Pulaski County

"Warning Against Shooting Pigeons" newspaper clipping
312th Field Signal Battalion’s Pigeon Department
During World War I (1914–1918), homing pigeons emerged as a viable way for militaries to maintain contact wh...
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Abba House
Abba House was established by the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock in 1981 to offer a home to pregnant women an...
African-American woman with short hair smiling in silver dress
Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams (1931–)
Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams is a retired educator and a political, social, civic, and community activist in Li...
African-American boy watching white protesters marching in distance
Act 10 of 1958 [Affidavit Law]
A special session of the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 10 in 1958 as one of sixteen bills designed to b...
Act 115 of 1959 [Anti-NAACP Law]
In 1959, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 115 as one of sixteen bills designed to bypass federal deseg...
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Act 343 of 1983 (April Fools' Day Act)
Act 343 of 1983, also known as the April Fools’ Day Act, made Arkansas the only state in the Union to recogn...
Four white women in dresses hats and "Kennedy Johnson" belts pose feeding and petting donkey
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams (1926–)
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams was a pioneer occupational therapist at Arkansas Children...
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Joey Lauren Adams (1968–)
Joey Lauren Adams, a North Little Rock (Pulaski County) native, is an actress, writer, and director. Adams has...
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Julie Adams (1926–2019)
aka: Betty May Adams
Betty May “Julie” Adams was an actress who made more than fifty...
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Homer Martin Adkins (1890–1964)
Governor Homer Martin Adkins stands as a symbol of many Arkansans’ ambivalence about the growing power of th...
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Richard B. Adkisson (1932–2011)
Richard B. Adkisson was a prominent figure in the Arkansas legal community in the latter part of the twentieth...
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Aesthetic Club
The Aesthetic Club is one of the oldest women’s clubs west of the Mississippi River. It began when a group o...
Multistory hotel building with cupola and red sign with white lettering hanging on corner facing street
Albert Pike Hotel
The Albert Pike Hotel in downtown Little Rock (Pulaski County) opened in 1929 and was one of the state’s bes...
Multistory building with row of columns on street
Albert Pike Memorial Temple
The Albert Pike Memorial Temple is located at 700–724 Scott Street in Little Rock (Pulaski County). On Nove...
Multistory brick building in disrepair with vines growing up the side
Alexander George House
The Alexander George House was a historic home located in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Constructed between 18...
Single-story house with angled flat roof and covered entrance with chimney and river in the background
Alexander House
The Alexander House in Little Rock (Pulaski County), built for Julian and Natalie Alexander in 1962, was desig...
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Thomas Dale Alford (1916–2000)
Thomas Dale Alford was a prominent Arkansas ophthalmologist, Episcopalian, radio announcer, civic leader, and ...
Charles Wilson Allbright (1929–2015)
Charles Wilson Allbright was one of the best-known and most widely read newspaper columnists in Arkansas. Allb...
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Al Allen (1925–2008)
aka: Alvin Lee Allen Jr.
Alvin Lee (Al) Allen Jr. was a painter whose contributions to Arkan...
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Dick Allen (1942–2020)
aka: Richard Anthony Allen
Richard Anthony (Dick) Allen—or Richie Allen, as the media called...
Robert Maxfield (Max) Allison (1900–1984)
Robert Maxfield Allison—Max, as he became known, and eventually Uncle Max—was a schoolteacher/coach and a ...
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Fred Allsopp (1867–1946)
Frederick William Allsopp was a newspaperman, book collector, and bookstore owner who was an important player ...
Alltel
Alltel Corporation, a wireless communications company, began as a technical service provider to small-town Ark...
Four-story building on street corner with people and cars
John Parks Almand (1885–1969)
John Parks Almand worked as an architect in Arkansas for fifty years, beginning in 1912. A number of his commi...
Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984)
Catherine Tharp Altvater was a nationally known watercolorist whose works were shown in numerous museums, incl...
football players running down field covered in mud and onlookers filling the stands in background
Aluminum Bowl
On December 22, 1956, War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock (Pulaski County) hosted the Aluminum Bowl football g...
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Ernest Ambort Sr. (1922–1981)
A native of Little Rock (Pulaski County), Ernest Ambort Sr. served in the United States Army Air Corps during ...
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American Airlines Flight 1420
American Airlines Flight 1420 departed Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on June 1, 1999, en route to wh...
Variety of papers with "American Krusaders" on the fronts
American Krusaders
The American Krusaders was an organization founded in 1923 that claimed Little Rock (Pulaski County) as its ...
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"Broncho Billy" Anderson (1880–1971)
aka: Gilbert Maxwell Aronson
“Broncho Billy” Anderson was the stage name of Gilbert Maxwell ...
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Bruce Roy Anderson (1907–1985)
Bruce Roy Anderson was a prominent Arkansas architect and watercolorist in the mid-twentieth century. Bruce An...
"The Law Vindicated" newspaper clipping
Charles Anderson (Execution of)
Charles Anderson, a twenty-one-year-old Black man, was hanged at Little Rock (Pulaski County) on July 26, 1901...