INDEX

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A

Ace of Clubs House, 92

All Seasons Trail, 186

Allen’s Barbeque, 24, 148

alligators, 78, 105, 137, 169

Alotian, 29

Altus, 34, 161, 166–67

Altus Heritage House Museum, 161

Alum Cove Natural Bridge, 126

American Bonsai Nursery, 177

Annual Beanfest & Outhouse Races, 265

Annual Camden BPW Barn Sale, 119–20

Annual Ozark Folk Festival, 265

Annual Riverfest, 119

Annual Tontitown Grape Festival, 218

Annual Wynne Farm Fest, 84

Antique Warehouse of Arkansas, 23, 263

antiques, 23

AR 7, 126, 185

archeology, 39, 73, 75

Arkadelphia, 24, 90, 128–29

Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, 32, 158, 200

Arkansas Alligator Farm & Petting Zoo, 137

Arkansas Arts Center, 31, 91, 98

Arkansas Big Bass Classic, 157

Arkansas.com, 23, 28

Arkansas Delta Byways Tourist Association, 46

Arkansas Derby, 28, 138

Arkansas Historic Wine Museum, 34, 135, 166

Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, 92–94

Arkansas Museum of Discovery, 94, 117

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 38, 91, 96

Arkansas Post, 22, 27, 157

Arkansas Public Theatre, 215

Arkansas Railroad Museum, 32, 96

Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 118

Arkansas River Trail, 89

Arkansas River Visitor Center, 160, 165

Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, 94

Arkansas State Capitol, 94

Arkansas State Museum, 71

Arkansasstateparks.com, 41

Arkansas State University Museum, 73

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 116

Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa, 145

Arrowhead Crystal Mine, 140–41

Artisans Market on the Square, 265

arts, 31

Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 98

Arts Center of the Grand Prairie, 49

Arts Center of the Ozarks, 192

Arvest Ballpark, 183, 215

Ashley’s Mills, Battle of, 52

Audubon Society, 111

Aviation Cadet Museum, 229

B

Ballet Arkansas, 116

Baltz, William, 54, 230

Band Museum, 91

Bargains Galore, 23

Barkshed Recreational Areas, 221

Barling, 168

Barnhill Arena, 30

Basin Park Hotel, 33, 237, 249

Bass, Arvell, 28

Batesville, Mark Martin Museum, 33, 235

Bathhouse Row, 132

baths, 129

Battle of Ashley’s Mills, 52

Battle of Helena, 55, 75

Battle of Jenkins Ferry, 97

Battle of Poison Springs, 91

Battle of Reed’s Bridge, 97

bauxite, 97

BBQ, 24

Bear Creek Cycle Trail, 38

Bear Creek Lake, 70, 78

Bear Creek Springs Trout Farm, 234, 234

Beaver Lake, 202, 203, 204, 221, 235

Belladerm, 200

Belle Grove historic district, 161, 166

Belle of Hot Springs Riverboat, 137

Belle of the Ozarks, 236

Benton, Gann Museum, 97

Bentonville, 11, 14, 183–84, 184, 187–88; 21C Museum Hotel, 196–97, 204; airport, 156, 184; Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), 188; biking, 24; Compton Gardens, 199; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 188, 190; Museum of Native American Artifacts, 193, 194; Scott Family Amazeum, 184, 200, 200, 201; Walmart, 183, 187, 188, 195, 196–97; Walmart Visitor Center, 195, 195

Berryville, Cosmic Caverns, 241

Bible Museum, The, 229

bicycling, 24, 38; AR 7, 126; Arkadelphia, 128; Arkansas River Trail, 89; Big Dam Bridge, The, 89; BMX, 107; Cane Creek State Park, 107–8; Carriage House Inn, The, 146; DeGray Lake Resort State Park & Lodge, 138; Lake Chicot State Park, 54; Lake Ouachita Vista Trail, 126; Loose Caboose Festival, 83; maps, 23; Millwood State Park, 111; Nebo State Park, 173; Scenic 7 Byway, 126; Village Creek State Park, 80; White Oak Lake State Park, 110; Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, 172

Big Bass Bonanza, 157

Big Brushy, 126

Big Dam Bridge, The, 89

Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 52

Big Woods, woodpecker, 25, 33, 45

Bikes, Blues, & BBQ Motorcycle Rally, 29, 30, 183, 188, 218

biking, 29, 30, 38, 183, 188, 218

Biloxi Blues, 162

birding, 25; Arkansas Delta Byways, 6; Arkansas River Valley, 155; Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 52; Bona Dea Trails and Sanctuary, 16; Buffalo National River, 225; Cane Creek State Park, 107–8; Crowley’s Ridge, 68; Delta, 4; Fort Smith, 159; Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, 169; Lake Chicot, 55; Lake Village, 48; Millwood Lake, 111; Mount Magazine State Park, 174; Russellville, 160; St. Francis Wildlife Management Area, 78; Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge, 53; woodpecker, 16, 25, 33, 45, 46

Bismarck, 138

Black Bass Lake, 221

bladesmithing, 93

Blakely Mountain Dam, 90

Blanchard Springs Caverns, 26, 181, 220, 239–41

Blue Spring Heritage Center & Gardens, 231

bluegrass, 26, 72, 83, 150, 177, 262

Blytheville Heritage Museum, 49

Blytheville, 46, 48–49, 57, 60, 64

Boone County Heritage Museum, 226, 229

Boston Mountains, 18, 156, 181; Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, 200; Artist Point Gift Shop & Museum, 216; Buffalo National River, 224; Mountain View, 227; Salem Plateau, 219; scenic loop, 186

Boston Mountains Scenic Loop, The, 186

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, 198–99

Bowie, Jim, 93

Brewer Crystal Mining, 141

breweries, 26, 117, 215

Brinkley, 48; Central Delta Depot & Museum, 49; Cottage Mall & Café, 57; Louisiana Purchase State Park, 53; Mallard Pointe Lodge, 56

Brinkley, Hugh, 48

Brock, Lou, 91

Brock Creek, four-wheeling, 29

Brotherhood, The, 15, 94

Brown, Floyd, 48

Bubba’s Blues Corner, 26, 83

Buckstaff Bathhouse, 132–33

Bud Walton Arena, 30, 194

Buffalo National River, 26, 224–25

Buffalo National River Civil War Heritage Trail, 186

Bull Shoals Lake, 29, 223, 242–44

Bull Shoals-White River State Park, 242–43

Burns Park, 107

butterflies, 25, 28, 105, 174

C

Cabins at Dry Creek, 41

Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, 52

Caddo Nation, 98, 155

Caddo River, 33, 127, 131

Cadron Settlement Park, 129, 165

Cajun Express, 83

Calico Rock, 182, 220, 221

Camden, 90, 91, 119–20, 128

Camden Daffodil Festival, 119

Cane Creek State Park, 37, 41, 58, 107, 108, 109

canoeing; Buffalo Camping, Canoeing, and Cabins, 252; Buffalo National River, 33; Caddo River, 127; Cassatot River, 128; Devil’s Den State Park, 159; Hardy, 254; Helena-West Helena, 76; Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, 250; Lake Devil, 209; Mulberry River, 157; Ozark, 160; Spring River, 223

