History Information on this Site

Arkansas History in General

• History of a Landmark: Arkansas’s Old State House
• An Enduring Image: Arkansas’s Old StateHouse
• Pillars of Power: Arkansas’s Old State House
• The Old State House & Arkansas: a Downloadable Workbook for Grades 3-6
• Buy Arkansas History Books Online
• Arkansas and History Links/History Website of the Week
• Send You Back to Arkansas: Arkansas’s Musical Heritage
• On the Stump: Arkansas Political History, 1819-1919
• From This Point On: the Wilderness Gallery
• Biographies of Arkansas Governors
• Historical Crafts, Games and Quizzes

Prehistoric Arkansas

• Chronology of 11,000 Years of Human Life in Arkansas
• Plum Bayou Prepares for Summer Celebration
• Thousands Participate in Plum Bayou Renewal Rites
• Greenhouse Trade Mission Arrives Seeking Goods of the Plum Bayou People
• Ancient “Frazzle Heads” Puzzle Archaeologists
• Early Indian Site Now Opens as Parkin State Park
• Caddo Start Year’s Salt Making at Saline Bayou
• Caddo Mark Passing of Priest; Dedicate New Temple Mound
• Archaeologists Preserve and Protect Prehistoric Sites
• Prehistoric People Skilled at Making Clothing
• Paleo-Indians Developed Stone Tools in Various Shapes and Sizes

Native Americans and Arkansas

• Earliest Americans Survived by Hunting and Gathering Food
• De Soto’s Spaniards Launch Surprise Attack
• Foreigners Bring Disease to Inhabitants of Casqui
• River Shaped Life in Peaceful Tanico Village
• Caddo Start Year’s Salt Making at Saline Bayou
• Frenchmen Witness the Caddo Building Houses
• Caddo Mark Passing of Priest; Dedicate New Temple Mound
• Indian Game of “Chunkey” Used Polished Stone as Target for Spears
• Arkansas River Valley’s Quapaw Are Tall and Handsome
• Quapaw Calumet Ceremony Honors French Visitors
• Bossu Reports Back to French on Fighting Style of the Quapaw
• Quapaw Ate Popcorn Archaeologists Say
• Indians Attack Arkansas Post in Revolutionary War
• Colbert’s Prisoners Freed by Bold Action
• Quapaw Chief Angaska Remembered by Spanish
• Indian Trade “Factory” Opens at Arkansas Post
• Factory Gets Shipment of Indian Trade Goods
• U.S. Army Reaches Belle Point on Christmas Day, 1817
• Washburn Arrives to Start Mission to Cherokee in Arkansas
• Governor Fails in Peace Talks with Indian Tribes
• Dardanelle’s Council Oaks Have Seen Indian Treaties and Playgrounds
• Quapaw Protest, but Surrender Arkansas Lands in Treaty
• Quapaw Give Up Arkansas Lands; Tribal Homeland Open to Whites
• Cherokee Thriving in Arkansas as Skilled Farmers
• Connecticut Teacher Keeps Diary among the Cherokee
• Sequoyah Devises Method for Writing in Cherokee Language
• Major Webber’s Fire Loss Estimated in the Thousands
• Letter to the Editor by a Cherokee Chief
• Dream of United Indian Territory Dies with Chief
• Land Dispute Settled; the Cherokee Are to Move West
• Cherokee Women Had Important Role in Life of Tribe
• Dwight Mission to Follow Cherokee Westward
• Cherokee Pass through Arkansas on “Trail of Tears”
• Thousands of Cherokee Pass through Arkansas
• Arkansas Sees Indians’ Long and Sad “Trail of Tears”
• Boudinot Honored for Long Service to Arkansas
• Saracen Dies at 97; Remembered for Rescue of Children
• Farewell Brave and Noble Tribes: A Poem
• Dwight Mission Ends Years of Service to Cherokee
• Indian Territory to the West
• Cherokee Join Confederate Army to Fight at Battle of Pea Ridge
• School Threatens Tribal Heritage of Cherokee Boy
• Crowley’s Ridge Stone Statue Probably Fake
• Quapaw Tribe of Today Maintains Links to Former Home
• Quapaw and Osage Have Modernized Tribal Rules
• Caddo Singer-Dancer Preserves Tribal Songs and Dances
• State Still Home for Many Thousands of First Americans

Explorers and Arkansas

• Spaniard Sees Great River; Clashes with Indian Tribe
• Chief Casqui Hopes for Best from Pale Strangers on “Deer”
• De Soto’s Spaniards Launch Surprise Attack
• Spanish Seek Gold in Long Trek through Arkansas
• Foreigners Bring Disease to Inhabitants of Casqui
• De Soto Dies of Fever; Body Hidden in River
• Quapaw Calumet Ceremony Honors French Visitors
• Tired Survivors of LaSalle Expedition Make Their Way to Arkansas Post
• Dunbar and Hunter Return from Exploration in Arkansas
• Dunbar Returns Safe from Exploration
• Explorer Spots Indian Mound in Cadron Area
• English Visitor See “Trackless Wilderness” on Trip up the Arkansas

