Arkansas History

Historian Jared Phillips traces Arkansas' booze history, from 1830s wineries to a dry state in 1915 to the 2003 law that launched today's craft beer boom.

Three UofA students curated “Regnat Populus,” a Mullins Library exhibit using the Quill Project to digitize Arkansas's constitutional history from 1836.

Pryor Center's Randy Dixon shares more of a forgotten 1982 Faubus interview, plus his aides on loyalty, campaign style and the midnight pay raise scandal.

A new exhibit and international digital humanities project trace the drafting of Arkansas's 1874 Constitution and the decades of amendments that followed.

Pryor Center archivist Randy Dixon found a forgotten 1982 interview with former Gov. Orval Faubus, revealing rare reflections on Central High, Hot Springs gambling and his long political career.

Food historian Kat Robinson talks with Becca Martin-Brown about her 14th book, a 50-recipe guide to Arkansas's iconic dishes, from chocolate gravy to poke sallat.

Historian Jared Phillips talks with Ozarks at Large about painters, basket weavers, musicians and a new Ozark Studies minor at the University of Arkansas.

Fayetteville cut the ribbon on Ralph "Buddy" Hayes Park last week, honoring the musician and community leader once known as the "Mayor of Dickson Street."

Curator Deana McCloud walks through the new Levon Helm exhibit at Fayetteville's Alexander Gallery, featuring his original drum kit, rare footage and a hands-on drum display.

Randy Dixon of the Pryor Center revisits KATV's 1976 bicentennial documentary on Arkansas governors from Sid McMath through David Pryor.