Arkansas Geography
The longest length of the state is 240 miles
while the longest width is 275 miles. There are
600,000 acres of water in the state. There are 9,700
miles of streams and rivers and 2.4 million acres of
national forestland. The main rivers of the state
are the Mississippi, St. Francis, White, Arkansas,
Red, Ouachita, and their tributaries, all of which
drain to the south and southeast.
The only Diamond mine open to the public on the
North American continent is located at Murfreesboro.
The Arkansas Quartz Crystals in the Hot Springs
area are world-famous
The top minerals in the state are Petroleum,
natural gas and bromine.
Bauxite, the ore used to make aluminum, was
discovered in Arkansas in 1887 by State Geologist
John C. Branner. Mining began in 1899 and Arkansas
soon led all other states in production.
Arkansas supplies 96 percent of the nation's
domestic bauxite.
Arkansas Climate & Weather
The average annual temperature for the state is
61.4 degrees. F.
Arkansas Firsts, Facts, and Trivia
The community of Mountain View is called the Folk
Capital of America. The little town preserves the
pioneer way of life and puts it on display for
visitors at the Ozark Folk Center State Park from
March through October.
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Arkansas Attractions and Tourism
Historic Arkansas Museum -
The Historic Arkansas
Museum is a historic site museum of Arkansas's
frontier days. Five pre-Civil War houses, on their
original block, are restored to antebellum
appearances. You will also find a museum store,
living history theater, educational areas and much
more. MORE TOURISM
Arkansas History
Geographically located
north of Louisiana and flanked on the east by the
Mississippi River's west bank, the development of
the state of Arkansas spanned three centuries. Long
before frontiersmen from the newly formed United
States crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains and
attempted settlement along the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, Spanish and French explorers came upon the
native peoples living in what is now Arkansas.
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