One of the most influential institutions in early Arkansas was the Fayetteville Female Seminary, which provided a quality education for girls throughout the region in a time when most women received little, if any, schooling. It also accepted Cherokee and white students in an era when the "mixing of the races" was discouraged.
The Daughters of the American Revolution National Pike Chapter presented local students the DAR Good Citizen, the JROTC, the Junior American Citizen and the Youth Citizenship awards during a series