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Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Conway Cemetery
  • Plum Bayou Mounds

Region

  • [X] Central

Park Activity

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Trail Difficulty

Author

  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • David Armstrong
  • Grady Spann
  • Jason Baumgartner
  • Jason Parrie
  • Jenn Menge
  • Joe Jacobs
  • Kayla Gomance
  • Kelly Farrell
  • Maggie Howard
  • Matt Manos
  • Megan Ayres Moore
  • Meg Matthews
  • Melissa Ray
  • Monika Rued
  • Robin Gabe
  • Ron Salley
  • Sasha Bowles
  • Tara Gillanders
  • Zoie Clift
  • [X] Amy Griffin
  • [X] Leita Spears

Date Published

  • June 2020
  • May 2017

Connecting to a Prehistoric People   

Jun 2020
  ⁄  
Amy Griffin

Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park in Scott, Arkansas is a unique American Indian mound complex that was the cultural center of the Plum Bayou people, who interacted with their environment and each other much as we do today. The Plum Bayou people are a group of prehistoric American Indian mound builders who lived here between 650 – 1050 AD. They built one of the...

Sun setting over a mound at Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park

Caring for Conway Cemetery State Park

May 2017
  ⁄  
Leita Spears

Cleaning gravestones is an important part of caring for the cemetery, and requires training to make sure it is done correctly. Save Save Save Save Save

James Conway's Tombstone at Conway Cemetery State Park
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