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Arkansas State Trout Capital of the USA

Cotter

 

Arkansas Legislature Archives
1-4-123. Trout capital of the USA

The City of Cotter, Arkansas, shall hereafter be known and may be referred to as the "Trout Capital of the USA". 
History. Acts 1993, No. 740, § 1.

Cotter is in north central Arkansas on a major east-west route. Cotter is a city in Baxter County, in the Mountain Home metro area. The community is in the Central Standard time zone. Highway 412/62. Perched above the White River's banks on a cliff, the town catches the eye of travelers from a scenic overlook on Highway 412. Serving the local traffic and outlying communities are State Highways 126, 178, and 345.

The river enfolds Cotter on three sides and provides its recreational and occupational lifeblood.


Interstate I-44 is about 120 miles north, and Interstate 40 is
about 120 miles south.

A highly traveled north-south route nearby is US Highway 65 from Des Moines, Iowa, to Natchez, Miss., through Springfield and Branson, Mo., and Little Rock, Ark. US Highway 65 is about 35 miles west of Cotter.

A popular vacation destination itself, especially for trout fishermen, Cotter's central location in the heart of the Ozark Mountains provides easy access to the boating and water sports of area lakes as well as the entertainment opportunities of the Folk Music Capital of the nation to the south at Mountain View, Ark., and country and "oldies" music to the north at Branson, Mo.

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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
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Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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