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Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

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  • [X] Petit Jean

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Author

  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Grady Spann
  • Matt Manos
  • [X] Sasha Bowles
  • [X] Zoie Clift

Date Published

  • February 2024
  • March 2021

The heritage of the Davies Bridge at Petit Jean State Park

Feb 2024
  ⁄  
Zoie Clift

The Davies Bridge at Petit Jean State Park in Morrilton is 90 years old this year.

The Davies Bridge at Petit Jean State Park.

Trail of Tears Across Arkansas State Parks

Mar 2021
  ⁄  
Sasha Bowles

Arkansas has hundreds of miles of the Trail of Tears, and of the nine states traversed by the trail, is the only state that witnessed the removal of all five of the Southeastern tribes as they moved west. Arkansas State Parks has five parks that lie along these removal routes. These parks have been certified as National Park Service Trail of Tears National Historic Trail...

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