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ARKANSAS - USA Travel Guide | Around The World

Arkansas is a state near the center of the Southern United States. It is known as the Natural State.

Regions :
Central
The center of the state includes the state capital Little Rock
Delta
The eastern section of the state along the Mississippi River Delta and includes Jonesboro and West Memphis
Ozarks
The northwest and north central areas of the state that includes Fayetteville, Bentonville and Eureka Springs
Ouachitas
West central part of the state that is home to the Ouachita mountains (including the state's highest peak, Mt. Magazine) and Ouachita National Forest
River Valley
The area in northwest Arkansas along the Arkansas river and includes Fort Smith
Timberlands
The southern section of the state and includes El Dorado, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, Hope, and Texarkana

Cities :
Little Rock, State capital
Bentonville
El Dorado
Eureka Springs
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Harrison
Hope, A small town, but the birth place of President William Jefferson Clinton.
Hot Springs
Jonesboro
Magnolia
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
West Memphis

Other destinations:
Hot Springs National Park
Buffalo National River

Arkansas' state motto is The Natural State and that tells you a lot. It has great state parks with wilderness comprising broadleaf forests. The northwest boasts the Ozark Mountains while the south and east of the state has flatter land and shows more of its agricultural heritage. The Mississippi River forms the eastern border of the state and gives a great blues music heritage, great country music elsewhere (Johnny Cash was an Arkansan) and folk andeverywhere. There are wonderful state parks with camping facilities and some with cabins. The Buffalo River has majestic scenery and easy canoe float trips (but go in late spring to be sure there is enough water). The summer is HOT and humid; spring and autumn are wetter but mostly from intermittent heavy rain showers. Winter brings a little snow, but this time of year can still be humid. Spring is tornado season.

The spelling and pronunciation of Arkansas (it is always ar-kan-saw) reflect the state's heritage. The name is a French pronunciation of a Siouxan word meaning land of downriver people and was prescribed by law in 1881.

Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (formerly Little Rock National Airport), located dead center, is Arkansas' main air terminal, although XNA near Bentonville is another option. Other airports can be found in Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Texarkana, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Arkansas' food resembles that of its southern neighbors. Much truly authentic and worthwhile southern cuisine is made in private homes, cookouts, or church functions, rather than actual restaurants. One exception is barbecue, particularly pork barbecue, which is widespread, and available in restaurants, roadside stands, and even trucks. Another regional staple is fried catfish, often it is served with hushpuppies, cole slaw, and french fries or a baked potato. Catfish is especially prevalent in the lowland and Delta regions of the south and east.

The legal drinking and purchasing age of alcoholic beverages is 21. Arkansas is one of the five states that don't allow any exception to underage drinking, although underage drinking is not explicitly prohibited by law.

Keep in mind many Arkansas counties are dry and do not have retail alcohol sales. However bringing alcohol for private use into a dry county is legal for those over 21 years of age. Currently, 37 counties are dry. You cannot buy alcohol in a store on a Sunday.

Arkansas does not have much in the way of craft beer. It can be hard to find craft beer outside of a liquor store (although some grocery stores sell it). Diamond Bear beer is brewed in Little Rock. It is also worth noting that there is no Yuengling in Arkansas.

Slingshot Invasion (Eureka Springs) pt 1

S01E06Gentlemen Trotters - From Eureka Springs to Oklahoma City

In this episode Kelvin Sacramento assists to a Pow Wow with native indiens. Then he meets Zeek Taylor an artist from Eureka Springs, the city with more than 400 artists. After, Kelvin heads to Oklahoma City where he interview people at a girl club and a riding bull Cow bow bar

Be the Dinosaur: Life in the Cretaceous

Video provided by Eureka Exhibits.

Be the Dinosaur is on exhibit at the Sam Noble Museum March 5 through June 12, 2016.

A lifelike delight for the entire family, Be the Dinosaur features video game stations that require each player to decide — do they want to be an herbivore or a carnivore? The decision leads them on a virtual adventure for survival – deciding to eat the wrong plant or turning the wrong corner could spell the end of the game, which is set in an immersive recreation of the Cretaceous period, which took place over 65 million years ago.

