Title

Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams dedication

Creator

Files

Date Original

1952 July 2

Description

Black and white photograph of the Bull Shoals Dedication on July 2, 1952. Bull Shoals Dam is on the border of Marion and Baxter Counties in Arkansas. Pictured are Harry S., Truman (1884-1972), James W. Trimble (1894-1972), Wilbur Daigh Mills, Boyd Tackett (1911-1985), Sidney Sanders McMath (1912-2003), Clyde Ellis, James William Fulbright (1905-1995), Thomas B. Tinnon, (1915-),George McKee, Oscar Chapman, Frank Pace, Lewis A. Pick, Clarence Wickard, James T. Blair, Jr. (1902-1962), and Orland Kay Armstrong (1893-1987).

Physical Description

Photograph, 8" x 10"

Subjects

Photographs; Dams; Dam construction; Presidents; Dedications

Geographical Area

Mountain Home, Baxter County (Ark.)

Language

English

Identifier

G6201

Resource Type

Image

Collection

General photo file

Publisher

Arkansas State Archives

Contributing Entity

Arkansas State Archives

Recommended Citation

Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams dedication, General photo file, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Rights

Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.

Disciplines

United States History

Comments

The dedication of Bull Shoals dam marked a major point in the damming of the White River. My grandfather, Samuel Hamblen "Ham" Cole, was one of the engineers on the dams. I grew up hearing my mother's, Aunt Sarah's and Grandmother's stories of living in the Government Village at Mountain Home during both dams' construction. Bull Shoals, itself, was one of the largest concrete structures until 2009. -Jane Wilkerson

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