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The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]
The Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team would play one or two early season games every year in Barton, but they moved their central Arkansas games to Alltel after it opened. During the annual Arkansas State Fair, the coliseum is the venue for the fair's rodeo events. Additionally, it is used as the location throughout the year for ...
Fort Smith Convention Center, with 140,000 square feet of space, is one of the largest convention centers in the region, second only to Little Rock's Statehouse Convention Center, with 225,000 square feet. [22] Fort Smith Convention Center has more than 40,000 square feet (3,700 m 2) of exhibition space. Many trade shows, conventions, and other ...
Little Rock [a] is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas.The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. [4] The six-county Little Rock metropolitan area is the 81st-most populous in the United States with 748,031 residents according to the 2020 census.
Formed on February 4, 1869, Grant County was named in honor of U.S. President-elect Ulysses S. Grant. [3] [4] It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas General Assembly (1905-1912) from Sheridan, introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges. [5]
Mayflower is located in southern Faulkner County. The Interstate 40/US 65 freeway passes along the eastern edge of the city, with access from Exit 135 (Arkansas Highway 89). I-40 leads southeast 20 miles (32 km) to Little Rock, the state capital, and north 10 miles (16 km) to Conway, the Faulkner County seat.
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center, is an art museum located in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. The museum's most recent expansion and renovation was designed by architecture and urban design practice Studio Gang .
The Ozark Folk Center is an Arkansas living history state park located in Mountain View, ... This page was last edited on 3 August 2023, at 01:25 (UTC).