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Buffalo Point Campground

Yellville, Marion County

Photograph of Buffalo Point Campground
Photo: National Park Service inventory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Source

Buffalo River State Park was built along the river in 1938 by the CCC under the direction of the National Park Service. In 1972 the Buffalo became the country's first national river, run by the National Park Service.

Kind of place
Parks and recreation
Built by
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
When
About 1938
Where
Yellville, Marion County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.