Mississippi Delta

Natural Beauty

Lake Chicot State Park Near Lake Village, AR Over a hundred campsites Popular destination for boating, bird watching, and fishing

Mississippi River State Park New to the AR parks system Mariana, AR

Village Creek State Park Wynne, AR Fishing, camping, and hiking

Delta Culture

Hampson Archeological Museum State Park Wilson, AR Collection from the renowned Nodena site Recreates the farming-based culture that existed there from A.D.

Lower White River Museum Des Arc, AR Learn about the role the White River played in our state’s history

Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park Scott, AR Arkansas’ tallest remaining prehistoric American Indian mounds Inhabited A.D.

Wild HOG Music Festival Helena- West Helena, AR Last weekend in April Music and motorcycle ralley

Arkansas State University Main campus in Jonesboro, AR Established in ,011 students in 2009

Arkansas State Red Wolves In the Sun Belt Conference Only other Division 1 team in AR Has 12 varsity teams

Helena-West Helena Population: 15,012 Phillips County Fast Fact: Home to the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival Jonesboro Population: 64,849 Craighead County Fast Fact: Home to the Arkansas State University Red Wolves Notable Cities and Towns Paragould Population: 24,505 Greene County Fast Fact: Believed to be only city in the world with this name Stuttgart Population: 9,745 Arkansas County Fast Fact: “Rice and duck capital of the world” West Memphis Population: 27,666 Crittenden County Fast Fact: One of two AR cities that allows gambling

Companies: Riceland Stuttgart, AR World’s largest miller of rice Founded in 1921, now has over 1,900 employees

Mack’s Prairie Wings Stuttgart, AR Considered America’s premier waterfowl outfitter

Notable Residents: Blanche Lincoln Born in 1960 in Helena, AR Law degree from the University of Arkansas In 1998, became the youngest woman elected to the U.S. senate at age 38 Seeking 3 rd term as senator in 2010

Conway Twitty Raised in Helena, AR Began as a rock-and-roll singer, became a famous country singer Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame

Al Green Born in 1946 in Forrest City, AR Became famous gospel and soul singer Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

John Grisham Born in 1955 in Jonesboro, AR Famous American novelist having sold over 250 million copies First 4 books - A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client - all became movies

Johnny Cash Born in Kingsland, AR One of most influential musicians of the 20 th century Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world