God Bless the U.S.A.!

God Bless the U.S.A.!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Arkansas Fun Facts

*Arkansas had the only active diamond mine in the U.S. located outside Murfreesboro at Crater of  Diamonds State Park.
* Arkansas' nickname is "The Natural State" because of the unsurpassed scenery, clear lakes, free-flowing streams, magnificent rivers, bayous, delta bottomlands, forested mountains, and abundant fish and wildlife.
* The road to the White House for President Bill Clinton began in Hope, Arkansas.
* Sam Walton founded his Wal-Mart stores in Bentonville, Arkansas
* 47 hot springs flow from the southwestern slope of Hot Springs Mountain, at an average temperature of 143 degrees F.

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