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When boring is not boring

All the shotguns you see here evolved from the less reliable and less effective guns of an earlier period to the reliably accurate and artistic designs of modern firearms. All it took was a little-kno...
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You Couldn’t Make This Story Up!

Black History Month is upon us, we think it appropriate to remind our would-be visitors to Historic Washington State Park of the program opportunities that lay in store for them as related to the Afri...
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Geocaching at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Geocaching is an outdoor scavenger hunt that people around the world participate in. It is a great way to get out on a trail and explore a new area you wouldn’t normally explore. Crater of Diamonds ha...
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Discovering Conglomerates at the Crater

A conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made of other rocks glued together, like nature’s concrete!  They have a variety of colorful rocks cemented together
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How Do I Search for Diamonds

There are three methods of diamond searching. Surface searching consists of walking up and down the rows of dirt looking for diamonds lying on top of the ground. This is the most productive method fol...