The Story of Arkansas in 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Arkansas landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Natural State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Oil booms... Duck Capital of the World... MLB spring training... bor-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>dellos... Magic Eye Water... Trail of tears... Climber automobiles...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Valley of the Vapors... Ryder BB gun... zinc... the CCC... Green</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book... Meskers... the golden age of motoring... iron horses... Grand</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Promenade... department stores... kit houses... Marsh rainbow arch</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>bridges... glass chapels... Elaine Twelve... Little Rock Nine... riding</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>galleries... The Ditch... Arkansas Derby... trolley parks... Civil War in-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>trigue... salt works... Prohibition-era gangsters...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Arkansas uniquely Arkansas. What was the smallest town in</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America to have a Carnegie library? Solved. Where was the first neon</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>sign erected in Arkansas? A mystery no more. Where can you find</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hanging Judge Parker's gallows? Identified. Where was the last duel</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>fought on Arkansas soil? Revealed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Arkansas can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Natural State standing in plain sight on Arkansas streets!</span></p><p></p>