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New entry added: Rose Hill Cemetery, the first public cemetery in Harrison, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 2025, and contains 1,000+ graves, including many of Harrison’s early prominent citizens and ninety-four veterans. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/rose...
Rose Hill Cemetery (Boone County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Rose Hill Cemetery was the first public cemetery in Harrison (Boone County) and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 2025. It ...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New entry added: Rose Hill Cemetery, the first public cemetery in Harrison, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 2025, and contains 1,000+ graves, including many of Harrison’s early prominent citizens and ninety-four veterans. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/rose...
New entry added: Located in rural Arkansas County about five miles east of Almyra (Arkansas County), Immanuel High School began as a training institute for formerly enslaved people and their children. Read more at: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/imma...
Immanuel High School - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Located in rural Arkansas County about five miles east of Almyra (Arkansas County), Immanuel High School began as a training institute for formerly ...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New entry added: Located in rural Arkansas County about five miles east of Almyra (Arkansas County), Immanuel High School began as a training institute for formerly enslaved people and their children. Read more at: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/imma...
New entry added: The Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families, popularly known as the Jones Center, was dedicated in 1995, a gift to Springdale from philanthropist Bernice Young Jones. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/jone...
Jones Center (Springdale) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families, popularly known as the Jones Center, is a public multi-purpose facility located at 922 East Emma Avenue ...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New entry added: The Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families, popularly known as the Jones Center, was dedicated in 1995, a gift to Springdale from philanthropist Bernice Young Jones. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/jone...
New entry added: Charles Witsell Jr., an architect and historic preservationis who worked on some of Arkansas’s iconic buildings. Witsell’s résumé included work on the Old State House, the Pike-Fletcher-Terry House, the Albert Pike Hotel, and so much more. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/char...
Charles Witsell Jr. (1944–2025) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Charles Witsell Jr. was an architect and proponent of historic preservation who worked on some of Arkansas’s iconic buildings. Charles Witsell Jr. was ...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New entry added: Charles Witsell Jr., an architect and historic preservationis who worked on some of Arkansas’s iconic buildings. Witsell’s résumé included work on the Old State House, the Pike-Fletcher-Terry House, the Albert Pike Hotel, and so much more. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/char...
New entry: Dobbins's First Arkansas Cavalry. This Confederate regiment saw action at the Battle of Helena, in the Little Rock Campaign, and in Price’s Missouri Expedition. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/dobb...
Dobbins's First Arkansas Cavalry (CS) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Dobbins’s (or Dobbin’s) First Arkansas Cavalry was a regiment in the Confederate army that saw action in Arkansas during the Civil War. Known as both the ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New entry: Dobbins's First Arkansas Cavalry. This Confederate regiment saw action at the Battle of Helena, in the Little Rock Campaign, and in Price’s Missouri Expedition. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/dobb...
November is Sweet Potato Awareness Month, and probably no Arkansan is more closely associated with sweet potato pie than political gadfly and restauranteur Say McIntosh. Read more about him here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/robe...
Robert "Say" McIntosh (1943–2023) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Robert “Say” McIntosh was a restaurant owner, political activist, and community organizer distinctly tied to the Little Rock (Pulaski County) area and ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
November is Sweet Potato Awareness Month, and probably no Arkansan is more closely associated with sweet potato pie than political gadfly and restauranteur Say McIntosh. Read more about him here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/robe...
Were you aware that November is Sweet Potato Awareness Month? To help spread awareness, here is an image of the sweet potato harvest in Blevins, Arkansas, in 1917. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/sweet-...
Sweet Potato Harvest - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Farmers harvesting sweet potatoes at Blevins (Hempstead County); 1917. ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Were you aware that November is Sweet Potato Awareness Month? To help spread awareness, here is an image of the sweet potato harvest in Blevins, Arkansas, in 1917. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/sweet-...
On this day 60 years ago, famed birth control advocate Hilda Cornish passed away. She is buried in Little Rock's Oakland Cemetery. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/hild...
Hilda Cornish (1878–1965) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Brunhilde Kahlert Cornish was the founder of the Arkansas birth control movement. She was instrumental in founding the organization that became the ...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
On this day 60 years ago, famed birth control advocate Hilda Cornish passed away. She is buried in Little Rock's Oakland Cemetery. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/hild...
New entry added: The Arkansas prison rodeo, an annual event held at the Cummins Unit from 1972 until 1984. Prison commissioner T. Don Hutto created the rodeo in the wake of state prison scandals, importing the idea from his native Texas. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/pris...