Colonial Arkansas

• Trading Post Established at Mouth of the Arkansas River
• Quapaw Calumet Ceremony Honors French Visitors
• Bankruptcy Cancels John Law’s Plans for Arkansas Colony
• Duty Draws French Commandant to Arkansas
• Bossu Reports Back to French on Fighting Style of the Quapaw
• France Cedes Arkansas Post to Spain
• Arkansas Post Survives Attack by Mixed Force
• Indians Attack Arkansas Post in Revolutionary War
• Colbert’s Prisoners Freed by Bold Action
• Quapaw Chief Angaska Remembered by Spanish
• French and Spanish Colonial Justice Was Harsh
• Trade Competition and a Soggy Site Prevent Arkansas Post from Prospering
• Louisiana Style Marked Arkansas Post Houses

Territorial Arkansas

• United States Buys Vast Territory Called Louisiana
• Americans and French Agree on Sale of Louisiana
• Earthquake Devastates Northeast Arkansas
• Massive Earthquake Shakes Mississippi River Region
• Great Earthquake Shatters Parts of Arkansas
• Earthquake Stories Already Spreading
• Traveler Describes Backwoodsmen in White River Valley
• First White Settler at the Rock
• Army Establishes Post at Belle Point
• U.S. Army Reaches Belle Point on Christmas Day, 1817
• General Jackson Orders Fort Built
• Arkansas Becomes A Territory; President to Appoint Governor
• Hero of War of 1812 Arrives as Territorial Governor
• Why We Spell Our Name the Way We Do
• Robert Crittenden Shaped Territorial Arkansas
• First Legislature Lists Territory’s Needs in Petition to President Monroe
• Woodruff Publishes First Newspaper for New Territory
• Pioneer Printer Set Type One Letter at a Time
• Factory Gets Shipment of Indian Trade Goods
• Jacob Wolf’s Strong, Sturdy House Survives
• Southwest Trail into Arkansas Was a Rough Road
• Strange “Pilgrims” Arrive; They Don’t Wash, Work, or Comb
• Land Speculators Quarrel over Capital Site; Buildings Are Moved
• Church “Camp Meeting” at Cadron Is the First in State
• Punishment for Stealing Is 25 Lashes “Well Laid On”
• Prisoner Gone; Escaped in Wife’s Dress
• Kidnapper Drowns: Boy Returned to Family
• Obsession with Honor Led Men to Fight Duels
• Henry Conway Killed in Duel at River
• Brawl at Hinderliter’s; Owner Kills Customer in Justifiable Homicide
• Another Murder during a Fight; General Hogan Killed by Sword Cane
• Dueling Wound Kills Nephew of Governor Pope
• Accused Killer Is Beaten, Shaved, Then Gets Canoe Ride
• If You Survive the Fights, the Ticks Will Get You
• Protestant Missionary Recalls Local Wildlife, Some of It Two-Legged
• All Work and No Play? Not Hardly
• Independence County Seat Changes Name to Batesville
• Firearms Were an Everyday Necessity on the Frontier
• Falling Stars Thrill Arkansans
• Joseph Bonne’s Cabin Was Home and Tavern at Pine Bluff
• Blacksmith Black Makes Deadly Knife for Bowie
• Editor Calls for Building a Jail
• Wanted: John Murrell, Outlaw
• Salt Works on Saline Bayou May Be First in Arkansas
• First Book Contains Territorial Laws and Acts of the Assembly
• Snag Boat to Clear Log Jam of the Red River Raft
• Shreve’s Snag Boat Will Clear River
• Steamboats in the Arkansas River, 1820-1836
• Road Now Open Connecting Memphis to Little Rock
• Military Working on Round from Little Rock to Fort Smith
• Arkansas Laments Death of Famous Batesville Lawyer
• Robert Crittenden, Former Territorial Secretary, Dies of Pleurisy
• 1833 River Flood Worst in Memory
• Whittington’s Colorful Letters Bring Early Arkansas to Life
• Site Overlooking River Picked for New Capitol
• Territorial Governor Pope Faced Tough Decisions and Violent Politics
• Davy Crockett Shows His Skills in Shooting Match at Little Rock
• Territorial Assembly Votes to Ask for Statehood
• Noland Races Postal Service to Deliver Proposed Constitution
• Arkansas Reviews Progress on Eve of Statehood

