Though known throughout the Southeast United States for hunting and fishing, Randolph County also boasts a burgeoning arts community with playhouses, a music scene and artisans as well as a number of
historical sites. Residents appreciate the perks of small-town living while taking advantage of big city amenities including a variety of fitness activities and an indoor/outdoor aquatic center and water park and state of the art tennis courts.
Downtown Pocahontas, first settled in 1813, contains a 17 block National Historic District whose structures date back to 1860 and are centered on the 1872 Courthouse, the state’s outstanding example of Victorian Italianate Architecture. Pocahontas is also the site of the Civil War River Walk Memorial Trail along the Black River in Overlook Park where the story of some 40,000 CSA and Union troops headquartered here (including the headquarters for all Confederate troops west of the Mississippi) is related on historic markers. Arkansas’s first Quilt Trail, with full size images of heritage quilts, is located on the sides of buildings in the National Historic District.
For more information, visit SeeRandolphCounty.com.
