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Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park

March 13, 2018 By Talya Tate Boerner

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A few weeks ago when I was driving the back roads from Stuttgart to Little Rock, I came upon the sign for Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park. Of course, this resulted in a little side trip. It isn’t every day you come upon prehistoric mounds protruding from rural, flat Arkansas.

I’d always heard about Toltec Mounds. Oddly enough, this was my first visit.Continue Reading


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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