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Most Neighborly States

The Question: Which U.S. state shares the most borders with other states? The Answer: It is a tie. Tennessee and Missouri each share borders with…

Blanche LAMBERT, Congress, AR (1960)

LAMBERT, Blanche, see Blanche Lambert Lincoln Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links Members of the Current Senate Floor…

Hernando De Soto

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador who landed in present-day Florida in 1539, then tore around the southeastern and midwestern parts of North America until he died in 1542. Little is known…

Paula Jones

Name at birth: Paula Rosalee CorbinAccording to Paula Corbin Jones, in 1991 she was escorted to the hotel room of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, where he crudely propositioned her. An employee for…

Robbie Tilley Branscum Biography

Robbie Tilley BranscumwriterBorn: 6/17/1937Birthplace: near Big Flat, Arkansas A popular children's author, she drew on her own childhood in rural Arkansas to tell stories of hardship and good times…

Otis Theodore WINGO, Congress, AR (1877-1930)

WINGO Otis Theodore , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Weakley County, Tenn., June 18, 1877; attended the public schools, Bethel College at McKenzie, Tenn., McFerrin College at Martin, Tenn…

Brandon Burlsworth Biography

Brandon BurlsworthAge: 22 walk-on offensive lineman at the University of Arkansas who rose to become a starter before the 1996 season; earned All-SEC honors, second-team All-America honors…