Here's another great old picture that was made approximately 1976. It was found in an old estate sale for a price within my budget. It stills looks basically the same if you google Des Arc Arkansas. Des Arc is a small town that takes a bit of driving to get to but is worth the drive. The court house was built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and used salvaged materials from a 1910 structure.
I found this information on the internet.
"THE HISTORY OF DES ARC ALL STARTED ON THE WHITE RIVER AS EARLY FRENCH TRADERS CAME DOWN THE WHITE RIVER IN THE EARLY 1700’S. THE FIRST KNOWN SETTLERS HERE WERE CREOLES WATTS AND EAST IN ABOUT 1810. FUR WAS THE CHIEF COMMODITY BEING SOLD ON THE NEW ORLEANS MARKET AS TRAPPERS MADE THEIR WAY ALONG THE WHITE RIVER. THE NAME DES ARC IS IN FACT CONNECTED WITH THE WHITE RIVER, MEANING THE BOW OR THE BEND OR THE CURVE."
The internet says Des Arc has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places. This is one of them. Here is another blog showing one of the places. And then I wrote a delightful one here. It contains pictures of Searcy folks swimming in a spot in Des Arc. Population is around 2000 and is an interesting place to visit.
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