Encyclopedia of Arkansas Minute
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas Minute features the history of Arkansas as told through the entries of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a program of the Central Arkansas Library System Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
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A March 5, 1959, fire killed twenty-one young Black boys at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville.
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A Lee County native had a prodigious if not distinguished career as a film and television director and producer.
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A ghostly light in southeast Arkansas is reputed to have supernatural origins.
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An Arkansas drummer from Turkey Scratch in Phillips County would have an international career.
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A festival that was started to highlight conservation later became mired in controversy and allegations of animal cruelty.
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A twelve-hour battle on November 28, 1862, set the stage for the climactic fight for control of northwest Arkansas.
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A low-budget western horror film was shot in Yellville and along the Buffalo River.
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A 1989 movie about a rock and roll legend was partially filmed in Arkansas.
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A rocky hillside near Hot Springs has reputed demonic roots but was actually mined by Native Americans.
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Forrest City’s Al Green has seen stardom in both rock and gospel music.