April 25, 2009

Before 1938, the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayettevile (Washington County) football team played at a 300-seat stadium located near the present-day Mullins Library. On October 8, 1938, the school dedicated the new, much larger facility, Bailey Stadium. The Razorbacks lost the dedication game by a score of 9-6 to Southwest Conference foe Baylor University. Shown here at the microphone during the dedication is the administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Harry Hopkins.