Date Original
1938
Description
This collection contains two letters.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Great River Road-Arkansas National Scenic Byway is part of a ten-state driving route along both sides of the Mississippi River, from its headwaters at Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana. In Eastern Arkansas, the route travels through ten counties that are along the river or historically associated with the river. The route began in 1938 when the Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission was formed through the urging of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. The Arkansas portion of the route includes roads in Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Drew, Lee, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips and St. Francis counties. The route begins just north of Blytheville (Mississippi County) and travels through Osceola (Mississippi County), Wilson (Mississippi County), Marion (Crittenden County), West Memphis (Crittenden County), Hughes (St. Francis County), Marianna (Lee County), Helena-West Helena (Phillips County), Elaine (Phillips County), St. Charles, DeWitt (Arkansas County), Dumas (Desha County), Arkansas City (Desha County), McGehee (Desha County), Lake Village, and Eudora (Chicot County). In addition, official loops or spurs take visitors to other cities within the ten designated counties.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.100.003
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Mississippi River Parkway Historic Landmarks correspondence, SMC.100.003
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Mississippi River Parkway Historic Landmarks correspondence, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
