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RECREATION AND SPORTS
Entries needing authors as of February 4, 2026:
| Acansa Arts Festival |
| Adams, Dwight |
| Adams, Howard O’Neal |
| Agritourism |
| Albert Pike Recreational Area |
| Alexander City Park |
| Allsopp Park |
| Allsup, Jack |
| Alotian Club |
| Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity |
| Altus Grape Festival |
| Amann, Rudolph “Lefty” |
| American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration |
| America’s Idea Miss Arkansas Pageant |
| Amusement Parks |
| Anderson, Ben |
| Anderson, Richard E. |
| Annual Bean Fest and Great Arkansas Championship Outhouse Races |
| Antebellum Spring Resorts |
| Anthony, John Ed |
| Arkansas Activities Association |
| Arkansas Championship Grape Stomp and Cowie Wine Fest |
| Arkansas Chapter of the Road Runners Club of America |
| Arkansas Chinese-American Association |
| Arkansas Cinderella Scholarship Pageant |
| Arkansas Colored Athletic Association |
| Arkansas Comic Con |
| Arkansas County Fair |
| Arkansas Cowboys Association |
| Arkansas Delta Byways Tourism Association |
| Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs |
| Arkansas Flower and Garden Show |
| Arkansas GlacierCats |
| Arkansas Golf Hall of Fame |
| Arkansas Hawking Association |
| Arkansas High Country Route |
| Arkansas Hot Air Balloon State Championship |
| Arkansas Impact [Basketball Team] |
| Arkansas Junior Chamber (a.k.a. Jaycees) |
| Arkansas Kennel Club |
| Arkansas Lassies |
| Arkansas Master Gardener Program |
| Arkansas Miss Amazing Pageant |
| Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame |
| Arkansas Pie Festival (Cherokee Village) |
| Arkansas Renaissance Festival |
| Arkansas Rimrockers |
| Arkansas River Delta Blues Trail |
| Arkansas RiverBlades |
| Arkansas Rodeo Association |
| Arkansas Scufflers |
| Arkansas Society, Children of the American Revolution |
| Arkansas Society, Sons of the American Revolution |
| Arkansas Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame |
| Arkansas State Championship Horse Show |
| Arkansas State Golf Association |
| Arkansas State Trapshooting Federation |
| Arkansas State University Hall of Honor |
| Arkansas Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame |
| Arkansas Tennis Hall of Fame |
| Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame |
| Arkansas Traveller Folk Theatre |
| Arkansas Twisters [Football Team] |
| Arkansas Women’s Golf Association |
| Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair |
| Arkla Village |
| Atwater, Steve |
| Auto Racing |
| Baby Face [Rodeo Bull] |
| Barfly [Rodeo Bull] |
| Barham, Leota |
| Barnett, Fred |
| Barton Park (Little Rock) |
| Baseball |
| Bates, Dorothy (a.k.a. Lee Keith) |
| Batesville Motor Speedway |
| Baxter County Fair |
| Beauty Pageants |
| Benny Craig Park |
| Benton County Fair |
| Benton, Jim |
| Bercher, Martine |
| Berry, Charles |
| Big Lake [Hunting Club] |
| Big Shootout of 1969 |
| Bikes, Blues & BBQ |
| Birchwood Park |
| Blair, Paul |
| Blann, Lorietta |
| Blue Spring Heritage Center |
| Boating |
| Bond, John |
| Booger Hollow [Tourist Attraction] |
| Books in Bloom Literary Festival |
| Boone County Fair |
| Boxing |
| Boy Rangers |
| Bradley, Danny |
