Tom Dillard is head of Special Collections at the University of Arkansas Libraries and founding editor-in-chief of the Encylopedia of Arkansas. He has been writing the Remembering Arkansas column for the ArkansasDemocrat-Gazette since 2002.
From Native Americans, explorers, and early settlers to entertainers, business people, politicians, lawyers, artists, and many others, the well-known and not-so-well-known Arkansans featured in Statesmen, Scoundrels, and Eccentrics have fascinating stories. To name a few, their'…
Tom Dillard is head of Special Collections at the University of Arkansas Libraries and founding editor-in-chief of the Encylopedia of Arkansas. He has been writing the Remembering Arkansas column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2002.