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deer and black bear. Subject to over- 

 flow. — Lee Miles. 



Petit Jean Mountain Park. (C4.) 

 A tract of 1500 acres embracing the most 

 picturesque portion of Petit Jean Moun- 

 tain, situated along Arkansas River in 

 Conway County, has attracted tourists 

 for its scenic beauty and has been set 

 aside as a state park. Entire mountain 

 is a flat top erosion remnant occupying a 

 synclinal structure. It is capped with 

 sandstone, forming a continuous line of 

 great sandstone boulders where it out- 

 crops on the brow of the hill. Elevation 

 1100 ft. rising from about 320 ft. along 

 Arkansas River. Has 100 ft. waterfall, 

 "Cedar Falls," which drains mountain- 

 top to the west through canyon several 

 hundred feet deep. More than 50 springs 

 near the summit, some discharging min- 

 eral water. Native timber of shortleaf 

 pine, white oak, hickory and a little 

 maple with much of its summit as yet in 

 virgin forest, mainly pine. Mammalian 

 fauna includes wolf, gray and red fox. 



MorriltonJ, 9 mi. east on good road. 

 Missouri Pacific. — T. W. Hardison. 



McNab Wooded Sand Hill and Red 

 River Forest areas. (C3.) One or more 

 small areas of indefinite size (not exceed- 

 ing several square miles each), west and 

 south of McNab in the wooded sandy 

 hills and bluffs adjacent to the Red 

 River. A region of special botanical 

 interest celebrated for its large number 

 of endemic species. Contains Quercus 

 arkansana, Q. Durandi, Carya myristicae- 

 formis, Castanea alnifolia, Ubnus sero- 

 tina, Sophora affinis, and many rare 

 species of Crataegus. Abundance of 

 cretaceous fossils. 



FultonJ, Ark. on Mo. Pac. Ry., 3 

 and 5 mi. (a). McNab-Frisco Ry. 

 one mi. south and two mi. west. — 

 /. T. Buchholz. 



Harrison Natural Bridge Park. A 

 tract formerly known as the Town 

 Hopper Estate in the heart of the resi- 

 dence district, has been acquired by the 

 City of Harrison as a public playground 

 park. Contains limestone bluff and a 

 natural bridge fronting along on White 

 River with many native trees and other 

 plants characteristic of the Ozark flora. 

 Harrisonl on Mo. North Ark. Ry.— 

 /. T. B. 



Pigron Pasture. (C4.) Available. A 

 tract approximately 40 acres, known as 

 Pigron's Pasture is noted locally for its 

 bird fauna. It is a nearly level, grazed 

 valley, having a small stream of water, 

 has some meadow and many hawthorns, 

 wild grapes and various kinds of berries 

 aside from sycamores, oaks, walnuts, 



and other trees. Breeding place for 

 oven-bird, yellow-breasted chat, Ken- 

 tucky warbler, sycamore warbler, also 

 many more common song birds such 

 as mockingbirds, cat birds, brown 

 thrasher, cardinal, wood pee-wee, field 

 sparrow, gold finch and blue jay. Near 

 Fayetteville on St. L. & S. F. (Frisco) 

 Railway, two mi. from station, one mi. 

 from Postoffice, east on Elkins-Hunts- 

 ville Road. — Albert Lano. 



Magazine Mountain in Logan County. 

 (B3.) Highest point in Arkansas and 

 one of the highest between Rocky Moun- 

 tains and Alleghenys, altitude 2823 ft. 

 Has very diverse flora and fauna, much 

 of it in undisturbed condition. 



Magazine 7 mi. east, Blue Mountain 

 6 mi. N. East on C. R. I. & Pac. Rv.— 

 J.T.B. 



*Hot Springs National Park. In Gar- 

 land County has 44 hot springs, many 

 palatial hotels and bath houses. 



Hot Springst, C. R. I. & Pac. Ry. and 

 Mo. Pac. Ry.— /. T. B. 



Mammoth Spring. (64.) 18 acres in 

 Fulton County, largest spring in western 

 America flowing 300,000 gallons of water 

 per minute, source of Spring River, 

 altitude 580 ft. 



Mammoth SpringL Frisco Ry. — /. 

 T. B. 



Kessler Mountain. (C4.) Available. 

 One of the Ozark hills which has a maple 

 (Acer saccharinum) forest with northern 

 plants on its northern slopes and in 

 protected ravines otherwise a typical 

 oak savanna of this region. It is prob- 

 ably representative of much of the hill 

 surface of the southern Ozark Moun- 

 tains. Much of it is still relatively un- 

 disturbed. 200 to 1000 acres located in 

 Washington County between Fayette- 

 ville and Farmington, 3^ mi. west from 

 Fayettevillet, or one mi. (w) East from 

 Farmington, Ark., Frisco Ry. — /. T. B. 



Mt. Nebo. (C4.) A tract of consider- 

 able acreage in Yell County. Elevation 

 330 to 1760 ft. Borders along Arkansas 

 River with much of it little disturbed. 

 Has always attracted tourists and should 

 be set aside as state or national park. 



Dardanelle, 6 mi. west, C. R. I. & 

 P. Ry.— /. T. B. 



Sugar Loaf Mountain. (C4.) In 

 South Sebastian County in Arkansas and 

 Oklahoma boundary. Said to be unin- 

 habited and undisturbed. A beautiful 

 hill typical of the western Ouachita 

 Mountains. 



Hartford, several miles, Hartford and 

 Midland Valley Ry. ; Rock Island Ry.— 

 /. T. B. 



Magnet Cove, Arkansas. (F6.) In 

 Hot Springs County, about 4 to 6 sq. 

 mi. should be included in this tract or a 



