Our first trip up US 63 though north-central Arkansas we came to Mamouth Spring State Park and turned in without knowing what a gem of a park it is. This year we visited the fish hatchery there. Some very interesting exibits and historical info. Before doing that I had time to get this sketch of a Civil War cannon in the park. How this cannon ended up here, and what the connection of the park is to the Civil War, I cannot tell you. But the gun is impressive for 148 year old technology. The notes on the sketch say: "Fort Pitt Pensilvania 1862" which was the year it was commissioned I think. The gun weighs 3569 pounds and the reproduction aluminum carriage another 2250 pounds. It would shoot a 30 pound shell 2 miles. No wonder it was considered a seige cannon- it could do some major damage to the walls of a fortification. Maybe on our next visit to the park we can take in the histoiric rail road depot- I could probably draw there most of the day...
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