• Arkansas Post National Memorial
  In 1686, Henri de Tonti established a trading post known as Poste de Arkansea at the Quapaw village of Osotuoy. It was the first semi-permanent French settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley. The establishment of the post was the first step in a long struggle between France, Spain, and England over the interior of the North American continent. Located in Gillett, Arkansas.
  
  
• Arkansas State Parks
  Vacation in Arkansas's State Parks. Find mountaintop lodges, lakes, cabins, river side campsites, fishing, hiking, golfing, a museum village, a "finders keepers" diamond mine. Ozark Mountain music, prehistoric Native American mounds, swamp tours and more!
  
  
• Buffalo National River
  Offering both swift-running and placid stretches, the Buffalo River is one of the few remaining unpolluted, free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states. Totaling approximately 95,700 acres, the Buffalo National River encompasses 135 miles of the 150 mile long river. Located in Northwest Arkansas.
  
  
• Fort Smith National Historic Site
  Fort Smith National Historic Site embraces the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Commemorating a significant phase of America's westward expansion, it stands today as a reminder of 80 turbulent years in the history of Federal Indian Policy.
  
  
• Hot Springs National Park
  Congress established Hot Springs Reservation on April 20, 1832 to protect hot springs flowing from the southwestern slope of Hot Springs Mountain. This makes it the oldest park currently in the National Park System--40 years older than Yellowstone National Park. People have used the hot spring water in therapeutic baths for more than two hundred years to treat rheumatism and other ailments. Located in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
  
  
• Pea Ridge National Military Park
  Pea Ridge National Military Park is a 4,300 acre Civil War Battlefield that preserves the site of the March 1862 battle that saved Missouri for the Union. On March 7 & 8, nearly 26,000 soldiers fought to determine whether Missouri would remain under Union control, and whether or not Federal armies could continue their offensive south through the Mississippi River Valley. Located in Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
  
  

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