Editing Marianna, Arkansas (section)

==History==
The community was established by Col. Walter H. Otey in 1848, and was known as Walnut Ridge until 1852.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Marianna hosted [[minor league baseball]]. In 1909, the [[Marianna Brickeys]] team played as members of the [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] level [[Northeast Arkansas League]], finishing in third place in their only season of minor league play.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor-first1=Lloyd |editor-last1=Johnson |editor-first2=Miles |editor-last2=Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=[[Baseball America]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/l-NEAR1/y-1909|title=1909 Northeast Arkansas League (NAL) minor league baseball on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=b5abb347|title=1909 Northeast Arkansas League|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/northeast-arkansas-league-4150/|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref> The Marianna use of the "Brickeys" nickname corresponded to the city bricking the city streets in 1908.<ref>{{cite web
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