Cotter, Arkansas
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     Cotter was established as a railroad boom town in the early 1900s when the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company chose the site, then known as Lake's Ferry, as their Division Point and site of a roundhouse.

     This railroad, which ran from Carthage, Missouri, to Newport, Arkansas, was completed in 1906 and, in 1917, became the White River Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Later, the line was a part of the Union Pacific Railroad, and it is now owned by the Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad Company.

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     Cotter, Arkansas, is located in the north central part of the state on the famous White River. Cotter is famous for trout fishing and its historical Rainbow Arch Bridge. 

     Prior to the replacement of steam engines by diesel and the closing of passenger service, Cotter was the largest and most prosperous city in the area. The population is now less than a thousand.

Last edited: Monday, 01 July, 2002
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