Capone, Al, 124, 131, 145

Capone’s Ohio Club, 149

Captain Henderson House, 143, 143

Cardboard Boat Festival, 28

Carl A. Totemeier Horticulture Center, 199

Carnall Hall, 202, 205, 206, 213

Carpenter Dam, 90

Cash, Johnny, 19, 51–52

Casqui, 39, 75

Castaway Sailing on Beaver Lake, 235

caverns, 26, 126, 220, 239–41, 241

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), 36

Celestial Windz Harmonic Bizaar, 231–32

Central Delta Depot Museum and Visitor Center, 48, 49

Chalk Bluff Battlefield Park, 74

Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets, 32

Chateau aux Arc Vineyards & Winery, 34, 166

Cherokees: Cadron Settlement Park, 165; Conway, 129; Military Road Trail, 69; Pickles Gap Village, 151

chocolate gravy, 57, 261

Christ of the Ozarks, 231, 232

Civil War, 26–27; Battlefield, A Civil War Bookshoppe, The, 151; Battle of Ashley’s Mills, 52; Battle of Fayetteville, 192; Boone County Heritage Museum, 229; Buffalo National River Civil War Heritage Trail, 186; Camden, 91; Camden Daffodil Festival, 119; Chalk Bluff Battlefield Park, 74; Chalk Bluff Civil War Battlefield, 69; Civil War Red River Campaign State Parks, 100, 102; Delta Cultural Center, 75; Delta Heritage Tours, 55; Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery, 197; Fort Smith Museum of History, 163; Fort Smith National Historic Site, 166; Grant County Museum & Heritage Village, 97; Headquarters House Museum, 192–93, 193; Helena, 67, 73; Historic Van Winkle Trail, 187; Historic Washington State Park, 93; Jacksonville Military History Museum, 97; Lake Chicot State Park, 48; Lake Village, 48; Pea Ridge National Military Park, 198; Phillips County Museum, 73; Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, 41, 198; St. Charles Museum, 50–51; St. Charles, 49; St. Francis, 74; Van Buren, 160

Civil War Red River Campaign State Parks, 100, 102

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 36

Clarendon, 52, 58

Clarksville, 31, 155, 156, 158

climbing, 38, 109, 110, 174, 250

Clinton, Bill, 24–25; Arkadelphia, 129; Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa, 145; Clinton, William J., 189; Hope, 92; Hot Springs, 130; McClard’s Bar-B-Q, 148

Clinton Birthplace and Museum, 92

Clinton boyhood home, 88

Clinton First Home Museum and Exhibit Center, 100, 102

Clinton House Museum, 25, 192

Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, 99, 106

Compton Gardens, 199

Confederate Cemetery, 27, 55, 197

Conway, 129; Cadron Settlement Park, 165; chamber of commerce, 125; Conway Symphony Orchestra, 149; Faulkner County Museum, 131; Pickles Gap Village, 151; Toad Suck Daze, 151–52

Cosmic Cavern, 26, 241

Cossatot River, 33, 37, 38, 124, 125, 128, 130, 146

Cossatot State Park, 37, 130

Costello, Frank, 131

cotton, 19, 49, 50, 68, 128

Cowie Wine Cellars, 34, 167

Craig’s Brothers Café, 24, 58

Crater of Diamonds State Park, 20, 36, 87, 103

crawfish, 55, 83

Crescent Hotel, 33, 226, 232, 233, 236

Crockett, Davy, 93

Cross-Eyed Pig, 24

Crossett, 33, 102, 106

Crossland Zoo, 102

Crowley, Benjamin F., 67, 79

Crowley’s Ridge, 16, 20, 28, 65–84; Annual Pumpkin Hollow Pumpkin Patch, 84; Annual Wynne Farm Fest, 84; Arkansas State University Museum, 73; canoe, 76; CCC, 36; Chalk Bluff Civil War Battlefield, 69, 74; crawfish, 83; Crowley’s Ridge State Park, 79; Delta Cultural Center, 74; Earl Buss Bayou DeView, 77; Forrest City, 71; Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center, 25, 26, 77; golf, 76–77; Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, 73; horses, 27, 76; Jonesboro, 71; King Biscuit Blues Festival, 84; L’Anguille River, 70; Loose Caboose Festival, 83; Marianna, 71; Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center, 74; Military Road Trail, 69; Mississippi River State Park, 69, 70; Paragould, 71, 83; Parker Homestead, 74; Parkin Archeological State Park, 70, 75; Phillips County Museum, 73; Piggott, 71, 84; Quapaw Canoe Company, 76; Ridges at Village Creek, The, 76; Sage Meadows, 77; St. Francis County Museum, 72; St. Francis National Forest, 70; St. Francis River, 69; St. Francis Sunken Lands, 70, 78; St. Francis Wildlife Management Area, 78; Village Creek State Park, 76, 80; Wynne, 72, 84

Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center, 25, 26, 77

Crowley’s Ridge Parkway, 38, 69, 81

Crowley’s Ridge State Park, 79

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 11, 13, 13, 31, 184, 188, 189, 190–91, 196

crystal mines, 140–41. See also crystals

Crystal Seen Trading Company, The, 141

crystals, 19, 124, 125, 129, 131, 140–41, 241, 263

Curran Hall Visitors Information Center, 101

D

Daffodil Festival, 91, 119

Daisy Airgun Museum, 192, 192

Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 49

Darby, William O., 166

Davidsonville Historic State Park, 37, 243

Davies, Ladd, 37

Davies, Richard, 16, 21, 232

Davies, Samuel G., 16, 37

Davis, Geena, 188

de Soto, Hernando: agriculture, 19; Casqui, 39, 75; Hot Springs National Park, 18, 133; Ouachita Mountains, 123; Parkin, 39, 75

DeGray Lake, 124, 127–128, 144

DeGray Lake Resort State Park & Lodge, 38, 42, 138

Delta Cultural Center, 26, 55, 67, 74

Delta Heritage Tours, 55

Delta Rivers Nature Center, 91, 104

Des Arc, 55, 59

Desha County Museum, 50

Devil’s Den State Park, 38, 208, 209; Boston Mountains Scenic Loop, 186; canoeing, 159; CCC, 36, 209; Northwest Mountain Bike Championships, 38; Ozark Mountain Bike Festival, 38

Diamond Bear Brewing Company, 117

Dickey-Stephens Park, 105, 105

distilleries, 26

Drive-In movies, 27, 215, 263

ducks: Arkansas Game and fish Commission, 30; Delta Resort & Spa, 56;Earl Buss Bayou DeView, 77;Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, 169; Little Red River, 222; Mallard Pointe Lodge, 56; Mark’s Prairie Wings, 61; Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie, 51; Popa Duck Lodge, 56; St. Francis Sunken Lands, 78–79; Stuttgart, 49, 63; The Delta, 45; Wings of the Prairie Festival, 63–64; World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest, 63–64

