The Encyclopedia of Arkansas covers all aspects of the state's history and culture and is the only state encyclopedia in the nation produced by a library system.
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Lorenzo [Charles] Gibson, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Union Labor Party, and Emily Weaver.
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The Union Labor Party (ULP) participated in only two election years in Arkansas (1888 and 1890), yet during that brief span, it mounted the most serious challenge that the state’s Democratic Party faced between the end of Reconstruction and the rebirth of the Republican Party in the mid-1960s. ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Louis L. Betts, Climate and Weather, Tracy Lee Lawrence, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, and St. Joseph's Home.
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Officially classified by climatologist Wladimir Köppen as having a humid sub-tropical climate, Arkansas is indeed humid, but numerous weather extremes run through the state. Humid sub-tropical is classified generally as a mild climate with a hot summer and no specific dry season. ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: John James Audubon, Basketry, CSS Pontchartrain, Enola (Faulkner County), John Roy Steelman, Third Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
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The Third Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment originated from two companies that Hamburg (Ashley County) lawyer Van H. Manning and Dr. William H. Tebbs raised in Ashley County shortly after Arkansas seceded from the Union. ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entry added: Prairie County.
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Prairie County, located in central Arkansas, has two county seats, Des Arc and DeValls Bluff. An important agricultural center, Prairie County has a rich history as the state’s throughway for mail routes, steamboats, and trains.
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Buckner College, Gillett Coon Supper, David Gordon Green, Oil Town Festival, Osage, St. Louis Southwestern Railway.
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In Arkansas, one of the most acknowledged, anticipated, and attended wild game dinners is the annual Gillett Coon Supper held on the second weekend of January, with proceeds providing scholarships to Gillett (Arkansas County) graduating high school seniors. ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Booker Worthen Literary Prize, Lake Chicot, Penal Systems, Anita Pointer, Red River.
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The penal system of Arkansas has been fraught with controversy through the years. It has been central to the careers of some of the state’s governors and has more than once drawn national and international attention for its faults and shortcomings.
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Arkansas Agriculture Department, Arkansas Department of Health, Commissioner of State Lands.
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The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) exercises supervision over all matters pertaining to the health of Arkansas’s citizens, from food safety and sanitation to hospitals and medicine.
Encyclopedia of Arkansas By the way, take the time to try out a new feature on our website: on the right-hand side of the main page, right below "This Day in Arkansas History," is a calendar whereby you can check out what historical event happened on any day of the year.
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. It is updated regularly to ensure the people of Arkansas have an accurate and accessible resource to explore our heritage. ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Arachnids, Dryden Pottery, Plum Bayou Project.
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Arachnids belong to Chelicerata, one of four groups of living arthropods. The other three groups are Crustacea, Myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes), and Hexapoda (insects and relatives). There are eleven ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas
New entries added: Arkansas Writers Project, Catcher Race Riot,
Galloway Female College,
Race Riots,
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway,
Texarkana Moonlight Murders,
Theater,
WPA Slave Narratives.
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The December 28, 1923, assault and murder of a white woman in the Catcher community in Crawford County quickly ignited a firestorm of racial hatred that, within the span of a few days, exploded into the ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas
New entries added: Arkansas Valley, Elias
Cornelius Boudinot, Wallace Henry Coulter, Freeman and Custis Red River
Expedition, Holland (Faulkner County), Ouachita Baptist University (OBU),
Siloam Springs Museum, Slave Codes, Henry Morton Stanley, Tinkle Pot, Tri-State
League, Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge.
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The Tinkle Pot is a novelty musical toilet created by Searcy (White County) drug store owner Frank Headlee, who also served as mayor of Searcy from 1951 to 1956. Essentially, it is a modified plastic toy ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Fred Allsopp; Arkansas Humanities Council (AHC); Farkleberry; Fossils; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District; White Flight.
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. It is updated regularly to ensure the people of Arkansas have an accurate and accessible resource to explore our heritage. ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Delaware, Dollarway Road, Massard Prairie, U.S. Term Limits Inc. v. Thornton.
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. It is updated regularly to ensure the people of Arkansas have an accurate and accessible resource to explore our heritage. ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas Ninety years ago today, white mobs began scouring Phillips County to put down a supposed "insurrection" of local African Americans. Over the next few days, they, along with troops from Camp Pike, killed an unknown number of black residents during what is now called the Elaine Massacre; estimates range into the hundreds.
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The Elaine Massacre was by far the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the United States. While its deepest roots lay in the ...
Encyclopedia of Arkansas New entries added: Dan Hampton, Elijah Eugene Pitts, University of the Ozarks.
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. It is updated regularly to ensure the people of Arkansas have an accurate and accessible resource to explore our heritage. ...
