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Several Arkansas communities were displaced or partially swallowed to create this lake, and President John F. Kennedy dedicated its dam just 50 days before his assassination. 🌊

Before Greers Ferry Lake, settlements including Higden, Miller, Shiloh, Edgemont, Choctaw, Eglantine, and Mudtown stood throughout the Little Red River valley and surrounding Ozark foothills. Higden was once a busy timber town with mills, stores, a cotton gin, a café, and a shipping yard. Some histories place its population near 1,000, although the 1910 census counted 336 residents.

Construction of Greers Ferry Dam began in 1959 as part of a larger federal plan to control flooding and generate hydroelectric power throughout the White River Basin. Families were relocated, roads were rebuilt, cemeteries were moved from threatened areas, and the older sites of several communities were inundated as the reservoir filled.

The rising water also erased historic river crossings. Tumbling Shoals Bridge was one of three swinging bridges that once crossed the Little Red River. Locals nicknamed it the “8th Wonder of the World” because the twisting downhill approach could make the far side appear before drivers could see the end they were about to enter.

On October 3, 1963, Kennedy traveled to Heber Springs and formally dedicated the completed dam. He praised projects like Greers Ferry as investments that could bring jobs, industry, and prosperity to the region. Just 50 days later, he was assassinated in Dallas, making the ceremony one of his final major public appearances.

Today, Greers Ferry Lake is one of Arkansas’s best-known recreation destinations, attracting millions of visitors for boating, fishing, swimming, camping, and diving. Beneath parts of that water lie former roads, homesites, farmland, and the remains of a valley permanently transformed by the dam. 🏞️

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