The Anna-Jonesboro High School Football Field saw a lot of action in the fifties and sixties.
The football field doubled as a practice baseball field in the early fifties and sixties.
Baseball games and track meets were held at the Anna Fair Grounds.
A sawdust pit to the southeast of the football field saw action with player trying to see hit the tackling dummy the hardest.
The football field saw a lot of action from the neighborhood children who used the field as their own private play ground.
Children from all over town would come to the football field and play football, softball and baseball.
Paths through woods on both sides of the football field made a great playground for tag, swinging on grapevines and just running and playing.