While Be the Dinosaur is heavy on video game magic, it comes with a strong dose of education as well. The world of Be the Dinosaur is one of the world’s most extensive restorations of an extinct ecosystem ever created and visitors are able to explore what the day in the life of a dinosaur may have actually been like. In addition to the game stations, the exhibit also features a paleontology field station, a Safari Jeep.

Be the Dinosaur tickets:

Tickets to Be the Dinosaur at the Sam Noble Museum are an additional surcharge and general museum admission is required. Exhibit tickets are $5 for ages 4 and up and can be purchased at the front desk. Admission is free for museum members and children 3 and under. Visit samnoblemuseum.ou.edu for more information.

Exploring Arkansas May 2012

Car Wash Falls, Onyx Cave, Blowing Springs Mtn Bike Trail, Bayou DeView Float

Car Wash Falls south of Deer along Big Piney Creek, is just what the name says-a drive through waterfall that'll give your vehicle a thorough wash to say the least. Onyx Cave near Eureka Springs may be small, but it makes up for it with magnificent cave formations. Blowing Springs in Bella Vista is a spectacular and scenic mountain bike trail that's ideal for the beginner to the more experienced rider Bayou DeView in the Dagmar Wildlife Management Area near Brinkley is the latest addition to the Arkansas Water Trail System.

Mystic Caverns 3D

Mystic Caverns in Arkansas. Slide show

Missouri History Museum St. Louis MO Tourist Attractions

The Missouri History Museum welcomes you to Homelands: How Women Made the West. Located in St. Louis, the museum is proud to feature this exhibit detailing the contributions made by women in the American Frontier. Artifacts and photos show how women of all races and regions helped shape the state of Missouri, the City of St. Louis, the Western United States.
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T of C Q&A with Chaminade's Brad Beal

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We're wanting to talk about the repeal of ACA and talk about how important it is that we maintain healthcare for everyone, Harrie Farrow with Indivisible Eureka Springs said.
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Nilah Isabel joined her cousins and friends for a day out at Beaver Lake in Rogers, AR before her cousins start school on Monday.

