Arkansas - Western Travel Magazine | News | Rodeos | History | Towns | Old West | New West Old West New West Magazine – Your Travel &amp; History Guide for Western Adventures. Enjoy Travel Tips, Discounts, Specials, Restaurant Reviews, National Park Information and Much More… http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/civil-war-and-the-west/arkansas/feed/atom.html 2012-02-09T21:05:13Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management Arkansas Was the Key to Keeping Missouri in Union Hands 2008-08-31T17:17:29Z 2008-08-31T17:17:29Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008083199/civil-war-and-the-west/arkansas/the-key-to-keeping-missouri-in-union-hands.html Mike Harris Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Pea Ridge National Military Park, just east of the small northwestern Arkansas town of the same name, not only is one of the nation's most intact Civil War battlefields, it is the site of the most pivotal battle waged in the struggle for the West.<br /> <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Pea Ridge National Military Park, just east of the small northwestern Arkansas town of the same name, not only is one of the nation's most intact Civil War battlefields, it is the site of the most pivotal battle waged in the struggle for the West.<br />