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Arkansas
Area Info
Arkansas is the first state in the U.S. where diamonds were found naturally (near Murfreesboro, Arkansas).
The eastern border of most of Arkansas is the Mississippi River, except in Clay and Greene counties where the St. Francis River forms the western boundary of the Missouri Bootheel. Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri, its eastern border with Tennessee and Mississippi, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma.
Arkansas is a land of mountains and valleys, thick forests and fertile plains. Northwest Arkansas is part of the Ozark Plateau including the Boston Mountains, to the south are the Ouachita Mountains and these regions are divided by the Arkansas River; the southern and eastern parts of Arkansas are called the Lowlands.
The so-called Lowlands are better known as the Delta and the Grand Prairie. The land along the Mississippi River is referred to as the “Delta” of Arkansas. It gets this name from the formation of its rich alluvial soils formed from the flooding of the mighty Mississippi. The Grand Prairie is slightly away from the Mississippi River in the southeast portion of the state and consists of a more undulating landscape. Both are fertile agricultural areas and home to much of the crop agriculture in the state.
The Delta region is bisected by an unusual geological formation known as Crowley’s Ridge. A narrow band of rolling hills, Crowley’s Ridge rises from 250 to 500 feet above the surrounding alluvial plain.
Buffalo National River, one of many attractions that give the state’s nickname The Natural State.
Arkansas is home to many caves, such as Blanchard Springs Caverns.
Articles
News from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sherwood man charged in 2007 homicide
Mar 17, 2010 7:29 pm
A 21-year-old Sherwood man was arrested today in connection with a 2007 homicide in North Little Rock.
Mar 17, 2010 10:08 am
North Little Rock police arrested a man Tuesday in the death of Salvation Army Major Philip Wise, who was gunned down on Christmas Eve in front of his three young children.
Fire chief gets heat for 3 men on trucks
Mar 17, 2010 10:03 am
Little Rock Fire Chief Gregory Summers is drawing criticism for reassigning firefighters away from the departments two ladder trucks that ran with at least four crewmen, after the city wrote last year...
3 in state care join challenge of foster ban
Mar 17, 2010 9:30 am
Three teenagers in state custody were allowed to join a lawsuit contesting a voter approved law that bars unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children, a Pulaski County Circuit judge ruled on...
Auditors not at fault, says Conway panel
Mar 17, 2010 9:29 am
A more than $990,000 accounting error in the Conway city budget was the result of poor bookkeeping at City Hall, and not a mistake by the company hired to do the citys annual audit two years ago, memb...
Mar 17, 2010 9:27 am
The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night in Mega Millions: 3-22-48-52-56 Mega Ball: 13 Estimated jackpot: $12 million Megaplier: 4
In killers case, stay remains in force
Mar 17, 2010 9:27 am
A federal appeals court refused to lift a stay of execution Tuesday for an Arkansas man who had been scheduled to die Tuesday night for killing a Bald Knob bookkeeper.
Judge dismisses school-choice suit
Mar 17, 2010 9:26 am
A federal judge has refused to weigh in on the constitutionality of the Arkansas School Choice Act, which uses race as a factor in limiting students transfers between districts.
Library in LR prepares to close under tax-repay plan
Mar 17, 2010 9:25 am
Starting April 12, the Aerospace library on Roosevelt Road in Little Rock will be open only three days a week, and by the end of May, the least-used branch of the Central Arkansas Library System will ...
Desegregation hearing turns to Jacksonville
Mar 17, 2010 9:23 am
U.S. District Judge Brian S. Miller delved briefly Tuesday into the issue of Jacksonvilles interest in forming a new public school system that would be independent of the Pulaski County Special School...