Antebellum Arkansas, 1836-1860

• Congress Approves Statehood for Arkansas
• Ceremony for First Governor at New State House
• Homestead Inventory Reveals Life in Frontier Arkansas
• Knife Fight in House of Representatives Leaves Anthony Dead
• Legislators Draw Knives; Representative Anthony Dies of Wound
• Speaker Kills Representative on House Floor
• Author Gerstaecker Describes Life in Frontier Arkansas
• German Visitor Describes Farm
• Visiting German Writer Plans to Tell about Life on the Arkansas Frontier
• Visitor Describes Scene in Backwoods Ballroom
• Add a Room to a Cabin and Get a “Dogtrot”
• Whooo-oop! Listen to Me Brag
• Wheeler Edited White and Indian Newspapers
• Cane Hill “Committee” Seeks Murderers of Family
• Illness Claims Second Child of Senator Fulton
• Cotton, Corn, Cows — 1840 Census Shows Impressive Achievements
• City Garden Adds to Capital’s Beauty
• Hunter Stalks Monstrous Black Bear
• Laziness
• Wife Wanted
• Governor’s “Handsome White Pig” Still at Large
• Whigs Opposed Jackson and the Democrats
• Grist Mills and Sawmills Were Vital
• Old–Time “Frolics” Were all Kinds of Fun
• Percussion Firing System Replaces Flintlock
• Red River Raft of Piled-Up Logs Blocks Steamboat Traffic for 160 Miles
• Shreve’s Snag Boats Clear State’s River Hazards
• Abraham Block, 1812 Veteran and Pioneer Merchant
• Block Offered His Customers Value and Variety
• Stonemason Brownlee’s Skills Left Mark on Arkansas
• Artist Tours State to Paint Portraits of Leading Citizens
• Artist Byrd Left Legacy of More Than One Hundred Paintings
• Alexander George, German Native, Elected Little Rock Alderman
• Miss Sawyer’s Fayetteville Female Seminary to Open
• Spring Hill Female Academy Is First Rate School
• Where Did the Money Go? State Closes Banks
• State’s First Constitutional Amendment Bans Banking
• State’s First Effort at Prison Reform Ends in Riot
• Ex-Mayor Praised for His Role in Penitentiary Riot
• Rough and Ready Settler Try to Live Up to Name
• Arsenal Building Almost Completed
• Judge Sentences Pesky Woodpecker to Death
• Little Rock Gets State’s First Jewish Synagogue
• Van Buren Doctor Visited Patients on Horseback
• Little Rock Businessmen Reorganize Fire Company
• Elephant Leads Parade as Circus Comes to Town
• Mexican War Claims Life of Archibald Yell
• Arkansas Commander Killed in Buena Vista Battle
• Arkansas’s Mexican War Dead Home for Burial
• Southwest Trail Still Mostly Mud, Rock, and Stumps
• New Owner Enlarges Hot Springs Hotel; Bear Meat on Menu
• Fort Smith Is Gateway to California Gold Fields
• Little Rock Group Goes to California Gold Fields
• Gold Rush Company Enforces Its Own System of Laws
• Local Gold Seekers Organize for Trip to California
• Ownership Disputes Hampered Growth of Hot Springs
• Former Slave Recounts How He Bought His Freedom
• Slave Resists and Is Shot; Owner Sues Overseer for Damages
• U.S. Ships Last Nicaragua City over Insult to Arkansan
• Irish Go by Wagon Train to West Arkansas
• Dover Man Reports on Cattle Drive to California
• Professor Zeilner’s Music Is the First Published in Arkansas
• Preacher Injured in Carriage Wreck
• Steamboat Popular Method of Travel, but Often Dangerous
• 1860 Census Shows Growth in State’s Population
• Abraham Lincoln Elected President
• Lincoln Elected President in Four Candidate Race
• New Print Captures the “Arkansas Traveler”
• Latta Burial Requires Long Trip through Mountains
• Harmonial Society Leaves State
• Traveler Print Available from Arkansas Artist