| Brazil, Bobo (a.k.a. Houston Harris) |
| Breckenridge, Rayo |
| Brewer, Ronald Charles (Ron) |
| Brittenum, Jon |
| Brock, Billy |
| Brodie Creek Park |
| Brown, Marcus |
| Brown, Ray |
| Buffalo River State Park |
| Buffalo River Trail |
| Bumpas, Dick |
| Burlesque |
| Burnett, Bobby |
| Butler Park (Little Rock) |
| Caddo Area Council of the Boy Scouts |
| Cage, Michael |
| Camp Couchdale |
| Campbell Lake Park |
| Camping |
| Candlewood Park |
| Cane Hill Fall Harvest Festival |
| Canoeing and Kayaking |
| Carnes, Bobby Dean (Bob) |
| Carpenter, Gordon “Shorty” |
| Carroll County Fair |
| Catalina, Nelson |
| Cave City Watermelon Festival |
| Caveness, Ronald Glen (Ronnie) |
| Centennial Park (Little Rock) |
| Cheatham Park |
| Cheerleading |
| Cherry, Raphel Jerome |
| Chinese Association of Northwest Arkansas |
| Clark County Fair |
| Clark, Archie L. |
| Cockfighting |
| Coleman, Monte Leon |
| Committee of One Hundred for the Ozark Folk Center |
| Conley, Michael Alex (Mike), Jr. |
| Conner Park (Little Rock) |
| Cook’s Landing Park |
| Cooley, Archie |
| Cooper, Raymond |
| Copper Bowl [Football Game] |
| Corning 4th of July Homecoming Picnic |
| Cosmic Cavern |
| Cotton Club |
| Country Club of Little Rock |
| Country Clubs |
| County Fairs |
| Cox, Steve |
| Crabtree, Bobby |
| Crawdad Days Festival |
| Crawford County Fair |
| Crawford, Joan |
| Crestview Park |
| Crossland Zoo |
| Crowder, Bill |
| Crowley’s Ridge Raceway |
| Crump Park |
| Crystal River Cave |
| Curran Conway Park |
| Cypert, Boyd |
| D105 [Rodeo Bull] |
| Dalrymple, Jerry |
| Davis, Calvin |
| Davis, Danny |
| Davis, Frank [Basketball Player] |
| Day, Glen Edward |
| DeBriyn, Norm |
| Debutante Culture |
| Dial, Carroll “Red” |
| Diamond Chef Arkansas |
| Dickey, George “Skeeter” |
| Dicus, Chuck |
| Ding Dong Daddy Days Festival |
| Dinosaur World |
| Dog Racing |
| Dottley, John “Kayo” |
| Downtown Food Truck Festival (Little Rock) |
| Duke, Ken |
| Dupree Park |
| Eagles Et Cetera Weekend Festival |
| Eakin, Kay |
| Elders, Oliver |
| Emerald Park |
| Emmons, Carlos |
| Eureka Springs Festival of the Arts |
| Faulkner County Fair |
| Fayetteville County Club |
| Fayetteville Goddess Festival |
| Ferguson, Stewart |
| Fires, Earlie |
| First Chance [Rodeo Horse] |
| Fishing |
| Flanigan, Al |
| Fletcher Park (Little Rock) |
| Fletcher, C. T. Ali |
| Flowers, Charlie |
| Flynn, Denny |
| Foley, Joe |
| Football |
| Four States Fair and Rodeo |
| Fourche Bottoms (Little Rock) |
| Fraternal Organizations |
| Frazier, Willie |
| Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek |
| Freeman, Jay |
| Freeman, Thomas Jewel (Tommy) |
| Frisco Festival |
| Gardner, Floyd |
| Garroutte, Francis |
| George D. Hay Music Hall of Fame and Theater |
| Gillis, Bobby |
| Glasbrenner, Jeff James |
| Glutton Dibbler |
| Granite Heights Park |
| Grant, Dub |
| Grant, U.S. [UAPB Coach] |
| Gravette, Broadus |
| Grim, Fred |
| Gulley, Tom |
| Hackbarth, Herman |
| Hall, Jerry |
| Hallie’s Zoo |
| Hamilton, Ray |
| Hanger Hill Park |
| Hanner, Dave |
| Hanson, Jerry Bob |
| Harding University Athletic Hall of Fame |
| Hardman, Lee |
| Hargis, John |
| Harper, George |
| Harris, Jackie |
| Harris, Labron |
| Harris, Leotis |
| Harris, Leroy |
| Harris, Michael |
| Harris, Shawn |
