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She was the local beauty who made heads turn in Lonoke. He was the rising trial attorney with political ambitions. Together, Ewilda Gertrude Miller and Joseph Taylor Robinson would blaze a trail f ... Read More

Orval Faubus wrote a two volume autobiography in the 1980s entitled Down From the Hills, in which the second volume was called Down From the Hills, Two. But from the day that he met Alta Haskins a ... Read More

Born on December 26, 1938, in Fayetteville, Barbara Jean Lunsford was the only daughter, and late Christmas gift, to Bruce and RosaLee Lunsford. In her freshman year at the University of Ark ... Read More

A local features writer once began a biographical sketch with this lead in: “In The Princess Diaries movies we were introduced to Mia Thermopolis who rises from humble beginnings to become royalty ... Read More

Susan Burrell never dreamed while growing up in Atlanta that she would meet a country boy from Northwest Arkansas who was so smitten with her that he would hitchhike from Alma to Memphis once a mo ... Read More

In an age in which wives of public figures were more often than not out of the limelight, especially in traditionalist Arkansas, Mabel Martineau was a magnetic personality. As a hostess, it w ... Read More

Life brought Gay Daniels far from being a self-described “Navy Brat” in Oakland, Calif., to the pinnacle of prominence as Gay White, First Lady of Arkansas. Life was indeed exciting, challengi ... Read More

Arkansans are known for storytelling — tall-tales, sentimental reminiscences and funny family stories. Whether you’re a native Arkansan or a new resident of The Natural State, chances are yo ... Read More

The Old State House Museum is pleased to announce that its latest exhibit, “Cabinet of Curiosities: Treasures from the University of Arkansas Museum Collection,” will open to the public on March 1 ... Read More

Join us this Thursday, December 3 at noon as our Brown Bag Lunch Series continues with Dan Fowler, Chief Operating Officer of Cromwell Architects Engineers. Dan will talk about 150 year ... Read More