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11. Reckless the Dog
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Northeast Coast of the United States. One pair of victims of the hurricane were Chuck and Elicia James, who lived in New Jersey at the time. The storm damaged the fence in their backyard, allowing their terrier-pitbull mix named Reckless to escape.
Understandably, Chuck and Elicia were heartbroken. They searched for Reckless for several months before accepting he must have died in the storm. A year and a half later, the couple finally felt ready to adopt a new dog. So, they visited a local animal shelter and received an astounding surprise! There was Reckless, waiting for them all this time.
The shelter had renamed him Lucas. According to Chuck, Reckless “jumped three feet in the air” when he saw the couple and they were all happily reunited!
10. Alfie the Resurrected Cat
Here’s a weird one. It has echoes of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot but without the necromancy and terrible ending.
One day in 2009, Angelo Petrillo of Milnrow, Greater Manchester, England came upon a sad sight: a car hit an orange tomcat near his home. The cat strongly resembled Petrillo’s Alfie, who was nowhere to be found. Convinced it was cat, they buried poor “Alfie” and, shortly afterward, he and his family moved to a new home. It’s a sad story too often repeated the world over. But the story, in this case, doesn’t end here.
Nine months later, a friend from his old neighborhood called Petrillo to tell him a ginger cat was at their old house trying to get in. Their old home was a mere mile away, so they went to investigate. To their surprise, it was Alfie! He had put on weight, so it was obvious that someone had been taking care of him. To this day, the Petrillos still don't know whose cat they buried, or where Alfie had been all that time.
9. Opie the Horse
In 2003, Michelle Pool of Eureka, Arkansas, went to the hospital to have surgery on her back. Instead of paying the expensive boarding fees for her horse, Opie, she asked her father in San Antonio, Texas to watch over him while she recovered.
Her father enclosed Opie in his pasture because he didn’t have a stable. One night, someone clipped the metal fence and stole the horse. Why would anyone do that? Well, Opie is a Saddlebred Pinto, which is a breed worth anywhere from $1,200 to $15,000. Upon learning what happened, Pool went on the search. She made fliers, contacted the local sheriff’s office, and submitted the case to an organization called Stolen Horse International.
Nearly ten long years passed and there was no sign of Opie, until Pool received an amazing phone call. Opie had been found.
A woman named Deanna Bordelon was looking for a horse for her 13-year-old daughter when she came across a lovely Saddlebred Pinto on Craigslist. The horse was named “War Bonnet” and was being sold by a woman named Della Brade. According to Brade, a pastor gave her War Bonnet eight years ago. The pastor claimed he couldn’t do anything with War Bonnet because he was shy and had been abused. But Brade made progress with the horse, so the pastor gave him to her.
According to the pastor, he got it from another man who claimed to have found the horse wandering down the highway.
Bordelon thought the story was weird and convoluted, so she did a little sleuthing. She found a picture of Opie and realized it was the same horse. She contacted the authorities right away. This is where things get very “wild, wild west”. The sheriff’s office hired a team of contract cowboys who seized the horse from Bordelon. Bordelon claimed she didn’t know the horse was stolen.
Not enough evidence was found against anyone, so no one was charged. Pool, for her part, was glad to get Opie back and, from his reaction in a video of the reunion, he was pretty happy, too.
8. Bucky the Dog
Mark Wessels lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with his black Labrador Bucky. Unfortunately, his community banned dogs and Wessels to give up Bucky or be forced to move. He left the dog with his father in Virginia. Soon after, though, Bucky went missing and Wessels feared the worst.
One day, a Myrtle Beach resident named Brett Gallagher found a black lab wandering his community. The dog seemed to like his yellow lab, so Gallagher took him home. The poor dog was emaciated, so Gallagher fed him up and took him to Grand Strand Animal Hospital. The vet there scanned the dog for a microchip and discovered he belonged to Wessels.

City Council 11 27 17

5:15 budget workshop in Auditorium lobby

CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, November 27, 2017 6 p.m.

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL, ESTABLISH QUORUM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: November 13, 2017

COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, AUTHORITY REPORTS AND EXPIRED TERMS:
Planning – Pos. 4 – vacant – expires 7/1/18
CAPC – Pos. 3 – vacant -- expires 6/30/19
Hospital
Parks
HDC – Pos. 3 – expires 11/30/17. Pos. 5 – expires 11/30/17
Cemetery – Commission update
Building Inspector – 2017 update

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. Norris St./Dr. Beard’s interest in lease – Mayor Berry
2. A.G. opinion on giving old High School property to the City – Mayor Berry
3. School Board feedback on giving the old High School Property to the City --
Mayor Berry
4. Discussion of Community Center room for Council meetings – Mayor Berry

NEW BUSINESS:
1. Discussion of issues with Transit booking group tours – Mr. Mitchell and Ms. Schneider
2. Ordinance to add Planning recommendations to Code/City Attorney’s opinion of proposed B&B owner requirement – Mr. Mitchell and Ms. Adamson
3. Ordinance clarifying quorum of the whole for all commissions – Ms. Schneider and
Mr. Mitchell
4. Discussion of Food Truck situation – Ms. Schneider and Ms. Adamson
5. Resolution for parking lots lease – Mayor Berry
6. Resolution for City Hall office space lease – Mayor Berry
7. Second meeting of the month financial review – Mayor Berry

AGENDA SETTING
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
MAYOR’S COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT

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BNSF Railway Train Derailment and Subsequent Train Collision

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Casselton, North Dakota
December 30, 2013
DCA14MR004

The video comes from the forward-facing on-board image recorders from the two trains involved in the accident. Video from the Grain Train lead locomotive 6990 was downloaded from the undamaged GE Lococam on-board image recorder. Parametric data from the Grain Train lead locomotive 6990 was downloaded from the undamaged event recorder. Video from the Crude Oil Train lead locomotive 4934 was obtained from data transmitted wirelessly when the emergency brakes were applied, and parametric data was downloaded from the trailing distributed power unit locomotive 6684.

