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—John Rogers of North Little Rock (pop. 60,433) paid $1.62 million for a 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card in near mint condition at a memorabilia auction in Chicago in August.

first appeared: 1/11/2009

—The state’s oldest store in continuous operation is the Historical Oark General Store and Cafe, established in 1890, in Oark. The store maintains its original appearance and sells a variety of merchandise, from chicken feed and groceries to hardware.

first appeared: 12/29/2008

—Guests at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge near Eureka Springs (pop. 2,278) can spend the night in a tree house at the sanctuary where abandoned, abused and neglected lions, tigers and cougars roam.

first appeared: 11/30/2008

—In 1948, Silas Herbert Hunt of Texarkana (pop. 26,448) became the first black student admitted to the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville (pop. 58,047) since Reconstruction. Hunt, who was born in 1922 in Ashdown (pop. 4,781), was a decorated World War II veteran when he enrolled.

first appeared: 11/16/2008

—Since the 1940s, folks have reported seeing the Fouke (pop. 814) monster, a Big Foot look-alike. The hairy creature inspired the movie The Legend of Boggy Creek.

first appeared: 11/2/2008

—The 1874 Hempstead County Courthouse serves as the visitor center at Historic Washington State Park in Washington (pop. 148). The village, established in 1824, is preserved as a state park with homes, churches, a firehouse and a blacksmith shop.

first appeared: 10/19/2008

—The town of Zinc (pop. 76) owns the oldest known surviving suspension bridge in the state. The swinging pedestrian bridge, built about 1927, sways above Sugar Orchard Creek.

first appeared: 10/5/2008

—The White County Courthouse in Searcy (pop. 18,928) is the oldest working courthouse in the state. Completed in 1871, the courthouse boasts an elaborate clock tower with a bell, cast in 1855, which resembles the Liberty Bell.

first appeared: 9/21/2008

—The state’s first scenic byway, near Jasper (pop. 498) along Highway 7, offers an unobstructed view of the Buffalo River canyon, which has been called the “Grand Canyon of the Ozarks” and “Arkansas Grand Canyon.”

first appeared: 9/7/2008

—Billy Bass, the crooning fish, doesn’t have to be a keeper. Flying Fish restaurants, including one in Little Rock, are official adoption centers for Billy. Hundreds of the battery-powered bass have been happily abandoned at the eatery for free catfish baskets.

first appeared: 8/24/2008

—All students who graduate from El Dorado (pop. 21,530) High School and have attended since kindergarten can go to college—in-state or out—tuition-free thanks to the El Dorado Promise scholarship funded by Murphy Oil Corp. Students who have attended since ninth grade receive partial tuition.

first appeared: 8/10/2008

—America’s Car-Mart, based in Bentonville (pop. 19,730), is the largest publicly held “buy here – pay here” automotive retailer in the nation. Founded in 1981, the company has 94 dealerships in eight states.

first appeared: 7/27/2008

—Founded in 1862 by Eleithet B. Coleman, Coleman Dairy in Little Rock is operated by a fourth- and fifth-generation of the Coleman family. In the early days, dairymen hauled raw milk in crocks and poured it into containers carried to the delivery wagon by customers.

first appeared: 7/13/2008

—Built in 1859, the Lakeport Plantation in Chicot County (pop. 14,117) is the last remaining Arkansas antebellum plantation house. The home was donated to Arkansas State University and has been restored and opened as a museum and educational center.

first appeared: 6/29/2008

—Dr. Hiram Ward, 82, came out of retirement last year to work at the Pike County Memorial Hospital in Murfreesboro (pop. 1,764) when no one else would take the job. Ward was named 2007 Country Doctor of the Year by Staff Care Inc., a physician-staffing firm.

first appeared: 6/15/2008

—Cleburne County (pop. 24,046) is the state’s youngest county and will turn 125 this year. Heber Springs (pop. 6,432) is the county seat.

first appeared: 6/1/2008

—Paragould (pop. 22,017) also has a Statue of Liberty, a bronze small-scale replica that was erected on the Greene County Courthouse square in 1924 as part of a war memorial.

first appeared: 5/18/2008

—Five-year-old Tre Merrit of Arkansas County (pop. 20,749) shot and killed a 445-pound black bear last December while hunting with his grandfather. The tyke, a descendant of Davy Crockett, was taught to shoot at age 2.

first appeared: 5/4/2008

—Mark Stanley of Bentonville (pop. 19,730) is building the state’s first tire-bale house. The perimeter foundation, load-bearing walls and insulation are made of 120 stacked tire bales. Each bale contains up to 100 used automobile tires, which are compressed into a block and secured with metal or plastic ties.

first appeared: 3/9/2008

—State employees who exercise regularly, don’t smoke, and eat fruits and vegetables can earn up to three paid days off each year as participants in the Arkansas Healthy Employee Lifestyle Program.

first appeared: 2/24/2008

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