Discover the unique east-west peaks of the Ouachita Mountains. Learn about the Hot Springs, the Talimena Scenic Drive, and ...

BIG CEDAR, Okla. (KTAL/KMSS) – It was Oct. 29, 1961, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy stood on the side of a road in the South’s largest National Forest. And though the press widely reported that ...

You don't have to go to New Mexico or Colorado for a mountain vacation. Southeastern Oklahoma has the beautiful, forested Ouachita Mountains, and Beavers Bend State Park is right in the middle of them ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — On a new national scenic byway in the Ouachita Mountains, motorists can see both the forests and the trees. Talimena Scenic Drive takes visitors through thick woods and over ...

Season: Spring through fall. Spring bloom occurs in April and May; fall foliage peaks from mid-October to early November. Built in the late 1960s expressly for grand views, this two-lane highway ...

My friend and fellow historian Harold Coogan of Mena recently sent me a nicely printed portfolio from 1928 promoting a proposed Ouachita National Park. With the avid support of boosters from Mena, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A new explanation is offered for the "glacial boulders" in the so-called "Caney shale" of the Ouachita Mountains. Their glacial character is ...

Lythrurus snelsoni, the Ouachita Mountain shiner, is an endemic fish species in the Little River system of Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. We collected ...

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