American Auto Trail-Great River Road (Marvell to DeWitt AR)

This American auto trail explores a section of the Great River Road National Scenic Byway, from Marvell to De Witt, Arkansas.

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Camera: Sony Active Camera FDR-X3000

Vehicle: Avis Rental 2025 Ford Escape

Image Credits:

St. Charles Ferry (Central Arkansas Library System – https://arstudies.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/30848/)

Battle of St. Charles (Central Arkansas Library System – https://arstudies.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/19769/)

Music Credits:

Just Dance/Patrick Patrikios        

For Time to Disappear/Go by Ocean-Ryan McCaffrey      

Beyond/Patrick Patrikios              

Mirage/Chris Haugen    

Silver Waves/Track Tribe              

Heaven and Hell/Jeremy Blake  

Walking in the Sky/Nico Staf       

Creek Whistle/Steve Adams       

Oceans, Rivers, Canyons/ELPHNT             

Under The Sun/Everet Almond 

Please/Wayne Jones     

Map Credit:

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Many map images are courtesy of:

David Rumsey Map Collection

Endnotes:

1. Arkansas, A Guide to the State; Hastings House, New York; 1948
2. “DEDICATIONS: Dream Comes True for St. Charles Residents”; Arkansas Highways Magazine, Volume 28, Number 2; Summer, 1982;  https://ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Vol.-28-Summer-April-May-June-1982-No.-2.pdf
3. Mosenthin, H. Glenn; “St. Charles (Arkansas County)”; Encyclopedia of Arkansas; October 25, 2023; https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/st-charles-arkansas-county-6199/
4. “Great River Road”; Federal Highway Administration; https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/bywaysp/StateMaps/Show/byway/2279
5. Hempstead, Fay; A Pictorial History of Arkansas, From Earliest Times to the Year 1890; N.D. Thompson Publishing, St. Louis and New York, 1890; https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Pictorial_History_of_Arkansas/OFD_49lddgAC?hl=en&gbpv=1
6. Allsopp, Fred; “Picturesque Nomenclature”; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; July 18, 1937; https://www.geology.arkansas.gov/docs/pdf/publication/usgs_grants/written_media/miscellaneous_media/MiscMedia_PlaceNames.pdf
7. Carvell, Richard; “Cross Roads (Hot Spring County & Monroe County”; KASU.org; September 9, 2025; https://www.kasu.org/podcast/the-story-of-arkansas-cities-and-towns/2025-09-09/cross-roads-hot-spring-county-monroe-county
8. Dean, James; “Delta Roads and Travels – Marvell”; Arkansas Heritage; January 20, 2023; https://www.arkansasheritage.com/blog/dah/2023/01/20/delta-roads-and-travels—marvell
9. Van Buren Powell, A.; “Straight from the Shoulder Reports”; Motion Picture World, Volume 62, Number 4; May 26, 1923; https://www.google.com/books/edition/Motion_Picture_Herald/gHCU-AYuLaUC?hl=en&gbpv=0