Dumas, 50, 58, 62, 157

Dyess, 19, 51

E

Eagle Vista, 126

Earl Buss Bayou DeView, 77

Eddie Mae Herron Center, 232–33

Edison, Thomas, 73

El Dorado: 87, 91, 119; AR 7, 125;Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 38; Bar J Ranch, 114; Downtown, 119; golf, 104; gunfight, 21; Moro Bay State Park, 108; oil, 21, 90, 91; Ouachita River, 128; South Arkansas Arboretum State Park, 102; South Arkansas Arts Center Theatre, 118; Union Square Guest Quarters, 114

Elderhostels, 41

EMOBA—Ernie’s Museum of Black Arkansas, 95

Enchanted Doll Museum, 162

equestrians, 27–28. See also horses

ERA Longwoods, 15

escape room, 262

Eureka Springs, 221, 223–26, 228; Annual Ozark Folk Festival, 265; Aviation Cadet Museum, 229; The Bible Museum, 229; Black Bass Lake, 221; Blue Spring Heritage Center & Gardens, 231; Castaway Sailing on Beaver Lake, 235; Celestial Windz Harmonic Bizaar, 231–32; Christ of the Ozarks, 231, 232; Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway, 237; Eureka Springs City Auditorium, 261; Eureka Springs Ghost Tours, 236; Eureka Springs Historic Downtown Walking Tours, 221; Eureka Springs Historical Museum, 229; Frog Fantasies Museum & Gift Shop, 229; Fun Spot, 262; ghost tours, 236, 237; Hidden Diversity Trail, 222; horse riding, 250; Lake Leatherwood Park, 243; Onyx Cave, 242; Opera, 263; Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down, 263; Pigeon Roost Trail, 221; Pivot Rock and Natural Bridge, 238; Quigley’s Castle, 238; Shaddox Hollow Trail, 222; Southern Pride Carriage Tours, 238; spas, 235–36, 249; St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, 233, 233; The Great Passion Play, 229, 262; tours, 236; Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, 240; UFO conference, 264

Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway, 32, 237

Eureka Springs City Auditorium, 261, 265

Eureka Springs Ghost Tours, 236

Eureka Springs Historical Museum, 229

Eureka Springs Historic Downtown Walking Tours, 221

F

fall color, 28, 68, 80

Family Pie Shop, The, 32, 58

Fargo Agricultural School Museum, 48

Faulkner County Museum, 131

Fayetteville, 188; Ale Trail, 26; All Seasons Trail, 186; Beaver Lake, 203, 204; Belladerm, 200; bicycling, 24; Bikes, Blues, & BBQ Motorcycle Rally, 29, 30, 218; Boston Mountains Scenic Loop, The, 186; Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, 198, 199; Carnall Hall, 202, 205, 206; Clinton House Museum, 25, 192; Dickson Street Entertainment District, 215; drive-in, 27; Emelia’s Kitchen, 210; farmers’ market, 217; Glo Limited, 201; Headquarters House Museum, 192, 193; Herman’s Ribhouse, 210; Joe Martin Stage Race, 24; Lights of the Ozarks, 218; nightlife, 215; Pratt Place Inn & Barn, 207, 207; spas, 200; The Farmers Table, 210; University of Arkansas, 30, 194; Walton Arts Center, 195; White River, 187

Fayetteville Arts Festival, 188

Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery, 197

Fayetteville Visitor Center, 194

Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, 90, 106

festivals: Ale Trail, 26; Annual Beanfest & Outhouse Races, 265; Annual Camden BPW Barn Sale, 119–20; Annual Ozark Folk Festival, 265; Annual Tontitown Grape Festival, 218; Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival, 78; Arkansas Folk Festival, 40; Arkansas.com, 23; Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), 188; Bikes, Blues, and BBQ, 26, 28, 188; bluegrass, 26; Blues Festival in Helena, 31; butterfly festival, 25; Camden Daffodil Festival, 91, 119; Cardboard Boat Festival, 28; Fayetteville Arts Festival, 188; Great American Beer Festival, 118; Harvest! Festival, 118; Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 150, 152; Jonquil Festival, 93; King Biscuit Blues Festival, 26, 28, 62–63, 84; Lights of the Delta, 64; Loose Caboose Festival, 83; National Chuckwagon Race Championships, 28; Old Fort Day Rodeo, 159; Opera in the Ozarks, 31, 263; Ozark Mountain Bike Festival, 38; Pinnacle Mountain State Park, 109; Pioneer Days Craft Fair and Festival, 230; Portfest, 28; Racing Festival of the South, 28, 138; Riverfest, 29; Southwestern Regional Ballet Association Festival, 116; T Tauri Film Festival & Movie Camp, 62; Toad Suck Daze, 151; The Unexpected, 11, 161; Wildwood Music Festival, 118; Wine & Food FEASTival, 118; Wings Over the Prairie Festival, 49, 63–64

fishing, 29; Anglers White River Resort, 260; Arkansas River, 157, 159; Bar J Ranch, 114; Bear Creek Lake, 70, 78; Bear Creek Springs Trout Farm, 234, 234; Beaver Lake, 247; Beaverfork Lake, 129; Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 52; Brinkley, 48; Bull Shoals Lake, 227, 243–44; Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, 52; Caddo River, 127; Crooked Creek, 238; Crowley’s Ridge State Park, 79; Davidsonville Historic State Park, 243; Dry Run Creek, 223; Earl Buss Bayou DeView, 77; Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, 106; Greers Ferry Lake, 244; Guide Services, 136; Highway 27 Fishing Village, 146; His Place Resort, 253; Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery, 223; Kings River, 222; Lake Atalanta, 203; Lake Austell, 80; Lake Bailey, 174; Lake Charles State Park, 243; Lake Chicot, 48; Lake Conway, 129; Lake Dardanelle, 157, 158, 160, 170; Lake Devil, 209; Lake Dunn, 80; Lake Frierson State Park, 79; Lake Maumelle, 90, 111; Lake Ouachita, 128, 131, 139; Lake Poinsett State Park, 80; Lake Village, 48; Lake Wilhelmina, 130; L’Anguille River, 70; Lindsey’s Rainbow Resort, 254; Little Red River, 222; Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery, 223; Marion McCollum/Greenlee Lake, 48; Maumelle Park, 90; Millwood Lake, 111; Moro Bay State Park, 108; Mountain Home, 227; Mulberry River, 158; Norfork Lake, 227; North Fork, The, 222–23; Ouachita River, 90, 128; Portfest, 28; Puddin’ Ridge Farm, 255; River Reel Cottage, 251; Russellville, 160, 170–71; Saracen Landing, 110; Schoolhouse Lodge, 57; Spring River, 223; St. Francis Lake, 78; Stetson’s Resort, 256; StoneCreek Ranch Resort, 257; Storm Creek Lake, 78; Table Rock Lake, 244; Toad Suck Park, 129; Upper White River, 187; Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge, 53; Wells Lake, 168; White Oak Lake, 110; White River, 18, 182, 182, 187, 222, 223, 227, 243, 260

