Little Rock has witnessed Easter egg stampedes since at least 1905, when the Arkansas Gazette reported that the Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. planned to hide 2,000 chicken eggs in Forest Park. Fifty of those eggs would have painted numbers, for prizes. First prize was $5 in gold.
Little Rock has witnessed Easter egg stampedes since at least 1905, when the Arkansas Gazette reported that the Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. planned to hide 2,000 chicken eggs in Forest Park. Fifty of those eggs would have painted numbers, for prizes. First prize was $5 in gold.