Walks Through History
- When: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 11 a.m.
- Where: various locations--see long description
- Cost: Free
- Age limit: Not available
- Categories: Community, Lectures
In the “Walks Through History” program, AHPP historians each month provide free guided walking tours of historic structures and districts across Arkansas. The tours all begin at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. The 2010 schedule includes:
· March 13, Pocahontas Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by Five Rivers Historic Preservation, Inc., and the Randolph County Tourism Association
· April 17, Fordyce-Ricks House Historic District, Hot Springs, co-sponsored by the Garland County Historical Society
· May 15, Wynne Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by the Cross County Historical Society
· June 12, Mammoth Spring Dam and Lake, co-sponsored by Mammoth Spring State Park and the Mammoth Spring Chamber of Commerce
· July 17, Historic Pangburn, co-sponsored by the White County Historical Society
· Aug. 14, Rector Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by Rector Downtown Central
· Sept. 18, DeWitt Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by the Grand Prairie Historical Society
· Oct. 9, Historic Hampton, co-sponsored by the Hampton Cemetery Committee
· Nov. 13, Shaheen-Goodfellow Weekend Cottage (“Stoneflower”), co-sponsored by the Cleburne County Historical Society
· Dec. 11, Harrisburg Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by the Sunken Lands Regional Chamber of Commerce.
All tours are free and open to the public. For information, call the AHPP at (501) 324-9880, write the agency at 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201, send an e-mail message to info@arkansaspreservation.org, or visit the agency web site at www.arkansaspreservation.org.
The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.
