Businesses

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...
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Acxiom
The consumer data marketing company Acxiom began in Conway (Faulkner County) in the late 1960s as Demographics...
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Albert Pike Hotel
The Albert Pike Hotel in downtown Little Rock (Pulaski County) opened in 1929 and was one of the state’s bes...
Allens, Inc.
aka: Allen Canning Company
aka: Sager Creek Vegetable Company
Allens, Inc., began canning vegetables at Siloam Springs (Benton Co...
Alltel
Alltel Corporation, a wireless communications company, began as a technical service provider to small-town Ark...
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...
Arkansas and Oklahoma Western Railroad
The Arkansas and Oklahoma Western Railroad (A&OW), based in Rogers (Benton County), was incorporated on Ju...
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Arkansas Brewing Company
Arkansas Brewing Company (originally Riley-Lyon Inc.) was a short-lived brewery in the 1980s based in Little R...
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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 Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state’s largest newspaper, is based in Little Rock (Pulaski County), with...
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Arkansas Gazette
The Arkansas Gazette, Arkansas’s first newspaper, was established in 1819, seventeen years before Arkansas b...
steaming nuclear cooling tower as seen from across a lake
Arkansas Nuclear One
The Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) power plant, located a few miles west of Russellville (Pope County), is the sta...
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Arkansas Power and Light (AP&L)
The Arkansas Power and Light Company (AP&L) was the primary electrical utility company for much of Arkansa...
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Arkansas Real Estate Bank
In 1836, the establishment of the Real Estate Bank of Arkansas became the initial act to pass the first state ...
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Arkansas State Bank
The Arkansas State Bank (1836–1843) was one of two banks created by the newly formed Arkansas state legislat...
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Arkansas Times
The Arkansas Times is a widely read free periodical known for its liberal political stance as well as being an...
Advertisement for "Arlington Hotel and Baths, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas" with text, hotel illustrations
Arlington Hotel
The Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs (Garland County) was built at the dawn of the city’s golden era as a reso...
Rows of uncovered wooden vats with wooden walking path in between them
Atkins Pickle Company
Atkins Pickle Company was the major industry in the town of Atkins (Pope County) for more than fifty years, an...
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August House
August House, a commercial book publisher founded and run by Arkansans, was a fixture on the national scene fo...
Multistory brick building with arched windows and tree on street
Bank of Osceola
The Bank of Osceola is a two-story brick structure located in Osceola (Mississippi County) at 207–209 East H...
Men and women standing in front of bank with ribbon and one man holding large novelty scissors
Bank OZK
Bank OZK grew from a small-town bank in Ozark (Franklin County) to have offices in ten states by 2019, also be...
Multistory hotel and storefronts on street with signs street lamps and parked cars
Barlow Hotel
The Barlow Hotel at 102 South Elm Street in Hope (Hempstead County) was, for more than seventy-five years, the...
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Batesville Daily Guard
The Batesville Daily Guard has been published continuously since 1877, the only Batesville (Independence Count...
Brick building with metal garage extension on gravel parking lot
Bauxite and Northern Railroad
The Bauxite and Northern Railroad (B&N) is a short, three-mile railway built in 1906 by a subsidiary of Al...
"Baxter County, Arkansas facts pertaining to its mineral and other resources" newspaper clipping
Baxter Bulletin
The Baxter Bulletin newspaper was established in 1901 in Mountain Home (Baxter County) by J. G. “Uncle Jess...
Single-story housing units with gabled roofs and covered porches on parking lot
Bellaire Court Historic District
The Bellaire Court Historic District is a tourist court in Hot Springs (Garland County). Constructed in 1936, ...
Storefront behind parking meter shoes in glass display window sign "Shoe Dyers Bottom Dollar Shoe Repairs" text on bottom "Hot Springs Finest Shoe Repair Shop"
Bottom Dollar Industries
Bottom Dollar Industries, Inc., of Little Rock (Pulaski County) was a manufacturer of shoes, moccasins, leathe...
Brick building with oval shaped windows with cars in parking lot and hanging "Little Italy" sign on two lane street
Bruno’s Little Italy
Bruno’s Little Italy in Little Rock (Pulaski County) is one of the most well-known restaurants in central Ar...
Row of cars parked outside single-story brick building with "Burns Gables restaurant cottages" sign
Burns Gables
Burns Gables was a popular restaurant, gift shop, and lodge that operated on Mount Gayler (Crawford County) fo...
"Bailey's" ice cream stand on parking lot
Butchie's Drive-In
What was originally called Butchie’s Drive-In is a small restaurant located on Park Avenue in Hot Springs (G...
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Butterfield's Overland Mail Company
aka: Overland Mail Company
Butterfield’s Overland Mail Company carried the first success...
C&H Hog Farms
In early 2013, brothers Richard and Phillip Campbell and their cousin Jason Henson opened C&H Hog Farms in...