Mississippi Delta, Arkansas
Follow the green-and-white pilot wheel markers along the Great River Road in the heart of eastern Arkansas's Mississippi River Delta country. The road, designated a national scenic byway, will lead you from north to south through this rich agricultural kingdom where cotton, rice, soybeans and wheat flourish in some of Arkansas's richest soils. Crowley's Ridge Parkway, another national scenic byway, also winds through this region, providing excellent views of the productive land from atop a geologic oddity rising from the Delta. This is the land where Europeans first crossed the Mississippi in 1541, where you can experience a taste of the civilizations they found here by visiting the Hampson Museum State Park at Wilson and at Parkin Archeological State Park at Parkin. You can relive the early days of more recent settlement at countless museums throughout the region, including the Arkansas State University Museum at Jonesboro and the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie at Stuttgart. Highpoints include the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Education Center at Piggott, where "Papa" penned portions of "A Farewell to Arms"; the historic riverport of Helena, where the Delta Cultural Center interprets the land, the people and the music of the river country; Arkansas Post National Memorial, which preserves the site of the earliest European settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley; Southland Greyhound Park, one of the largest dog tracks in the country; and Lake Chicot State Park, where fishing is exceptional and bird watching second to none. And don't miss the Louisiana Purchase State where a monument marks the initial point for surveys of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
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Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum
Museum and study center to provide educational and cultural experiences for school groups and the general public. Programs and experiences are focused on historic house and grounds, a world-class mineral collection, and a Native American artifact collection. Tour includes: - 1930'
Piggott, AR MuseumsCrowley's Ridge National Scenic Parkway
National scenic byway follows the 198-mile length of the Delta's only "highlands;"
Jonesboro, AR Scenic ViewsHistoric Public Library
Oldest public building in Phillips County;
Helena-West Helena, AR Historic LibrariesJack R. Rhodes Lake Front Park
Located in downtown Lake Village on the west shore of scenic Lake Chicot, Arkansas'
Lake Village, AR ParksVillage Creek State Park
Please see Wynne, Arkansas for complete description.
Forrest City, AR State ParksCrowley's Ridge State Park
Credit Cards Accepted: American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard, Visa Food Service/Picnic Area Available # of Units/Rooms: 4 On Lake/River Name of Lake/River: Lake Walcott Recreation Four fully equipped duplex housekeeping cabins with kitchens;
Paragould, AR State ParksArkansas State University Museum
Directions: Located on the ASU campus Collection of history, natural history and American Indians; regional history museum; paleontology, native American, and "old town" Arkansas exhibits;
Jonesboro, AR MuseumsRector Mural
Painted by local artist Sandy Midkiff, the mural is an Americana representation of the town's landmarks and its role as a farming community; prints are available for sale at the Rector Community Center US 49
Rector, AR MuralsMarked Tree Delta Area Museum
Behind a late 1800s general store facade, this museum has a replica of a small-town community hospital and an early history gallery that includes Indian pottery from the 13th century and telephone exhibits from the early 1900
Marked Tree, AR MuseumsHarr's House Lunch 'n Tour
Directions: 10 miles northwest of Stuttgart on Ark. 343 in the Fairmount community Take a tour and hear the history of the 1886 Harr House, then enjoy either a salad lunch or a soup and salad lunch. The home tour is approximately 1 ½ hours, with a tour of an antique tractor display and the 320
Stuttgart, AR ToursPatterson Branch Historical Marker
Directions: Two miles east of Marianna Site of where the first child of Anglo-Saxon parents was born west of the Mississippi in 1790
Marianna, AR Historic Markers