Arkansas in the Civil War & Reconstruction, 1860-1874

• Civil War Battle Flags of Arkansas
• Into Secessia PDF
• Chronological List of Arkansas Civil War Events
• Civil War Military Terms Explained
• Free Blacks Banned; State Likely to Lose Men of Talent
• Telegraph Brings Arkansas Closer to Rest of Nation
• Arkansas Votes to Secede; Only Isaac Murphy Refuses
• Arkansas Leaves Union for Southern Confederacy
• Only One Vote against Secession, War Seems Likely
• Arkansas Soldiers Join the Fighting on Both Sides during Civil War
• Battle of Pea Ridge Determines Fate of Missouri
• Union Army and Confederates Clash at Pea Ridge
• Cherokee Join Confederate Army to Fight at Battle of Pea Ridge
• Arkansas Troops Arrive in Virginia
• Hard Marches End in Fierce Battle at Prairie Grove
• Children See Horrors of War at Prairie Grove
• Union Forces Hold at Cotton Plant, Arrive in Helena
• Helena Suffers Union Occupation, Rebel Attack
• Confederate Attack on Helena Fails; Defeats Elsewhere
• Former Slaves Begin New Lives in “Contraband” Camps
• Lincoln Proclaims Slaves Free
• Single Shot Destroys River Gunboat
• Single Confederate Shot Destroys Union Gunboat
• Lucky Civil War Shot Destroys the Mound City
• Confederates Sink Ironclad U.S.S. Queen City; Federal Burn Clarendon
• Union Army Forces Confederate Government from Little Rock to Washington
• Confederate Generals Duel; John S. Marmaduke Kills Lucius Walker
• Federal Soldiers Find Little Rock to Their Liking
• Arkansan Wins Congressional Medal of Honor for Actions at Dardanelle
• Student’s Father Beats Little Rock Teacher
• David O. Dodd, Age 17, Executed on Charge of Espionage
• Convicted Spy David O. Dodd Hanged at Age 17
• Arkansan Suffers As Union Prisoner of War
• Guerillas on Both Sides in War Ordered to Stop
• Wild Bill Hickok’s Civil War Adventure in Arkansas
• Aaron Hurvey Escapes Slavery, Joins Union Army
• Fort Smith Couple Escapes from Jayhawkers
• Murderer Hanged in Little Rock for Wartime Crimes
• Local Author Tells of Wartime Damages at Huntsville
• General Steele’s Campaign Runs into Trouble in South Arkansas
• Battered Union Army Back from South Arkansas
• Sides Trade Accusations of Battlefield Atrocities
• Hospitals Held Special Terror for Wounded
• Irish-Born Confederate General Patrick Cleburne Dies in Battle
• General Patrick Cleburne Killed in Tennessee
• Special Session of Arkansas Assembly Ends at Confederate Capital
• Lincoln Dies from Assassin’s Bullet
• Woman Describes Difficulty of Home Life in Wartime Arkansas
• Summary of Events: Civil War & Reconstruction
• Steamboat Sultana Explodes. Hundreds Burned, Drowned.
• Explosion on the Sultana Kills 1,600 Ex-prisoners En Route Home
• Crowded Steamboat Explodes at Night; at Least 1,300 Killed
• Death Toll in Steamboat Explosion Could Be 1,600
• Fayetteville Picked as Site for New University
• Baseball Explained
• Rock City Beats Dixie 9 on Poor Field 43-42
• Planters Hope Chinese Are Solution to Feared Labor Shortage
• Cullen Baker, Notorious Outlaw, Killed by Teacher
• Powell Clayton Elected to Senate: Refuses to Vacate Office of Governor
• Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroads Opens; Construction Obstacles Recounted
• Baring Cross: Landmark Bridge Built by Cairo & Fulton Railroad
• New Grange Group to serve Farmers
• Corbin’s Efforts Help Create New College for Blacks
• Brooks-Baxter Affair Ends; Grant Supports Baxter
• Baxter Claims State House, Ends War over Governorship
• Accomplishments of Reconstruction Listed
• One Great Need Is More People for State

Late 19^th-Century Arkansas, 1875-1899

• Mammoth Menagerie and Circus at Dardanelle
• Newspapermen Invited to Be New Arkansas Travelers
• Polish Count Brings 300 Families to Settle the Community of Marche
• Young Priest Recounts Missionary Work in Arkansas Delta
• River Destroys the Town of Napoleon
• Ghost Town on the Mississippi
• Mark Twain’s New Book Remembers Arkansas Town Lost to River’s Force
• “Jolly, Jolly Raftsman’s the Life for Me”
• Yellow Fever Quarantine Lifted; Little Rock Hopes Epidemic Is Over
• Visitor from the North Cured by Water at Eureka Springs
• 1836 State House Is Enlarged and Modernized
• “Hanging Judge” Parker Was Tough Enforcer of the Law
• Noted Lawman Heck Thomas Appointed Marshal at Fort Smith
• Coffins Discovered by Workmen Digging on State House Grounds
• Arkansas Mourns Death of Judge Isaac Parker
• First Big Strike Pits Knights of Labor against Railroad
• Wiederkehrs Create Family Wine Cellar Atop Mountain
• Searcy City Council Bans Games on Sunday
• Earthquake Hits Fort Smith; People Frightened; Chickens Run
• Doctor Makes House Calls on Horseback
• Jersey Dairy Cows May Profit Arkansas Farmers
• Central Europeans Flee to Arkansas; Establish Slovak
• Three Executed for Murder of Railroad Conductor
• Blue Duck, Friend of Belle Starr, Released to Die
• President Benjamin Harrison Attracts Crowd at State House
• Delta Plantation Is State’s First Italian Settlement
• Mount Nebo July 4^th Is Day to Remember
• Volunteer Tells of Army Life during War with Spain

