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Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Jacksonport

Region

  • [X] Upper Delta

Park Activity

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Author

  • Waymon Cox
  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Monika Rued
  • Meg Matthews
  • Chris Adams
  • Tayler Markham
  • Zoie Clift
  • Heather Runyan
  • Sarah Reap
  • Billy Nations
  • Elizabeth Kimble
  • Grady Spann
  • Ivory Detter
  • Kara Helton
  • Paul Butler
  • Pearl Jangjiravat
  • Cara Curtis
  • Cathy Combs
  • Haley Johnson
  • Jason Parrie
  • Joe Jacobs
  • Josh Williams
  • Kayla Gomance
  • Kelly Farrell
  • Kristina Root
  • Leita Spears
  • Maggie Howard
  • Mary Buchman
  • Matt Manos
  • Megan Ayres Moore
  • Rachel Lewis
  • Robin Gabe
  • Sasha Bowles
  • Shelley Flanary
  • Tara Gillanders
  • [X] Bonnie Marberry

Date Published

  • July 2021
  • May 2020

Photo Essay: Jacksonport, Then & Now

Jul 2021
  ⁄  
Bonnie Marberry

Part of the mission of Jacksonport State Park is to preserve and educate about the history of our town. The park’s artifact collection holds photographs of what the town used to look like, and thanks to historical records, we know exactly where these pictures were taken. Even without a time machine, you can see the places in the park where the citizens of Jacksonport once...

a black and white drawing of the Jacksonport State Park courthouse in the 1870s

Make Do & Mend 

May 2020
  ⁄  
Bonnie Marberry

With no way to bring in fabric from the trade centers on the Mississippi River, the housewives of Jacksonport had to be creative in their efforts not only to keep up with fashions but to keep their families clothed at all. Even amid crisis, the women of Civil War-era Jacksonport wanted to look their best, just like people today.

Dress material with thread and sewing scissors
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