On Billstown Road 0.8 miles north of State Highway 301, on the right when traveling north.
Legendary singer and guitarist Glen Campbell was born in Billstown, Arkansas on April 22, 1936. He died in Nashville, Tennessee on August 8, 2017 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. Campbell brought country music to the mainstream as . . . — — Map (db m184564) HM
The history of commercial diamond mining in Arkansas is complex and fascinating.
Through much of the 20th century, the land that makes up today's diamond search
area was divided. It was bought, sold, and leased numerous times. Local farmer . . . — — Map (db m274583) HM
Near here on August 20, 1975, W.W. Johnson, of Amarillo, Texas, found the largest diamond recorded since the Crater of Diamonds became an Arkansas State Park in 1972.
While . . . — — Map (db m274757) HM
In 1948, Glen L. Martin leased property to build
a diamond processing plant. Martin's plant operation
lasted only eight months after recovering less than
250 carats of diamonds. The original location of
the Martin Plant has been preserved. Its . . . — — Map (db m274185) HM
Authentic Ore Cart Used in
commercial mining operations
owned By Roscoe Johnston, who
operated The Arkansas Diamond Mine
Tourist Attraction, 1962-1968
Donated By James Taylor
In Memory of Roscoe Johnston — — Map (db m274176) HM
Over 85,000 crater diamonds have been found. Each year an average of 600 are found.
1924 - The Uncle Sam, 40.23 carats
1956 - The Star of Arkansas, 15.33 carats
1956 - The Eisenhower, 6.11 carats
1960 - The Gary Moore, 6.43 carats Over . . . — — Map (db m274210) HM
Ever since John Huddleston discovered the first diamonds here in 1906, people
have wondered what lies under the volcanic soil in Southwest Arkansas. How deep
and how large is this diamond deposit?
From 1990 to 1997, Arkansas State Parks . . . — — Map (db m274572) HM
8.52 carats (rough) 4.60 carats (cut)
On June 24, 2015, Bobbie Oskarson of Longmont,
Colorado, found a perfect, capsule-shaped
diamond near this location.
Oskarson decided to visit the Crater of Diamonds
after seeing the park on an Arkansas . . . — — Map (db m275304) HM
Near this site in August 1906, local farmer and
amateur treasure hunter John Wesley Huddleston
discovered the first diamonds in Pike County,
Arkansas.
According to one of many accounts, Huddleston
was panning for gold on his farmland one . . . — — Map (db m274880) HM
On Courthouse Square at South Washington Avenue (State Route 301), on the left when traveling east on Courthouse Square.
Henry Merrell
Henry Merrell, known as the "Industrial Missionary to the South," was born in Utica, N.Y., in 1816. He moved to Arkansas in 1856 and built an industrial complex in Pike Co. He helped draft an anti-secession resolution in . . . — — Map (db m121147) HM
James Archer prospected diamonds for 30 years, almost full time
since his retirement in 1987. During that time he found over 5,000
diamonds and helped countless others enjoy and understand what had
become his favorite pastime.
He cheered . . . — — Map (db m274214) HM
The first diamonds found in Pike County, Arkansas were discovered
in August 1906 by John Wesley Huddleston. These stones were
sent to Charles S. Stifft, a Little Rock jeweler, who confirmed they
were genuine diamonds. Stifft described them as . . . — — Map (db m274212) HM
Side A This is a re-creation of a mine shaft
built in the early 1900s. It reportedly
covered a 60-foot-deep test hole. Austin Millar commercially mined the property from 1914 to 1919, when a fire devistated his production facilities. Side B . . . — — Map (db m274216) HM
4.21 carats (rough) Marvin Culver, of Nowata, Oklahoma, unearthed a large, canary yellow diamond near this location on
March 12, 2006.
Culver and his family decided to visit the park
after watching a television program featuring the
Crater . . . — — Map (db m274879) HM
On Courthouse Square at North Washington Avenue (State Route 26), on the left when traveling west on Courthouse Square.
The first court house in Pike County, built of logs, was erected on the site of the town of Murfreesboro, which was laid out as a site for the county seat in 1833. — — Map (db m121284) HM
On Courthouse Square at North Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Courthouse Square.
Two and a half miles southeast of this point is the only locality in North America where diamonds have been found in the rock in which they were formed. They have been found principally in one igneous pipe which, with three small pipes, aggregates . . . — — Map (db m121290) HM
6.07 carats (rough)
2.88 carats (cut)
Ray Schall, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, found a
dime-sized white diamond on top of the ground
under a nearby tree on November 14, 1981.
"I could see it was a diamond, and I just fell on it,"
Schall . . . — — Map (db m274758) HM
15.36 carats (rough)
8.27 carats (cut)
After two days of rain, Winifred Parker, of Dallas,
Texas, found this large, white diamond near here on
March 5, 1956.
Parker, who collected and cut semi-precious stones
as a hobby, was visiting . . . — — Map (db m274372) HM
While digging near this site on June 23, 1981,
Carroll Blankenship, of Shreveport, Louisiana,
found the second-largest diamond registered
since the Crater of Diamonds became an Arkansas
State Park in 1972.
Blankenship and his wife were . . . — — Map (db m275332) HM
40.23 carats (rough)
12.42 carats (cut)
The Uncle Sam diamond is the largest gem-quality
diamond ever found in North America and was
unearthed here in 1924.
Wesley Basham, Uncle Sam to his family and friends,
worked for the Arkansas . . . — — Map (db m275426) HM
