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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, May 18, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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What is a Museum (and Why Did a Grownup Make Me Go to One)?
Sunday, May 18, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Museums are far more than just boring, stodgy places for boring, stodgy grownups and we can prove it! Kids ages 4-8 and their families can join Plantation Agriculture Museum staff to celebrate…
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Homecoming Hootenanny
Friday, May 23, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Join us for two nights of old-time mountain music and dance during our Homecoming Hootenanny at the Folk Center's 1,000-seat indoor music venue, Ozark Highlands Theater, this Memorial Day weekend.…
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Homecoming Hootenanny
Saturday, May 24, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Join us for two nights of old-time mountain music and dance during our Homecoming Hootenanny at the Folk Center's 1,000-seat indoor music venue, Ozark Highlands Theater, this Memorial Day weekend.…
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Star Party
Saturday, May 24, 2025
/ 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Join us for a night sky presentation by the Memphis Astronomical Society. Afterwards, we will move outside to view night sky objects through telescopes. If there is overcast or…
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Nature Cabin
Sunday, May 25, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Drop into the nature cabin to discover the things that make Lake Catherine so special. Park Interpreters present programs every half-hour that last about 15 minutes each. Programs begin at 1 p.m.…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, May 25, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Nature Cabin
Monday, May 26, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Drop into the nature cabin to discover the things that make Lake Catherine so special. Park Interpreters present programs every half-hour that last about 15 minutes each. Programs begin at 1 p.m.…
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Finding Woody
Friday, May 30, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Woodpeckers scatter the forest here at Lake Catherine State Park. Join Park Interpreter Carrie at the amphitheater to learn more about these birds and go on a search for a few. We will walk 1/2-mile…
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Nature Cabin
Friday, May 30, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Drop into the nature cabin to discover the things that make Lake Catherine so special. Park Interpreters present programs every half-hour that last about 15 minutes each. Programs begin at 1 p.m.…
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Archeological Excavation: Self-Guided Tours
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you're invited! Visit the park between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to see…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Saturday, May 31, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Tram Tour
Saturday, May 31, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Great Outdoors Month
Sunday, June 01, 2025 - Monday, June 30, 2025
Petit Jean State Park's interpretive staff will offer a variety of activities daily throughout the month of June, with a special focus on the great outdoors. Enjoy guided trail hikes, games,…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Sunday, June 01, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Nature Cabin
Sunday, June 01, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Drop into the nature cabin to discover the things that make Lake Catherine so special. Park Interpreters present programs every half-hour that last about 15 minutes each. Programs begin at 1 p.m.…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, June 01, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Tram Tour
Sunday, June 01, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Wednesday, June 04, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Mock Dig
Wednesday, June 04, 2025
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! While you’re here to see the actual archeological excavation,…
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