September 15, 2009

In 1941, attorney Ham Moses became president of Arkansas Power and Light after the death of company founder Harvey Couch. In the mid-1940s, Moses and others sought to improve the state’s image by promoting economic development and stopping the trend of many of the state’s most productive citizens leaving Arkansas for better opportunities elsewhere.

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