The Gas Shortage That Changed How Arkansans Lived

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published November 2, 2020 at 1:14 PM CST

A shot of an empty gas station in 1974 from the Pryor Center's KATV video archives.

Decades ago, Americans had to change their lives as the gas shortage swept across the country. This week, using archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, we have a story about how the energy crisis changed day-to-day life in Arkansas.

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