The encyclopedia was officially launched in 2006 with 700 entries and 900
multimedia items. The website was redesigned in 2019 to add functions and support for mobile devices. The project has a staff of five; articles are written by contributors who receive a payment of 5 cents per word. Tom W. Dillard was the founding editor; the editor is Guy Lancaster, who was one of the first interns. The project is financially supported by the NEH; the
Department of Arkansas Heritage,
Arkansas General Assembly, and Arkansas Humanities Council; and by various foundations, principally the
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. The most-visited page on
Encyclopedia of Arkansas is that of the
Little Rock Nine. Other entries range from
slime mold to various
Civil War battles and skirmishes in Arkansas to cheese dip. == See also ==