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Delta
It's the land where the blues were born, where cotton was king and where European explorers first encountered the land that would become the state of Arkansas. As you travel down the Delta region's two national scenic byways, you will be exposed to the culture, history and scenic wonders of a land shaped by the Mississippi River.
Take a break along the way to visit:
- Crowley's Ridge Parkway National Scenic Byway (p. 117)
- National scenic byway follows the 198-mile length of the Delta's only "highlands;" comprised of federal, state and county roads
- Delta Cultural Center - Helena-West Helena (p. 111)
- Located in a restored depot and storefront in the historic Mississippi River port of Helena-West Helena
- Center's exhibits sketch the history and culture of Arkansas's portion of the Delta, the lower river's fertile alluvial plain
- Forrest L. Wood/Crowley's Ridge Nature Center - Jonesboro (p. 112)
- State-of-the-art displays create a realistic "rain storm," and a movie about the massive 1811 New Madrid earthquake actually "shakes" the audience
- Great River Road National Scenic Byway (p. 117)
- Great River Road shadows the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
- Travelers can explore the rich heritage of eastern Arkansas's Delta region, including remnants of its original hardwood-forest landscape, Native Americans, the Civil War and more
- Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center - Piggott (p. 115)
- Step back to the 1930s and tour the restored home and barn-studio where Ernest Hemingway penned portions of A Farewell to Arms and other works
- Original furnishings and memorabilia related to his extended visits to the childhood home of his wife, Pauline
- Lake Chicot State Park - Lake Village (p. 113)
- Arkansas's largest natural lake and North America's largest oxbow lake
- Cabins, camping, hiking trails, a swimming pool, marina and lake tours for observing wildlife and sunsets
- Lakeport Plantation - Lake Village (p. 106)
- Last remaining antebellum home on the Mississippi River in Arkansas
- Restored as a museum focusing on the people and culture that shaped the Delta
- Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park - Blackton (p. 109)
- Boardwalk leads through a rare headwater swamp to a monument marking the starting point established in 1815 for surveys of the Louisiana Purchase territory
- Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie - Stuttgart (p. 116)
- Tells the story of the people who pioneered Arkansas's emergence as the nation's leading rice state on a 500,000-acre tall-grass prairie and of the German settlers who gave the town of Stuttgart its name
- Parkin Archeological State Park - Parkin (p. 115)
- Preserves and interprets the Parkin site on the St. Francis River where a 17-acre Mississippi Period Native America village was located from A.D. 1000 to 1550
- White River National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center - St. Charles (p. 115)
- 10,000-square-foot visitors center houses exhibits featuring a historic timeline of the area, fish and wildlife, bottomland hardwood forests, and birds and migratory flyways
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