Forrest City, 71, 72

Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center, 25, 26, 71, 77

Fort Chaffee Barbershop Museum, 162, 163

Fort Chaffee Crossing, 162

Fort Smith, 14, 18, 155, 159; 64.6 Downtown, 161; Beland Manor Bed & Breakfast, 171; Enchanted Doll Museum, 162–63; fishing, 157; Fort Chaffee Barbershop Museum, 163; Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, 168; Lake Fort Smith State Park, 203; Miss Laura’s Visitor Center, 165; The Park at West End, 177; Performing Arts Center, 177; public art exhibitions, 11; restaurants, 175–76; Riverside Furniture Factory Outlet, 178; The Unexpected, 161

Fort Smith Air Museum, 162, 163

Fort Smith Art Center, 161

Fort Smith Lumber Co., 36

Fort Smith Museum of History, 163, 163

Fort Smith National Cemetery, 163, 166

Fort Smith National Historic Site, 18, 165–66

Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, 160

Fort Smith River Park, 177

Fort Smith Trolley, 164

Fort Smith Trolley Museum, 163, 166

four-wheeling, 29

Frank Broyles Athletic Center, 30, 194

Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek, 238

Free Music in Basin Spring Park, 261

Frisco Depot, 38

Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney, 13

Frog Fantasies Museum & Gift Shop, 229

Fun Spot, 262

Funland Amusement Park, 107

G

Gangster Museum of America, 131

Gann Museum, 97, 97

Garvan Woodland Gardens, 129, 135

Gavioli Chapel, 228, 249

geocaching, 50, 158

geology, 16–17, 19, 20, 21, 72, 77, 181

Ghost Hunters, 33, 236

ghost tours, 33, 226, 236, 237

go-carts, 104, 262

golf, 29–30; Aloft, 205; Arsenic and Old Lace Bed & Breakfast, 245; DeGray Lake Resort State Park & Lodge, 138; El Dorado, 10; Forrest City, 71; Glenwood, 136; Heartstone Inn Bed & Breakfast, 246; Hot Springs, 129, 136; Jonesboro, 77; Little Rock, 94, 103; Mountain Home, 234; Table Rock Lake, 244; Van Buren, 160; Wynne, 72, 76

Gone with the Wind, 101, 163

GoPro Bassmasters Elite, 160

Governor Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center, 91, 104

grand prairie museum, 51

Grant, Ulysses S., 113, 198

Grant County Museum & Heritage Village, 97

Great Passion Play, The, 31–32, 226, 229, 262

Great River Road, 46, 47, 47, 50, 81

Greers Ferry, fishing, 29

Greers Ferry Dam, 222, 237, 239, 244

Greers Ferry Lake, 244, 255

Greers Ferry National Fish Hatchery, 239

Grisham, John, 48, 61

Gryphon’s Roost Day Spa & Gallery, 235

Guachoya Cultural Arts Center, 49

Gunner Pool, 221

Gurdon, 33

H

hang gliding, 16, 30, 36, 172, 174

“Hanging Judge” (Isaac C. Parker), 155, 166

Hardison, T. W., 36

Hardy, 182, 227, 254

Harrisburg, 74, 80

Harrison, 226, 227; 3 Oaks Country Bed & Breakfast, 246; AR 7, 185; Bear Creek Springs Trout Farm, 234, 234; Boone County Heritage Museum, 229; DeVito’s Restaurant & Trout Farm, 258; horse riding, 250; Hotel Seville, 249; John Paul’s, 258; Lost Spur Guest Ranch, 250; Lyric Theatre, 262; Marine Corps Legacy Museum, 229, 230; Mystic Caverns, 241; National Scenic Byway, 185; Neighbor’s Mill Bakery & Café, 259; Queen Anne House, 247; Shelby’s, 264; spas, 236

hatcheries, 18, 181, 223, 239, 244

Haunted Tours of Little Rock, 33

Headquarters House Museum, 192, 193

Heber Springs, 28, 222, 239, 244, 254–55

Heifer International Global Headquarters & Village, 90, 104

Helena-West Helena, 24, 45, 55; Bailee Mae’s, 81; Battle of, 55; Bistro Bar and Grill, 82; Bubba’s Blues Corner, 83; canoeing, 76; civil war, 27, 67, 75; Crowley’s Ridge Parkway, 69; Delta Cultural Center, 74; Delta Heritage Tours, 55; Edwardian Inn, 81; Granny Dee’s Soul Food, 81; King Biscuit Blues Festival, 26, 28, 62, 84; Pasquale’s Original Tamales, 82; Phillips County Museum, 73; St. Francis Wildlife Management Area, 78

Hemingway, Ernest, 71, 74

Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, 72, 73

Hempstead County Courthouse, 27, 93

Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County, 131

Hidden Diversity Trail, 222

His Place Resort, 253

Historic Arkansas Museum, 95

Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, 51

Historic Malco Theatre, 150

Historic Van Winkle Trail, 186

Historic Washington State Park, 27, 39, 40, 93

Hobbs State Park, 186, 202–3

hogs, 30

Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, 169

Hope, 24, 87, 92, 98, 100, 102

Hope Visitor Center, 92, 92

Horse Racing and Electronic Gaming Oaklawn Park, 138

horses: AR 7, 126; Arkansas Derby, 28; Arvell Bass, 28, 257; Bar J Ranch, 114; Buffalo National River, 224, 225; camping, 209; DeGray Lake Resort State Park & Lodge, 139; Devil’s Den State Park, 209; Dinner Bell Ranch and Resort, 250; Haflinger, 208; Hidden Diversity Trail, 222; Historic Washington State Park, horse-drawn carriage, 93; horse-drawn carriage, 93, 137, 238; Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, 28, 227, 250, 251; Hot Springs, 129, 137; Lake Frierson State Park, 80; little mare, 74; Lost Spur Guest Ranch, 250; miniature horses, 218; Mount Magazine State Park, 174; Mountain Harbor Resort, 147; Mountain Home, 227; National Chuckwagon Race Championships, 28; Oakland Park, 129, 130, 138; Pea Ridge National Military Park, 198; Scenic 7 Byway, 126; Shepherd of the Ozarks, 256; Southern Pride Carriage Tours, 238; Stone Creek Ranch, 28, 227, 257; Village Creek State Park (Horse Hilton), 27, 72, 76; Wonder Horse, 54, 230; Wynne, 72

Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, 28, 227, 250, 251

Hot Springs, 124–25, 124, 129; 1884 Wildwood Bed & Breakfast Inn, 142; Al Capone, 124; Alison Parsons Gallery, 150; alligators, 137; Almost Home Houseboat Rentals, 145; American Art Gallery, 150; Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa, The, 145; Artists Workshop Gallery, 150; The Avenue, 149; Bartee Meadow Bed & Breakfast, 142; Bathhouse Row, 132; The Battlefield, A Civil War Bookshoppe, 151; BBQ, 24; Belle of Hot Springs Riverboat, 137; Buckstaff Bathhouse, 132; Butler Manor Bed & Breakfast, 142; Cajun Boilers, 148; Capone’s Ohio Club, 149; carriage company, 137; The Cheese Corner, 148; Bill Clinton, 25, 130; Downtown Hot Springs, 151; Dryden Pottery, 151; Fox Pass Pottery, 151; Gallery Walk, 126; Gangster Museum of America, 131; Garvan Woodland Gardens, 135; guide services, 136; Historic Malco Theatre, 150; Hot Springs Carriage Company, 137; Hot Springs Country Club, 136; Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 152; Hot Springs Mountain Tower, 135; houseboat rentals, 145; Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum, 132; Lake Catherine State Park, 139; Little Bitty City, 149; The Lobby Bar at The Arlington Hotel, 149; Lookout Point Lakeside Inn, 143, 144; Lucky Luciano, 124; Magic Springs/Crystal Falls Theme and Water Park, 137; Maxwell Blade Theatre of Magic, 150; McClard’s Bar-B-Q, 148; Mid-America Science Museum, 132; Mountain Valley Water Visitor Center, 134; National Park Aquarium, 135; National Park Duck Tours, 137; Oaklawn Park, 28, 138; Pocket Theatre, 150; The Poet’s Loft, 150; Quapaw Baths and Spa, 134; riverboat, 137; Rod’s Pizza Cellar, 148; The Villa Gifts & Apparel, 151; Winery of Hot Springs, 135

Hot Springs National Park, 18, 123, 124, 129, 133–35, 137

Hot Springs Reservation. See Hot Springs National Park

houseboats, 124, 130, 131, 144–45, 147

Houston, Sam, 93

Howard, Guy, 193–94

Huckleberry Mountain, four-wheeling, 29

H. U. Lee International Gate and Garden, 102

hunting, 30; Backwoods Lodge, 146; Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, 52; Delta Resort & Spa, 56; Delta, 45; Earl Buss Bayou DeView, 77; Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, 106; Hobbs State Park, 202; L’Anguille River, 70; Mack’s Prairie Wings, 61; Mallard Pointe Lodge, 56; Marion McCollum/Greenlee Lake, 48; Ouachita, 123; Palaver Place Bed & Breakfast/Lodge, 56; Piggott, 72; Schoolhouse Lodge, 57; Stuttgart, 49; Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge, 53

Huxtable Pumping Station, 71

I

IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association), 24

Imperial Dinner Theatre, 262

International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), 24

interpretation, 40

Iron Springs, 126

J

Jack R. Rhodes Lakefront Park, 48

Jacksonport State Park, 38–39, 39

Jacksonville Military History Museum, 97

James, Jesse, 238

James Beard Foundation, 24

Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, 168, 169

Jasper, 28, 185, 227, 250

Jenkins Ferry, Battle of, 27, 97, 100, 102

Jerry Jones/Jim Lindsey Hall of Champions Museum, 30, 194

Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery, 223

Jimmy Driftwood’s Barn, 262

Joe Martin Stage Race, 24

Jones, E. Fay, 91

Jones Bar-B-Q Diner, 24

Jonesboro, 20, 26, 67, 71, 79, 101, 102

Jonquil, 69, 93

Joplin, Scott, 98, 106

Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum, 129, 132

Junction Bridge, 24, 99

K

kayaking, 32; 3 Rivers Outfitters, 254; arkansasstateparks.com, 41; Buffalo Camping, Canoeing, and Cabins, 252; Bull Shoals-White River State Park, 242; Cache River, 33; Cane Creek State Park, 37, 107–8, 108; Cassatot River, 33, 125, 128; Devil’s Den State Park, 209; Hardy, 254; His Place Resort, 253; Lake Charles State Park, 243; Lake Dardanelle State Park, 158, 170–71; Lake Frierson State Park, 79–80; Lake Ouachita State Park, 142; Lake Poinsett State Park, 80; Mulberry River, 157; Pinnacle Mountain State Park, 37; Village Creek State Park, 80

Keels Creek Winery, 34, 228

King Biscuit Blues Festival, 26, 28, 62–63, 64, 84

King Biscuit Time, 63, 67, 74, 84

Kings River Falls Natural Area, 222

Klipsch Museum of Audio History, The, 98

kudzu, 67

L

L’Anguille River, 70, 78

Lake Atalanta, 203

Lake Catherine State Park, 139; Captain Ron’s Striper Guide Service, 136; CCC, 36; Hot Springs, 90, 130; Lake Catherine, 30, 90; Ouachita River, 90, 128; state park, 139

Lake Charles State Park, 243

Lake Chicot State Park, 48–49, 54–55, 54

Lake Dardanelle, 157, 158, 160, 169, 170–72, 178

Lake Dardanelle State Park, 157, 158, 170

Lake Fort Smith State Park, 157, 203

Lake Frierson State Park, 79

Lake Hamilton, 30, 90; A-1 Guide Services, 136; Cajun Boilers, 148; Captain Ron’s Striper Guide Service, 136; Garvan Woodland Gardens, 135; Hot Springs, 90, 130; Lookout Point Lakeside Inn, 143; National Park Duck Tours, 137; Ouachita River, 90, 128

Lake Leatherwood Park, 243

Lake Maumelle, 111

Lake Ouachita, 124, 126; A-1 Guide Services, 136; Blakely Mountain Dam, 90; DreamChaser Houseboat Rentals, 147; kayaking, 142; Mount Ida, 131; Ouachita River, 128; Turtle Cove Spa, 133

Lake Ouachita State Park, 38, 139, 142

Lake Ouachita Vista Trail, 126

Lake Poinsett State Park, 79, 80

Lake Sylvia, 126, 174

Lake Village, 45, 48, 54, 59, 62

Lakeport Chicot Pumping Plant, 49

Lakeport Plantation, 19, 20, 49

lakes, 30

Ledbetter, Huddie “Leadbelly,” 98

Lee, Robert E., 73

Lee County Museum, 71

Lee Creek, 160, 208

Lights of the Delta, 64

Lights of the Ozarks, 218

limestone dam, 243

Lindbergh, Charles, 48

Lindsey’s Rainbow Resort, 254, 255

Little Bitty City, 149

Little Red River, 29, 219, 222, 239, 244, 254

Little Rock, 21, 87, 90; Annual Riverfest, 119; Arkansas Arts Center, 31; Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, 68; Arkansas River Trail, 89; The Big Dam Bridge, 24, 89; breweries, 26; campground, 90; civil war, 67, 87; Bill Clinton, 24; Cross-Eyed Pig, 24; cultural sites, 99–100; DeValls Bluff, 32; entertainment, 116–17; galleries and fine art, 98; golf, 29, 103–4; green space, 104–5; haunted tours, 33; historic sites, 100–1; lakes, 111; little rock tours, 106; lodging, 111–14; microbreweries, 117–18; museums, 92–96; Old Gin Antiques, 23; parks, 107, 109; pie, 32; Pinnacle Mountain, 38; River Rail Trolley, 90; Scott Plantation Settlement, 52; shopping, 118; spectator sports, 105–6; theater, 118; theme parks, 106; trolleys, 33; urban oases, 102; where to eat, 114–16; zoos, 102. See also North Little Rock

