Petit Jean State Park by Richardphotos
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Description
the old structure had been used for different purposes during the early days.
1891
Dan Nelson builds a mansion on the point of Petit Jean Mountain overlooking the Arkansas River to the east. Nelson sells his property in the early 1920’s to a gentleman named Stout, who turns the mansion into a hotel. Later, the building is purchased and donated to the YMCA for use as a camp until the 1940’s, and then it is torn down. The YMCA sells the property to Camp Mitchell, which currently allows “Stout’s Point”, also known as Petit Jean’s Gravesite and Overlook, to be leased by Petit Jean State Park.
Comments (37)
ichtvan
Beautiful capture of this nice place !
flavia49
nice place
three_grrr
love this shot Richard! those ruins are awesome!
Bampster
Fascinating photo, of a really bucolic scene!!!!!
sossy
impressive place and wonderful capture! ;o)
debbielove
Interesting looking place to visit for sure. Rob
danapommet
Great photo and stonework in this photo. Nice history lesson also!