Prison Rodeo (Cummins) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Arkansas prison rodeo was an annual event held at the Cummins Unit in Grady (Jefferson County) from 1972 until 1984. Prison commissioner T. Don Hutto ...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New entry added: The Arkansas prison rodeo, an annual event held at the Cummins Unit from 1972 until 1984. Prison commissioner T. Don Hutto created the rodeo in the wake of state prison scandals, importing the idea from his native Texas. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/pris...
New entry added: Bed and Breakup, a 2025 romance novel by Little Rock native Susie Dumond set in Eureka Springs. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/bed-...
Bed and Breakup - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Bed and Breakup is a 2025 romance novel by Little Rock (Pulaski County) native Susie Dumond and the first of her books to be set in Arkansas. The story ...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New entry added: Bed and Breakup, a 2025 romance novel by Little Rock native Susie Dumond set in Eureka Springs. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/bed-...
The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park is now officially old enough to drink, having opened on this day in 2004. Learn more about it here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/will...
William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park is located on a thirty-acre city park in downtown Little Rock (Pulaski County). The center comprises ...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park is now officially old enough to drink, having opened on this day in 2004. Learn more about it here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/will...
New entry added: Tornado Outbreak of 1945, a series of tornadoes that struck Arkansas on April 12, 1945, killed twenty-two people and caused widespread damage. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/torn...
Tornado Outbreak of 1945 - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
A series of tornadoes that struck Arkansas on April 12, 1945, killed twenty-two people and caused widespread damage. The April 12, 1945, tornado outbreak ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New entry added: Tornado Outbreak of 1945, a series of tornadoes that struck Arkansas on April 12, 1945, killed twenty-two people and caused widespread damage. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/torn...
New entry added: Dutch Mills in Washington County. Also known as Hermannsburg, this was a German settlement that existed before the Civil War. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/dutc...
Dutch Mills (Washington County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Dutch Mills, known as Hermannsburg prior to 1871, is an unincorporated community located in far western Washington County, roughly a mile from the ...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New entry added: Dutch Mills in Washington County. Also known as Hermannsburg, this was a German settlement that existed before the Civil War. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/dutc...
New entry added: Pickles Gap in Faulkner County. A small area settled by farmers in the mid-to-late 1800s, it became known as a tourist attraction in 1966. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/pick...
Pickles Gap (Faulkner County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Pickles Gap is located in a gap between two ridges roughly two miles north of Conway (Faulkner County) along U.S. Highway 65. A small area settled by ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New entry added: Pickles Gap in Faulkner County. A small area settled by farmers in the mid-to-late 1800s, it became known as a tourist attraction in 1966. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/pick...
On this day in 1856, John Bush, founder of the Mosaic Templars of America, was born in slavery in Moscow, Tennessee. In Arkansas, he founded the MTA, a fraternal organization that spanned 26 states and 6 foreign countries from the 1880s until the 1930s. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john...
John Bush (1856–1916) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
John Edward Bush, a chairman of the Republican Party in Arkansas, rose from poverty to national prominence when he co-founded the Mosaic Templars of ...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On this day in 1856, John Bush, founder of the Mosaic Templars of America, was born in slavery in Moscow, Tennessee. In Arkansas, he founded the MTA, a fraternal organization that spanned 26 states and 6 foreign countries from the 1880s until the 1930s. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john...
On this day in 1931, Governor Harvey Parnell appointed Hattie Caraway to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy caused by her husband’s death. She was confirmed in a special election on January 12, 1932, thus becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/hatt...
Hattie Caraway (1878–1950) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, the first woman to preside over the Senate, the first to chair a Senate ...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On this day in 1931, Governor Harvey Parnell appointed Hattie Caraway to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy caused by her husband’s death. She was confirmed in a special election on January 12, 1932, thus becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/hatt...
It's University Press Week! #UPWeek2025 While Arkansas now has but one university press, we did have two, with the University of Central Arkansas Press being in operation from 1985 to 1996. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/univ...
University of Central Arkansas Press (UCA Press) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The University of Central Arkansas Press (UCA Press) was a not-for-profit academic press that operated under the umbrella of the University of Central ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's University Press Week! #UPWeek2025 While Arkansas now has but one university press, we did have two, with the University of Central Arkansas Press being in operation from 1985 to 1996. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/univ...
