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White man in jacket with "17279" number plaque

"Too many Negroes" newspaper clipping

African Americans in Cotter

"Negroes warned to leave Cotter" newspaper clipping

African Americans in Cotter

White man smiling in suit and tie

"Anti-Bolshevism Bill" newspaper clipping

Anti-Bolshevism Act

Multistory brick building with balconies on street with power lines and parked cars

ten dollar note from "Arkansas Treasury Warrant The State of Arkansas will pay ten dollars to bearer with interest at eight per centum per annum to be paid in the order of their number"

Arkansas Civil War Currency

Ten dollar note with Native American, steamboat, white woman churning butter, and buffalo on it

Arkansas State Bank Note, 1838

Ten dollar note with agricultural scenes and steamboat artwork

Arkansas State Bank Note, 1840

Five dollar note with Native American man in center artwork

Arkansas State Bank Note, 1839

Red cross trucks parked in a field

Soldiers on river bank between trees point and fire their guns at a steamboat on the river with mountains in background

Battle of Palarm

White man with curly hair and beard in suit and bow tie

Judah P. Benjamin

White man with mustache in suit jacket and tie

William Clark Benton

"Blue law blues are on at Walnut Ridge" newspaper clipping

Blue Law Closings

"Howl of protest at proposed blue laws" newspaper clipping

"Ostrich Farm under blue law" newspaper clipping

Blue Laws Article

"Heavy hand of law falls on Covington" newspaper clipping

Boodle Indictment of Covington

"Prepare for trial of other boodle cases" newspaper clipping

Boodle Indictment of Butt

White man in suit and tie

Ulysses S. Bratton

Breeches Panic Propaganda Image

Cartoon featuring two white men with guns battling over one white woman wearing a sash saying "Arkansas"

Brooks-Baxter War Cartoon

White men in suits talking to a crowd outside the Elaine Mercantile Co.

Charles Brough at Elaine

White woman and wooden bell tower

Commonwealth College Bell Tower

White man sitting in front of white students on porch of wooden building

Commonwealth College Class

White students reading in room with fireplace

Commonwealth Students

"Unequaled Brutality" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

"Modern Horrors" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

"Penitentiary" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

"The Coal Hill Convicts" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease Article

"The convict question" newspaper clipping

Convict Lease System Article

"Cotter offers a real opportunity" advertisement with red text

Cotter Pamphlet

White woman talking to a group of Cuban men standing and sitting under a tree

Crowd of people on steps of multistory building with dome

Death Penalty Protest

Large group of people on town square with buildings and trees in background

Dumping Moonshine

Printed signed stamped page "sixty fifth congress united states joint resolution" regarding alcohol prohibition

Eighteenth Amendment

White soldiers with cups and two white women in nurses uniforms standing outside white tents

"Featherstone versus Cate" newspaper clipping

Featherstone v. Cate

"Debate over wolf scalp bounties led to fatal fight" newspaper clipping

Fighting Legislators Article

"Notice veterans and other citizens" flyer with black text on pink background

GI Revolt Flyer

"Supplies for California Emigrants at Fort Smith" newspaper clipping

Gold Rush Preparations

"Driven Out. Judge Harris of Perryville in Little Rock. A Gang of Desperadoes cause his departure" newspaper clipping

Judge Harris Flees

Crowd of people gathered at boat dock and aboard a ship with horse-drawn cart in the foreground

Horsa Departing for Liberia

"Five men shot to death; pandemonium at Hot Springs" newspaper clipping

Hot Springs Shootout Article

Excavator machine at work digging a road through residential neighborhood

I-630 Construction

View from field of multistory buildings city streets and single-story building with parking lot

I-630 Construction

Single-story houses with covered porches on street and multistory house in the background

I-630 Controversy

Busy interstate with State Capitol building and tall buildings in the distance

Pre-pavement highway with concrete bridge in the background

Interstate 630 Construction

Multilane interstate highway and city as seen from above

Interstate 630 Construction

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