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Arkansas Landmarks
Arkansas Tourist attractions, famous Arkansas landmarks and other Arkansas points of interest.
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Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH), is the only pediatric medical center in Arkansas and the sixth largest in the United States. ACH is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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The Museum offers 25,000 square feet of interactive exhibits and over 30 programs designed to provide learning experiences for all ages.
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Completed in 1915 with the aid of prisoners, the Arkansas State Capitol was built on the site of the State Penitentiary. The grounds contain many memorials including a Vietnam Veterans Memorial and a memorial to Confederate Women of Arkansas.
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Bathhouse Row is a collection of bathhouses which were included in 1832 when the Federal Government took over the land to preserve 47 natural hot springs and their area of origin on the lower slopes of Hot Springs Mountain.
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Christmas Knob is a mountain summit in which peaks at 686 feet (209.09 meters) above sea level.
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This park is by far the smallest national park by area in the United States. The hot springs flow from the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain, part of the Ouachita Mountain range.
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In 1957, nine African-American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, were denied entrance to the school in defiance of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering integration of public schools.
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Now home to Arkansas' Department of Rehabilitation, the Army-Navy Hospital opened in November of 1933. Several hospitals had been built along Bathhouse Row to take advantage of the hot springs.
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The Arboretum is owned by the local school system but operated as a state park by the South Arkansas Community College. Opened in 1965, the arboretum is Arkansas's only state park located within a city.
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