The Little Little Rock
La Petite Roche ndikutuluka mwala pa mtsinje wa Arkansas. Kulankhula kwina, kuli kumbali ya mapiri a Ouachita, Gulf Coast Plain ndi Arkansas River delta. Amadziwikanso kuti Point of Rocks. Poyamba, Jean Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe, yemwe anali oyang'anira oyambirira ku Ulaya ku Arkansas pa April 9, 1722, dzina lake Jean-Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe. La Harpe Boulevard, yomwe imayenderera mumtsinje wa Riverfront Park , imatchulidwanso.
The Point of Rock inali yoyamba kugwedezeka pa mtsinje wa Arkansas pamene mudakwera kuchokera ku Mississippi ndipo munapanga malo achilengedwe pamwamba pa madzi osefukira. Malo a Miyala anapanga chizindikiro choyambirira pa malo oyambirira ndi beseni ya boti. Akatswiri a nthaka amachitcha kuti Jackfork Formation.
Jean-Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe sanatchule dzina lakuti Little Rock kwenikweni. Little Rock (Le Petit Rocher) ankatchedwa ndi French. La Harpe amatchula thanthwe lalikulu lomwe likudutsa "le Rocher Francais." Malingana ndi Arkansas Encyclopedia, dzina loyambirira kwambiri la dzina lakuti "Le Petit Rocher" linali mu 1799. Anthu okhala m'madera ambiri amatcha "La Petite Roche."
Zambiri za mbiri ya buff ya mbiriyakale, simungathe kuona kuphulika kwa thanthwe mu mawonekedwe ake oyambirira. Tsoka ilo, kupita patsogolo kunabweretsa mavuto pachiyambi choyambirira. Mu May 1872, mlatho unatumizidwa ku Point of Rocks. Mlathowu unali woti ukhale ngati mlatho wa njanji, koma ntchitoyo inasiyidwa.
Komabe, Phokoso la Miyala, ngakhale kale, linali litasintha kwambiri. Izo sizinkawoneke monga zodabwitsa monga izo zinkachitirapo kale. Iyi siidzakhala nthawi yomaliza kuti dera litheke.
Mu 1883, Junction Bridge inatumidwa ndipo thanthwe linazunzidwa kwambiri. The Junction Bridge inali mlatho wa sitima ya Union Pacific yomwe inkanyamula sitimayo kudutsa mtsinje wa Arkansas mpaka 1984 pamene ntchito yake ya njanjiyo inatha.
Lero, ndiyendo wapansi. Komabe, Point of Rocks inasinthidwa ngakhale patadutsa mlatho.
Mu 1932, Point of Rocks inasinthidwanso kwa alendo. Zinagonjetsedwa kuti kuyendayenda kumalo koopsa kunali koopsa kwambiri, kotero kuti 4,700-pounds chunk anachotsedwa ndikusunthira kumalo a nyumba ya mzinda, ndipo kampuku kameneka kanayikidwa mkati mwake. Chigawo ichi chinakhala ku City Hall mpaka 2009.
Mu 2009, chidutswa ichi chinabwezedwa ku mtsinje wa Arkansas ndipo chinapatsidwa malo ake. Malowa akuwonetseratu mbiri ya deralo ndipo ili pafupi ndi njira yomwe imatsogolera ku Junction Bridge Junction Bridge Pedestrian and Cycling Walkway komwe magawo sikisi amapereka zambiri zokhudza mbiri ya malo. Malo awa ali pafupi ndi kumpoto kwa Rock Street pafupi ndi History Pavilion ku Riverfront Park.
Ngati mukufuna kuona thanthwe lerolino, ilo limakhalabe pomwepo ndi pointer ya mbiri komwe kunali kutuluka kwakale. Ngati mukuyenda mumtsinje wa Riverfront Park, La Petit Roche Plaza ili pakati pa mtsinje wa Amphitheater ndi Junction Bridge. Pali mpanda wolekanitsa malowa. N'zovuta kuphonya, koma ndikupemphani kuti ndiyende paki yonseyo. Paki yonseyi ndi imodzi mwa zinthu zomwe simungathe kuziphonya ku dera la Little Rock .
Mtsinje wa Riverfront umadzaza ndi mbiri yosangalatsa yokhudza mbiri ya anthu oyambirira. Malo osungirako 11 omwe ali ndi maulendo akuyenda ndi zina za mtsinje wa Arkansas. Ndikofunika ulendo ngati muli m'tawuni. Icho chikugwirizana ndi Arkansas River Trail . Parkfront Park ili ndi ntchito zambiri zothandizira mabanja, kuphatikizapo phalala ndi masewera.
Kuyenda pamtsinje kukuwonetsa mbiri ya Little Rock ndi Little Rock komanso zamtsogolo, pamene mtsinje wa River Market umapanga mipiringidzo yabwino ya Little Rock, moyo wa usiku ndi malo odyera. Zili ndi zochitika zabwino kwambiri m'deralo kuphatikizapo Old State House (yophunzirira zambiri zokhudza mbiri ya Little Rock), Museum of Discovery ndipo si kutali kwambiri ndi kutali kwambiri ndi Library ya Clinton ndi Heifer International.