Updated 12:00 a.m., Thu June 20, 2013
PHOTO BY: Hannah Burney

Mike Volz, director of the Arkadelphia Parks and Recreation Department, tells some of the history of DeSoto Bluff, which overlooks the Ouachita River. Arkadelphia has built a paved road off North 10th Street (U.S. 67) to a small parking lot. From there, visitors can walk down a broad paved path to DeSoto Bluff.

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Arkadelphia’s DeSoto Bluff now more accessible

Clark County residents like to believe Hernando DeSoto and his men camped along the Ouachita River on the bluff that now carries his name, but Arkadelphia City Manager Jimmy Bolt said he’s been told historical research does not support the story. “It has been a story that has been told around here for a long time,” he said, “so the name’s stuck, and I won’t be the one that says it’s impossible.” It is known that in 1804, Americans Geo... READ MORE

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