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+ | ===== WalMart ===== | ||
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+ | In Rogers, Arkansas, Sam Walton established the first WalMart.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Name Meaning ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Phoenix ===== | ||
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+ | Phoenix, Arkansas, was called after the mythological bird because it was established on the site of an old Hohokam village.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Spinach Capital ===== | ||
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+ | Alma, Arkansas, bills itself as the world' | ||
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+ | ===== State Capitol ===== | ||
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+ | The old Arkansas State Penitentiary served as the site for the Arkansas State Capitol. Long-forgotten wooden coffins were discovered during foundation excavation in 1899.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Iva Gurley ===== | ||
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+ | Representative Iva Gurley was killed by the elevator at the state capital building in 1932.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Cheese Dip ===== | ||
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+ | Arkansas invented the first cheese dip.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Napoleon Bonaparte ===== | ||
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+ | As part of the Louisiana Purchase, former French leader Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered Arkansas to the United States.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Little Rock ===== | ||
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+ | Little Rock is named after a tiny rock feature on the Arkansas River' | ||
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+ | ===== Carry A. Nation ===== | ||
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+ | Carry A. Nation, an Arkansas native, was so opposed to alcohol that she would destroy it with her hatchets, which she called Faith, Hope, and Charity.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Old Mike ===== | ||
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+ | Old Mike was a traveling salesman who died and was embalmed in Arkansas in 1911. For nearly 60 years, he was mysteriously placed in public outside a funeral home. He was ultimately laid to rest in 1975.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Blackbirds ===== | ||
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+ | Over 1,000 blackbirds inexplicably dropped from the sky near Beebe, Arkansas, in 2011. Nobody understands why to this day.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Deaf Leopard ===== | ||
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+ | Deaf Leopard is the mascot of the Arkansas School for the Deaf. The pupils met their mascot' | ||
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+ | ===== Storm And 100 Ducks ===== | ||
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+ | A violent storm sprang up and dumped down on over 100 ducks in Arkansas in 1973.[([[https:// |