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Monroe County

Monroe County, named for President James Monroe, is located approximately halfway between Little Rock (Pulaski County) and Memphis, Tennessee. Notable communities include Brinkley, Clarendon, Holly Grove, Indian Bay, Blackton, Fargo, and Roe.

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"Monroe County" map with borders roads cities river national wildlife refuge
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Louis Thomas Jordan

Blues

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Fargo

Monroe

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Clarendon

Monroe

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Cache River National Wildlife Refuge

Protected Areas

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Cache River

Physical Geography, Water

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Blackton

Monroe

 White women and men with damaged buildings behind them, photograph labeled "Brinkley Cyclone"

Brinkley

Monroe

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Monroe County Courthouse

Buildings, Museums and Historic Sites

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Sinking of USS Queen City

Civil War

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Holly Grove

Monroe
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White women and men with damaged buildings behind them, photograph labeled "Brinkley Cyclone"

Brinkley Cyclone Damage

 small group of African American students of various ages outside brick building

Consolidated White River Academy

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Fargo School Girls

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Loblolly Pines

 African-American men and women posing with students outside school house with barbed wire fence and garden

Fargo Agricultural School

 Multistory brick building with flat roof and road running alongside

Brinkley High School

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Fargo Agricultural School

 Stone marker with text situated in swamp

Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park Marker
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