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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

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  • Davidsonville

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  • Southwest
  • North Central
  • [X] Upper Delta

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  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Meg Matthews
  • Monika Rued
  • Chris Pistole
  • Heather Runyan
  • Megan Ayres Moore
  • Zoie Clift
  • Bonnie Marberry
  • Elizabeth Kimble
  • Grady Spann
  • Heather Johnson
  • Joe Jacobs
  • Kara Helton
  • Mystina Swaim
  • Pearl Jangjiravat
  • Sasha Bowles
  • Adam Leslie
  • Cara Curtis
  • Cathy Combs
  • Don Simons
  • Jason Parrie
  • Kelly Farrell
  • Kristina Root
  • Kylee Cole
  • Maggie Howard
  • Mary Buchman
  • Matt Manos
  • Rachel Lewis
  • Robin Gabe
  • Tara Gillanders
  • Tim Scott
  • Waymon Cox
  • Zachary Fisher
  • [X] Sarah Reap

Date Published

  • July 2020

Rivers as Transportation 

Jul 2020
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Sarah Reap

Davidsonville Historic State Park was established in 1957 to preserve the first platted (planned) town in Arkansas: Davidsonville. Established in 1815 along the Black River in northeast Arkansas Territory, the town was the site of many of Arkansas’s firsts. Davidsonville held the first county seat for Lawrence County, Arkansas’s first post office, first courthouse, and...

Davidsonville Historic State Park
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