Here's some that I took during my end of march/beginning of april vacay. The first couple of pics are from Old Davidsonville state park. The park is built around one of the oldest settlements in Arkansas, the town was settled in 1815 and had the first Courthouse and Land Office in the state. It is in a spot along the Black River and at the time was an important port in northeast Arkansas. A few years after the town was formed, the main trail between St. Louis and Texas changed routes to higher ground and the town was abandoned by 1830.
The first picture is of the Phillips/Reeves cemetery. A couple of headstones here mark the graves of some Revolutionary war veterans.
Phillips Reeves Cemetery by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
River Trail 2 by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
The next five shots are from Hall's Creek Canyon, just outside Ravenden Springs, Arkansas. There are five springs that feed into Hall's Creek, and each of them were known for healing properties and named as such. In the early to mid 1800s, Ravenden Springs was one of the largest resort towns in the state with many spas and hotels, but by the turn of the 19th century the town was in decline. My grandpa was a preacher at the local baptist church for many years, and his parsonage was right above the spring so we'd go down alot and fish for crawdad and swim in the cool water. You can actually get drinking water out of Stomach Spring, they have a water spigot drilled into a concrete wall in the hillside with easy access. That part was upstream of where I took these pics. Also, the first picture shows School Cave, so named because that was the location of the first school in Arkansas, where a methodist preacher started teaching Math, History, Language, and whatever else they taught back in those days.
Hall's Creek Canyon by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
Hall's Creek Canyon by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
Hall's Creek Canyon by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
Hall's Creek Canyon by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
Hall's Creek Canyon by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
The last two are from my family's property near Ravenden Springs. First pic is McAfee Creek, a more or less seasonal stream that as of this picture was carrying the water they got during the rainy season. Second picture is of the main barn on the property.
McAfee Creek 3 by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
Barn 1 by
theskyhawker, on Flickr
MediaCity by Night by CaptFlameRate, on Flickr
MediaCity by Night by CaptFlameRate, on Flickr
MediaCity by Night by CaptFlameRate, on Flickr
Oban_Panorama1 by Martin Hodgson, on Flickr