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The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (ADPHT) is a cabinet level agency in the executive branch of Arkansas state government responsible for promoting, protecting, interpreting, and managing the state's natural and cultural resources. The department was established on July 1, 2019.
Sheridan is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located deep in the forests of the Arkansas Timberlands . It sits at the intersection of US Highways 167 and 270 .
Current Arkansas state parks Name County Size Estab-lished River / lake Image Remarks Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources: Union: 19 acres (8 ha) 1986: None: Museum preserving and interpreting the history of oil and bromine mining in Arkansas Arkansas Post Museum: Arkansas: 8 acres (3.2 ha) 1997: None
"Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Grant County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives. "Arkansas Department of Education school district maps, 1952-1954 Saline County, 1952-1954". Arkansas Digital Archives. Arkansas State Archives.
Formed on February 4, 1869, Grant County was named in honor of U.S. President-elect Ulysses S. Grant. [3] [4] It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas General Assembly (1905-1912) from Sheridan, introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges. [5]
Loudoun County (1954), the oldest high school, can hold around 1,370 students, Loudoun Valley (1962) and Broad Run (1969) can hold around 1,390–1,410 (Loudoun Valley and Broad Run were built with a similar design), Park View (1976) can hold about 1,370 and Potomac Falls (1997) can hold about 1,400.
Lake Poinsett State Park is a 132-acre (53 ha) Arkansas state park on Crowley's Ridge in Poinsett County, Arkansas in the United States. The park was formed after the damming of Distress Creek to create a recreational lake in the county in 1960. The park is located along the western bank of the lake and is open for year-round for camping ...
Devil's Den State Park is a 2,500-acre (1,000 ha) Arkansas state park in Washington County, near West Fork, Arkansas in the United States. The park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, beginning in 1933. Devil's Den State Park is in the Lee Creek Valley in the Boston Mountains, which are the southwestern part of The Ozarks. The park ...