Travelin’ the Southern Arkansas Timberlands: Events Taking Place in July

Zoie Clift, travel writer
Arkansas Tourism

In order to better serve your needs and to keep you from getting extremely long documents from the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, we have decided to break down our Travelin’ Arkansas release into regions organized by date. This way you will be able to look only at the areas you are interested in covering. The territories covered in Travelin' Arkansas adhere to the six geographical regions found in the Arkansas Tour Guide. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions: [email protected] or 501-682-7606.

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The Fantastic Fourth Celebration takes place July 4 in El Dorado. The event starts with the First Financial Bank Firecracker 5K Run & Fun Walk in downtown. Throughout the day there will be arts, crafts, and food vendors, Kids World, a car show, a Poker Run, UCAPS Patriotic Pet Show, and live music. The day will end with a fireworks display at the El Dorado Memorial Stadium. For more information call 870-863-6113.

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A Walks through History Tour of Historic Downtown Sheridan takes place July 11. The event is part of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and the tour group will meet in front of the Grant County Courthouse. As the Grant County seat, Sheridan emerged as an important shipping hub for the timber-related industries that continue to dominate the county economy. Sheridan’s downtown area contains several examples of early twentieth century commercial-style architecture indicative of the town’s early growth and development. For more details visit www.arkansaspreservation.org or phone 501-324-9880.