The video begins at 14:08:37 Central Standard Time (CST) with the view from the front of the Grain Train as it travels westbound on main track 1. The text “Grain Train #6990” and the speed of the train are displayed at the bottom center of the screen. The westbound direction of travel is briefly indicated by a text annotation. The train passes a track switch and a vehicle belonging to a signal maintainer at 14:09:06; the vehicle is labeled by a text annotation for about 10 seconds as the train approaches the vehicle. The front end of the crude oil train begins to be visible on the adjacent track to the left at about 14:09:41, and it is labeled with a text annotation. The derailment of the Grain Train occurs at 14:09:57, after which time a digital counter is shown on the right in the image, indicating the time in seconds since the derailment. A text annotation indicates that the emergency brakes on the Grain Train were applied at 14:10:13, uncommanded by the train crew. At 14:10:33, the lead locomotive of the Crude Oil Train passes the lead locomotive of the Grain Train.

At 14:11:02, the video switches to the view from the front of the Crude Oil Train as it travels eastbound on main track 2. The text “Crude Oil Train #4934” and the speed of the train are displayed at the bottom center of the screen. The eastbound direction of travel is briefly indicated by a text annotation. A text annotation indicates an engineer-induced emergency brake application on the Crude Oil Train occurred at 14:11:03. A
text annotation also points out the 45th car in the Grain Train, which is fouling main track 2. The Crude Oil Train strikes the 45th car in the Grain Train at 14:11:12, leading to derailment of the Crude Oil Train, which departs main track 2 to the right and apparently comes to rest once impacting the built-up ballast supporting a parallel set of railroad tracks.

The video includes an audio overlay of radio traffic broadcast over radio channel 70, with communications from the Grain Train, the Crude Oil Train, the dispatcher and the signal maintainer passed by the Grain Train at 14:09:06. The audio begins with a call from the signal maintainer to the crew of the Grain Train at 14:10:31, and ends at 14:11:59 after the crew of the Crude Oil Train have reported the derailment and subsequent fire to the dispatcher.

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McCann: Ozark Open Fiddle Contest, April 12, 13, & 14, 1984, Tapes 7-9

Part of the Gordon McCann Ozarks Folk Music Collection at Missouri State University's Special Collections and Archives.

This recording includes tapes 7-9. It was recorded in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on the 12, 13, 14 of 1984. The Ozarks Open Fiddle Contest was held by Max Hunter. M.C.: Gordon McCann, Judges: Art Galbraith- Springfield, MO, Bob Walsh- Cape Fair, MO, Leonard Smith- Stark City, MO

