February 24, 2011

Long before the Arkansas River was channelized by the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in the mid-twentieth century, it was not uncommon for the slow-moving river to freeze enough to hamper trade and travel on the stream. This group of unidentified men is shown attempting to navigate the frozen stream at Little Rock (Pulaski County) in the winter of 1876.

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