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The State Parks of Arkansas From the 1830s to the 1930s, steamboats plowed the waters of Arkansas' White River...

Amazed By Arkansas: The Steamboat Era on the White River - todaysthv.com | KTHV | Little Rock, AR
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Modern traffic pays little heed to the White River in eastern Arkansas. But there was a time when the White River was both a barrier to be overcomeand a highway to the world beyond Arkansas.
November 20, 2009 at 4:26am
Alan Patterson
Alan Patterson
We vacationed in Calico Rock a few months back. The current owners of the old hotel filled us in on the history of the railroad takeover (and a ton of other things). Once the rail came in, the steamboats vanished in less than two years... practical, but kind of sad.
November 20, 2009 at 5:03am
Mavis Stevens-Wilks
Mavis Stevens-Wilks
This sounds like a great vacation spot!
November 20, 2009 at 5:55am
Beth Hatcher
Beth Hatcher
I love the history of the steamboats,I have some information on the Sultana that caught fire and sunk in the Mississippi,but when the river changed I heard it was now buried in a field around West Helena.Would love to know more about this subject.
November 20, 2009 at 5:56am
Deb Hill
Deb Hill
The white river needs to have a nostalgic Riverboat Restaurant like the Arkansas Queen on the AR river. The closest thing we have is Dondies' - looks like a boat sittin on the bank at Des Arc.
November 20, 2009 at 7:02am