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Act 343 of 1983 (April Fools' Day Act)
Act 343 of 1983, also known as the April Fools’ Day Act, made Arkansas the only state in the Union to recogn...
Arkansas Egg Men
The Arkansas Egg Men were a notorious band of chicken thieves who ruffled plenty of feathers in northeast Arka...
Bartleby Clown College
Bartleby Clown College in Jonesboro (Craighead County) was a short-lived institution for the training of clown...
Boll Eevil
Boll Eevil is a 1973 horror movie set in Monticello (Drew County). Although poorly received at the time of its...
Breeches Panic (1910s)
What is now called the “breeches panic” of the 1910s centered upon the fear amongst some men in the state ...
Brownwater Rafting
“Brownwater Rafting” was the name given to the short-lived and ill-advised promotion of eastern Arkansas...
Caber Toss
Caber toss was arguably the most popular sport in Arkansas in the 1920s and 1930s. Indeed, Arkansas, despite i...
Col. Corn and Little Vittles
Col. Corn and Little Vittles was a ventriloquist act and brainchild of Jasper Oscar Watts of Hogeye (Washingto...
Garbecue
“Garbecue” is a catch-all term for a trend in aquatic-themed barbecue that was promoted by Arkansas touris...
Gospel Bridges Relay Race of 2011
The Gospel Bridges Relay Race of 2011 was an attempt on the part of several Pulaski County churches to foster ...
Gösta von Fersens underbara resa genom de södra amerikanska delstaterna och bortom Mississippi floden, med berättelser om manga konstiga och gåtfulla händelser
Gösta von Fersens underbara resa genom de södra amerikanska delstaterna och bortom Mississippi floden, med b...
Sturgis Williford Holmes Jr. (1936–1992)
Sturgis Williford Holmes Jr. was a famous Arkansas folk artist who specialized in the medium of paint-by-numbe...
KATV Broadcast Interruption of 1959
On April 1, 1959, the audio portion of the evening’s KATV news broadcast was overridden by a pirated signal ...
Dora G. B. Marcusben
Dora B. G. Marcusben was the pseudonym under which Missionary Baptist leader and Ku Klux Klan member Benjamin ...
Operabilly
Operabilly is a genre of music unique to the Ozark Mountains of northwestern Arkansas. The term “operabilly...
Ouachitater Buffaloes
The Ouachitater Buffaloes are a group of approximately twenty-four water buffaloes, living on the banks of Lak...
Pinehill Paper Mill Fire of 1899
When a thick bundle of letters, written in the early 1900s, came to light during a house renovation near Waldr...
Possum of Tomorrow Program
The Possum of Tomorrow Program was developed by the Arkansas Agriculture Department in the early 1950s to enco...
The Possum
“The Possum” is an 1837 poem written by early Arkansas settler Gammon Lausch—apparently his only work. A...
Soto Voce
Soto Voce is an early draft musical written by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber in the 1960s about the expedition ...
The Southwest Trail [Computer Game]
The Southwest Trail was a 1987 text-based computer game designed by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consor...
Elija Caesar Swann (1848–1919)
Elija Caesar Swann was a Confederate soldier who achieved national fame for his refusal to surrender to federa...
Woo Pig Brie
Woo Pig Brie is a pig’s milk cheese produced in Arkansas starting in 1969. It is a product licensed with the...