The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture provides the most comprehensive online record of historical and cultural information about Arkansas. The encyclopedia is maintained and updated with new entries by the staff of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, which is part of the Central Arkansas Library System.
Below are links directly to some of the many encyclopedia entries related directly to Fayetteville:
General History
- Fayetteville (description and history)
- Fayetteville Polka (description) (audio recording) (sheet music)
- Washington County (history)
Events
- Battle of Fayetteville (history and description)
- Battle of Prairie Grove (history)
- Butterfield Overland Express (history)
- Integration (history)
- Mountain Meadows Massacre (history)
- Trail of Tears (history)
- Walton Arts Center groundbreaking (photograph)
- Zerbe Air Sedan, flying of (history) (photograph)
People
- Alexander, Henry McMillan; educator (biography) (photograph)
- Altheimer, Benjamin Joseph Sr.; researcher (biography)
- Alworth, Lance; athlete (biography)
- Appleby, John Tate "Jack"; apple industry, historian (biography)
- Axum, Donna; see Whitworth, Donna Axum
- Baerg, William J.; entomologist (biography)
- Barnhill, John Henry; coach (biography) (photograph)
- Baxter, William; clergy, educator (photograph)
- Blair, Diane Kincaid; educator (biography)
- Branner, John Casper; geologist (biography)
- Brough, Charles Hillman; educator, politician (biography)
- Broyles, Frank; coach (biography)
- Buchanan, Herbert Earle; astronomer (biography)
- Burlsworth, Brandon; athlete (foundation and photograph)
- Burris, Sidney; writer (biography)
- Caldwell, Sarah; opera conductor (biography)
- Clinton, Bill; politician (biography)
- Clinton, Hillary; politician (biography)
- Corbin, Joseph Carter; educator (biography)
- Deane, Ernie; journalist (biography)
- Dellinger, Samuel Claudius; archeologist, educator (biography)
- Dinsmore, Hugh Anderson; politician (biography) (photograph of headstone)
- Ellis, Clyde Taylor; politician (biography) (photograph)
- Finger, Charles Joseph; writer (biography) (photograph)
- Ford, Edsel; poet (biography)
- Fulbright, James William; politician (biography) (photograph)
- Fulbright, Roberta Waugh; publisher (biography)
- Futrall, John Clinton, educator (photograph, c1894) (photograph, c1938)
- Gates, Noah Putnam; educator (photograph)
- Gilchrist, Ellen; novelist (biography)
- Graham, Robert; clergy, educator (photograph)
- Gregg, Lafayette; politician (biography)
- Hackett, Nelson; slave (history)
- Harding, Arthur; educator (photograph)
- Harington, Don; novelist (biography)
- Harris, E. Lynn; novelist (biography) (photograph)
- Harrison, Bill (biography)
- Harrison, Marcus LaRue; soldier (biography)
- Hawkins, Ronnie; singer (biography)
- Hays, Donald "Skip"; novelist (biography)
- Heerwagen, Paul Martin; designer (biography)
- Hess, Joan Edmiston; novelist (biography)
- Hill, Julia "Butterfly"; environmentalist (biography)
- Hoover, Theressa; educator (biography)
- Hunt, Silas; student (biography) (photograph)
- Jackson, Keith; athlete (biography)
- Jones, Douglas Clyde; novelist (biography)
- Jones, Euine Fay; architect (biography) (photograph)
- Kimbrough, Wilson Whitaker Jr.; politician (biography)
- Kimpel, Ben Drew; educator (biography) (photograph)
- Lauck, Chet; entertainer (biography)
- Lemke, Walter; historian, educator (biography) (photograph)
- Lighton, William Rheem; writer (biography)
- Lloyd, Edgar; student (biography)
- Marinoni, Rosa Zagnoni; poet (biography)
- Mercer, C.C.; student (photograph)
- Miser, Hugh Dinsmore; geographer (biography)
- Moncrief, Sidney; athlete (biography)
- Moore, James; professor and scientist (photograph)
- Murphy, Isaac; politician (biography)
- Paris, Twila; singer (biography)
- Parler, Mary Celestia; folklorist (biography) (photograph)
- Portis, Charles; novelist (biography)
- Pryor, David; politician (biography)
- Purdue, Albert Homer; politician (biography) (photograph)
- Quesenbury, William Minor; journalist (biography)
- Randolph, Vance; folklorist (biography)
- Reed, Lessie Stringfellow; journalist (biography)
- Reed, Roy; journalist (biography)
- Reynolds, John Hugh; historian (biography)
- Rice, Jenny Eakin Delony; painter (biography)
- Richardson, Nolan; coach (photograph)
- Roy, Elsijane Trimble; judge (biography) (photograph)
- Sawyer, Sophia; educator (biography) (photograph)
- Schoonover, Wear; athlete (biography)
- Scott, Clyde; athlete (biography)
- Stanford, Frank; poet (biography)
- Stone, Edward Durell; architect (biography) (photograph)
- Switzer, Barry; coach (biography)
- Thomas, David Yancey; historian (biography)
- Walker, David; politician (biography) (photograph)
- James David Walker (biography)
- Ward, Elizabeth; Miss America (biography)
- Whitworth, Donna Axum; Miss America (biography) (photograph)
- Williams, Lucinda; singer (biography)
- Williams, Miller; poet (biography)
- Wilson, Charles Morrow; writer (biography) (photograph)
- Wright, C.D.; poet (biography)
- Yell, Archibald; politician (biography)
- Zellner, Ferdinand Frederick; composer (biography)
Institutions, Organizations and Businesses
- Apple Industry (history)
- Arkansas Air Museum (description) (photograph)
- Arkansas College (history) (lithograph)
- Cate Brothers Band (history)
- Far West Seminary (history)
- Fayetteville Angels baseball team (team photograph)
- Fayetteville Female Seminary (history) (lithograph)
- Fayetteville School District (desegregation)
- First Arkansas Light Artillery Battery (photograph)
- First Arkansas Union Cavalry (history)
- Fulbright Industries (history)
- Gibson baskets (history)
- Headquarters House Museum (description) (photograph)
- Northwest Arkansas Writers Workshop (description)
- Ozark Folklore Society (description)
- Ozark Institute (description)
- Razorbacks (history)
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. (history)
- Southern Memorial Association (history)
- Trout Fishing in America (description)
- University of Arkansas (history) (aerial photograph)
- University of Arkansas Press (description)
- University of Arkansas School of Law (history)
- Walton Arts Center (description) (photograph)
Buildings and places
- Archibald Yell Law Office (photograph)
- Arkansas Air Museum (photograph)
- Arkansas Archeological Survey (description)
- Arkansas College (lithograph)
- Boston Mountains (description)
- Confederate Cemetery (photograph)
- Futrall House (photograph)
- Islamic Center of Northwest Arkansas (photograph)
- John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Building (photograph)
- Lafayette Gregg Home (photograph)
- Lovely County (history)
- Old Main (photograph)
- Ozark Mountains (description)
- Razorback Stadium dedication (photograph)
- Ridge House (description) (photograph)
- Sarah Bird Northup Ridge House (description) (photograph)
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (architectural drawing)
- Washington County Courthourse, third (photograph)
- Washington County Courthouse, fourth (photograph)
- White River (description)
- Zero Mountain (history)