Tape 7 Side 7a
Evan Green cont. from 6b
39. Fiddler’s Waltz (in the key of G)
40. Lonesome Fiddle Blues (D)
Lucy Pierce- Kansas City, KS
41. Ragtime Annie (D)
42. Chicken Reel (D)
43. Make Believe Waltz (D)
44. Red Fox Waltz (D)
45. Lady of the Lake (D)
Contest. #16 Scotty Branscom
46. Road to Columbus (A)
47. Rossi Waltz (in G)
48. Lonesome Fiddle Blues (in D)
49. Bill Cheatham (A)
50. Ragtime Annie (D)
51. I Don’t Love Nobody (A)
52. Listen to the Mockingbird (D)
53. Orange Blossom Special (A)
54. Lisa Ann Waltz (A)
Bill Ward- Forsyth, MO, McCann- guitar
55. Herman’s Rag (C)
56. Calgary Polka (A)
57. Gardenia Waltz (G)
...end tape 7a...
Side 7b
Contest. #10. Ken Sloan- Mena, AR
58. Sally Johnson (G)
59. Over the Waves (G)
60. Cotton Patch Rag (C)
61. Durham’s Bull (A)
62. I Love You Because (C)
63. This and That (A)
64. Redwing (G)
65. Amazing Grace (G)
Friday Night, April 13, at Motel
Ken Sloan, Bill Ward, Mike Yell, others
1. Fiddler’s Waltz (G)
Sloan
2. Black Hawk Waltz (G)
Sloan/Ward
3. Durangue’s Hornpipe (D)
Sloan
4. Wedding Waltz (G & C)
5. Waltz You Saved for Me (C & F)
Sloan/Yell
6. Rose of Ava Moore (A)
Sloan
7. Clark Waltz (A)
...end side 7b...
Tape 8 Side 8a
Saturday Morning, April 14
Contest. #1 Paul Andrews- Ozone, AR, Foy Howard- guitar
1. Say Old Man, Can you Play a Fiddle? (E)
2. McHattie’s Waltz (C)
3. Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down (G)
Contestant #21. Dean Johnston of Lamar, MO
4. Durham’s Reel/ Durham’s Bull (A)
5. Clark’s Waltz (A)
6. Walking in My Sleep (G)
7. Spotted Pony (A)
8. Waldo (A)
9. Black Mountain Rag (A)
Contest. #3 Glen Harris- Camden, AR, Vergie Jacobs of Kirby, AR- guitar
10. Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
11. Ranger’s Waltz (D & G)
12. Forked Deer (D)
Contest. #7 Jamie Maddux- Springfield, MO
13. Laughing Boy (A)
14. Festival Waltz (A)
15. Billy in the Lowground (C)
Contest. #20 Fred Stoneking- Reeds Spring, MO, Larry Sledge- guitar
16. Birdie in a Snowbank (D)
17. Blue Mountain Waltz (A)
18. Road to Jenkins (A)
Contest. #2 Doc Bone- Pineville, MO, Jack Bone- guitar
19. Cotton Eyed Joe (A)
...end side 8a...
Side 8b
Doc Bone cont.
Missed 2nd tune
20. Kansas City Kitty (G)
Contest. #18 Rex Callhan- Dardenelle, AR, Fern Lynch- guitar
21. Durham’s Reel (A)
22. Westphalia Waltz (G)
23. Liberty (D)
Jr. Contest. #22 Bate Yoacum- Fayetteville, AR, age 13 y/o, Jack Bone- guitar
24. Bile Them Cabbage Down (A)
25. Tennessee Waltz (D)
26. Old Joe Clark (A)
27. Unidentified Tune (G)
Bill Ward- Forsyth, MO, Mike Breid- guitar
28. Chicken Reel (D)
29. Dill Pickle Rag (G)
30. Sweet Bunch of Daisies (G)
31. Sally Goodin (A)
Contest. #23 Ken Thurman- Siloam Springs, AR
32. Turkey in the Straw (G)
33. Westphalia Waltz (G)
35. Arkansas Traveler (D)
36. Liberty (D)
37. Maiden’s Prayer (A)
38. Cindy (A)
39. Twinkle, Twinkle (G)
...end side 8a...
Side 8b
Dean Johnston plays to fill time
40. White Water (A)
41. Statler’s Waltz (D)
Judges announce 12 finalists
#5. Kephart
#11. Jesse Wallace
#15. David Chambers
#17. Lucy Pierce
#8. Pete McMahon
#19. Evan Green
#16. Scotty Branscom
#10. Ken Sloan
#3. Glen Harris
#21. Dean Johnston
#20. Fred Stoneking
#2. Doc Bone
Adjourn until 2:00 p.m. for finals
Junior Division Finals
Mindy Maddux
1. Rubber Dolly (A)
2. Tennessee Waltz (C)
3. Wild Wood Flower (C)
Mike Yell
4. Sally Goodin (A)
5. Fiddler’s Waltz (G)
6. Jerusalem Ridge (Am)
Jamie Maddux
7. Bill Cheatham (A)
8. Red Fox Waltz (D)
9. Sheamus O’Brien (G)
Bate Yoacum
10. Boil Them Cabbage Down (A)
11. Tennessee Waltz (D)
12. Old Joe Clark (A)
Senior Division
David Chambers
13. Hell Among the Yearlings (D)
14. Sheamus O’Brien (G)
15. Florida Blues (D)
...end side 9b...

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