Mile 767.0 - Island 35 Boat Ramp

RBD 767 Island 35 Boat Ramp

Abandoned ramp. No access. Island has been privatized by landowners in an exclusive hunting club. On river’s edge you might notice an off-white ramshackle dwelling whose porch is collapsing over the rip-rap just upstream of landing. This is the site of a legendary honky-tonk (now closed) where wild clientele could carry-on their bacchanals and other decadences at all hours of the night straight through ‘til sunrise -- with no fear of repercussion since the Tipton County Sheriff would have to drive three hours to reach! Island 35 is a piece of Tennessee migrated to the Arkansas side of the river.

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