Little Rock Central High Museum and Visitor Center, 100

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, 101, 106

Little Rock Nine, 101

Little Rock Nine Memorial, 95, 101

Little Rock Tours, 106

Little Rock Zoo, 91, 101, 102, 115

Lobby Bar at The Arlington Hotel, The, 149

Logoly State Park, 21, 108

Lookout Point Lakeside Inn, 143, 144

Loose Caboose Festival, 83

Lorance Creek Natural Area, 107

Lost Spur Guest Ranch, 250

Louisiana Purchase State Park, 48, 53

Lower White River Museum State Park, 55

Luciano, Lucky, 124, 131

Lum and Abner, 130

Lum & Abner Jot ’Em Down Store & Museum, 130, 132

Luneau, David, 25

Lunker Labs, 239

Lyric Theatre, 262

M

MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 96

Magic Springs/Crystal Falls Theme and Water Park, 129, 137

Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery, 223, 239

Mammoth Spring State Park, 38, 181, 223

Marianna, 24, 70, 71, 78, 80

Marine Corps Legacy Museum, 226, 229, 230

Marion, 53, 224

Marion McCollum/Greenlee Lake, 48

Mark Martin Museum, 33–34, 235

Marks’ Mills, Civil War, 27

Marmaduke, John S., 74

Mary Munns, 94

Mary Woods No. 2, 39, 39

Mather, Stephen, 36

Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center, 72, 74

Maumelle Park, 90, 111

Maxwell Blade Theatre of Magic, 150

Maynard Pioneer Museum & Park, 230

McClard’s BBQ, 24

McNeil, 108

Mena, 125, 126, 128, 130, 146–47, 149

Mid-America Science Museum, 132

Military Road Trail, 69

Mill Creek Trails, four-wheeling, 29

Millwood Lake, 111

Millwood State Park, 111

Miss Laura’s Visitor Center, 159, 159, 165

Mississippi Flyway, 16, 25, 49, 55, 68

Mississippi River State Park, 38, 69, 70, 71, 80

Montgomery County Front Porch Stage, 150

Moran, Bugs, 131

Moro Bay State Park, 108

Morrilton, 164–65; Museum of Automobiles, 164; Petit Jean State Park, 174, 175; Rialto Community Arts Center, 177; Rockefeller Legacy Gallery, 165; Starlight Cinema, 177; Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, 172–73, 173

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 100

motorcycling, 30

Mound Builders, 78

Mount Bethel, 34

Mount Bethel Winery, 167

Mount Ida, 19, 131; chamber of commerce, 125; crystal mines, 124, 140–41; DreamChaser Houseboat Rentals, 147; Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County, 131; Montgomery County Front Porch Stage, 150; Mountain Harbor Resort, 133, 147; Turtle Cove Spa, 133

Mount Magazine State Park, 38, 174; Arkansas River Valley Tri-Peaks, 156; butterflies, 25; hang gliding, 30, 36; Mount Magazine, 170; Van Buren, 160

Mount Nebo State Park, 160, 170; cabins, 172; CCC, 36, 172; cycling, 38; hang gliding, 30, 36

Mountain Harbor Resort, 133, 147

Mountain Home, 28, 182, 219, 227, 234, 239, 257, 264

Mountain Pine, 139

Mountain Valley Water Visitor Center, 134

Mountain View, 227; Anglers White River Resort, 260; Annual Beanfest & Outhouse Races, 265; Arkansas Craft Guild Gallery, 263; Artisans Market on the Square, 265; Blanchard Springs Caverns, 239; bluegrass, 26; Country Oaks Bed & Breakfast, 251; Crafts Village, 40; drive in, 27, 263; fishing, 223; Inn at Mountain View, 252; Jimmy Driftwood’s Barn, 262; limestone, 181; motorcycling, 30; Off the Beaten Path Studio tour, 264; Ozark Folk Center, 40–41; Ozark Mountain Region, 219; shopping, 221; Sylamore Scenic Byway, 220; Syllamo’s Revenge Mountain Bike Challenge, 264; Tommy’s Famous . . . A Pizzeria, Inc., 261; Wildflower Bed & Breakfast on the Square, 252

Mountainburg, 186, 203, 216

Ms. Lena’s, 32, 58

Mulberry River, 157–60, 186

murals: Arlington Hotel, 124; Central Delta Depot & Museum, 49–50; Fort Smith, 11, 14, 161; Lyric Theatre, 262; Mark Martin Museum, 235; Oaklawn, 138; Ozark, 160; Pine Bluff, 91; Rockefeller Legacy Gallery, 165; Rogue’s Manor at Sweet Spring, 248; Terra Studios, 218; Uncle John’s Restaurant, 59; Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center, 105

Museum of Automobiles, 164

Museum of Chicot County, 49

Museum of Native American Artifacts, 193, 194

Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie, 49, 51

museums, 30

M/V Patriot, 93

Mystic Caverns, 126, 241

N

Nancarrow, Conlon, 98

National Chuckwagon Race Championships, 28

National Park Aquarium, 135

National Park Duck Tours, 137

national scenic byways, 38, 46, 47, 69, 71, 81, 185

Native American: Arkansas Museum of Discovery, 94; Belle of the Ozarks, 236; Blytheville Heritage Museum, 49; Caddo, 155; Cherokee, 129; Cossatot, 128; Crowley’s Ridge, 20; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 190; Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, 106; Fort Smith Museum of History, 163; Jasper’s, 227; Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center, 74; mound sites, 52; Museum of Native American Artifacts, 193, 194; Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie, 51; Osage, 155; Ouachita, 123, 140; Ozark Mountain, 181; Parkin Archeological State Park, 70, 75; Rock House Cave, 38; Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 193–94; St. Francis County Museum, 72; St. Francis Wildlife Management Area, 78; Trail of Tears, 16, 20, 28, 69, 76, 129, 165, 227, 231; Van Buren, 160; village creek, 16, 20, 76

