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As we did with this year s 40 Under 40 class, we asked each of these honorees a variety of questions about Arkansas strengths, its challenges and ways it can be more attractive to young professionals. Their answers are thoughtful, honest and well worth your time.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita badly needed repairs, and the Wichita Wranglers were struggling with low attendance. Bob Rich Jr., who had owned the team for 18 years, knew he had to make a change.
Ray Winder had a plan. After attracting fewer than 68,000 fans during a 77-game home schedule in 1958, the Travelers professional baseball club left Little Rock and moved to Shreveport for the 1959 season. In 1960, Winder formed the Arkansas Travelers Baseball Club Inc. and led a public stock drive to buy the New Orleans Pelicans franchise.