War Eagle River News Today

In 1832, Sylvanus Blackburn left his wife Catherine and their home in Tennessee looking for their future. What he found was a lush valley along the War Eagle River in Northwest Arkansas. He selected a 160-acre tract in a curve of War Eagle Creek, spent his first winter at War Eagle clearing the land and chopping wood for their home, then returned to Tennessee to get his wife. After hearing about the wonderful land in Arkansas, his parents and three brothers and three sisters chose to return with...

An Ozark stream can be a gentle ribbon of flowing water one moment, then a raging torrent the next.

No need to drive six hours to a southeast Arkansas swamp when six minutes of kayaking gets paddlers heading downstream to a mysterious backwater thats much closer to home.

Its no wonder anglers head to the tributaries of Beaver Lake during spring spawning time.

There are many outstanding individuals who helped create the amazing city of Rogers, but one man made a huge impact and left a legacy that is enjoyed today and for many years to come. That man was Roscoe C. Hobbs. Everyone has heard about the huge Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area just across the Arkansas 12 Bridge east of Rogers, but who was the man it is named after, and what is his story?

At Beaver Lake, Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said crappie are moving into shallow water. Best way to catch them is with a minnow or jig 2 feet below a bobber. Gravel banks with stick-ups, brush or bushes are good places to fish.

Removing a low-water bridge and a decaying dam from the War Eagle River will improve water quality and allow fish to move more freely up and down the stream, according to the Beaver Watershed Alliance conservation group.

It has been a few years since I wrote about the area just east of Rogers called War Eagle, and there are many old and new citizens who have no idea of the importance of this historic community and the impact it had, and still has, on our city. The beautiful area at War Eagle is the oldest community in Benton County and one of the most scenic and historic areas in Arkansas. A trip east across the Arkansas 12 bridge to War Eagle and Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area is a real treat, with much to ...

Traveling around Northwest Arkansas, it can be hard to tell where one town ends and another begins. Drifting down the two largest tributaries of Beaver Lake, paddlers may wonder where the rivers end and the lake begins.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Beaver Watershed Alliance and Natural State Streams recently worked with volunteers to plant native trees on the newly renovated banks of Clifty Creek in east Benton County and west Madison County.