Arkansas in the Progressive Era & World War I, 1900-1919

• John Barleycorn Must Die: the War against Drink in Arkansas
• Fort Smith’s Electric Park Is Popular Entertainment
• Confederate Veterans Remember Blue and Gray
• 50 New Alligators Join 300 Ostriches at the Spa City
• Little Rock Sets Speed Limit: 8 miles per hour downtown
• Arkansas Seeks New Citizens at Expositions
• “Coin” Harvey Created Resort at Monte Ne
• Searcy Family Ordered Home from Sears Catalog
• C.E. Palmer Revolutionizes Newspaper Methods
• Hot Springs Fire Destroys 60 Blocks
• Hot Springs Fire: Widespread Damage, No Deaths
• University of Arkansas Adopts Unusual Mascot, the Razorback
• Thousands Cheer President Roosevelt on His Visit to Arkansas
• School Children Get Day Off to See Teddy
• Teddy Roosevelt Spends Busy Day at the Spa; Opens State Fair
• Donaghey Inauguration Ends Two Years of Confusion
• New State Capitol Ready for 1911 Legislature
• New Capitol Ready but Quarrels Delay Move of Government
• Federation of Women’s Clubs Calls for Suffrage
• Jeff Davis Funeral Attracts Thousands
• Colorful Examples from Jeff Davis Speeches
• 1920 Census Shows Average Income Has Climbed to $1,500 a Year
• Arkansas Prairie Just Right for Growing Rice
• Newspaper Argues for More Playgrounds
• Editor Urges Parents to Send Their Children to School
• Malvern Electric Company Extends Service to Arkadelphia
• Governor Donaghey Releases Prisoners in Bid to End Convict Leasing
• Donaghey’s Act Destroys Convict Leasing System
• Governor Pardons 360 Prisoners; Dramatic Act Ends Corrupt Lease System
• State Hopes Prison Farm Will End Most Abuses
• State High Schools to Teach Modern Agriculture
• Expanded Education System Is Donaghey’s Legacy
• New Train to Begin Running to Hot Springs Spa
• Best Selling Book Pokes Fun of Arkansas
• Tontitown’s Founding Priest Dies: Father Bandini Honored
• Summary of National News, 1900-1920
• Contest Results in Design of Arkansas State Flag
• Iser Nakdimen, Fort Smith Banker, Began Career as a Peddler
• Pine Bluff Beauty Parlor Earning Reputation for Excellence
• After Much Effort Farmers Make Rice a Profitable Crop in Arkansas
• Apple Blossom Edges Out Passion Flower to Become State Flower
• Strict Liquor Law Makes Arkansas “Bone Dry”
• Grand Resort Hotel at Monte Ne
• Arkansas Troops Gather at Mexican Border to Pursue Poncho Villa
• Arkansas Camp Has Major Role in the Great War
• Paragould Man Reports on War from Front Lines
• Herman Davis of Arkansas on List of World War I Heroes
• Helena Man Proud of Army Service in France
• Medical Student Takes Old Friend to Star in Parade
• Four Veterans of World War I Still in “Last Man” Club
• Young Girl, Age 12, Saves Train from Destruction
• Act of Legislature Brings Vote Closer for Women
• Flu Epidemic Kills 7,000 in State
• Death Toll from Flu Exceeds War Losses
• State Ratifies Amendment Giving Women the Right to Vote

Arkansas in Flood, Drought, & Economic Depression, 1920-1940

• Hard Times: Arkansas Depression Era Photographs
• Oil Is Discovered! El Dorado Booms as Gushers Blow
• Coal Mines Hope to Increase Production and Profits
• General Assembly Votes to Save Old State House as War Memorial
• Court Upholds Amendment Granting Full Suffrage to Arkansas Women
• Governor Outlaws Baseball on Sunday in Capital City
• Climber Car Company Goes Out of Business
• Dam on Ouachita New Source of Electricity
• New Law Puts Roads in Hands of State Government
• Little Rock Gets New High School for 3,000 Students
• America’s Largest High School Greets Students
• Arkansas’s Reputation for Poor Health Fading
• Flood Waters Cover Eastern Third of Arkansas; Thousands Are Homeless
• “Water, Water Everywhere” — the 1927 Flood
• Young Girl Finds Fun in Midst of Flood
• Anonymous Hero Saves Flood Refugees
• Tornado Warning in Strong Starts Sad Day in May
• Lonoke County Boy Brings Back Olympic Gold
• Thirteen Coal Miners Killed in Explosion; 125 Working in Mine
• Arkansas Senator Praised for Role in National Race
• Congressman, Governor, Senator — Robinson Served State and Nation
• Legionnaires and Ladies Argue about the War Memorial
• Law, Justice and Mercy Are Lost; Statues Disappear from State House
• Minnie Rutherford-Fuller Chosen Head of Federation of Women’s Clubs
• Religious Fundamentalism Endorsed by Arkansas Electorate
• Drought Threat Is Worse Than Flood; Relief Needed to Prevent Starvation
• Heat and Dryness Enter 71^st Day; Farm Families Fear Worst
• Bella Vista’s List of Attractions Includes a Night Club in a Cave
• Stuttgart Man Sets World’s Record in Spectacular Parachute Jump
• “Coin” Harvey, Arkansas Reformer and Promoter, to Run for President
• Coin Harvey Blames Automobile for 1934 Drought
• Hattie Caraway Is First Woman Elected to United States Senate
• Hungry Farmers Get Food for Families; Riot Is Averted
• Fastest Carr in Arkansas; Pine Bluff Track Star Win Olympic Gold in 1932
• White and Black Tenant Farmers Organize a Union in Cotton Fields
• Southern Tenant Farmers Union Called Attention to Plight of Sharecroppers
• Socialist Candidate Loses Second Try for Governor’s Office
• Rev. Hay Watson Smith Stuck to His Convictions amid Controversy
• “Convict Corn Plan” — State Considers Prison-Made Whiskey
• Arkansans Shine in Tigers-Cardinals World Series
• “Schoolboy Rowe” and Dean Brothers Give Baseball Tips
• “Clay Pigeon” — Underworld Figure Leads Quiet Life in Resort City
• Resettlement Camps to Aid Hard-Hit Farmers
• President Roosevelt’s Visit Kicks Off Centennial Celebration
• Airplane Crash Near Goodwin Kills 17; Hijacking Suspected
• 1937 Marks State’s Worst Polio Outbreak So Far
• Town Turns Out for Saturday Night Square Dance
• Lum and Abner Now Have Real “Pine Ridge, Arkansas”
• Fargo School, Founded by Tuskegee Graduate, Celebrates 20th Year
• 1940 Census Shows Population Near Two Million

