Week 60: Hoxie, Arkansas

Union Station depot at Hoxie; circa 1918

Hoxie is a literal crossroads in Northeast Arkansas, with five highways converging in or near town, plus two railways. Also two rivers, the Black and the Spring, come together a few miles away.

Hoxie was the third school system in Arkansas to integrate.

The mayor of Hoxie is named Dennis.

As of the 2010 census, the city was 98.15% white.
 

Since Arkansas is a state I still want to visit in real life, this is a fine time to consider what I might do when I go there. Here are a few possibilities:

• Hot Springs National Park.
• Buffalo National River. It's a free-flowing unpolluted river, so they say, with three designated wilderness areas.
• Mammoth Spring State Park! I was just there! Flow from the spring is about nine million gallons per hour.
• Crater of Diamonds State Park. You can still find diamonds there, and you can keep anything you find.
• Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. It's funded by the Walton family, so it's probably pretty good.
• Blanchard Springs Cavern.
• The Walmart Museum. See how it all began, and how it became a retail powerhouse that spawned a family of union-busting multi-billionaires. Did you know that the richest person in Arkansas and the richest person in Texas are both named Walton? It's true.
• Or, we could visit the Bill Clinton presidential library. I have never seen a presidential library.

A little over 100 miles to go until we get to Tennessee.