Piggott, Arkansas
Piggott is a city of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America. In 2000 there were about 3,900 people living in Piggott which is the largest city in Clay County.[1] The town was first called Huston, but was later named Piggott after Dr. James Piggott, an early resident.[2] In 1956 the town was used as the main location in Elia Kazan's movie, A Face in the Crowd, starring Lee Remick and Andy Griffith.[2]
Hemingway [change]
American author Ernest Hemingway visited Piggot many times during the 1930s. His second wife's parents, Paul and Mary Pfeiffer, lived in Piggott. They converted a barn into a studio where Hemingway could write. He wrote a lot of his novel A Farewell to Arms in the studio. The house and barn are now the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center which is run by Arkansas State University.[3]
References [change]
- ↑ "Piggott city, Arkansas – Fact Sheet – American FactFinder". factfinder.census.gov. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Piggott&_cityTown=Piggott&_state=04000US05&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Piggott – Piggott Arkansas – Piggott AR". arkansas.com. http://www.arkansas.com/city-listings/city_detail.aspx?city=Piggott. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ↑ "Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center". hemingway.astate.edu. http://hemingway.astate.edu/. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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