Black Oak, Arkansas

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Black Oak

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Black Oak.

9 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

• Herman Davis State Park · 11.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  This unassuming park honors an Arkansas native son who became a World War I legend. Herman Davis, born in 1888, grew up hunting in these very fields. When World War I broke out, Davis joined the U.S. Army. He quickly…

• George Ray's Dragstrip · 15.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Feel the roar of engines at Arkansas' oldest drag racing facility, built in 1961. This isn't just a stretch of asphalt; it's a living legend. Back in 1961, a visionary named George Ray carved out this strip of land near…

• Paragould, AR · 17.0 mi

  Paragould, Arkansas, a place built on railroads and rich soil, hums with a quiet energy. It's a town steeped in the everyday, yet touched by the extraordinary. You can almost hear the echoes of Luther Perkins's guitar…

• Johnny Cash's Boyhood Home, Dyess · 17.9 mi

  Out at 4791 West County Road 924 in Dyess, Arkansas, stands the farmhouse where Johnny Cash grew up. The Cash family arrived in March 1935, when J.R. was three, as colonists in Dyess Colony, a New Deal agricultural…

• Johnny Cash Boyhood Home · 17.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine a young boy walking these very fields, dreaming of a life far beyond rural Arkansas—that boy was Johnny Cash. In 1935, the Cash family moved here, to Farm No. 266, a simple house built as part of a New Deal…

• Cotton Belt, AR · 18.5 mi · Local history

  Cotton Belt, Arkansas, nestled in the fertile lands of the Mississippi Delta, tells a story etched in cotton and shaped by the river's moods. Like many towns in this region, its early history is inextricably linked to…

• Keiser, AR · 18.7 mi · Local history

  Keiser, Arkansas, sits squarely in the fertile lands of the Mississippi Delta, a place known for its rich soil and, historically, its cotton. Like many towns in this region, Keiser owes its existence to agriculture and…

• Jonesboro, AR · 18.9 mi · Local history

  Jonesboro, Arkansas, sits squarely in the fertile flatlands of the northeast corner of the state, a place molded by the slow, deliberate flow of the Cache River. The town owes its existence – and its name – to a man…

• Dyess, AR · 19.1 mi · Local history

  Dyess, Arkansas, sits low in the Mississippi Delta, a place where the soil is rich and the air hangs heavy with the memory of cotton. It's a flat landscape, a stark contrast to the rolling hills of the Ozarks further…