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Polaris then recalled the sleds and quickly developed a new prototype to avoid bankruptcy. [8] The new model, the 1965 Mustang, became a hit as a family snowmobile and boosted Polaris sales. Polaris continued to develop snowmobiles similar to this model throughout the 1960s-1970s, and went on to become one of the leaders in the snowmobile industry.
Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County . In 2023, the city had an estimated population of 80,560, [ 4 ] making it the fifth-most populous city in Arkansas .
The Arkansas State University System, based in Little Rock, serves almost 40,000 students annually on campuses in Arkansas and Queretaro, Mexico, and globally online.. The Arkansas State University System includes Arkansas State University (A-State), a four-year research institution in Jonesboro with Campus Queretaro in Mexico, and four-year research institution, Henderson State University in ...
A-State was founded as the First District Agricultural School in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school.Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature from Sheridan (1905–1912), introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges, including ...
Arkansas State University Newport is a public community college in northeast Arkansas with its main campus in Newport, Arkansas. It is part of the Arkansas State University System . Campuses
Kays was born on July 24, 1882, in Magnolia, Illinois.The son of farmers, John A. Kays and Mary Alice Kays, Victor had five siblings. Upon graduating high school from Henry, Illinois, Kays studied for three years at Northern Illinois State Teachers College and was student coach for the school's first football team before completing a bachelor's degree in 1902.
Despite the improvement of the economy in 1930s, the community went into another decline when Texas State Highway 36 was built. The population was 378 from the 1930s to the mid-1960s and continued to fall to 200 from the mid-1970s through 2000. [4] An article reporting the murder of Sandeela Kanwal mistook the place of the murder for Jonesboro. [5]
Jonesboro School is a public primary, intermediate and highschool located in Jonesboro, Texas and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. It is part of the Jonesboro Independent School District located in Coryell County. In 2015, the school was rated "Improvement Required" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]