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The railway's mainline was 113 miles (182 km) long and ran between Little Rock (near the center of the state) and Arkansas City (near the Mississippi River), passing through Pine Bluff. It had about 172 miles (277 km) of track, including sidings , rail yards and branch lines , including the Ouachita Division to Collins (with stage for points in ...
The Arkansas Valley is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.It parallels the Arkansas River between the flat plains of western Oklahoma and the Arkansas Delta, dividing the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains with the broad valleys created by the river's floodplain, occasionally interrupted by low hills ...
The Arkansas River Valley, also known as the Arkansas Valley, is a region in Arkansas defined by the Arkansas River in the western part of the state. Generally defined as the area between the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, [1] the River Valley is characterized by flat lowlands covered in fertile farmland and lakes periodically interrupted by high peaks.
The Ouachita Division was a 49-mile (79 km) railway line owned and operated by the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway in southeastern Arkansas. The line originated in Trippe (near Arkansas City) where it connected to the Little Rock Division (Arkansas Valley Route), and eventually terminated in Warren.
For two railroads to occupy a river valley is not a problem in principle, but west of Cañon City the Arkansas River cuts through the Royal Gorge, a high plateau of igneous rocks forming a spectacular steep-walled gorge over 1,000 feet (300 m) deep and 6 miles (9.7 km) long.
Mississippi River. Arkansas River. Bayou Meto; Little Maumelle River; Maumelle River; Fourche La Fave River. South Fourche La Fave River; Cadron Creek; Point Remove Creek; Petit Jean River; Illinois Bayou; Big Piney Creek; Mulberry River; Poteau River. James Fork; Lee Creek; Illinois River. Flint Creek. Sager Creek; Hickory Creek; Neosho River ...
Oct. 30—Dates and the daily admission fee are set for the 2024 Crawford County Fair as its board of directors also seeks four nominees for its volunteer board. The county fair will run Aug. 17 ...
Arkansas is ecologically diverse. Though often simplistically split into halves from southwest to northeast, with "uplands" in the northwest half and "lowlands" in the southeastern half, the CEC system of levels reveals the diverse forests and floodplains, prairies and plateaus, ridges and river bottoms, and loess hills and lowlands of Arkansas ...