October hardwood on the Ozark Highlands Trail, Ozark National Forest
Landform
Oak and hickory on the Boston Mountains — 1,200,000 acres proclaimed in 1908, five wildernesses, and Magazine Mountain as the high point
Field note
Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Ozark National Forest in 1908. It holds 1,200,000 acres in northern Arkansas, oak and hickory on the Boston Mountains, with the supervisor's office in Russellville. Richland Creek is one of five wildernesses and keeps its own plate. St. Francis National Forest is the Crowley's Ridge tract, not this woods. Petit Jean is a state park in the river valley. This plate is the Ozark forest.
Ozark National Forest is the Boston Mountain hardwood Roosevelt set aside in 1908, 1,200,000 acres, with the office in Russellville. Richland Creek is the wilderness inside it. St. Francis is the other forest, on Crowley's Ridge. This plate is the Ozark woods, not Petit Jean.
