Near Winrock in Conway County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Palisades Overlook: Your Gateway to the West
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 24, 2023
1. Palisades Overlook: Your Gateway to the West Marker
palisade (noun): a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclusure or defense. 1590-1600: French palissade
palisades (noun, plural): a line of cliffs.
When skies are clear, prominent western landmarks dot the horizon, including the sites of other Arkansas State Parks: Mount Magazine, Mount Nebo, and Lake Dardanelle.
As you gaze across the Arkansas River Valley, you are viewing the Magazine Range in the distance. The individual mountains' names in this range have changed over time from unknown names given by American Indian before recorded history to the current names given by European explorers and more recent settlers.
What is now called Mount Nebo was previously named Magasin (barn or storehouse) due to its barn-like shape. Mrs. Louis White gave Mount Nebo its present-day name in the late 1860s. Then the highest summit in the range - as well as the whole range - inherited the name Magazine. Today's Mount Magazine is Arkansas's highest elevation at 2,753 feet above sea level. Both
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Erected by Arkansas State Parks.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Environment • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
Location. 35° 6.895′ N, 92° 57.07′ W. Marker is near Winrock, Arkansas, in Conway County. It is on Petit Jean Mountain Road (State Highway 154) just west of State Highway 155, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Morrilton AR 72110, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas River Valley. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ozarks. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Ever-Changing Landscape
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 24, 2023
2. Palisades Overlook: Your Gateway to the West Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 306 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 3, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
