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Tug boat in the center of river pushing a barge

"Baxter County" map showing borders roads highways waterways national forest

Baxter County Map

Rippling water in creek with autumn trees on both sides

Black Fork Creek

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

Beaver Lodges at Columbia Lake

Rooms built into side of a cave with balcony and rock walls

Beckham Creek Cave

"Benton County" showing borders roads cities waterways national forest

Benton County Map

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

Thomas Hart Benton and Son

Rippling water in large creek with sandbar in the background

Big Cedar Creek

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

Big Chalybeate Spring

small waterfall in middle of dense green forest

Big Piney Creek Waterfall

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

Water rushing out of mountain cave with green moss growing on rock walls

Blanchard Springs Discharge

Concrete arch straddling highway and saying "Entering Arkansas"

"Boone County" map showing borders roads cities waterways

Boone County Map

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

"Bradley County" map showing borders roads cities waterways national wildlife refuge

Bradley County Map

Lake with rock wall and trees

River and rock wall with fall foliage as seen from above

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

drawing with black background with white children in cave and "Bull Shoals Caverns" in orange and white text

Bull Shoals Caverns Brochure

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