Page Toppers

• Apple Blossom Time
• Arkansas Traveler
  (song by Michelle Shocked)
• Arkansas You Run Deep in Me
• Down in Arkansaw
• I Can See Arkansas
  (song by Steve Wariner)
• Land of Opportunity
• Listen to the Mockingbird
• A Little Girl From Little Rock
  (song by Marilyn Monroe)

Arkansas Symbols

• Nicknames: The Natural State; Land of Opportunity; The Wonder State; The Bowie State; The Razorback State; The Hot Springs state
• Motto: The people rule
• Songs: Oh, Arkansas (words and music by Terry Rose and Gary Klaff) and Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)
• Historical Song: The Arkansas Traveler
• Folk Dance: Square Dance
• Musical Instrument: Fiddle
• Anthem: Arkansas
• Animal: White-tailed Deer
• Bird: Mockingbird
• Insect: Honeybee
• Tree: Pine
• Flower: Apple Blossom
• Gemstone: Diamond
• Mineral: Bauxite
• Rock: Quartz Crystal
• Beverage: Milk
• Fruit AND Vegetable: South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato

Facts About Arkansas

• Capital: Little Rock
• Residents: Arkansans
• State Name Origin: a Sioux word (acansa) meaning "downstream place" or an Algonquin word meaning "south wind"
• Admitted to Statehood: 15 Jun 1836
• Order of Admission: 25th state
• Length: 260 miles
• Width: 240 miles
• Area: 53,179 square miles
• Size Rank: 29
• Number of Counties: 75
• Lakes: over 600,000 acres
• Streams and Rivers: 87,617 miles
• The Arkansas River at 1,450 miles, is the longest stream to flow into the Mississippi-Missouri river system
• Geographic Center: 12 miles NW of Little Rock in Pulaski Co.
• Mean Elevation: 650 feet
• Highest Point: Magazine Mountain, 2,753 feet
• Lowest Point: Ouachita River, 55 feet
• Official Language: English (since 1987)
• Agricultural Products: food products, livestock, soybeans, rice, cotton paper,
• Commercial Products: paper, lumber and wood products, electronic equipment, industrial machinery, metal products, natural gas
• Average Annual Snowfall: 5.2 inches
• Average Annual Rainfall: 48.5 inches
• Average Winter High Temperature: 39.5 degrees
• Record Low Temperature: -29 degrees (13 Feb 1905 Pond)
• Average Summer High Temperature: 81.4 degrees
• Record High Temperature: 120 degrees (10 Aug 1936 Ozark)
• More information about Arkansas

Quotes

• If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth. (Davey Crockett)

chorus of Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)

(Wayland Holyfield)

Oh, I may wander, but when I do
I will never be far from you.
You're in my blood and I know you'll always be.
Arkansas, you run deep in me.

The Arkansas State Creed

I believe in Arkansas as a land of opportunity and promise.
I believe in the rich heritage of Arkansas and I honor the men and women who created this heritage.
I believe in the youth of Arkansas who will build our future.
I am proud of my state. I will uphold its constitution, obey its laws, and work for the good of all its citizens.

Items of Interest

• The United States' only active diamond mine is located near Murfreesboro. It is operated as a tourist attraction.
• Mountain View is home to one of the largest producers of handmade dulcimers in the world.
• Clark Bluff overlooking the St. Francis River contains enough chalk to supply the nation for many years.
• Pine Bluff is the world center of archery bow production.
• The geographic center of the state is located in Pulaski, 12 miles northwest of Little Rock.
• The Colbert Incident at Arkansas Post in 1783 was the only Revolutionary War skirmish in the state.

Notable Natives

Some of these people were born here, others just lived a part of their life in the state.

• G. M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson - actor (Little Rock)
• Maya Angelou (1928- ) - dancer, poet, author (wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
• Harry Asmore - Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Lou Brock - baseball player
• Helen Gurley Brown - feminist, editor
• Paul "Bear" Bryant - football coach
• Glen Campbell - singer (Delight)
• Dolores Cannon - author
• Hattie Caraway (1878-1950) - first woman elected to the U.S. senate (Jonesboro)
• Johnny Cash (1932-2003) - country singer (Kingsland)
• Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) - Black activist (Wabaseka)
• William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (1946- ) - 42nd U.S. president, governor of AR (Hope)
• Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (1910-1974) - baseball player (Lucas)
• Orval Faubus - former governor (Combs)
• John Gould Fletcher - poet, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Little Rock)
• J. William Fulbright - politician
• John Grisham (1955- ) - author (Jonesboro)
• John H. Johnson - publisher (Arkansas City)
• Scott Joplin (1867-1917) - composer, musician (Texarkana)
• Alan Ladd - actor (Hot Springs)
• Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) - statesman, Five-Star General in the U.S. Army (Little Rock)
• Wilbur Mills - politician
• Albert Pike - soldier, poet, teacher
• Scottie Pippen (1965- ) - NBA player (Hamburg)
• Dick Powell - actor (Mountain View)
• Sarasen (1735-1832) - last Quapaw leader in AR (buried in Pine Bluff)
• Mary Steenburgen (1953- ) - actress
• Edward Durrell Stone - architect (Fayettville)
• Barry Switzer - football coach
• Conway Twitty - country singer
• Sam Walton (1918-1992) - founder of Wal-Mart (first store was in his hometown of Bentonville)

How to tell if an Arky has been using your computer:

• The monitor is up on blocks.
• Outgoing faxes have tobacco stains on them.
• The extra RAM slots have Dodge truck parts in them.
• The password is "Bubba".
• There is a gun rack mounted on the monitor.
• There's a Skoal can in the CD-ROM drive.
• The keyboard is camouflaged.
• The mouse is referred to as a "critter".