Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.

While strolling through the book and magazine aisle of Wal-Mart recently (yes, I have time to do that now!), I came across a lone copy “Riders of the Purple Sage” by Zane Grey. It brought back a flood of memories about the public library that I frequented while growing up.

The Faulkner-Van Buren Regional Library was located Continue reading →