Arkansas from World War II to the Present, 1941 to today

• Little Rock City Council Will Hire Black Policemen
• War Gives Women Better Jobs, New Dress Styles
• World War II Defense Plants Give Women Better Jobs and Pay
• Home Front Victory Gardens Contribute to War Effort
• Fort Smith Flood Disrupts Traffic, Threatens Drinking Water
• Fulbright Elevated to U.S. Senate; Considered Father of United Nations
• Naval Aviator Developed Tactic to Defeat “Zeroes”
• Aerial Gunner Sees World War II in Flying Fortress
• Montana Slim Plays at Sheridan Rodeo
• Arkansas Soldier “Footsie” Britt Receives Congressional Medal of Honor
• Darby Dead; War Finally Takes Life of Heroic Ranger Leader
• Students Collect Money for Troop Carrier
• Japanese Americans End Enforced Stay in Arkansas
• Wartime Prisoners Leave Arkansas to Return to Germany
• Tank Crew Training Mission Ends at Camp Chaffee
• Soldiers in Korea Try to Make Home on Front Lines
• Mountain View Man Describes Wild Ride with Mailman
• Automobile Causing Decline in Railroad Passengers
• Cotton Picking Machine Finds Home in Arkansas
• Mechanical Picker Revolutionizes Cotton Harvest
• Forest Fire Rages for Hours, Races through Miles of Ouachita National Forest
• Elvis Comes to Arkansas for Army Induction
• Arkansas Architect Designs Building for Museum of Modern Art
• “Devil Ship” U.S.S. Arkansas Comes to Dramatic End
• Air Force Jet Bomber Explodes over Little Rock; Five Are Dead
• Court Calls State Prison a “Dark and Evil World”
• Arkansas River Now Navigable Year-Round to Tulsa
• Cloar Transforms Childhood Imagery into Art
• Heavy Rains in Little Rock Cause Floods, Cost Lives
• Group Fights to Save Arkansas’s Buffalo River
• Compton Led Fight to Save Buffalo River
• Southeast Arkansas Loses Electric Power
• Titan Missile Site Explosion Prompts Evacuation
• Freedom of Information Act Provides Access for Press and Public
• Wal-Mart Visitor Center Duplicates Store of 1950
• Twists and Turns Mark Complicated Walker Case
• Arkansan Commands Airborne Battalion in Grenada
• Heifer Project Moves Headquarters to Little Rock
• King Cotton No Longer State’s Main Crop
• Arkansas Leads World in Poultry Production
• Stone from Original Source Used to Repair Capitol Steps
• Gazette and Democrat Wage Newspaper War

