Animal Culture

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Older white man wearing glasses in suit and tie signing a piece of paper with a pencil
Arkansas Livestock Show Association
The Arkansas Livestock Show Association (ASLA) is the umbrella organization that owns much of the Arkansas Sta...
Large group of people milling about on the downtown square with storefronts
Beef Industry
aka: Cattle Industry
The raising of beef cattle has been carried out in Arkansas since b...
Cattle Drives
Arkansas was the source for many cattle drives westward following the California gold rush, and some later cat...
Lamb chop with caviar and pesto on dinner plate
Caviar
Arkansas caviar, which is distributed nationally, consists of eggs from certain freshwater fish caught in the...
African-American man in overalls and white woman in white western wear with hat with Coleman dairy truck
Coleman Dairy
Coleman Dairy in Little Rock (Pulaski County) is the oldest continuously operating dairy by the same family we...
White drivers in uniform pose with their delivery trucks outside Yarnell's Angel-Food building
Dairy Industry
Traditionally, milk has been a staple in the diet of Arkansans, especially the young. Throughout history, dair...
Chickens in cages from egg to adult with advertisements for an electric hatchery device
Poultry Industry
A staple of the state’s economy, the Arkansas poultry industry first emerged in the 1890s. A century later, ...
white woman and white man in cowboy hat in pasture with horses in background
Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary
Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary began with just one horse on five acres of rural land outside Sarasota, Florida, ...
white man in suit and hat standing below bridge
Harold Snyder (1915–1972)
aka: Ralph Harold Snyder
Ralph Harold Snyder is the man most often credited with bringing th...
White man and two black men in hats hanging a large pig by its feet
Swine Industry
aka: Pig Industry
aka: Pork Industry
Swine (a.k.a. pigs, Sus scrofa) were first introduced into what is ...
"To keep cattle free of disease" newspaper clipping
Texas Tick Fever Eradication
aka: Tick Eradication
aka: Dipping Vats
From 1907 to circa 1943, Arkansas was a participant in the federal ...
multistory building with parking lot and grounds with trees
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Founded in 1935 in Springdale (Washington and Benton counties), Tyson Foods has emerged as one of Arkansas’s...
Four white men posing for their portrait including one in a "Tyson" uniform and one in a suit exchanging a paper check.
Don Tyson (1930–2011)
Donald John Tyson was president and CEO of Tyson Foods. By the close of the twentieth century, along with Walm...