Arkansas
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 20:29Arkansas Post National Memorial
1741 Old Post Road
Gillett, AR 72055-9707
Phone: 870-548-2207
The park commemorates key events that occurred on site and in the vicinity: the first semi-permanent European settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley (1686); a Revolutionary War skirmish (1783); the first territorial capital of Arkansas (1819-1821); and the Civil War Battle of Arkansas Post (1863).
Buffalo National River
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 20:29Buffalo National River
402 North Walnut Suite 136
Harrison, AR 72601-1173
Phone: 870-741-5443
Offering both swift-running and placid stretches, the Buffalo is one of the few remaining unpolluted, free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states. It courses through multicolored bluffs and past numerous springs along its 135.75-mile length.
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 20:30Fort Smith National Historic Site
P.O. Box 1406
Fort Smith, AR 72902-1406
Phone: 479-783-3961
This was one of the first U.S. military posts in the Louisiana Territory and served as a base of operations for enforcing federal Indian policy from 1817 to 1896.The park contains the remains of two frontier military forts and a federal court.
Hot Springs National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 20:31Hot Springs National Park
P.O. Box 1860
Hot Springs, AR 71902-1860
Phone: 501-624-3383
The 47 hot springs, numerous hiking trails, and scenic drives are located in the forested Ouachita Mountains. Eight historically and architecturally significant bathhouses compose Bathhouse Row, a National Historic Landmark District. Thermal bathing continues today.
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 20:34Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
700 W. Capitol Ave. Suite 3527
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-374-1957
The admission in 1957 of nine African-American students to Central High School was a critical test of the implementation of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, and drew national and international attention. The site will be administered in partnership with Little Rock Public Schools, the City of Little Rock, and others. The school will continue to function as an educational institution.
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 20:35Pea Ridge National Military Park
P.O. Box 700
Pea Ridge, AR 72751-0700
Phone: 501-451-8122
The victory here on March 7-8, 1862, in one of the major battles of the Civil War west of the Mississippi, allowed the Union to maintain control of Missouri, thus assisting the strategic Mississippi campaign. Among the Confederate troops at Pea Ridge were about 1,000 Cherokee and Choctaw-Chickasaw Indians.
