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Impressive indeed. In the Rivers and Harbors Act firmly placed authority for improvements to rivers and harbors into the hands of the U. Army Corps of Engineers. This began the construction of 5 lock systems in Arkansas and 2 in Oklahoma to control the river, and make it possible for goods to be transported by way of the river. Today, this river navigation system is one of the largest economic generators and recreation providers in the United States.

The Dardanelle Power Plant, located at the far side of the dam, from where I was today, is a run-off-the-river plant. A hydroelectric power plant, such as this one, uses the energy of moving water to turn turbines which generate electricity.

Water is built up behind a dam and released when power is needed. The rushing water spins the blades, which turn a generator to make electricity. Then the water flows back into the river below the dam. The dam has four, 40 megawatt Kaplan-type generating units. Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the Dardanelle facility is capable of producing over , megawatt hours of electricity a month.

With the average home using 1, kilowatts per month this is enough electricity for over 80, homes. Dardanelle typically produces the most electricity of the seven plants in the Little Rock District.

Another great thing about Hydropower is it is the least costly and cleanest source of electric power. Which definitely makes it a win win situation for the environment. I really enjoyed my visit to the Dardanelle Lock and Dam today, and I hope you enjoyed reading about the Arkansas River, and the Power plant. Posted on November 13, Updated on July 27, Once the Osage and Cherokee Indians were removed from the area the white man began to settle here. Pope County was formed from part of Conway County on November 2, , seven years before the Territory of Arkansas became the State of Arkansas in The temporary county seat was at the home of John Balinger on the Arkansas River.

The courts were also held at his place during and Another early court was held at the old Dwight Mission on the Illinois Bayou. In , the county seat was established at old Norristown. It remained there for about 10 years. No county buildings were ever built there. The first Court House was built in when the county seat was moved to Dover. It consisted of a log structure that was used until it was burned during the Civil War.

After the log building was destroyed courts were held in churches until a brick court house could be built. It was built on the town square of Dover. The area, which is now Russellville, was settled in by P. Holledger, who built the first house. The house consisted of five rooms on the first floor, and two on the second floor. The house was purchased the following year by Dr. Thomas Russell. This home was located where the Shinn Funeral Home sits today.

Russellville was named for Dr. The naming of the town comes with a story, of course. It seems that after the Mexican War of Mr. Jacob L. Shinn returned home and opened up a small store, which I will cover in another blog. A number of neighbors from the settlement casually met and the question of a name for the town arose.

A friend of Mr. Shinn claimed that the name of the town should be Shinnville, due to the fact that he opened the first store. While someone else thought the town should be named after Dr. Thomas Russell since he occupied the first house. The vote was taken and the results were in favor of naming the town after Dr. Russell, hence the name the town still holds today, Russellville. This was one of the deciding factors in moving the county seat from Dover to Russellville.

Another factor is said to have been the fact the Russellville was situated next to the Arkansas River where river traffic was steadily growing. It took another 23 years before it happened, but on June 7, , Russellville became officially incorporated as a town. Posted on November 11, Updated on July 27, The next chapter, in the history of Pope County, was the establishment of the Dwight Mission.

The mission was named after Timothy Dwight, who had been president of Yale University and was the first corporate member of the American Board of Foreign Missions. The Rev.

Orr as his companions to set up a mission here in Arkansas. It is believed to be the first school set up west of the Mississippi River. Washburn and his group selected a site on the Illinois Bayou, west of present day Russellville. They built cabins, shops, mills, and homes for the missionaries. The school opened on January 1, By there were at least twenty-four structures, including twelve residences for the missionaries, pupils, hired help, and visitors.

One building that was a combination post office and library, another building housed a drug store, dining hall, and kitchen facility. Also included at the mission were a blacksmith shop, a lathe shop, a carpenter shop, a farm equipment shed, a corn crib, a smokehouse, a horse stable with yards, a barn, and a harness shed. The mission also had two gardens, a pasture, fields for row crops, including corn, rye, and oats, two natural springs, and a well.

The school was very well attended, and it was an active civilizing force for the Indians. The children were taught reading, arithmetic, writing, agricultural arts, sewing, and homemaking.

At one time there were seven assistant teachers at the mission and more than Cherokee boys and girls enrolled. At daylight each day, the boys did agricultural labor and the girls did domestic duties. Around 7 am they would assemble for reading, singing, and prayer.

A chapter of the Bible was usually studied first, then the students were tested on the subject matter from the day before. This was followed by reading, writing, and accounts. Visitors to the mission found that the children rapidly acquired skills in writing, and they soon learned to speak English very well.

Another major problem was the constant fighting between the Osage and the Cherokees. The Osage were afraid to send their children to school during times of war with the Cherokees. The same is true for the Cherokee. They too were afraid to send their children to school during times of war with the Osage.

One Cherokee brought his two children to the school and told the missionaries he was expecting to have to run soon and he could run better with just his wife to care for. Another problem for the missionaries was isolation. We have heard of the arrival of letters in the Arkansas territory for us, but we have been unable to locate them. Dwight Mission was brought more into contact with the outside world in with the establishment of a post office there, with Cephas Washburn in charge.

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Quick Facts. Comments Comment by ViperBond Located at 37, Comment by Allakhazam The circles are on the floor, there's two. A green one half way in from enterance and a purple one round the corner. Summon a bird using the Fistful of Feathers and go back to the quest giver in Sylvanaar.

Edited, Feb 5th pm by eskahflowne. Comment by Allakhazam First post. Circle is at 35, Stood in middle, used feathers. When you get the bird as your pet, mount up and run. Once you get to Daranelle, question mark turns yellow. Coords are right for Daranelle. Easy quest. Comment by Allakhazam I can't believe you people think this quest is easy. I, to this point, have died over five times. I can get to the circle, use the feathers, but getting out to turn in is proving to be quite impossible.

And then you have to fight to get back to the circle. Easy my tail bone. Comment by Allakhazam Is there a continuation of this quest? Seems like an abrupt end to what seems like an interesting quest line Comment by Allakhazam I didn't do this quest until 68, so as a druid i had flight form.

Every time I tried to fly away, I lost the buff, you have to stay on the ground for this quest. So don't hop on your epic mount and book it. Go a bit slow so it keeps up but keep moving and you can run past all the mobs. Taking my epic mount and just running to Daranelle the fastest route I lost the buff twice, but was able to do it by walking along the path :P.

This is exciting! I can't wait to examine the workings of the spell. I don't know what to say. This spell is very strange. It is not a simple conjuration or enchantment, but some sort of communion or communication spell. I'll have to think about it some more. But thanks for your help, anyways! I'm sure I'll think through this sooner or later. IsQuestFlaggedCompleted