ARKANSAS A-Z: Bull Shoals Dam and Lake spurred area's prospe

The Bull Shoals Dam site is located on the White River about 10 miles west of Mountain Home, where the river divides Baxter and Marion counties. The site is named after its location at a shoal (a shallow and swift reach of river), borrowing from the French "boill," meaning a large spring.

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