Speakers
April 22, 2026
From scientists to entertainers to philosophers to athletes and poets, the famous have stopped through Fayetteville to speak. … More Speakers
Category: People
Archibald Yell
April 19, 2013
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produced short videos about the history of Fayetteville in a series called Fayetteville History Minute, which aired on the government channel. This week’s history minute is about Archibald Yell, a judge at Fayetteville who later served as Arkansas’ first representative in Congress … More Archibald Yell
Walker Cemetery
April 5, 2013
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produced short videos about the history of Fayetteville in a series called Fayetteville History Minute, which aired on the government channel. This week’s history minute is about the Walker Cemetery, located on East Rock Street and final resting place of many of … More Walker Cemetery
Architect E. Fay Jones
March 29, 2013
The Old State House produced a 10-minute video about Fay Jones, “Outside the Pale: Architecture of Fay Jones,” which examines his philosophy of architecture, the inspirations for pursuing architecture as a vocation and a look at some of his creations, including ThornCrown Chapel. The video was added to YouTube in 2021. The staff of the … More Architect E. Fay Jones
John Clinton Futrall and Anne Gaines Duke Futrall
March 20, 2013
John Clinton Futrall (1873-1939) was born in Tennessee and his family moved to Marianna, Ark., when he was 10 years old. He came to Fayetteville to study at the University of Arkansas, then transferred to the University of Virginia and later studied at the universities in Bonne and Halle, Germany. He returned to Fayetteville to … More John Clinton Futrall and Anne Gaines Duke Futrall
Fayetteville History Minute: Richard Covey
August 1, 2012
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produced short videos about the history of Fayetteville, called Faytteville History Minute, which aired on the government channel. This history minute is about Richard Covey, a Fayetteville native born on August 1, 1946. Covey was pilot for two space shuttle missions and … More Fayetteville History Minute: Richard Covey