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body of water with bridge across it surrounded by several buildings labeled

man fly fishing with waterfall and pedestrians in background

Mammoth Spring State Park: Pour-off

White man handing other white man piece of paper among group of others

Manganese Miners

Stone brick monument with

Marble Quarry Monument

White woman and daughter in makeshift houseboat with stove and smoke stack

1937 Flood in Marianna

Flooded maritime museum walkway with building labeled

Maritime Museum Flooding

One Black girl and two Black boys in work clothes, two without shoes, pose in dirt field with hoes

Marked Tree: Chopping Cotton

White man on cotton harvester machine in cotton field

Dortch Plantation Cotton Picker

Adults and children picking strawberries

Marshall: Strawberry Pickers

Single-story house and barn on flooded farm

Maumelle Flooding

Flooded swamp with trees with sunshine and shadows

Walking path with railing and trees in sunshine and shadows

Bell Slough Trail

Oil covered driveway and cul de sac in suburban neighborhood

Mayflower Oil Spill

Damaged street surrounded by two-story town buildings with people on sidewalk

McGehee after 1927 Flood

Map of white river region with structure locations

Older white woman and younger white woman in dresses with lace collars

Mildred and Varina Cook

Statue of man with mining equipment on base and polished stone column behind it

Green dump truck and red excavator in open pit mine

Christy Vanadium Mine Pit

View looking down into an open pit mine with winding dirt roads and vehicles at the bottom

East Wilson Vanadium Mine Pit

Aerial view of excavator and other vehicles at the end of a winding dirt road leading to the bottom of an open pit mine

East Wilson Pit

Single-story building at entrance to open pit mine with tree covered multilevel mine wall in the background

North Wilson Vanadium Mine

Large sediment pile by conveyor belt ramps tracks overgrown field metal building and tree line

Blue and white brochure with picture of minnows in tank

Minnow Brochure

Two white men in waders using a seine to gather fish

Two-story storefront with mural depicting horse drawn wagon cotton pickers in field and harvester

Older white man with glasses in suit jacket and tie

River with rapids surrounded by autumn trees

Mountain Fork River

River tributaries on map of Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas

Mountain Fork River Map

Group of white men posing with wagon loaded with cotton by a tree with brick building behind them

Mountain Home Cotton

Men posing outside barn on loading dock with bundles near horses, wagons

Murfreesboro: Cotton Warehouse

Single-story building with steam tractor on display and windmill

Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie

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