Arkansas history

On today's show, Goshen residents elect Russell Stroud, Arkansas' first openly gay mayor. Plus, KUAF's first holiday gift guide from a local bookstore, and examining a central figure in the Whitewater investigation, Ken Starr.

Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, brings archives to help examine a central figure in the Whitewater investigation: Ken Starr.

Like the rest of the nation, foreclosure rates in Arkansas are rising. But for Northwest Arkansas, they are lower. This is normal for an area experiencing growth and Arkansas historically has not been a foreclosure hotbed. The region's growth rate is historic, but there have been other population surges in the past.

The 19th-century Wilhauf House in Van Buren is newly restored and will soon become a training and research site for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

The 19th-century Wilhauf House in Van Buren is newly restored and will soon become a training and research site for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

We present an archive edition of our Pryor Center Profiles. In 2020 Randy Dixon explained the story of the musical ensemble The Group and their history in…

Long before Arkansas was a state, French missionaries came to the land alongside the Mississippi River. Linda Jones writes about their experiences in her…

The next edition of Arkansas Stories is centered on stories of Japanese Americans interred in Arkansas, Italian and German POWs held in the state during…

Today, Pete Hartman speaks with Kimberly Hosey from the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History about an upcoming event, Arkansas Symbols Day, in which the museum…

An incomplete examination of this month in history for Arkansas and the Ozarks includes Henry Fonda, Pretty Boy Floyd and gospel music.