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The record for Arkansas opens with Crescent Hotel, Gurdon Light and White River Monster Folklore Area — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (25 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (14) and Haunting (8). Of its 52 sites, 38 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Crescent Hotel, established 1886.

Localities:Hot Springs4Little Rock4Eureka Springs3Rush2Marion2Helena2Murfreesboro2
By filing type:Sites14Battlefields5Hotels4Cemeteries4Naturals3
By phenomenon:apparitions25named ghost legends14hauntings8historical legends6cryptid sightings4legends3
Hotel
High confidence

Crescent Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Hotel in Eureka Springs; research record.

4 claims · 3 legends→
Railroad Corridor
Medium

Gurdon Light

Gurdon, Arkansas

Railroad corridor in Gurdon; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
River
High confidence

White River Monster Folklore Area

Newport, Arkansas

River in Arkansas; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
State Park
Medium

Devil’s Den State Park

West Fork, Arkansas

State park in West Fork; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Folklore Area
Medium

Boggy Creek / Fouke Monster Folklore Area

Fouke, Arkansas

Folklore area in Fouke; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Folklore Area
Medium

Ozark Howler country

Fayetteville, Arkansas

The Boston Mountains—home of the horned Ozark Howler.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Pea Ridge National Military Park

Pea Ridge, Arkansas

March 1862—the battle that saved Missouri for the Union.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Natural
Medium

Petit Jean State Park

Morrilton, Arkansas

The mountain named for a girl who dressed as a boy to follow love.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Rush

Rush, Arkansas

The zinc boomtown on the Buffalo—silent since the 1960s.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
Medium

Allen House

Monticello, Arkansas

Historic house in Monticello; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Keller’s Chapel Cemetery

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Cemetery in Jonesboro; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Arlington Hotel

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Capone’s Hot Springs hotel—the 1924 grande dame across from the Row.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Basin Park Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

1905 limestone hotel in the crooked-street town—Eureka’s second legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Judge Parker’s court and the gallows—"the hangman’s" ground.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Poison Spring Battlefield

Camden, Arkansas

April 18, 1864—the ambush and massacre that stained the Camden Expedition.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Toltec Mounds

Scott, Arkansas

The Plum Bayou mounds—1,000-year-old earthworks older than the name suggests.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Rohwer Relocation Center

Rohwer, Arkansas

The camp where 8,000 Japanese Americans were held—and George Takei grew up.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Peel Mansion

Bentonville, Arkansas

Colonel Peel’s 1875 Italianate—Bentonville’s grand survivor.

2 claims · 1 legend→
District
Medium

Eureka Springs Historic District

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

The crooked-street town built on the springs—where nothing is level.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Hot Springs National Park

Hot Springs, Arkansas

The federal reserve older than Yellowstone—the springs and the bathhouse row.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Sultana site

Marion, Arkansas

April 27, 1865—the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Elaine

Elaine, Arkansas

September 30-October 1, 1919—the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

USS Sultana

Marion, Arkansas

April 27, 1865—the steamboat that killed 1,800 freedmen.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Parkin Archeological State Park

Parkin, Arkansas

Casqui—the Mississippian town de Soto visited in 1541.

2 claims→
Museum
Medium

Old State House Museum

Little Rock, Arkansas

Museum in Little Rock; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History

Little Rock, Arkansas

Museum in Little Rock; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Maple Hill Cemetery

Helena, Arkansas

Cemetery in Helena; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Dogpatch USA

Marble Falls, Arkansas

The Li’l Abner park abandoned on its Ozark hill.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bathhouse
Medium

Fordyce Bathhouse

Hot Springs, Arkansas

The grandest of Bathhouse Row—1915 marble and stained glass, now the park’s visitor center.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bathhouse
Medium

Quapaw Baths

Hot Springs, Arkansas

The 1922 Spanish Colonial bathhouse—still taking the waters.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Prairie Grove Battlefield

Prairie Grove, Arkansas

December 7, 1862—the last major battle in northwest Arkansas.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Marks’ Mills Battlefield

New Edinburg, Arkansas

April 25, 1864—the wagon train swallowed whole.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Jenkins’ Ferry Battlefield

Leola, Arkansas

April 30, 1864—the rain-soaked fight that ended the Camden Expedition.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Jerome Relocation Center

Jerome, Arkansas

The Delta camp that held 8,000—Arkansas’s other incarceration site.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

War Eagle Mill

Hindsville, Arkansas

The working watermill on War Eagle Creek—third on the site since 1832.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Arkansas Post National Memorial

Gillett, Arkansas

The first European settlement in the lower Mississippi—1686.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Creek
Low

Lorance Creek

Arkansas

Creek in Arkansas; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Low

Mount Holly Cemetery

Little Rock, Arkansas

Cemetery in Little Rock; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Low

The Empress of Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

Hotel in Little Rock; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Former Railroad Corridor
Low

Crossett Light

Crossett, Arkansas

Former railroad corridor in Crossett; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Hampson Archeological Museum

Wilson, Arkansas

Nodena—the duck-pot culture that de Soto also met.

1 claim→
Natural
Medium

Mount Magazine

Paris, Arkansas

Arkansas’s highest point—2,753 feet above the Arkansas River valley.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village

Murfreesboro, Arkansas

The excavated mound village near the diamond field.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Crater of Diamonds

Murfreesboro, Arkansas

The world’s only public diamond mine—where the Uncle Sam was found.

1 claim→
Natural
Medium

Mammoth Spring

Mammoth Spring, Arkansas

Nine million gallons an hour—the Ozarks’ great spring.

1 claim→
Cemetery
Low

Hampton Springs Cemetery

Carthage, Arkansas

Cemetery in Carthage; research record.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

Poison Spring Battle Site

Chidester, Arkansas

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

3 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Freedom Park

Helena, Arkansas

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Submerged Ghost Town
Medium

Monte Ne Resort Site

Rogers, Arkansas

Submerged ghost town in Arkansas; research record.

2 facts→
Ghost Town
Medium

Rush Historic District

Rush, Arkansas

Ghost town in Rush; research record.

2 facts→
Ghost Town Archaeological Park
Medium

Davidsonville Historic State Park

Pocahontas, Arkansas

Ghost town archaeological park in Arkansas; research record.

2 facts→
Former Mining Town
Medium

Denning Historic Mining Community

Denning, Arkansas

Former mining town in Denning; research record.

1 fact→