Passengers roll on pontoon cruise of Arkansas River

Passengers watch a tug boat and barges head upstream in February on the Arkansas River after locking through at Lock and Dam 13 at Barling.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
Passengers watch a tug boat and barges head upstream in February on the Arkansas River after locking through at Lock and Dam 13 at Barling. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)


Canoes, kayaks and small fishing boats share the Arkansas River with tug boats and barges as long and wide as a football field.

Pontoon boats, too, ply the wide river, including an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission pontoon boat that welcomes passengers aboard to learn about the big river that crosses...

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