"If I could rest anywhere it would be Arkansaw where the man of the real-horse, half alligator-breed such as grows no where else on the face of the universal earth" Davey Crockett 1834
"Of all i seen in America it Arkansas one the one which pleased me most...I shall never forget the happy days there, where many a pure heart beats under a coarse frock or leather hunting shirt. " Frederick Gerstaecker German travel writer, 1843
"Little that is true is really known of the state and no other people have been more misunderstood." The New York Times, 1874
"Tell your mama, tell your pa, gonna send you back to Arkansas." Ray Charles, 1959
"If anybody asked me to pick the happiest 4 or 5 years of my life, it would be my time spent in Arkansas." Pat Summerall, 1990
"I would like to flee like a wounded hart into Arkansas." Oscar Wilde 1897
