Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park, located near Brinkley, is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, April 7
th after renovations to preserve this National Historic Landmark. While smaller than most Arkansas state parks, the site is of major significance. The park protects the initial point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey of 1815, which is a vital, fixed coordinate for land surveying across the western United States.
Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park
The initial point was later rediscovered by land surveyors in 1921 and then in 1926, the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a granite monument commemorating its significance. The nearly 40-acre plot that surrounds the granite monument was acquired by Arkansas State Parks in 1961.
With spring approaching, the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District (NWAEDD) headquartered in Harrison asks, “Who doesn’t want to be outdoors enjoying the Natural State?”
The Outdoor Recreation Grants Program within Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism has released the FY 2022 Grant Application Guidelines for the FUN Park (matching) Grants program available at https://www.outdoorgrants.com/.NWAEDD representatives are available to help cities and counties prepare their applications.
For additional details, call (870)741-5404.
NWAEDD provides support to government entities in nine Northwest Arkansas counties, including Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton and Searcy counties.
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Fire Damages Jonesâ Bar-B-Q, a Historic Black-Owned Business
James Jones, the owner and pitmaster of the award-winning Arkansas restaurant, vows to rebuild.
A grease fire that started in the barbecue pit of Jonesâ Bar-B-Q Diner spread to the roof and burned 70 percent of the restaurant, according to the local fire chief.Credit.Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism
March 1, 2021
Smoke doesnât normally concern James Harold Jones. It was the flames he saw in the barbecue pit at Jonesâ Bar-B-Q Diner, his familyâs restaurant in Marianna, Ark., that made him worry on Sunday morning.
âI donât usually have no flame,â Mr. Jones said of his time-honored technique for cooking pork shoulders over low heat. âI have coals.â
Send The COVID-19 pandemic sent hospitality tax collections in Arkansas plummeting last year, and the blow to some tourism bureaus in the state, which rely on the taxes for revenue, was even worse than those figures show.
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