approximately thirty colorful illustrations, one of which is shown here. The book was not bound in the typical sense; instead, it was assembled by hand with brass fasteners. Though the volume bears a date of 1955, illustrations were added as late as 1963.

 

In 1955, M. E. Oliver, an artist from Madison County, created a book of illustrations he titled Strange Scenes in the Ozarks. Produced in the old-fashioned serigraph process, the book consists of approximately thirty colorful illustrations, one of which is shown here. The book was not bound in the typical sense; instead, it was assembled by hand with brass fasteners. Though the volume bears a date of 1955, illustrations were added as late as 1963.

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