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Arkansas Travelers
League	Texas League
Division	North Division
Year founded	1895
Major League affiliation	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Home ballpark	Dickey-Stephens Park
Previous home ballparks	Ray Winder Field
City	North Little Rock, Arkansas
Current uniform colors	navy blue, red
Previous uniform colors
Logo design	A streaking blue triangle with the "A Travs" centered on it in red. Streaking above the triangle is "The Greatest Game on Dirt" in blue.
Division titles
League titles
Manager	Bobby Magallanes
Owner

The Arkansas Travelers, also known informally as The Travs, are a minor league baseball team based in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Class AA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim major-league club. In 2006, the team played its last game at Ray Winder Field in Little Rock. Beginning in 2007, the Travelers will play at Dickey-Stephens Park, located in North Little Rock.

Named the Little Rock Travelers at the team’s inception in 1895, the Travs were the first professional sports team to claim an entire state in 1957 when they became the Arkansas Travelers.

In 2004 the team introduced new road jerseys and alternate caps that paid homage to the Travs’ home city. The jerseys had “Little Rock” written across the chest. Travelers’ jerseys have either featured “Arkansas” or “Travelers” ever since the 1950s.

“Nostalgia is in these days and the retro look has become stylish,” said Travs’ Executive Vice President/General Manager Bill Valentine. “We were the Little Rock Travelers for years and after all this time we thought we lost the identification with Little Rock. Some people actually didn’t know we’re from Little Rock. The LR logo has had success on our replica caps and we thought that the time to make this change was right now.”

From 1932 to 2006, the Travs played at Ray Winder Field, which as of now is nearly three-quarters of a century old and is showing signs of age. After a successful special election in 2005, the team is slated to move to a new stadium at the start of the 2007 season. Dickey-Stephens Park, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, will be built along the Arkansas River at a location that was previously considered for Alltel Arena. The stadium will be built from a combination of proceeds from the sales tax approved in the special election and private donations.

Dickey-Stephens Park is a new stadium in North Little Rock, Arkansas, that is nearing completion. It will be primarily used for baseball and will be the home field of the Arkansas Travelers minor league baseball team. It will hold at least 7,000 people. It replaced the club's former home, Ray Winder Field. Dickey-Stephens Park will host its first baseball game when the Arkansas Travelers host the Frisco RoughRiders on April 12, 2007.

• Arkansas Travelers official website