Aesthetic Club
The Aesthetic Club is one of the oldest women’s clubs west of the Mississippi River. It began when a group o...
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Fred Akers (1938–2020)
Arkansas-born Fred Akers was a Hall of Fame college football coach whose playing career at the University of A...
Albert Pike Memorial Temple
The Albert Pike Memorial Temple is located at 700–724 Scott Street in Little Rock (Pulaski County). On Nove...
All American Red Heads
A nationally known women’s basketball team, the All American Red Heads formed in 1936 in Cassville, Missouri...
Dick Allen (1942–2020)
aka: Richard Anthony Allen
Richard Anthony (Dick) Allen—or Richie Allen, as the media called...
Aluminum Bowl
On December 22, 1956, War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock (Pulaski County) hosted the Aluminum Bowl football g...
Lance Dwight "Bambi" Alworth (1940–)
An All-American football player at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County) in 1961...
Glen Andrews (1931–)
Glen Daniel Andrews Sr. is considered one of the all-time great professional bass anglers. Bobby Murray, two-t...
Arkansas Apple Festival
The Arkansas Apple Festival in Lincoln (Washington County), held the first weekend of October, has been a feat...
Arkansas Cornbread Festival
The Arkansas Cornbread Festival, an annual celebration of Southern culinary heritage, was inaugurated in 2011...
Arkansas Derby
The Arkansas Derby is the most lucrative thoroughbred horse race in Arkansas, currently offering a “purse”...
Arkansas Diamonds
The Arkansas Diamonds professional football team competed in the Continental Football League in 1968 and 1969....
Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) was created to honor Arkansans who hav...
Arkansas Folk Festival
The annual Arkansas Folk Festival takes place on the third weekend in April in Mountain View (Stone County). H...
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) manages wildlife and natural habitat and sets hunting, fishing, a...
Arkansas Goat Festival
The first Arkansas Goat Festival was held in Perryville (Perry County) on the first weekend in October in 2016...
Arkansas Golf Trail
aka: Natural State Golf Trail
The Arkansas Golf Trail is a public-private partnership created to ...
Arkansas Heritage Trails System
The Arkansas Heritage Trails System is a network of driving tours created by the Department of Arkansas Herita...
Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference
The Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) was an athletic confederation of Arkansas colleges and universit...
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources houses exhibits that tell the story of oil and bromine production in...
Arkansas Post Museum
The Arkansas Post Museum (previously Arkansas Post Museum State Park) in southeastern Arkansas displays exhibi...
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas Post National Memorial is a unit of the National Park Service located in southern Arkansas County nea...
Arkansas Rice Festival
The Arkansas Rice Festival, held during the second weekend of October in Weiner (Poinsett County), was founded...
Arkansas River Visitor Center
The Arkansas River Visitor Center, dedicated on August 20, 1985, was designed to acquaint visitors with the Ar...
Arkansas Scottish Festival
The Arkansas Scottish Festival is held each year in October on the campus of Lyon College in Batesville (Indep...
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre
The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST), Arkansas’s only professional Shakespeare theater company, was origin...
Arkansas Society, United States Daughters of 1812
The Arkansas State Society, United States Daughters of 1812 (often abbreviated as USD 1812) is affiliated with...
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the history of sports in ...
Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show
aka: Arkansas State Fair
The Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show (usually just called the...
Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame is a body that recognizes swimming excellence in the state. The induction o...
Arkansas Territorial Centennial
In observance of the centennial anniversary of the creation of the Arkansas Territory, Governor Charles Hillma...
Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame (ATFHF), which began honoring athletes in 1995, is dedicated to reco...
