We get a lot of questions at Crater of Diamonds State Park, such as “How are diamonds made?” “Why are they found here in Arkansas?” and “How old are the diamonds found here?” If you’ve ever wondered w...
For years, locals wondered about the unusual green dirt about two miles south of the small farming community of Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Geologists examined the soil in the late 1800s and found it to b...
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Petit Jean Mountain has a fascinating history. The story of its past dates back well before the idea for the establishment of a park system began, even before pioneers settled here, or tribes of Nativ...
Petit Jean Mountain has been a silent witness to history...from the prehistoric Native Americans who lived here and left their pictographs to the Cherokee who passed by the mountain traveling the Trai...