Natural State Golf Trail, 29, 136

New Moon Day Spa and Salon, 236

1901 Gavioli Chapel, 228

Norfork Lake, 18, 30, 181, 222, 227, 244

Norfork National Fish Hatchery, 239

Norfork River, 18, 181, 239. See also North Fork, The

North Fork, The, 222–23, 244, 257. See also Norfork River

North Little Rock, 90; Annual Riverfest, 119; Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, 92; Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, 94; Burns Park, 107; Dickey-Stephens Park, 105; Old Mill at T. R. Pugh Memorial Park, The, 101; Verizon Arena, 117; Whole Hog Café, 115; Wild River Country, 106. See also Little Rock

Northwest Arkansas Naturals, 201, 215

Northwest Mountain Bike Championships, 38

O

Oaklawn Park, 18, 28, 129, 130, 138

Off the Beaten Path Studio Tour, 221, 264

Old Fort Days Rodeo, 159

Old Gin Antiques, 23

Old Mill at T. R. Pugh Memorial Park, The, 101

Old State House Museum, 27, 95

Onyx Cave, 242

Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point, 31, 263

Osage tribe, 155

Ouachita National Forest, 29, 123, 126, 130, 131, 146

Ouachita National Recreation Trail, 126, 130

Ouachita River, 33, 90, 119, 128, 130

Oven and Tap, 211

Over-the-Jumps Carousel, 101, 102

Ozark, 160

Ozark Bridge, 165

Ozark Folk Center, 18, 26, 39, 40, 41, 227

Ozark Folk School, 41

Ozark Folkways Heritage Center, 217

Ozark Highlands National Recreation Trail, 31, 157, 187

Ozark Mountain Bike Festival, 38

Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down, 263

Ozark National Forest, 31; ATVs, 29; Blanchard Springs Caverns, 240; geocaching, 158; Mulberry River, 158; Ozark, 160; Ozark Highlands National Recreation Trail, 157, 187; Pig Trail Scenic Drive, 186; Sylamo’s Revenge Mountain Bike Challenge, 264; Sylamore Scenic Byway, 220

Ozark Trail, Greers Ferry Lake, 244

P

paddleboat, 39, 110, 172, 203, 243

Paragould, 68, 71, 78, 79, 82, 83

Paris, 34, 71, 155, 166–67, 171, 174

Park at West End, The, 177

Parker, Isaac C. (“Hanging Judge”), 155, 166

Parker Homestead, 74

Parkin Archeological State Park, 39, 70, 75

Passion Play, 31–32, 226, 229, 262–63

Paul Michael Company, 49, 62, 63

Pea Ridge National Military Park, 27, 198

Peabody Park, 109

Pedestal Rocks, 126

Peel House Foundation, 199

Peel Mansion Museum and Heritage Gardens, 31

Performing Arts Center, 177

Petit Jean Mountain: AR 7, 156; Arkansas River Valley Tri-Peaks, 156; first state park, 18, 36; Hardison, 36; Museum of Automobiles, 164; Petit Jean State Park, 174, 175; Richard W. Davies, 37; Rock House Cave, 38; Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Gallery, 31, 172

Pfeiffer, Pauline, 71, 74

Phillips County Museum, 73

Photographer’s Island, 89, 92

pie, 32, 58, 83, 84, 174, 259

Pig Trail Scenic Drive, 186

Pigeon Roost Trail, 221

Piggott, 71; Annual Pumpkin Hollow Pumpkin Patch, 84; chamber of commerce, 68; Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, 73; Hemingway, 73–74; Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center, 74

Pine Bluff, 91, 104, 110

Pine Ridge, 130, 132

Pinnacle Mountain State Park, 37, 38, 109–11, 126

Pivot Rock and Natural Bridge, 238

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 50

Pocahontas, 227; Black River Beads and Pottery, 60, 263; Brenda’s Sale Barn Café, 261; Davidsonville Historic State Park, 243; Eddie Mae Herron Center, 232–33; Imperial Dinner Theatre, 262; Lavada’s Sale Barn Café, 57; Randolph County Heritage Museum, 54, 230

Pocket Theatre, 150

Poet’s Loft, The, 150

Poison Spring, 27, 91, 100, 102

Poison Spring State Park, 91

Ponca Elk Education Center, 239

Portfest, 28

Post Familie Vineyards & Winery, 34, 167

Potts Inn Museum, 164

Pottsville, 164

Powhatan, 243

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, 41, 27, 27, 197, 198

Pratt Place, 207, 208

Presley, Elvis, 162, 163

Pumpkin Hollow Pumpkin Patch, 84

Q

Quapaw Baths and Spa, 133, 134

quartz, 19, 140–41; Crystal Waters, 263; Eureka Springs, 263; Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County, 131; Hot Springs, 129; Lake Ouachita Vista Trail, 126; Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center, 74; Mount Ida, 125, 131

Queen Anne Mansion, 226

Queen Wilhelmina State Park, 126, 130, 149

Quigley’s Castle, 238

R

Racing Festival of the South, 28, 138

rafting: Buffalo Camping, Canoeing, and Cabins, 252; Cassatot River, 128; Mulberry River, 157; Ozark, 160

railroads, 32, 49, 91, 92

Raines, Julie, 253, 253

Ramsar Convention, 53

Randolph County Heritage Museum, 54, 230

Reed’s Bridge, Battle of, 97

Rialto Community Arts Center, 177

rice, 19, 49, 51, 68, 77

Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Wildlife Management Area, 25

Ridges at Village Creek State Park, 30, 71, 76

Riverfest, 29, 119

River Rail Trolley, 90

rivers, 32-33

Robinson Point National Recreation Trail, 244

Rock House Cave, 38

Rockefeller, Winthrop, 30–31

Rockefeller Legacy Gallery, 31, 165

Rodriguez, Dionicio, 101

Rogers, 183, 189; Aloft, 205; Arkansas Public Theatre, 215; Beaver Lake, 203, 204; Daisy Airgun Museum, 192; Hideway Campground and RV Park, 210; Hobbs State Park–Conservation Area, 202–3; House of Webster, 216; Lake Atalanta, 203; Pinnacle Hills Promenade, 217; Riverside Furniture Factory Outlet, 217; Rocky Branch Resort, 206; Rogers Historical Museum, 193; War Eagle Mill/War Eagle Bridge, 195

