by Cathy Drew | Dec 17, 2025 | Travel Tips
Blanchard Springs Caverns’ Early Story Lives on in Lyon College Archives BATESVILLE, Arkansas –As state leaders move toward designating Blanchard Springs Caverns as Arkansas’s 53rd state park, a quieter but equally significant chapter of the caverns’ history rests in...
by Cathy Drew | Dec 11, 2025 | Travel Tips
🌾 Discover Independence County: Where History Still Turns 🌿 Just six miles northwest of Batesville along Highway 69 sits a piece of Arkansas history you might drive past without even realizing its story: Spring Mill. Built just after the Civil War in 1869, this...
by Cathy Drew | Dec 11, 2025 | Travel Tips
🎻 How a Small Arkansas Town Helped Shape the Sound of a Nation 🎶 Most people think of Nashville when they think of the Grand Ole Opry — but the spark that lit that legendary stage began in a little place called Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. It all started in 1919, when a...
by Cathy Drew | Dec 8, 2025 | Travel Tips
Governor Sanders and Sec. Lewis Sign MOU with U.S. Forest Service Designating Blanchard Springs Caverns as Arkansas’ Newest State Park LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Shea Lewis today...
by Cathy Drew | Dec 6, 2025 | Travel Tips
LIVING WINDOWS & PARADE DETAILS ANNOUNCED Calico Rock will hold their annual Living Windows & Lighted Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 13, in just one week. For those that have not experienced it, it’s hard to share just how magical this night is....
