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Products of the Arkansas River Valley

Products of the Arkansas River Valley. Dillard’s headquarters are in Little Rock. Dillard’s ranks among the nations largest fashion apparel and home furnishings retailers. Dillard’s now has 329 stores in 29 states. Grapes.

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Products of the Arkansas River Valley

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  1. Products of the Arkansas River Valley

  2. Dillard’s headquarters are in Little Rock. • Dillard’s ranks among the nations largest fashion apparel and home furnishings retailers. • Dillard’s now has 329 stores in 29 states.

  3. Grapes • Arkansas is the oldest grape juice and wine producing state in the southern United States. • Grapes were first grown commercially in Arkansas at Altus in the 1870’s. • Arkansas makes over $2 million from grapes, grape juice, and wine. • Wiederkehr Wine Cellars and Vineyard and Post Familie Vinyards and Winery are both located in Altus.

  4. Tourism • Mount Magazine is Arkansas’s highest mountain at 2,753 feet tall. • Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park is located in Scott. These are Arkansas’s tallest remaining Native American mounds. • The Fort Smith National Historic Site includes the remains of the original 1817 fort, as well as Judge Isaac C. Parker’s courtroom, jail, and gallows.

  5. Natural Resources • Bauxite is a mineral used to make aluminum. America’s massive aluminum industry has roots here, in Bauxite, AR. • Natural gas was first discovered in Fort Smith in 1887. The first commercial development began in 1902 in Mansfield. • There are coal mining companies in Greenwood. Arkansas’s coal is used to produce steam to power electric generating plants and steam locomotives & to heat homes and buildings.

  6. Natural Resources • Soybeans are grown between Russellville and Dardanelle. Soy is used in making salad dressing, margarine, candles, crayons, shampoo, lipstick, and ice cream. • Cotton is grown in Pulaski County. • Sand and Gravel is found in Little Rock and at Arkhola Sand & Gravel in Fort Smith. Sand and Gravel is used for concrete products, including block, brick, and pipe, in making asphalt, and in snow and ice control. • There is a nuclear power plant in Russellville.

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