Rogers, Will, 117

Rogers Historical Museum, 193

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 36, 145

Rosemont Bed and Breakfast, 113

Rush Historic District, 234

Russellville, 160, 165, 170, 175, 185

Ruth, Babe, 145

RV park, 107, 114, 210, 230, 252, 254

RV rental, 41–42, 107, 243, 246

S

sailing, 111, 131, 235

St. Charles, 49, 56, 59

St. Charles Museum, 49, 50–51

St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, 233, 233, 249

St. Francis, 69, 70, 74

St. Francis County Museum, 71, 72, 72

St. Francis Lake, 78

St. Francis National Forest, 31, 38, 69, 70, 80, 81

St. Francis River, 53, 69, 70, 78

St. Francis Sunken Lands, 70, 78

St. Francis Wildlife Management Area, 78

Salem Plateau, 17–18, 181, 219

Saracen Landing, 91, 110, 110

Savannah Lou, 94

Scenic 7 Byway, 126

Scott, 52

Scott Family Amazeum, 184, 200, 200, 201

Scott Plantation Settlement, 52

scuba diving, 131, 139, 144, 244

Serendipity Day Spa & Salon, 236

Shaddox Hollow Trail, 222

Sheridan, 97, 100, 102

Sherman, William T., 27

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 193

Showdown at Sunset, 21, 21

66th Annual Rodeo of the Ozarks, 218

smoking, 6

Snook, 94

snorkeling, 38

Soldier’s Story, A, 162

South Arkansas Arboretum State Park, 102

South Arkansas Arts Center Theatre, 118

Southern Pride Carriage Tours, 238

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, 50

Spa at Grand Central, 236

Spa City. See Hot Springs

Sparling, Gene, 25

spooky sites, 33

Springdale, 183, 189; 66th Annual Rodeo of the Ozarks, 218; Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, 158, 200; Arts Center of the Ozarks, 192; Arvest Ballpark, 215; Beaver Lake, 203, 204; Northwest Arkansas Naturals, 201; Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 193

Spring River, 29, 33, 67, 182, 223, 227, 254

Springfield Plateau, 17, 181, 183

Starfire Mines, 141

Starlight Cinema, 177

state parks, 16, 36–42, 53

Steele, Frederick, 52

Stephens, Jack, 29, 103

Stephens family, 106

Stone County Ironworks, 41

StoneCreek Ranch Resort, 28, 227, 257

Stone Drive-In, 27

Strauss, Peter, 94

street art, 161

Stuttgart, 45, 49, 51, 57, 58, 61, 63

Subiaco Abbey, 165

Suchness Spa Rituals, 236

Sweet Surrender Crystal Mine, 141

Sylamore Scenic Byway, 220

Syllamo’s Revenge Mountain Bike Challenge, 264

symbols, 7

T

Table Rock Lake, 222, 244

Talimena Scenic Byway, 126

Talimena State Park, 126

tepees, 42

Tesla, Nikola, 132

Texarkana, 87, 89–90, 92; Perot Theatre, 117; Sweet Things Vintage Antique Mall, 119

Texarkana Driving Tour–Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, 106

Texarkana Museum of Regional History, 92, 98

Texarkana Regional Arts Center, 92, 99

Theo’s, 214, 214

Thorncrown Chapel, 232, 233

Toad Suck Daze, 125, 151, 152

Tollantusky Trail, 165

Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park, 52

Toltec State Park, 39

Tommy Boyer Hall of Champions Museum, 30, 194

Tonti, Henri de, 21, 155

Tontitown, Annual Tontitown Grape Festival, 218

Trail of Tears, 16; Blue Spring, 231; Cadron Settlement Park, 129, 165; Conway, 129; Delta heritage tour, 28; Jasper’s, 227; Military Road Trail, , 69; Village Creek State Park, 20, 76

trolleys, 33, 90

T Tauri Film Festival & Movie Camp, 62

Turkey Track Bluegrass Park, 26

Turner Neal Museum of Natural History, 98

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, 240, 246

Turtle Cove Spa at Mountain Harbor Resort, 133, 147

Tusk and Trotter, 212, 213

Tuskegee Airmen, The, 162

Twain, Mark, 73

21C Museum Hotel, 205

22nd Annual Ozark UFO Conference, 264

Tyronza, 50, 61

U

UFO, 264

Under Siege, 15, 94

Underwater Discovery, 38

Unexpected, The, 11, 159, 161

University of Arkansas, 202; Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, 99; Ella’s Restaurant, 213; Fayetteville, 30, 189; Inn at Carnall Hall, 205; Museum of Native American Artifacts, 193; Starlight Cinema, 177; Turner Neal Museum of Natural History, 98; University of Arkansas Sports Museums, 194

US Marshals Museum, 11, 14, 18, 159

USS Hoga, 93

USS Mound City, 49

USS Razorback, 93

V

Van Buren, 160; American Bonsai Nursery, 177; Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, 32, 158, 200; Café Soleil, 257; Fort Smith, 159; Fun Spot, 262; gold rush, 155; Grove historic district, 166; Keels Creek Art Galllery and Winery, 228; Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down, 263; Rowdy Beaver Restaurant & Tavern, 260; Sparky’s Roadhouse Café, 260; Treehouse Cottages, 248

Van Winkle, Peter, 186, 202–3

Van Winkle mill, 187, 203

vermin, 33

Village Creek State Park, 80; Forrest City, 71; golf, 30; Military Road Trail, 69; Trail of Tears, 20; Village Creek State Park, horses, 16, 17, 27–28, 76; Wynne, 72

W

Walcott, 67

Walmart, 183, 188, 191, 196, 200, 205

Walmart Visitor Center, 188, 195, 196

Walton, Alice, 31, 14, 188, 190–91, 196, 197

Walton, Sam, 196

Walton Arts Center, 195

Walton Fine Arts Center, 158, 195

Walton’s, 188

Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge, 53

War Eagle Cavern, 26

War Eagle Mill/War Eagle Bridge, 195, 198, 249

Washington, George, 14, 190, 191

Waterfowl Wing displays, 51

wax museum, 129, 132, 145

Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines, 141

Weiderkehr Village, 176

welcome centers, 23

West Fork, 186, 208

Wetland of International Importance, 52

Wheatley, 83

White Oak Lake State Park, 91, 110

White River, 18, 187; Anglers White River Resort, 260; Batesville, 235; Bull Shoals, 223, 223, 243; Bull Shoals-White River State park, 242–43; Civil War, 49; Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge, 49; fishing, 182, 187; Gaston’s White River Resort & Restaurant, 254; His Place, 253; Lower White River Museum State Park, 55; Mountain Home, 227; North Fork, 222; Pig Trail Scenic Drive, 186; Portfest, 28; RV rental, 41; St. Charles, 49; Stetson’s Resort, 256

White River Refuge, 49

White Rock Mountain Cabins & Group Lodge, 175

White Rock Mountain Recreation Area, 186

Wiederkehr, 34

Wiederkehr Wine Cellars and Wiederkehr Village, 34, 167–68, 177

Wilcox, Tina Marie (Widder), 40–41

Wild Places, 52, 77, 106, 137, 169, 202, 238

Wild River Country, 106

Wilderness Preservation System, 52

Wildwood Park, 118

wineries, 34

Winery of Hot Springs, 135

Wings Over the Prairie Festival, 49, 63

Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, 172, 173

Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Gallery, 31

Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center, 105

Witten Farms, 75

Wonder Horse, 54, 230

woodpecker, 16; Big Woods, 25, 45; Cache River, 33; Gene Sparling and David Luneau, 25, 45

World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest, 49, 63–64

Wynne, 72; Annual Wynne Farm Fest, 84; golf, 76; Military Road Trail, 69; Village Creek State Park, 76, 80

Y

Yellville, 234, 238

yurt, 36, 42, 139, 243