7 Great Things To Do in Arkansas

1) Take a scenic drive on State Arkansas' highways, know to appreciate the beauty of the Ozarks and other known natural sights. Arkansas Scenic 7 will have to offer you the best views of the Ozark and Ouachita mountains. Arkansas 309 rises 2753 meters the highest peak of the state. If you think not, as the heights and prefer this close to the "sea level" as possible, try to Interstate 530 winds through wetlands and Bayou Bartholomew.

2) Do not forgetStop by many wineries Arkansas' for some fancy wine tasting, relaxation and shopping. Here are just a few pit stops are proposed along the "Route of the fermentation": Chateau Aux Arc, Mount Bethel Winery, Post Family Vineyards & Winery, wine cellars and vineyards, and recurrence.

3) Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park is the place to be for the history and Civil War buff in the family. Join the hour long guided tours by professional guides and learn more about the events ofpainful era in American history.

4) Arkansas is proud of its historic preservation efforts. There are many sites around the country, where you visit and appreciate old houses, apartments, houses and villages, Indian courts are still looking pretty as they looked a hundred and fifty years ago. Parkin Archeological State Park is a good place to start your tour of historic heritage. Also check out Crowley's Ridge State Park, Devil's Den State Park, JacksonportState Park

5) Trail of Tears cuts through several state parks and attracts thousands of visitors every year. In some parks you can actually have the same channels through which Indians were forced to go during their migration westward march. In other parts of the trail, you are only allowed to see it from an overpass. The trail winds through Lake Dardanelle State Park, Mount Nebo State Park, Petit Jean State Park and PinnacleMountain State Park

6) Ozark Folk Center is where you will be treated as sweet folk music, and much of it also from the best country-folk and bluegrass musicians around provided. The center is also a great resource for researchers with 60,000 documents, Ozark shots and groups of notes.

7) Would you like your respects to one of the oldest trees in the entire nation? Then head for the Washington State Historic Park, home of the giant Southern magnolia Roystonregistered in Arkansas famous and historic tree program.

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Capital Cities Tour: Discover Little Rock, Arkansas

The Arkansas River flows from northwest to southeast, divides
the state into two parts. Little Rock, the state capital and largest
City is situated on a hill on the southern bank of the River. Founded in
In 1812 the town received its name from the French "la petite roche"
or "Little Rock", a stone to day serving as the shores of
Arkansas River used as a landmark by early navigators.
Called "Little Rock" to it by a huge rock
upstream-called "Big Rock", itwas a suitable job
Land Before venturing into the Ozark and Ouachita mountains
last. Before the Civil War, the little rock to light was serving as
larger, but the railroad a few tons of them chipped in order to build a
Bridge Foundation. So Little Rock Littler is today.

Things to See in Little Rock:

• State Capitol

Little Rock, there are three state capitals. The original is in the
Arkansas Territorial Restoration, a collection of historical,
Pioneer EraBuildings.

The second-oldest surviving Capitol State Capitol West
the Mississippi and the first page of the State
Legislature, is now the Old State House Museum, a classic
Greek Revival on the rocks of the Arkansas River. It is also
the side of President Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996
Election Night celebration. The museum is home to Arkansas
the history of the state, local art, a collection of Civil War battle flags
and the state first ladies'Inaugural meeting clothes.

The current Arkansas State Capitol, designed in 1899 and
is completed in 1916, is a replica of the golden dome quarter
the nation's Capitol. It sits on a hill west of downtown
Little Rock on the former site of the old State Penitentiary.
Of Arkansas white marble and granite, the building is
similarly, the nation's Capitol, but with the unique distinction
thickness of six, 4-inch, hand-crafted Tiffany brass doors,
Shine like sixGold bars.

Check it out:. . . At Christmas, white fire in the Capitol
Lights that reflect from the intricately carved brass doors.
Amid all this glittering white light, the word "peace"
On a cool sapphire blue set of five circular
Window above the main entrance. Beautiful.

Tip: Another feature is the seasonal Christmas trees on 100
the lawn, which Arkansas counties. Each tree is
established on the basis of the specificity of the community.A
festive way to learn about Arkansas counties.

• MacArthur Park Historic District, or Quapaw Historic District

Downtown Little Rock's oldest neighborhood is
MacArthur Park Historic District (also known as the Quapaw
Historic District, named after the Quapaw Indian tribe). The
MacArthur Park focus is on 36 acres was originally
Set aside in 1837 for a whole arsenal to protect the settlers fear
Indian attacks,Who did not come. In the late 1800s
German immigrants could be around the armory building
Homes from modest cottages to some of the most
elegant 19th Century Real Estate. The neighborhood is also the
Birthplace of World War II hero General Douglas MacArthur
Born in April 1880. The Quapaw Historic District preserves
This classic Victorian homes from the past, Little Rock's, a
It is, in 1881 featured in the opening Villa Marre
Scenes from the formerTV show "Designing Women."

• Central High School National Historic Site

Now a national historic site, was the Central High School
Scene from the 1957 school integration crisis, in which nine
black students showed up to participate in Little Rock Central High
School under a 1954 Supreme Court ruling against racial
Segregation. Although the city expects that one of the first
Cities in the south to meet the new law, the governor
than in the stateSoldiers block the students from attending,
Fear of violence and property damage by protesters. After
three weeks the troops were withdrawn and the local police
accompanies the students through a side door, which only
led again four hours later. U.S. Congressman
Hays and Little Rock Mayor Mann called on the Federal Government
Government and President Eisenhower sent a
Thousand soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division
U.S. Army to theSite, and that it is settled. The nine students
to school, stayed the entire period, and finally
completed. Central High Museum and Visitor's Center
recalls this historic event.

• The Old Mill

Fans of the movie "Gone with the Wind" will enjoy a visit to
the Old Mill in North Little Rock. A historic new creation of a
19. Century water powered grist mill, it was featured in the
early scenes of the classic film.

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