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Joseph Weston distinguished himself for a brief period in the 1970s with a career as a newspaper/tabloid editor who took aim at those he considered to be corrupt local officials. His harsh,  ... Read More

Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer David R. Goldfield addressed the political and social discord facing the nation today in comparison with other similar periods of great division during a free ... Read More

Veteran Arkansas journalist Ernie Dumas in his book, "The Education of Ernie Dumas: Chronicles of the Arkansas Political Mind," observed of one figure in the 1962 race for governor: “If your go ... Read More

Instead of loading up in a school bus for the trek to Little Rock, the fourth-grade students at St. Joseph School in Conway prepared for a field trip to the Old State House Museum by signing ... Read More

Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer David R. Goldfield will address the political and social discord facing the nation today in comparison with other similar periods of great division during a free vi ... Read More

(This is the second in the Eccentrics, Gadflies, and the Offbeat in Arkansas Politics series about some of the more offbeat and colorful personalities that have graced the political history of Ar ... Read More

The Old State House Museum team receives awards from the Arkansas Museums Association LITTLE ROCK (Sept. 23, 2020) — During its online annual meeting on Sept. 15, the Arkansas  ... Read More

Searching for sports in the Old State House Museum’s eMuseum collection brings up centuries worth of treasures: a book called “Wild Sports in the Far West” from 1859, a set of bowling pins from 19 ... Read More

(This is the first in a series about some of the more offbeat and colorful personalities that have graced the political history of Arkansas. A previous article about an earlier figure in this genr ... Read More

Carl Bailey will never be known as a politician who stuck his finger in the air and judged the political winds before moving on a particular issue - instead, he was known for his stalwartness in t ... Read More