Encyclopediaofarkansas.net Website Review

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the rich history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. It is updated regularly to ensure the people of Arkansas have an accurate and accessible resource to explore our heritage. It will also benefit people outside the state who are seeking information about Arkansas. We invite you to browse our text entries places, events, legends, and lore of the 25th state. This site is a work in progress. We are continually adding new entries, photographs, maps, videos, and audio files, so check back frequently to see what’s new. available! In this special print project of the online EOA, Wolfe’s cartoons—accompanied by selected entries from the EOA—highlight singing cowgi*l Patsy Montana, bandit queen Belle Starr, diamonds buried in the Arkansas soil, fake artifacts, ghosts lurking in hotel rooms, turkeys dropping from the sky, the mysterious Gurdon Light, and much more. Published by BUTLER CENTER BOOKS, it is available at bookstores and from online retailers, including Butler Center Books’ distributor, the UA Press (Butler Center Books, 2013), is also available at bookstores and from online retailers, including Butler Center Books’ distributor, the UA “Other” and type ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARKANSAS into the box under APPLY MY GIFT TO. · January 8, 1942 · The brick school building in Vilonia (Faulkner County) burned one month after America's entry into World War II. Although many resources were going to the war effort, Vilonia's citizens donated labor, money, and materials to rebuild the school, and the new building was finished by the next school year. (more) CLICK ANY DATE to view that day in Arkansas history. USE THE « » ARROWS to move between months. The EOA Has 5,000 Entries! On August 31, 2017, the 5,000th entry was added to the EOA. FA*M by Mark Christ gives an overview of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs in Arkansas implemented to help fa*mers and rural residents during the Great Depression of the 1930s; the most famous of these projects was the DYESS COLONY in Mississippi