ARK-LA-TEX

The 'Ark-La-Tex', 'Arklatex', or 'ArkLaTex' is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma intersect. Some prefer the more inclusive 'Arklatexoma'. The region is centered on the Shreveport/Bossier metropolitan area in Northwest Louisiana, although Marshall in Northeast Texas, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and both Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas, retain a large degree of autonomy. Most of the region is located in the Piney Woods, an ecoregion of dense forest of mixed deciduous and conifer flora. The forests are periodically punctated by sloughs and bayous that are linked to larger bodies of water such as Caddo Lake or the Red River.

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Cities

Famous Natives

Cities

In 'Arkansas': Hope, Magnolia, Stamps, Texarkana, De Queen, Ashdown, El Dorado, Camden, Mena, Glenwood, Arkadelphia, Murfreesboro, and Nashville.
In 'Louisiana': Bossier City, Hosston, Mansfield, Natchitoches, Ruston, Shreveport, Minden, Vivian, Greenwood, Mooringsport, Blanchard, Zwolle, Benton, Plain Dealing, Pleasant Hill, Many
In 'Oklahoma': Idabel, Broken Bow, Haworth, Hugo, Antlers, Durant, Atoka, and Coalgate.
In 'Texas': Atlanta, Carthage, Longview, Jefferson, Kilgore, Marshall, Tyler, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Henderson, Mount Pleasant, De Kalb, Paris, New Boston, Clarksville, Waskom, Scottsville, Daingerfield, Gilmer, Hallsville, Jacksonville, Pittsburg,
Texarkana, Texas, Athens, Palestine, Crockett, Kaufman, Terrell, Commerce, Greenville, Sulphur Springs, and Bonham.

Famous Natives

Maya Angelou, Terry Bradshaw, Bill Clinton, Glen Campbell, Huddy Ledbetter, James L. Farmer, Lady Bird Johnson, Ross Perot, Jim Reeves, Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence, David Toms, Hal Sutton, David Crowder, Don Meredith, Matthew McConaughey, Neal McCoy, Craig Monroe, Don Henley, Eddie Robinson, Hank Williams, Jr., Tex Ritter, Valerie Bertinelli, Scott Joplin, and Forrest Whitaker.