The individual chosen for your History Day topic could be:
The Baker Brothers, vaudeville performers George Ballard, poet Father Pietro Bandini, Tontitown founder James Berry, state representative, governor, and U.S. senator Millard Berry, poultry breeder and county judge J.A.C. Blackburn, “lumber king” of Northwest Arkansas Jeff Brown, poultry pioneer John E. Brown, Sr., evangelist, publisher, radio pioneer, and educator Frank Broyles, UA football coach and athletic director Sarah Caldwell, opera singer A.O. Clarke, architect Bill Clinton (the Fayetteville years) Hillary Clinton (the Fayetteville years) Neil Compton, physician and conservationist John Cooper, developer Ernie Deane, journalist and historic preservation advocate Samuel Dellinger, archeologist Maud Duncan, pharmacist, newspaper editor, and mayor Blanche Elliott, founder of War Eagle Craft Fair Orval Faubus, governor William R. Felker, banker and pioneer railroad builder Charles J. Finger, author & adventurer Edsel Ford, poet J. William Fulbright, U.S. senator Roberta Fulbright, publisher, columnist, bank president, and civic crusader Erwin Funk, journalist Lafayette Gregg, Union cavalry officer William “Coin” Harvey, resort founder John Paul Hammerschmidt, U.S. Representative Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly legend John Holcomb, minister and early settler J.B. Hunt, transportation giant Silas Hunt, veteran and pioneer in the integration of higher education E. Fay Jones, architect Harvey Jones, trucking magnate Field L. Kindley, WWI flying ace Walter Lemke, professor and a founder of Washington County Historical Society C.A. Linebarger, resort manager and owner William L. Lovely, agent to the Cherokees Rosa Marinoni, poet Ben McCulloch, Confederate general Tom Morgan, writer and columnist Isaac Murphy, teacher, attorney, and governor Carrie Nation, temperance advocate An Osage or Cherokee person, from the main tribes which occupied this area Mary Celestia Parler, folklorist Samuel Peel, U.S. congressman Vance Randolph, folklorist Simon Sager, early pioneer and furniture craftsman Sophia Sawyer, educator Willis Shaw, trucker Gerald L.K. Smith, minister, political activist, and promoter Joe Steele, businessman & proponent of Beaver Lake John Bell Steele, merchant and Confederate captain Jonas Tebbetts, lawyer, judge, and civic leader Louise Thaden, aviator James W. Trimble, U.S. Representative and proponent of Beaver Lake John Tyson, poultryman and Tyson founder David Walker, early settler, jurist, and lawyer Sam Walton, founder and chairman of Wal-Mart Essie Ward, folk artist Stand Watie, Cherokee leader and general Peter Van Winkle, lumber baron Archibald Yell, attorney, judge, congressman, governor |