Visitors to Herman Davis Memorial State Park, Arkansas’ smallest state park, can now obtain a State Park Passport stamp at Manila City Hall, park officials announced Oct. 26. The addition places a portable rubbing station in the city building so that visits to the park are documented in the state passport program.
new passport point at city hall
Mary Buchman, Park Area Manager of Eastern Arkansas (Delta and Crowley’s Ridge Region 3), brought the stamp to Manila City Hall, where it will be available to residents and visitors who want to record their stop at the small memorial park, according to a submitted notice published by a local news outlet.
what visitors can do
- Obtain a State Park Passport rubbing at Manila City Hall to document a visit to Herman Davis Memorial State Park.
- Use the rubbing station when City Hall is open to the public; the stamp records visits for collectors and tourists participating in the passport program.
- Include the Herman Davis stamp as part of broader travel or preservation interest in Arkansas state parks.
The passport program provides a way for park visitors to record and collect evidence of visits across Arkansas’ state park system. The new station documents visits specifically to Herman Davis Memorial State Park, a site noted in the announcement as the state’s smallest.
The move places a park resource directly in a municipal building, making the stamp accessible to people who may not visit the park on the same day but wish to mark a visit or support local heritage efforts. Mary Buchman is the named Park Area Manager associated with the Eastern Arkansas region in the announcement.
No additional operational changes or hours for the rubbing station were detailed in the released notice.
