Sometimes frustrations, like waiting for a delayed train, can result in fruitful chance meetings and interesting conversations. This happened back in 1892 when five lumbermen, who had to wait seven hours for a late train in Gurdon, Arkansas, had a chance meeting that resulted in the formation of an unusual organization symbolized by a strange black cat statue poised near the Gurdon Depot.

Sometimes frustrations, like waiting for a delayed train, can result in fruitful chance meetings and interesting conversations. This happened back in 1892 when five lumbermen, who had to wait seven hours for a late train in Gurdon, Arkansas, had a chance meeting that resulted in the formation of an unusual organization symbolized by a strange black cat statue poised near the Gurdon Depot.

The Texas Eagle usually travels through Arkansas at night. As you peer out the window into the darkness between towns, it may look like an empty, lonely landscape. In fact, there is a thriving community of nocturnal animals out there going about their business of finding mates, making nests, getting food and trying to avoid being eaten by their neighbors.

The Texas Eagle usually travels through Arkansas at night. As you peer out the window into the darkness between towns, it may look like an empty, lonely landscape. In fact, there is a thriving community of nocturnal animals out there going about their business of finding mates, making nests, getting food and trying to avoid being eaten by their neighbors.

Welcome to Hope, Arkansas, a city full of heritage and history as rich as its soil. Hope is a city economically founded by brick making, birthplace of one of our nation's former presidents, and known for producing some of the largest specimens of watermelon in the world.

Welcome to Hope, Arkansas, a city full of heritage and history as rich as its soil. Hope is a city economically founded by brick making, birthplace of one of our nation's former presidents, and known for producing some of the largest specimens of watermelon in the world.

Labeled as The Natural State, Arkansas has a wide variety of resources and mixed geography which has a great part in the history of America's recreation. Arkansas is adjacent on the north by Missouri; on the east it is covered by the beautiful and historic Mississippi River, which separates it from Mississippi and Tennessee; on the south end, are Louisiana swamps; and on the west the bountiful plains of Oklahoma and Texas; all these factors combined have helped shape Arkansas into one of the country's most diversified and prized landscapes.

Labeled as The Natural State, Arkansas has a wide variety of resources and mixed geography which has a great part in the history of America's recreation. Arkansas is adjacent on the north by Missouri; on the east it is covered by the beautiful and historic Mississippi River, which separates it from Mississippi and Tennessee; on the south end, are Louisiana swamps; and on the west the bountiful plains of Oklahoma and Texas; all these factors combined have helped shape Arkansas into one of the country's most diversified and prized landscapes.

Near Fulton, Arkansas, the train crosses the Red River, a very important river system to the people of southwestern Arkansas from prehistoric times to present day. The river gets its name from the red color of its water and clay banks, and is the second largest river basin in the southern Great Plains.

Near Fulton, Arkansas, the train crosses the Red River, a very important river system to the people of southwestern Arkansas from prehistoric times to present day. The river gets its name from the red color of its water and clay banks, and is the second largest river basin in the southern Great Plains.