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Just returned from a visit to the Tuscumbia area, and made a special trip to the Coon Dog Cemetery. It's a beautiful area, with a picnic pavilion and hiking trail. The headstones are fun to read. You can feel how much people loved their dogs! There were flowers on each grave and many had American flags, too.
[Jamie Jarboe, 02/26/2013]Coon Dog Cemetery:- Address:
- 4945 Coon Dog Cemetery Rd, Cherokee, AL
- Directions:
- Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Cemetery. Seven miles west of Tuscumbia on US Hwy 72. Turn left (south) on Hwy 247, go 12 miles, turn right, and follow the signs.
- Phone:
- 256-383-0783
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Oak Grove, Alabama - Housewife-Whacking Meteor Fell Here
A historical marker flags the the only known spot where a person was hit by a meteorite. Housewife Ann Hodges survived the too-close encounter.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- Old Birmingham Hwy, Oak Grove, AL
- Directions:
- From US Hwy 231 turn east at the Shell station onto Hwy 511. Drive three-quarters of a mile. You'll see the historical marker on the right. If you want to see the house site, make the first right after the marker onto Odens Mill Rd. The site is a quarter-mile on the right, currently occupied by two house trailers.
- Admission:
- Free
A cartoon placard for the USS Razorback submarine shows "kills." Small flags = merchant ships. Large flags = supply ships. Sunrise flags = war ships. The rest are U.S. pilots rescued at sea.
[Katharine Chestnut, 07/07/2010]USS Razorback Submarine:- Address:
- 100 Riverfront Park Drive, North Little Rock, AR
- Directions:
- Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. I-30 Exit 141B, Broadway to Cypress St. south for 0.3 miles, turn west on Riverfront Drive to Riverfront Park entrance.
- Hours:
- Summer W-Sa 10-6, Su 1-6. Fewer hours and days off-season. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 501-371-8320
- Admission:
- Adults $10.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
A large map of Arkansas made of flagstone marks the highest point in the state. The map looks somewhat topographical (it's a pretty flat state) and includes the Arkansas River.
[Chuck Dunaj, 07/29/2013]Mountaintop Flagstone Map of Arkansas:- Address:
- Lodge Drive, Paris, AR
- Directions:
- Mount Magazine State Park. Park at the Lodge, then follow the Signal Hill Trail just east of the Lodge to the summit.
- Phone:
- 479-963-8502
- Admission:
- Free
Over the years, the town's black raven statue had been torched twice by vandals. Nevermore! The current model is more impervious to morons, standing on a small plaza flanked by an Arkansas and an American flag.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- Hwy. 63, Ravenden, AR
- Directions:
- Northwest of Jonesboro on Highway 63. It sits on the right side of the highway just as you enter the town going west.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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