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Large airplane on display behind an iron fence with brick pavilion building behind it

"U.S. Air Force" jet in flight, tail number "50672"

Railroad crossing signs next to train tracks

Brick building with metal garage extension on gravel parking lot

B&N Railway Depot

B&N Railway Sign

Yellow breasted birds on tree branch with white flower on it

Bachman's Warbler

book cover depicting a log cabin in the mountains "Wayman Hogue's Back Yonder Annotated Edition by Jody Parsons"

Back Yonder, An Ozark Chronicle

Boy carrying wood and girl with log cabin on black background with orange and white text on book cover

Back Yonder, An Ozark Chronicle

red stripes and blue print "Elect Carl Bailey Our Governor"

Carl Bailey Sticker

drawing of white man in suit on "B for Carl E. Bailey for governor" post card

Carl Bailey Postcard

"Bailey's" ice cream stand on parking lot

Bailey’s Dairy Treat

White man standing in between fish tanks using electronic device

bald eagle perched on bare branch

Memorial with crucifix and Jesus figure over tile base with plaque and wrought iron detailed floral columns

Bandini Memorial

Vines growing on top of abandoned brick storefront

Bank of Carthage

Side view of abandoned storefront with vines growing on it

Bank of Carthage

Vines growing on roof of covered porch with column

Bank of Carthage

"Negro Baptists Meet" newspaper clipping

Baptist Academy Article

Steel railroad bridge across a river

Baring Cross Bridge

part of a bridge extending into a river with flooded city in background

Baring Cross Bridge; 1927

Steel truss bridge under construction over river with town buildings in the background

Baring Cross Bridge

Steel arch bridge being built over a river with train cars on tracks in the foreground

Baring Cross Bridge

Indoor fireplace with red tiles and gas heater

Interior door with decorative frame and chair

Barkman House Interior Door

Indoor staircase with long banister

Barkman House Staircase

Doors with decorative windows and chandelier above them as seen from staircase

James E. M. Barkman House Exterior Door

Steel truss foot bridge over creek with parking barriers in the foreground

Barkshed Bridge

Painting of two mules and wooden barn with trees

Barn with Mules by Howard S. Stern

Red black green and blue text on poster with two old white men

The Bashful Bachelor

Grave monument with portrait of African-American woman on it and engraving in cemetery

Daisy Bates Gravestone

certificate reading "This is to certify that Bathhouse Row has been entered on The National Register of Historic Places"

Bathhouse Row Certification Document

Small purple and orange lizard on grass and small lizard in white man's hand

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

"Battery A" historical marker sign

Battery A Marker

"Battery B" historical marker sign

Battery B Marker

Fort walls and cannon with stack of balls next to it and metal representation of a soldier

Cannon with balls and interpretation panel in recreated fort

Battery C Cannon

"Battery C" historical marker sign

Battery C Marker

"Battery D" historical marker sign

Battery D Marker

"Battle of Arkansas Post" historical marker sign

Battle of Arkansas Post Marker

White man in military uniform poses by "Fort Curtis" sign, white people chatting in background

Battle of Helena Monument

Obelisk shaped monument on stepped pedestal

Battle of Lundy's Lane Soldiers' Monument

"The Battle of New Orleans," Performed by Jimmy Driftwood

"Battle of Reed's Bridge" sign with highway bridge

Battle of Reed's Bridge

White men with mining tools carts and machinery working in open pit bauxite mine

Eight rocks with various sized discolored dot impressions photographed on dark fabric

Bauxite, Official State Rock

"Baxter County, Arkansas facts pertaining to its mineral and other resources" newspaper clipping

Baxter Bulletin

framed painting on wall showing a concrete dam with river and surrounding countryside

Bull Shoals Dam Painting

"Baxter County" map showing borders roads highways waterways national forest

Baxter County Map

Brown crayfish climbing on rocks

Bayou Bodcau Crayfish

Single-story houses with animals and trees

Bayou Homestead

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