Arkansas Black History

• Arkansas Slave Narratives
• Quilts by Black Arkansans
• A Photographer of Note: Arkansas Artist Geleve Grice
• Jacob Mooney’s Slave Carry without Him for Years; Their Reward Is Freedom
• Former Slave Recounts How He Bought His Freedom
• Former Slave Remembers Life before the War
• In Her World of House and Kitchen, Slave Eliza Is Master
• Free Black Community Prospered in Marion County
• Slave Resists and Is Shot; Owner Sues Overseer for Damages
• Runaway Returns to Take Family to Freedom
• Free Blacks Banned; State Likely to Lose Men of Talent
• Former Slaves Begin New Lives in “Contraband” Camps
• Aaron Hurvey Remembers Life as Civil War Soldier
• Minstrel Troupe Article from 1871 Arkansas Gazette
• Mifflin Gibbs: Merchant, Judge, Politician
• Gibbs Is Judge, American Official in Madagascar
• Corbin’s Efforts Help Create New College for Blacks
• Black “Exodusters” Leave Arkansas for Kansas
• Arkansas Emigrants to Africa Stranded in New York
• Newspaper Dubs H. J. Lewis a “Genius” for His Drawings
• Marshal Reeves Brings Back Two from Indian Territory
• Stephens Elementary Honors Longtime Teacher
• Wiley Jones Developed Pine Bluff Trolley System
• Ashley Band to Play Again after Steamboat Disaster
• Scott Bond Recalls Road from Slavery to Success
• Black Desperado Isom Dart Dies; Shot in Back
• Blacks Protest New Segregation Law
• Booker Was Pioneer Teacher, Preacher, Editor
• Arkansan Creates African-American Organization: Royal Circle of Friends
• First General Assembly without Blacks since 1868; 64 Have Served
• Anonymous Hero Saves Flood Refugees
• Pine Bluff Beauty Parlor Earning Reputation for Excellence
• Alphonso Trent and Band End Long Run at Dallas Hotel
• Fargo School, Founded by Tuskegee Graduate, Celebrates 20th Year
• Little Rock City Council Will Hire Black Policemen
• Scott Joplin Opera Tremonisha Set in Arkansas
• Black Architect Designs New Church for Helena
• Claybrook Tigers Ready to Play in National League
• “Big Train” Pitched for Claybrook Tigers
• Brinkley’s Louis Jordan Is a Big Time Band Leader
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe Combined Gospel and Jazz
• University Professor Speaks at Dunbar Opening
• William Grant Still Honored for Musical Contribution
• Arkansas Composer Florence B. Price Achieves Nationwide Recognition
• Rev. L. R. Williams Elected to Malvern City Council
• Lawyer’s Voters’ Organization Previewed Techniques of Civil Rights Movement
• Ozell Sutton Was the First Black Reporter on a White Arkansas Newspaper
• Education Council Issues Report on “Separate but Equal” Schools
• Ernest Green Describes Experience at Central High
• Hard Times of Slavery Recalled by Last Survivors
• Daisy Bates Devotes Lifetime to Equal Rights
• Daisy Bates Finds Leadership Role in School Crisis
• For Flowers or Baseball, Rye Is Your Man
• Publisher Johnson Credits Education and Work for His Success
• Arkansas City Honors Hometown Boy who Built Publishing Empire
• Kearny Family Values Education; 18 Attend College
• Dr. Lawrence Davis Asks UAPB Graduates to Keep the Faith
• Former Arkansan Maya Angelou Named Woman of the Year for 1976
• New Miss America Has Ties to Arkansas
• Sidney Montcrief a Winner in More Ways than One
• Blues Festival Attracts 50,000 to River Town; Its Origins Date to 1941
• Restoration Hoped for Little Rock’s Ninth Street, Once a Black Center
• Reverend Al Green Stars at Rock Hall of Fame Opening
• Game “Hull-Gull” Similar to African Pastimes
• “Juneteenth” Celebrates End of Slavery
• Black Builder Transformed “Sawdust Hill” Houses
• Scottie Pippen First Played on Concrete Slab in Hamburg
• Al Hibbler Honored by Jazz Heritage Foundation