| Harvest Festival (Clay County) |
| HarvestFest in Hillcrest |
| Heard, Ronald (a.k.a. “The Outlaw” Ron Bass) |
| Heddan, Vannas |
| Henderson State University Hall of Honor |
| Henderson, Rickey |
| Hendrix College Sports Hall of Fame |
| Henry Awards |
| Hickey, Howard “Red” |
| High School Sports |
| Highway 64 Speedway |
| Hilarious Jesters [Basketball Team] |
| Hill, Skakyla |
| Hindman Park |
| Hines, Glen Ray |
| Hogeye Marathon |
| Hollimon, Joe |
| Hop Alley Rally |
| Horse Racing |
| Horton, Clyde |
| Horton, Harold |
| Hoton, Harold |
| Houston, Marilyn McRae “Sonny” |
| Hunting |
| Hurley, Bobby |
| Hutchcraft, John |
| Ice Hockey |
| Improved Order of Red Men |
| Independent Order of Odd Fellows |
| Ingram, Sonny |
| Isom, Mike |
| Jefferson County Sports Hall of Fame |
| Jennings, Morley |
| Jewish Food and Cultural Festival |
| Joe, Marengo |
| John Brown University Golden Eagle Hall of Fame |
| Johnson County Fair |
| Johnson, Byron Waldo Emerson |
| Johnson, Edward “Coach Ed” |
| Johnson, John Kenneth |
| Johnson, Vannett W. |
| Jones, Charles “Gadget” |
| Jones, Ken |
| Jones, Major James Brooks |
| Jones, Nathan “Tricky,” Sr. |
| Jones, Pat |
| Jones, Rufus Parnell (Parnelli) |
| Jones, Wilbert |
| Jonesboro County Club |
| Joseph Pfeifer Kiwanis Camp |
| June Dinner (Wilmar) |
| Kanis Park |
| Kelone, Theresa |
| Kerksieck, Bill |
| Kinney, Ragon |
| Kleine, Joe |
| Knights and Daughters of Tabor |
| Knights of Pythias |
| Knoop Park |
| Kocinski, John |
| Lake Wilson Park |
| Lang, Andrew |
| Leak, Erika |
| Lindsey, Jim |
| Little Italy Italian Festival |
| Little Red Wagon |
| Little Rock Boathouse |
| Little Rock Maifest |
| Little Rock Racquet Club |
| Little Rock River Market |
| Little Rock Turnverein |
| Little, Steven Richard |
| Lofton, Beverly Fanning |
| Logan County Fair |
| Longley, Wayman “Red” |
| Lost Valley State Park |
| Lukas, Wayne |
| Lyon College Athletic Hall of Fame |
| Madison County Fair |
| Magna Carta Dames and Barons |
| Major, Chick |
| Mallett, Martell |
| Mallett, Ryan |
| Malzahn, Gus |
| Manley, Alvin Vincent |
| Marsh, Madison |
| Martin, Jeff |
| Martin, Wayne |
| Mascots (High School) |
| Mathis, Verdell |
| Mayhaw Festival |
| Mayo, Bill |
| McClellan, Frank |
| McClendon, Charles |
| McDonald, Rob |
| McDougal Lights |
| McKeown, George |
| McMahan, Jack Wally |
| McPeek, Kenneth |
| Mead, Peter |
| Meriwhether, Bill |
| Merritt Park |
| Mid-America League |
| Miles, Eddie |
| Miller, Cleo |
| Miss and Teen Arkansas Valley Pageant |
| Miss and Teen Central Arkansas Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Conway Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Diamond Lakes Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Dogwood Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Grand Prairie Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Greater Camden Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Greater Hot Springs Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Greater Jacksonville Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Greater Little Rock Pageant |
| Miss and Teen Heart of Northwest Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Lake Dardanelle Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Mt. Nebo Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Natural State Pageants |
