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October 30, 1960
Otto Ernest Rayburn died in Fayetteville (Washington County). Rayburn was a writer, magazine publisher, and collector of Arkansas and Ozark lore. Noted folklorist Vance Randolph once wrote of Rayburn, “There is no denying that, in the period between 1925 and 1950, Rayburn did more to arouse popular interest in Ozark folklore than all of the professors put together.”