Timeline -- 1930s

1930
The federal census shows Fayetteville’s population to be 7,394, a 38 percent increase from the 1920 population. Washington County’s total population was 39,255.

1934
Fayetteville’s first professional baseball team, The Fayetteville Educators, plays its first game at home as part of the Arkansas State League. They lost 9 to 7 to a Siloam Springs team.

1937
Fayetteville residents approved a $20,000 bond issue to build an airfield that would eventually become Drake Field.

1939
Altrusa International organized a Fayetteville chapter, the second in the state, with Sue Garrett Keller serving as its first president. The group’s first service project was a community playhouse.