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Journeys of Discover: Little Rock—a riverfront capital city that rocks

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published June 23, 2021 at 8:45 AM PDT
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Gretchen Hall, CEO Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Little Rocks cool trollies are free.
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Little Rock's Central High School was a game changer in segregation with the Little Rock Nine episode in 1957.
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum located adjacent to the Arkansas River.
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Riverfront Park in downtown Little Rock abounds with cool public art.
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Quapaw Quarter in Little Rock.
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Wrought iron fences are a bonus of the cool historic architecture in Little Rock's Quapaw Quarter.
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Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Gretchen Hall, President and CEO of the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau to discover the litany of cool things to do and see in the capital city of Arkansas.

Highlights include the River Market District, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, as well as an abundance of historic homes, trendsetting cuisine and much more.Underwriting support for Journeys of Discovery provided by Nashville's Big Back Yard economic initiative focused on rural communities in the southwest quarter of Tennessee and the Shoals Region of Northern Alabama.

You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning podcast travel show, Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer, featured on the NPR Podcast Directory, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcast.
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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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