| Miss and Teen North Central Arkansas Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Northeast Arkansas Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Ouachita River Pageant |
| Miss and Teen Ozark Highlands Pageants |
| Miss and Teen South Arkansas Pageant |
| Miss and Teen Sweetheart Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Texarkana Pageants |
| Miss and Teen Western Arkansas Pageants |
| Miss and Teen White River Pageants |
| Miss Apple Blossom Pageant |
| Miss Arkansas High School Pageant |
| Miss Arkansas State University Pageant |
| Miss Arkansas Tech University Pageant |
| Miss Arkansas USA |
| Miss Boomtown and Miss Boomtown Teen Pageants |
| Miss City of Colleges Pageant |
| Miss Collegiate Arkansas Pageant |
| Miss Gay Arkansas America Pageant |
| Miss Greater Jonesboro and Greater Teen Jonesboro Pageants |
| Miss Heart of the Ozarks and Miss Teen Heart of the Ozarks Pageants |
| Miss Heart of the Ozarks Pageant |
| Miss Henderson State University Pageant |
| Miss Historic Batesville Pageant |
| Miss Johnson County Pageant |
| Miss Lights of the Delta Pageant |
| Miss Metro Pageant |
| Miss Ouachita Baptist Univesity Pageant |
| Miss Petit Jean Valley Pageant |
| Miss River City Pageant |
| Miss River Delta Pageant |
| Miss River Valley Pageant |
| Miss Saline County Pageant |
| Miss South Central Arkansas Pageant |
| Miss Southeast Arkansas Pageant |
| Miss Southern Arkansas University Pageant |
| Miss Southwest Arkansas Pageant |
| Miss Spirit of Arkansas Pageant |
| Miss Steel Capital Pageant |
| Miss Teen and Miss Northwest Arkansas Pageants |
| Miss U of A Pageant |
| Miss University of Central Arkansas Pageant |
| Mississippi River State Park |
| Miyamoto, Ariana |
| Moark Lights |
| Monument Trails |
| Moody, Moses |
| Morehart Park |
| Morgan, Gilbert |
| Morrison, Tommy |
| Moses, Max |
| Motes, Ray |
| Mount Eagle Fishing Retreat |
| Mount Nebo Chicken Fry |
| Mountainburg Dinosaur Park |
| Movie Theaters |
| Mt. Magazine International Butterfly Festival |
| Muckenstrum, Jerry |
| Murray Park |
| Murray, Bobby |
| National Society United Daughters of 1812 |
| Natural State Stage Race of 1991 |
| Negro League Baseball Players |
| Nelson, Terry |
| Nesbitt, Gerald Nelson |
| Newton County Fair |
| Nixon, Larry |
| Northeast Arkansas District Fair |
| Northeast Arkansas Invitational High School Basketball Tournament |
| Northwest Arkansas District Fair |
| Northwest Arkansas Razorback Regional Greenway |
| Nutt, Houston, Sr. |
| NWA Cricket |
| Old Fort Days Rodeo |
| Olympic Torch Relay of 1996 |
| O’Neal, Leslie |
| O’Quinn, Mickey |
| Order of the Eastern Star |
| Otter Creek Park |
| Ouachita Traveler (Fishing Lure) |
| Our Lady of the Lake Spaghetti Dinner |
| Outlaw, Chase |
| Ozark Medieval Fortress |
| Ozark Mountain Bike Festival |
| Ozark Mountain Music Festival |
| Ozarkland |
| Pace, Jim |
| Page, Tate C. |
| Pageant Culture |
| Palarm Creek Park |
| Paralympians |
| Parke, Frank H. “Bert” |
| Patchell, Jim |
| Peacock, Pat |
| Pennington, Arthur David |
| Petrus, Mitch |
| Phillips, Loyd |
| Piccolo Zoppé (Circus) |
| Pine Bluff Convention Center |
| Pioneer Day (St. Paul) |
| Pitts, Galen |
| Pope County Fair |