It's University Press Week! #UPWeek2025 The University of Arkansas Press @uarkpress.bsky.social is the foremost publisher of Arkansas history in the state. Learn more about their history here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/univ...
University of Arkansas Press (UA Press) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Established in May 1980, the University of Arkansas Press (UA Press) serves as the publishing house of the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's University Press Week! #UPWeek2025 The University of Arkansas Press @uarkpress.bsky.social is the foremost publisher of Arkansas history in the state. Learn more about their history here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/univ...
New entry added: Bison, large mammals that once ranged across the majority of what is now the United States and western Canada, including all of present-day Arkansas, though the animals were overhunted and are no longer present in the wild in the state. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/biso...
Bison - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
American bison are large mammals that once ranged across the majority of what is now the United States and western Canada, including all of present-day ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New entry added: Bison, large mammals that once ranged across the majority of what is now the United States and western Canada, including all of present-day Arkansas, though the animals were overhunted and are no longer present in the wild in the state. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/biso...
New entry added: Peg Newton Smith, a longtime leader in the field of Arkansas history and historic preservation, known especially for her work with the Arkansas Museums Association and the Quapaw Quarter Association. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/peg-...
Peg Newton Smith (1915–2003) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Peg Newton Smith was a longtime leader in the field of Arkansas history and historic preservation. In addition to being a founder of the Arkansas Museums ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New entry added: Peg Newton Smith, a longtime leader in the field of Arkansas history and historic preservation, known especially for her work with the Arkansas Museums Association and the Quapaw Quarter Association. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/peg-...
Yesterday, the state installed a marker commemorating the history of Bauxite mining in Arkansas on the grounds of the Bauxite Museum. It was the first of eleven planned historical markers celebrating state history for America's 250th birthday. Read more at encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/baux...
Bauxite Mining - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum and is a mixture of aluminum oxides and hydroxides that formed from intense chemical weathering of a soil in ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yesterday, the state installed a marker commemorating the history of Bauxite mining in Arkansas on the grounds of the Bauxite Museum. It was the first of eleven planned historical markers celebrating state history for America's 250th birthday. Read more at encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/baux...
New entry added: Tichnor, an unincorporated community in Arkansas County that has been home to two Medal of Honor recipients. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/tich...
Tichnor (Arkansas County) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Tichnor is an unincorporated community in Chester Township in Arkansas County. The area referred to as Little Prairie is bounded by the White River ...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New entry added: Tichnor, an unincorporated community in Arkansas County that has been home to two Medal of Honor recipients. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/tich...
On this day in 2006, Mike Beebe was elected governor with 55.6 percent of the vote. His leadership was regarded as largely pragmatic, especially as he was a popular Democratic governor at a time when the state was shifting toward the Republican Party. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mick...
Mike Beebe (1946–) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
A veteran of state government, Mickey Dale (Mike) Beebe was inaugurated as Arkansas’s forty-fifth governor on January 9, 2007. He remained popular with ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
On this day in 2006, Mike Beebe was elected governor with 55.6 percent of the vote. His leadership was regarded as largely pragmatic, especially as he was a popular Democratic governor at a time when the state was shifting toward the Republican Party. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mick...
New entry added: Aloysius Burton (A. B.) Banks. Creator of a legendary banking and insurance empire, Banks was convicted in 1931 with accepting deposits at financial institutions that he knew to be insolvent, triggering a banking collapse across Arkansas. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/aloy...
Aloysius Burton Banks (1868–1953) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Little Rock (Pulaski County) native Aloysius Burton Banks became deeply involved in both banking and insurance while helping to develop his adopted ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New entry added: Aloysius Burton (A. B.) Banks. Creator of a legendary banking and insurance empire, Banks was convicted in 1931 with accepting deposits at financial institutions that he knew to be insolvent, triggering a banking collapse across Arkansas. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/aloy...
With a food-related holiday coming up, let's remember the Polk County Possum Club, which held its first banquet at the Hotel Mena on this day in 1915. The gathering became an annual affair, attracting governors and congressmen. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/polk....
Polk County Possum Club - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Polk County Possum Club (PCPC) began with a challenge issued to local hunters of opossums (commonly called “possums”) in 1913 and henceforth hosted ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
With a food-related holiday coming up, let's remember the Polk County Possum Club, which held its first banquet at the Hotel Mena on this day in 1915. The gathering became an annual affair, attracting governors and congressmen. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/polk....