PARKIN — Parkin Archeological State Park will host tours of the Northern Ohio School and the historic American Indian site this weekend.
A tour of the one-room schoolhouse is scheduled for 9 a.m. tomorrow (Friday). According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, the Northern Ohio School is a restored one-room schoolhouse built around 1910 for the children of African American workers employed by the Northern Ohio Cooperage and Lumber Company.
A site tour hike is planned for Saturday, also beginning at 9 a.m. The hike will include an interpretive walk through the ancient village of Casqui to view the original moat and chieftain’s mound.
Parkin Archeological State Park is located at 60 State Highway 184, off U.S. Highway 64 in Parkin. For questions, call 870-755-2500.
