[5] H. L. Campbell founded the farm in 1902 because he thought the Hot Springs area needed a tourist attraction in addition to the thermal baths.

[10] The farm includes a petting zoo with goats, emus, llamas, white-tailed deer, pigs, baby alligators, and other animals.

[12] In 1918, the Alligator Farm became part of Babe Ruth baseball lore, due to its location directly across from Whittington Park, then the Spring Training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Ruth, playing in a 1918 spring training game for the Boston Red Sox on St. Patrick's Day, hit a home run that traveled an astonishing 573 feet (175 m), over Whittington Avenue that landed in the second pond at the alligator farm.

Later, the Kansas City Monarchs (1928), Homestead Grays (1930–1931) and Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932-1935) of the Negro leagues used Fogel Field as their spring training site.

On March 17, 1918 (St. Patrick’s Day), he launched a mammoth home run from Whittington Park that landed on the fly, inside the Arkansas Alligator Farm.

The Phillies’ roster included pitching legend Grover Cleveland Alexander and slugging outfielders Gavvy Cravath and Sherwood Magee.

[18] The zoo was featured on ABC News and the TV shows Untamed and Uncut, and Most Shocking when an animal handler was attacked by an alligator.