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Now known as the Natural Bridge of Arkansas, the 120-foot span of solid sandstone plays a leisure-time role today as an impressive sight for visitors. CLINTON — In the late 19th century, ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas is known as “the Natural State” but that hasn’t always been the case. In the ...
The first bid, from an unidentified woman in the crowd, was for $100,000. Less than 15 minutes later, it was Jack Smith, an elderly Navy veteran from Conway, Arkansas, who bought the bridge, gift ...
File photo A van crosses the U.S. 49 bridge from Helena, Ark., into Mississippi under a sign proclaiming Arkansas as "The Natural State," in a 1997 file photo. The state's previous nickname was ...
It is also an advertisement for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the most-talked-about new museum in the United States in a generation.Opening Nov. 11 in the corporate home town of Wal-Mart ...
Arkansas joined the Union on June 15, 1836, becoming our 25th state. It covers 52,075 square miles and its capital is Little Rock. The first European to explore the territory that would become Arka… ...
MIDLAND -- The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission is in the process of developing a management plan for 1,191 acres it bought in south Sebastian County earlier this year.
Arkansas' first covered bridge, built in 1846 across the Ouachita River in Hot Spring County, was washed away by a flood the following year. But two dozen covered bridges stand in today's Natural ...
Little Rock (KATV) — In news releases, ARDOT confirmed that closures will impact two separate highways within the Natural State. Due to flooding, Highway 57 will be closed between Mt. Holly and ...
Brothels, balls and bridges: Ten unsung Arkansas museums by Mary Hennigan June 10, 2023 7:00 am March 20, 2024 1:09 am. Share this: ... Clinton Natural Bridge Museum.
Roads and bridges in Arkansas that were damaged by natural disasters will be repaired using relief funding granted by the United States Department of Transportation.