Did You Know…

• Best-selling author John Grisham was born in Jonesboro and lived in various towns throughout Northeast Arkansas?

• Lake Chicot, in extreme southeast Arkansas, is the largest natural oxbow lake in the country.

• POM Incorporated of Russellville is the originator of metered parking. The company is descended from the inventor of the parking meter.

• Pine Bluff native Freeman Owens changed the movie making business forever when he perfected the process of putting sound on film.

Arkansas’s many unique features, fabulous firsts, and famous Arkansans are spotlighted here for your education and entertainment. Amaze your friends with these fascinating facts about The Natural State.