Old State House Museum, Little Rock, AR

This photo is in the section about Arkansas Women.  Hattie Carrway was elected to the U.S. Senate from Arkansas.  She was the first woman in the nation to be elected and serve in that office.

View from the street

Illustration of the Capitol when it was first built.

Senate Chamber

Oldest dress in the First Ladies Exhibit.  It is from 1890's.

Part of the First Ladies Exhibit.

Part of my site-seeing on this trip to Little Rock was a trip to the Old State House Museum.  This was designed and built after the captial of Arkansas Territoy was moved to Little Rock.  In recent years it has been the backdrop for several national news events.  The most famous if Bill Clinton's announcement that he was running for President.  The Museum has several permanent exhibits and a wing that has a traveling exhibit.  While I was visiting it was on the Civil War.  Above are some photos from the museum.

Wetlands at Clinton Presidental Library

The wetlands in eastern Arkansas are perfect for water fowl hunters.  There is a statue of a hunter and his dog at the start to the Wet lands walkway.

A view across the walkway.

This the a view from the railroad bridge.  The Little Rock skyline is in the background.

I am in Little Rock for Thanksgiving and decided to stay a few days and play tourist.  I visited the Clinton Presidential Library today.  There is a new walkway around part of the 70 acres of wetlands that are part of the Library grounds.  It is a very easy walk.  Today was perfect for being outside and quite a few people were taking advantage of the good weather.

The Junction Railroad Bridge has been converted to a walkway over the Arkansas River joining the Little Rock River Marker with North Little Rock. Matt and I walked over the bridge and i took pictures of the Little Rock Skyline from the bridge, the submarine Razorback on the North Little Rock Side and the trolley that runs between the River Market and the North Little Rock. One of the fun places to visit is the Peabody. Just like the Peabody in Memphis you can see the ducks come down each morning to spend the day in the fountain and go back each night to their duck penthouse.