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Natural springs in forested area

Abernathy Spring

Close-up of natural spring in forested area

Abernathy Spring

White man in suit and bow tie sitting with wife and daughters standing behind him

White man and woman sitting with four young white girls and white boy standing behind them

Young white man in suit jacket vest and bow tie in photo with oval mat

Check for 200 dollars signed by

Andy Crum Bank Note

Map showing division of counties after Arkansas statehood

Arkansas Counties Map, 1836

Map showing division of Arkansas counties in 1850

Arkansas Counties Map, 1850

Map showing division of Arkansas counties in 2005

Arkansas Counties Map, 2005

Men in dark suits and hats and rowboats on snowy river bank with other boaters pushing down icy rivulet

geographical map of Arkansas with

Viticultural Areas Map

Tug boat in the center of river pushing a barge

River with dam and lock filling with water

Lock and Dam Number 1

Rippling water in creek with autumn trees on both sides

Black Fork Creek

Older white man and son in swimming shorts standing on shore with boat on river

Thomas Hart Benton

White men in suits and hats using a hollowed out log to reroute natural spring

Big Chalybeate Spring

two white men in hats, one standing and another sitting along the edge of a river with large hill in background

Rocky hillside covered in trees at its base with dirt road and car

Map of Arkansas with colored sections with percentage of black population change listed in each labeled county

Black Population Change 2020

River with ferry approaching ramp carrying car and van field trees road in background

Black River Ferry

View looking over tree covered countryside with farmland and mountains in the background

Boston Mountains

Clouds hovering above tree covered mountains with gray skies

Boston Mountains

elevated view past a rocky bluff overlooking a river that curves off and disappears into some hills

Buffalo National River

River and rock wall with fall foliage as seen from above

View of river as seen from concrete bridge with three former bridge supports in the distance

elevated view of river with trees

drawing with black background with white children in cave and

Bull Shoals Caverns Brochure

Rippling water in large creek with sandbar in the background

Big Cedar Creek

Creek with gravel shore and tree covered hills in background

Little Cedar Creek

two beaver lodges amid cypress trees in lake in front of pine covered hillside

Beaver Lodges at Columbia Lake

man in kayak navigating white water rapids with paddle

Map of Arkansas showing county seats in all 75 counties

County Seats Map

Row of boat docks on lake with house

Creek sections with corresponding letters

Crooked Creek Map

Dallas County Map

White men with protest signs on city sidewalk outside

Two men with cameras standing on cliff edge surrounded by tree covered mountains and blue skies

Yellow Rock Overlook

Mountain viewed from forest road with opposite split-rail fences

tourists walking under natural waterfall with tree in pool

Hurricane River Cave

Two people standing in shallow river looking toward steel truss bridge and trees

Eleven Point River

Green plants floating on wetlands with dead trees sticking out of the water under blue skies with tree-covered shoreline

Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge

White men holding fish

Multicolored map of Arkansas divided into physiographic regions

Physiographic Regions

Tree and surrounding plants alongside creek

Trees and surrounding plants alongside creek

Trees and other plants alongside creek

White family sitting on river bank with steel truss bridge behind them

Glenwood: Railroad Bridge

Pictures of mine shaft opening and white man in forest

Gold Mine Springs Mines

Map of Arkansas showing location of Independence County

Gold Mine Springs Mines Location

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