Much of Whitehead's reputation rests on a newspaper article written as an eyewitness account which stated that Whitehead made a powered flight in Connecticut on August 14, 1901. In the months that followed, details from this article were widely reprinted in newspapers around the world.
Sponsored Topics. Sparkman is a city in Dallas County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 586 at the 2000 census. Sparkman is located at 33Â°55â²2â³N 92Â°50â²56â³W / 33.91722Â°N 92.84889Â°W / 33.91722; -92.84889 (33.917201, -92.848763). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 kmÂ²), all of it land.
Craighead County, Arkansas. Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,443.[1] The county has two county seats â Jonesboro and Lake City.[2] Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas Craighead. It is one of several dry counties within the state of Arkansas, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is largely prohibited.