Falling for the Red Covered Bridge

by Kathy White

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Falling for the Red Covered Bridge

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Kathy White

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Photograph - Photography--greeting Cards Or Notes Are Cheaper By The Dozen!

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This photo of the beautiful covered bridge and gazebo was taken in October on a beautiful fall day in an Arkansas park. I call it �Falling for the Red Covered Bridge.� This replica covered bridge is a vibrant country red and built over East Fork of White Oak Bayou. You can drive across it, park and enjoy. It is constructed with large steel I-beams supporting it, all wood components otherwise, and shingles on the roof. As for fall, it is my very favorite time of the year as the leaves start to turn all sorts of vibrant autumn colors. This was NOT one of the best autumns for fall leaves in this part of Arkansas because of such dry weather. But it was still pretty and I loved seeing this beautiful park. People were really enjoying their day at the park too. Many photographers were in the park doing photo shoots of families, babies, engagements, etc, especially using this red covered bridge as their backdrop. Many park visitors were playing sports or just out for a walk, such as the couple in my photograph, who were out walking their dog, stopped to sit on the bridge and enjoy the beautiful day the Good Lord provided.
Burns Parks is a 1,700-acre park in North Little Rock. The park features two golf courses, a Funland Amusement Park, sports facilities, and a camping area. About 6,000 acres of land in North Little Rock, Arkansas (at the time called Argenta) were purchased by the United States government between 1900 and 1915. It was used as a training camp for soldiers during World War I and called Camp Pike. Fox holes and other remnants of the camp can still be found along the trails and other areas of the park. In 1937, Camp Pike was renamed Camp Robinson and expanded to 48,188 acres during World War II. Camp Robinson was used for basic training and housing prisoners of war. After the war Camp Robinson was declared surplus and the land was divided and sold.
A local doctor named William Burns started a drive to buy the land and was granted 20,000 dollars to buy the area for a park. He helped build pavilions, roads, trails, and a lake. In 1950, the park was named Burns Park after him. We were doing a family photo shoot. Burns Park has so much to offer, such as soccer fields, a water ski lake, 3 - 1 acre off-lease dog parks, 22 Tennis Courts, 2 - 18 hole golf courses, 2 - 18 hole disc golf courses, numerous playgrounds, picnic areas, pavilions, 3 outdoor basketball courts, softball complex (5 fields),youth baseball complex (7 fields), RV Camping (37 sites), an archery range a visitor�s center, an amusement park, 15 miles of natural surface multi-use trails, 6 miles of paved multi-use trails, a beautiful picturesque covered bridge, a Union Pacific caboose, a WWII Tank, a 1900�s log cabin, and a boat launch to the Arkansas River.
We are already ready to go back and see more of that park and see that red covered bridge again.

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October 22nd, 2015

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