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wrecked wooden house in floodwater

Street view showing food damaged cars and buildings

Bridge over creek covered in flood debris

University campus in foreground as seen from above

Natural springs in forested area

Abernathy Spring

Close-up of natural spring in forested area

Abernathy Spring

men in hats boots and pants with suspenders loading a mine cart with shovels

Man watching biplane flying over water

Aerial view of white tents set up in rows on oval racetrack

African American Flood Refugees

The "Preamble" page from the "Constitution of the Grand Agricultural Wheel of the State of Arkansas."

Agricultural Wheel Constitution

Industrial facility outdoors with pipes

White men standing before full rail car parked by large mine shaft

Brick building with covered porch and house on post card

Aluminum Company of America

Halved rocks displaying interiors of purple crystal

Group photo of farmers in work wear posing casually with baskets near orchard

Amity Peach Pickers

People crowded around elevated water tank with some holding nets

Anderson Farms Tank

Large warehouses and outbuildings as seen from above

Anthony Oak Flooring Plant in Magnolia

Industrial buildings and bull dozers on gravel with water tower

Anthony Timberlands, Inc.

Single and multistory industrial buildings with smoke stack and railroad tracks in the foreground

Anthracite Mining

"Antimony City" newspaper clipping

Antimony City Article

"Antimony in Arkansas" newspaper clipping

Antimony Mining Article

plates with apples under a flag and a sign saying "Berryville

three white women on float decorated with flowers with "Pea Ridge Heart of the Ozarks" on the side

Apple Festival Float

Group of white men in front of office building with fence

Arkadelphia Lumber Company

African-American woman with baskets filled with cotton

Arkansas City Cotton Picker

Aerial view of flooded town

Arkansas City Flood

Map showing division of counties after Arkansas statehood

Arkansas Counties Map, 1836

Map showing division of Arkansas counties in 1850

Arkansas Counties Map, 1850

Map showing division of Arkansas counties in 2005

Arkansas Counties Map, 2005

"Arkansas County" map showing borders roads cities waterways wildlife areas

Arkansas County Map

White men and women soldiers unload boxes from truck near American Red Cross volunteers and crowd

Arkansas National Guard Assisting Hurricane Katrina Evacuees

Group of men in hats and a woman taking pictures in forested area

Arkansas Native Plant Society Field Trip--East Cadron Creek

Group of white men and a woman standing on and near rocks in forested area

Arkansas Native Plant Society Field Trip--Petit Jean

steaming nuclear cooling tower as seen from across a lake

Arkansas Nuclear One

Cooling tower at night emitting steam by waterside power plant

Arkansas Nuclear One

Two white men emerging from a tunnel with a cart

Arkansas Quicksilver Company

Men in dark suits and hats and rowboats on snowy river bank with other boaters pushing down icy rivulet

Flooded river valley seen from elevated rocky outcropping

Arkansas River 2019 Flood

Newspaper ad saying "Not a house but a home"

Arkansas Soft Pine Ad

Multistory building with extensive damage

Arlington Hotel

"Ashley County" map showing borders roads cities waterways wildlife refuge

Ashley County Map

Industrial buildings and outbuildings as seen from above

ATI Arkadelphia Wood Treatment Plant

Stacks of wood and large warehouse buildings as seen from above

ATI Malvern Plant

Old white man with sideburns surrounded by birds and plant life with the word "Audubon" in the center

Crowd of white men women standing and white children sitting outside single-story church building with bell tower

Aydelotte School

Baby birds in large nest

Wood slat sign painted red with yellow lettering on grass

Baker Prairie Natural Area

bald eagle perched on bare branch

Metal buildings partially submerged by flood waters

Bald Knob Flood

Tug boat in the center of river pushing a barge

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