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While at a Little Rock banquet given in his honor, David "Davy" Crockett reportedly stated, "If I could rest anywhere it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grow nowhere else on the face of the universal earth but just around the backbone of North America."

Armchair historians in Garland County often look to the Garland County Historical Societys annual journal, The Record, to find articles on subjects they find interesting.

Jim Pitcock, the former news director for KATV and a longtime media figure in Arkansas, died Sunday morning, his family announced. He was 83.

Jim Pitcock, the former news director for KATV and a longtime media figure in Arkansas, died Sunday morning, his family announced.

Jim Pitcock, the former news director for KATV and a longtime television media figure in Arkansas, died Sunday morning, his family announced. He was 83.

The 538-unit mini-storage property in south Pulaski County was purchased by Pratt Road Storage (AR) LLC.

100 years ago

100 years ago

Arkansas Governor Hutchinson Signs Bill Providing Sales Tax Exemption for Coins, Bullion Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed into law Senate Bill 336, creating an exemption from the sales and use tax for coins, currency, and bullion. “The bill’s primary sponsor, Senator Mark Johnson (R), along with its House sponsor, Representative Delia Haak (R-91), championed the bill through the legislature,” said Dan Hedges ( In the spring of 2018, Paul Mason ( Mason’s Coin and Pawn, Ho...