| Pops on the River |
| Portis, Bobby Jr. |
| Prairie County Rice Festival |
| Preston, Thomas Austin, Jr. (a.k.a. Amarillo Slim) |
| Prince Hall Masons |
| Prize Fighting |
| Professional Wrestling |
| Promiseland [Rodeo Bull] |
| Pulaski County Fair |
| Quapaw Quarter Association Tour of Homes |
| Rainbow Gathering of 1975 |
| Rainbow Gathering of 2007 |
| Rebsamen Park |
| Red Wolves [Football Team] |
| Reed’s Bridge Battlefield Heritage Park |
| Reel Queer Film Festival |
| Reeves, Bryant |
| Reising, Robert W. |
| Remmel Park |
| Reservoir Park (Little Rock) |
| Reynolds, James “Bearcat” |
| Rhodes, Bill |
| Rhone, Ernest |
| Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Conservation Education Center |
| Riverboat Festival |
| Riverfront Park (Little Rock) |
| Riverfront Park (North Little Rock) |
| Riverside International Speedway |
| Robbins, Jack |
| Rock Climbing |
| Rodeo |
| Rollin’ Razorbacks |
| Rook, Jerry |
| Rugby |
| RV Parks |
| Saracen Casino |
| Schmidt, Francis A. |
| Sebastian County Fair |
| Seerey, Pat |
| Shaw, Clifford |
| Shelley, Elbert |
| Sherman, Eugene “Bo” |
| Sherwood Fest |
| Shrine Bowl |
| Sikes, Robert Lee (Bob) |
| Simmons Bank Championship [PGA Tournament] |
| Smarty Jones Stakes |
| Smith, Billy Ray Sr. |
| Smith, Rod |
| Soccer |
| Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
| Sosebee, Cody |
| Southeast Arkansas District Fair and Livestock Show |
| Southern Arkansas University Sports Hall of Fame |
| Southwest Arkansas District Livestock Show |
| Southwest Trail [Cycling and Walking Trail] |
| Spoonhour, Charlie |
| Star Amusements |
| State Parks |
| Steamboat Days Festival |
| Stiles, Rollie |
| Stock Car Racing |
| Stricklen, Shekinna |
| Stuart, Marlin |
| Stuart, Marlin “Mott” |
| Stubbs, Elmer |
| Suggs, Scott |
| Swayze, “Beautiful” Bruce |
| Swinton, Reggie |
| T. R. Pugh Memorial Park |
| Talimena National Scenic Byway |
| Taylor, Hugh “Bones” |
| Tennis |
| Thrower, James |
| Todd, “Monster” Michael |
| Tour de Bluff |
| Tour de Rock |
| Trans-Ozark Trail |
| Traylor, Keith |
| Turkey Track Fall Bluegrass Festival |
| Turnage, Hattie |
| Turtle Derby Festival |
| Turtle Races |
| Two Rivers Park |
| UCA Sports Hall of Fame |
| University Arkansas Monticello Hall of Fame |
| University of Arkansas at Monticello Athletics Hall of Fame |
| Van Berg, Jack |
| Van Wyck, Bronson |
| Vedanta Society of Arkansas |
| Walker, Darrell |
| Wallace, Terry |
| Ward, Aaron |
| Ward, Jack |
| Washington County Fair |
| Watkins, Willis |
| Western Hills Park |
| White River Water Carnival |
| Widner, John |
| Wilcox, Kenny |
| Williams, Doyne |
| Williams, K. D. |
| Williams, Kathy Hobbs |
| Williams, Kevin |
| Williams, Nancy |
| Willow Springs Water Park |
| Wilmans, C. F. |
| Wings Over the Prairie Festival |
| Winston, Dennis “Dirt” |
| Woit, Richard “Dick” |
| Women’s Sports |
| Wonder Horse [Toy] |
| Word, Roscoe |
| World Championship Cardboard Boat Races |
| World Championship Duck Gumbo Cook-Off |
| World Famous Armadillo Festival |
| Wrestling |
| Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival |
| Wynn Park |
| Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) |
| Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) |
| YWCA National Convention of 1922 |