Arkansas Women’s History

• Learn the History of Arkansas’s First Ladies and Their Gowns
• Quilts by Black Arkansans
• Arkansas Post’s Mary John Praised for Cooking Skills
• Rebecca Barkman’s Rough Edges Hid Gentle Nature
• In Her World of House and Kitchen, Slave Eliza Is Master
• Widow McBride’s Score: Two Bullets, Two Panthers
• Miss Sawyer’s Fayetteville Female Seminary to Open
• Sophia Sawyer Shaped Female Seminary
• Vineyard Woman to Work as Seamstress for Indian Missionaries
• Court Rules that Only Husbands Have the Right to Sue
• Court Rules Wife Cannot Control Her Own Property
• Wife Wanted
• Former Slave Remembers Life before the War
• Woman Describes Difficulty of Home Life in Wartime Arkansas
• Dr. Ida Brooks Combined Education and Medicine in Her Work
• Stephens Elementary Honors Longtime Teacher
• Carry Nation Took Her Ax and Whacked Saloons
• Woman Lawyer Will Have to Just Be “Friend”
• Young Girl, Age 12, Saves Train from Destruction
• Arkansas Women Work to Save the State House
• Act of Legislature Brings Vote Closer for Women
• $13.25 Set as Minimum Wage for Women Workers
• Laundry Workers Unionize with Public Support
• Gypsy Post Office Operated by Arkansas Woman
• Minnie Rutherford-Fuller Chosen Head of Federation of Women’s Clubs
• Owner Saves Bank during the Great Depression
• Hattie Caraway Is First Woman Elected to United States Senate
• Hattie Caraway Gives Talk after Her Sweeping Victory in Primary
• Blind Singer Survives Hard Life, Saves Songs for the World
• Library of Congress Will Preserve Sightless Singer’s Song
• Women Journalists Play Major Role in Washington County Government Reform
• Roberta Fulbright Succeeds as Editor and Businesswoman
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe Combined Gospel and Jazz
• Bernie Babcock Gained Fame as Author
• Babcock Donates Museum As Christmas Present to the City
• DAR Member Designs First State Flag
• War Gives Women Better Jobs, New Dress Styles
• World War II Defense Plants Give Women Better Jobs and Pay
• World War II Brings Call to Duty
• Ninety-Nines Organization Serves Women Pilots
• Memories of Camp Ouachita Lasted a Lifetime
• Arkansas Composer Florence B. Price Achieves Nationwide Recognition
• Legislature Recognizes Mrs. Loughborough for Work for Historic Preservation
• Lily Peter’s Farm Repays Her Love for the Land
• Daisy Bates Devotes Lifetime to Equal Rights
• Daisy Bates Finds Leadership Role in School Crisis
• Betty Bumpers Active in Efforts to Prevent Childhood Diseases
• Martha Mitchell of Pine Bluff Helps Reveal Scandal
• Former Arkansan Maya Angelou Named Woman of the Year for 1976
• Judge Elsijane Trimble Roy Had Career of Firsts
• Rev. Peggy Bosmyer Becomes Episcopal Priest in Solemn Ceremony
• Schexnayder Set as Next President of National Group
• Dumas Newspaper Woman Retires after 53 Years
• Dr. Eva Dodge. A Pioneer in Women’s Health, Celebrates 93^rd Year
• Former Navy Flight Instructor Still Takes to Sky
• Woman Officer Describes Rough Tour in Vietnam
• Sarah Caldwell to Conduct Metropolitan Opera
• Country and Western Singer Patsy Montana Returns Home for Melon Fest
• Judy Pridgen One of Eleven Female Sheriffs inn the Country
• Thase Daniels Captured Wildlife in Photographs
• Arkansas Actress Stars in Back to the Future III
• Hillary Clinton Guides Movement to Change Public Education in Arkansas

Miscellaneous Arkansas History

• Little Roxie Wins Race at Moreland Games
• Greek Settlers: From Poverty to Opportunity and Freedom
• Doris Lum of Blytheville, 1984 Chinese Mother of the Year
• Everyone Is Scottish during Batesville’s Highland Games
• After Two Years at Fort Chaffee, Cubans Find Homes
• Jews’ Contribution to Arkansas Not Measured by Numbers Alone
• Ho Nguyen, Arkansan by Way of Vietnam, Stars in Alamo Bay
• Malaysian Students Rank Arkansas High for Friendliness and Climate
• Low Water Reveals a Glimpse of Riverboat History
• Farm Communities Need an Able Blacksmith
• Engineer’s Son Remembers Ride on Missouri Pacific Locomotive
• River Leads to Jacksonport’s Growth; Lack of Railroad to Its Decline
• National Weather Service Lists Worst Tornadoes
• Unusual Eureka Springs Sights in Ripley’s Believe It or Not
• War Memorial Park’s “Over the Jumps” Carousel
• 19-Year-Old from Little Rock Stars on Television
• Arkansas Is Popular Location for Movies and Made-for-TV Films
• Rhyming Jingles Included in All Kinds of Games
• Six Arkansans in Baseball Hall of Fame
• Grand Prairie Town Duck-Hunting Capital
• Joe Garagiola Homers at Fort Smith’s Andrews Field
• Bradley County’s Pink Tomato Festival Got Its Start in 1956
• Happy Hollow Had Everything for Visitors to Hot Springs
• Architect Fay Jones Gets Highest Honor
• Walton Used Different Style to Lead “Good Suits Club”
• Stouffer’s Boyhood Love of Animals Led to Television Show
• Arkansas Has Executed 178, Mostly Murderers
• Mena’s Railroad Depot Was Center of Activity
• Memories of Growing Up in Old Helena House
• Old Washington Courthouse Saw Goods Times and Bad
• Fort Smith Temple Celebrates 100^th Anniversary
• University’s Old Main Restored to Former Glory
• Al Hibbler Honored by Jazz Heritage Foundation
• Pass the Biscuits! It’s King Biscuit Time.
• Wayland Holyfield Writes Love Song to State
• Rackensackers Played in Jimmy Driftwood’s Barn
• London Bridge Has Been Falling a Long Time
• Extinct Dulcimore Makes Comeback as Dulcimer
• Black Oak Arkansas Spread “Raunch and Roll”
• Hello, I’m Johnny Cash: Legendary Man in Black Has Arkansas Roots
• Charlie Rich Voted Country Music Entertainer of the Year
• Reverend Al Green Stars at Rock Hall of Fame Opening
• Singing Together Helps Knit Rural Community
• J.N. Heiskell Dies at Age 100; Old Gazette Editor Remembered
• Arkansans Make National Mark in Journalism
• “Farkleberry Follies” Helps Fund Scholarships