In 1911, with wild game populations declining rapidly across the country due to market hunting, Arkansas was one of just seven states with no conservation agency. In the halls of state government at Little Rock, legislators began discussing the creation of such an agency. Heated debates took place during the next four years.
Robin William Burn was born Aug. 2, 1890, in west Arkansas. Some say he was born in Van Buren. Others say he was born at Greenwood and moved with his family to Van Buren when he was 3. He would become known as Bob Burns.
A change at the Library of Congress to use "Elaine Massacre" as a research subject heading more accurately describes the racially-motivated killings of Black residents in 1919, historians and descendants said.