5 Sep 2014

CORPS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR CLEANUP

Army Corps of Engineers personnel ask you to please reserve Sept. 6 on your calendar to take part in the 45th Annual Greers Ferry Lake and Little Red River Cleanup.

20 Nov 2013

From jubilation to sorrow - President Kennedy’s historic celebration at Greers Ferry Dam followed by tragedy in Dallas

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. - Gasoline cost 30 cents, a loaf of bread was 20 cents, and the price of a gallon of milk was a little more than a dollar. It was 1963, and the residents of a small Arkansas town nestled at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains were eagerly awaiting the arrival of one of the most important persons on earth.

12 Mar 2013

Greers Ferry Dam 50th Anniversary 1963-2013

Join us at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 3 in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Greers Ferry Dam Dedication at the JFK Overlook in Heber Springs, Ark. The dedication ceremony was President John F. Kennedy's last dedication and one of his final public appearances before he was assassinated in Dallas Nov. 22, 1963.

20 Dec 2012

CORPS TO RECYCLE CHRISTMAS TREES FOR FISH COVER

Heber Springs, Ark. -- Christmas trees don’t have to go to the trash after Christmas. In fact, all those trees on display in homes and businesses across the area can be put to good use. After the holidays, complete your gift giving by donating your tree to the fish in Greers Ferry Lake.