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Arkansas Delta
Celebrating Fall in the Arkansas Delta
Halloween Campers at Cane Creek State Park
People enjoy showing off their Halloween spirit
by being Hlooween Campers
October is a flurry of fall fun in the Arkansas
Delta. With festivals focusing on the bounty of
autumnal harvest, pumpkin patches rimming to the
brim with everyone’s favorite orange gourd, and
“scary monsters” hiding around every corner.
It’s a month filled with events and activities
that will make you laugh, scream and appreciate
the harvest and the beauty of autumn in
Arkansas.
Celebrate the season as Peebles Farm in Augusta
hosts the annual Fall Festival on Oct. 1-31.
This year’s event features a 14-acre “Haunted
Graveyard” corn maze, hayrides, a play area,
cotton and pumpkin patches, a petting zoo, and
hay tunnels. While you’re there, choose the
perfect pumpkin to make into a jack-o-lantern.
On Friday and Saturday nights throughout
October, nighttime tours of the corn maze are
offered.
Visit
www.PeeblesFarm.com
Try not to scream! Pumpkin Hollow in St. Francis
opens their infamous haunted attractions to
those who dare to enter! Beginning Oct. 1,
visitors will be terrified by Bubba’s Butcher
Barn, the Forest of Fright, and the Mad Skull
Mine. For the youngsters or the faint of heart,
there’s the Friendly Fairytale Forest. The
haunted attractions are open each Friday and
Saturday night through Oct. 29, at
www.PumpkinHollow.com
October is abundant with fun festivities and
exciting events just waiting for your and your
family. Get out and explore! You’ll find
something for everyone, from fun to frightening,
this month in eastern Arkansas.
Visit
www.arkansas.com for more events and info.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Largest Grand Canyon Excavation Project in 40
Years Revealed
Excavations underway at the Upper Unkar site,
Photo © Dawn Kish
Between 2006 and 2009, the National Park Service
(NPS) and the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA)
completed the largest excavation and research
project in Grand Canyon National Park in nearly
40 years. Nine sites along the Colorado River at
the Canyon bottom were investigated, revealing
important stories about the lives of prehistoric
peoples who made the Grand Canyon their home.
A
new exhibit, Grand Archaeology: Excavation and
Discovery along the Colorado River, opens
Saturday, October 1, 2011 and runs through
Sunday, August 5, 2012 at the Museum of Northern
Arizona in Flagstaff. The exhibit includes 24
large prehistoric artifacts, including pots,
metates, bowls, jars, and stone tools, plus
numerous small projectile points, beads,
pendants, gaming pieces, and other artifacts
from the excavation sites.
Also included are excavation equipment, a
16-minute video by Tom Bartels, 23 text panels,
and 20 fine art photographic prints by Flagstaff
adventure photographer Dawn Kish, who traveled
with the archaeologists to the Canyon floor and
along the Colorado River corridor. There is also
a hands-on, science-based excavation experience
for kids.
The Museum sits at the base of the San Francisco
Peaks, the tallest mountain range in Arizona. It
is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, and
is located three miles north of historic
downtown Flagstaff on Highway 180.
For further information, go to
www.musnaz.org.
You can also find MNA on
www.Facebook.com/musnaz or at
twitter.com/MuseumofNAZ.
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