Perched on the east shore of Norfork Lake, at the old landing of the Highway 62 ferry, sits the little village of Henderson, AR. Principally it consists of a little post office and a boat dock at the Corp of Engineers recreation called of all things, Henderson. But, it was not always thus.   The [...]

Blasting work and construction on the dam began in the spring of 1941. About 4,000 people turned out for the spectacle of the first blast. There's very few people around who could honestly say they used to live at the bottom of a lake. The eerie sound of the water and bubbles [...]