Designation of heritage trails

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  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Resources
  4. Heritage Trails System Act
  5. Designation of heritage trails

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  1. (a) The General Assembly shall identify the trails or categories of trails that are part of the Arkansas heritage trails system.

  2. (b) The following are designated as heritage trails:

    1. (1) Butterfield Stage Route, a bifurcated route from the Missouri state line near Pea Ridge, Arkansas, to the Oklahoma state line near Fort Smith and from Memphis to Fort Smith;

    2. (2) The Southwest Trail from the Missouri border to the Texas border;

    3. (3) American Indian removal routes designated by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, including without limitation land and water routes for Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes; and

    4. (4) Civil War troop movement routes designated by the department.


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