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| The Natural State | | Arkansas |
Official nickname. Arkansas is known throughout the country for its natural beauty, clear lakes and streams and abundance of natural wildlife. "Because of our unsurpassed scenery, clear lakes, free-flowing streams, magnificent rivers, meandering bayous, delta bottomlands, forested mountains, and abundant fish and wildlife, the official nickname for the State of Arkansas is proclaimed to be "The Natural State"." House Concurrent Resolution, No. 26, Acts 1953, p. 1511; A.S.A. 1947, § 5-110; Acts 1995, No. 1352, § 1.
| Arkansas | | Little Rock |
| Hot Springs National Park | | Arkansas |
Founded in 1921, encompasses 9 mi².
| Arkansas | | Razorbacks |
Fayetteville, Arkansas
| Arkansas State | | Indians |
Jonesboro, Arkansas
| Arkansas State | | Sun Belt |
Jonesboro, Arkansas
| Mississippi River | | Arkansas |
| Arkansas River | | Kansas |
| Arkansas River | | Oklahoma |
| Arkansas River | | Arkansas |
| Arkansas | | Apple Blossom |
| Arkansas | | "The People Rule" |
| Arkansas | |
The diamond on the Arkansas flag represents the only place in North America where diamonds have been mined.
| Tech Fight Song | | Arkansas Tech University |
| Arkansas | | A Diamond, Rice Stalks and a Flying Mallard Duck |
Joined union in 1836, quarter released in 2003
| Ozark Mountains | | Arkansas |
| Arkansas | | Magazine Mt. 2,753 Feet |
| Ozark National Forest | | Arkansas |
| St. Francis National Forest | | Arkansas |
| U.S.S. Arkansas | | Supported the Normandy Invasion. |
Commissioned Sept. 1912 -- BB-33
| Arkansas | | Mockingbird Aka Northern Mockingbird |
(Mimus polyglottos)1929
| Arkansas Mountain | | Arkansas |
| Ozark Mountain | | Arkansas |
| Apple | | Arkansas Black |
| I'm From Arkansas (1944) | | Slim Summerville, El Brendel and Iris Adrian |
Director: Lew Landers. Also starred Bruce Bennett, Maude Eburne & Cliff Nazarro
| The Razorback State | | Arkansas |
Unofficial nickname. Though not official, Arkansas is very often referred to as the Razorback State in reference to the athletic teams of the University of Arkansas. A razorback is a thin, long-legged wild pig found in the state of Arkansas.
| Arkansas | | Diana Fritillary |
| Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | | The U.S.A. |
Little Rock, AR, U.S.A. Circulation 176,275
| Felsenthal | | Arkansas |
Dissected by a system of rivers, creeks, sloughs, buttonbush swamps and lakes
| Logan Cave | | Arkansas |
Ozark Mountain, diverse habitat including oak-hickory forest, grassland and prairie