Ronnie Hawkins, an Arkansas-born rock & roller who aspired to a real career, put together a backing band that year that included his fellow Arkansan Levon Helm (born May 26, 1940), who played drums (as well as credible guitar) and had led his own band, the Jungle Bush Beaters.
Both women and men know the value of a diamond and spend millions of dollars a year buying diamonds and diamond jewelry for loved ones. It is just as incredible that there have been only two active diamond mines in our storied history and only one of them is currently active. The Crater of Diamonds is a dig for a fee diamond mine in Arkansas and is the only active diamond mine in the US.
Agriculture was the major source of income for the town. Murfreesboro escaped the major battles of the Civil War, although it served as a winter quarters for the Confederate army. In 1906, John Wesley Huddleston found the first diamonds on his property, which led to Crater of Diamonds State Park. Many are amazed to learn there is a place in Arkansas where they can go and dig for diamonds, which were first mined in India over 2700 years ago.