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Large blue metal building with "Acme Brick" logo and fence
Acme Brick Company
Acme Brick Company began operation in 1891 and is now the largest American-owned brick and masonry manufacture...
Multistory building with windowed front side tower landscaping driveway and pedestrians
Acxiom
The consumer data marketing company Acxiom began in Conway (Faulkner County) in the late 1960s as Demographics...
Portrait white man in suit and bow tie with mustache
Simon Adler (1832–1904)
Simon Adler, born in Bavaria in 1832 (according to his tombstone), was one of the first Jewish immigrants to s...
The "Preamble" page from the "Constitution of the Grand Agricultural Wheel of the State of Arkansas."
Agricultural Wheel
The Agricultural Wheel was a state farmers’ union, founded in the Arkansas Delta, which expanded into ten ot...
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...
Edwin Boyd Alderson Jr. (1940–2017)
Edwin Alderson Jr. became a prominent lawyer, jurist, and businessman in Arkansas in the late twentieth centur...
Allens, Inc.
aka: Allen Canning Company
aka: Sager Creek Vegetable Company
Allens, Inc., began canning vegetables at Siloam Springs (Benton Co...
African-American man in suit with his hand held up to his chin
Gerald Byron Alley (1952–)
Gerald Byron Alley is the founder of Con-Real, LP, which is the leading black-owned construction and real esta...
Alltel
Alltel Corporation, a wireless communications company, began as a technical service provider to small-town Ark...
white man and woman standing outside
Benjamin Joseph Altheimer Sr. (1878–1946)
Benjamin Joseph Altheimer Sr. was a lawyer and philanthropist who was known as a “real trailblazer” in pro...
geographical map of Arkansas with "Altus AVA" "Arkansas Mountain AVA" and "Ozark Mountain AVA" designated
American Viticultural Areas
aka: Viticultural Areas
American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) were established in 1979 and are...
American Wine Society - Arkansas Chapter
The American Wine Society–Arkansas Chapter was a non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of k...
"Thousands of men and women" advertisement with cartoon document and line of people in newspaper
Ancient Order of United Workmen
In the quickly industrializing world of the late nineteenth century, so-called “friendly societies” or fra...
"Andrews Lure Co." flyer with lures and prices for each
Glen Andrews (1931–)
Glen Daniel Andrews Sr. is considered one of the all-time great professional bass anglers. Bobby Murray, two-t...
Industrial buildings and bull dozers on gravel with water tower
Anthony Timberlands, Inc.
Formed by John Ed Anthony in 1974, Anthony Timberlands, Inc. (ATI) operates five mills in southern Arkansas an...
"Antimony in Arkansas" newspaper clipping
Antimony Mining
Antimony (Sb) is a hard, brittle, silver-white metal with a relatively high specific gravity (6.69) and a rela...
People picking "Ozark apples" on "W. E. Brown's Farm" in Rogers
Apple Industry
Seventy-five years after their introduction in Arkansas, apples became a dominant agricultural crop and an eco...
Aerial view of building campus and various sized ponds
Aquaculture
Aquaculture—the farming of aquatic plants and animals—includes private sector, commercial fish farms, stat...
Arkansas AFL-CIO
aka: Arkansas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
The Arkansas American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industria...
Arkansas and Oklahoma Western Railroad
The Arkansas and Oklahoma Western Railroad (A&OW), based in Rogers (Benton County), was incorporated on Ju...
Fingers holding a bottle cap "Riley's"
Arkansas Brewing Company
Arkansas Brewing Company (originally Riley-Lyon Inc.) was a short-lived brewery in the 1980s based in Little R...
Wall of portrait text plaques with central round sign "Arkansas Business Hall of Fame"
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Business Hall of Fame was created by the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of A...
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Arkansas Business Publishing Group
Arkansas Business, a weekly newspaper and website based in Little Rock (Pulaski County), is the leading source...
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Arkansas Capital Corporation
aka: First Arkansas Development Finance Corporation
Arkansas Capital Corporation (ACC) is a private, not-for-profit com...
Arkansas Certified Development Corporation (ACDC)
In 1989, the Small Business Administration (SBA), a federal government agency, asked the Arkansas Capital Corp...
White man in suit speaking "W.R." logo lectern by portrait of white man with automobile
Arkansas Community Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to creating stronger, more vibra...
Room full of white men and women working on their typewriters
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state’s largest newspaper, is based in Little Rock (Pulaski County), with...
Arkansas Division of Career and Technical Education (ADCTE)
The Division of Career and Technical Education oversees vocational and technical education in the state. It wa...
Arkansas Economic Developers (AED)
In 1976, a group of professionals and volunteers involved in the economic development of Arkansas organized Ar...
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Arkansas Economic Development Commission
The Arkansas Industrial Development Commission (AIDC) was created in 1955 by Act 404 of the Arkansas General A...
"Will ask Bowers to act at once " newspaper clipping
Arkansas Farmers Union
aka: Arkansas Farmers Educational Cooperative Union
The Arkansas iteration of the Farmers Union—founded as the Farmer...
Arkansas Forestry Association
The Arkansas Forestry Association (AFA) is a private association of firms and individuals in the forestry indu...