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Louisiana Purchase State Park

Blackton, AR

A limestone monument deep in a headwater swamp marks the initial point used to survey lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. A boardwalk leads through cypress and tupelo forest to the surprisingly remote marker.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: arkansasstateparks.com/parks/louisiana-purchase-state-park

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