Total Eclipse of the Heartland

May 23, 2017June 13, 2022

Total Eclipse of the Heartland

On August 21, 2017 at 1:18pm Perry County will experience a total solar eclipse giving locals some of the greatest viewing time across the United States at two minutes forty seconds of totality. In anticipation of the Great American Eclipse of 2017 the City of Perryville has officially begun the daunting but extremely exciting task …

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October 10, 2016January 12, 2023

The Dirt on Menfro

Perry County was organized May 21, 1821 and named after the naval war hero of 1812, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. But it was before that when some of our earliest settlers were already laying down farming roots in Perry County soil. Levi Wiggins was one of many people to request a land grant in Perry …

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