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Gosnell was incorporated as a first-class city on March 12, 1968. Gosnell’s first mayor after incorporation was Andy Bevill. Eaker Air Force Base was closed in 1992. The Gosnell school system lost half of its enrollment as military personnel relocated. Throughout the county, unemployment increased and population fell. Over time, though, additional uses were found for the base. The Arkansas Aeroplex uses the existing runways and buildings for a number of businesses, including the Arkansas International Airport. A retirement community, a golf course, and a research station of the Arkansas Archeological Survey also use land from the former base. Around the beginning of the twenty-first century, Gosnell began to attract families from Blytheville’s new steel mills and related industries moving to the area. Gosnell remains a bedroom community for Blytheville. The town is known for its annual Cotton Pickin’ Festival and Tractor Pull. In the 1940s and 1950s, Blytheville had held the National Cotton Picking Contest. This festival lasted two days and featured a parade and a beauty pageant. Professional cotton pickers from around the country competed for cash prizes. Blytheville discontinued the festival in the 1960s because new technology made it unnecessary to pick cotton by hand. In 1991, Gosnell resurrected the festival to show a new generation what it was like to pick cotton by hand and to allow old-timers to show their proficiency. Gosnell’s primary industry is still cotton farming.
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