There are 5 article(s) tagged Sultana:

• December 2022

  • Conaway: Ghost of a river — Part One

    “No river in America’s maritime history has seen greater tragedy. And no drama on the Mississippi has been as dramatic, no tragedy as tragic, as what occurred right here.”

    By Dan Conaway December 02, 2022

• November 2022

  • Sultana Disaster Museum to preserve tragic story in new home

    The worst maritime disaster in U.S. history happened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, and the Sultana Historical Preservation Society is making sure it is not forgotten.

    By Keely Brewer November 14, 2022

• March 2022

  • Memphis 200 Part 4: People, institutions, events shaped city

    The fourth part of our series marking the bicentennial of the city's founding takes us to some of the more complex chapters of Memphis history, a few sports legends, artists, corporate innovators and two years of profound change.

    By Bill Dries March 11, 2022

• May 2020

  • Veterans’ cemeteries ready for Memorial Day visitors

    Memorial Day Weekend is normally one of the busiest times of the year at the 153-year-old Memphis National Cemetery off Jackson Avenue, and 28-year-old West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery on Forest Hill-Irene Road. But like most aspects of current American life, the COVID-19 pandemic made other plans. 

    By Patrick Lantrip May 25, 2020

• April 2019

  • The river defines who we were and who we will become

    Memphis and the Mississippi River are joined eternally. Our relationship with the river, and the stories buried deep in its muddy waters, define who we have been even as we wrestle with questions that will define who we become.

    By Bill Dries and Chris Herrington April 03, 2019