RUNNING LAKE

THIS 1936 ARKANSAS HIWGHWAY MAP SHOWES HIGHWAY 67 AND THE RAILROAD LINE WHICH IS NO LONGER THERE. SITUATED ON THE RAILROAD ARE RUNNING LAKE AND POLUCA

POLUCA AND RUNNING LAKE
JUST TWO MILES NORTH OF ENGLEBERG ROAD ALONG THE FRISCO RAILROAD LINE WHICH RAN PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 67, ARE THE ALMOST FORGOTTEN COMMUNITIES OF POLUCA AND RUNNING LAKE.
TODAY NEITHER TOWN EXISTS AND ONLY PULUCA IS REMEMBERED BY THE GRAVEL ROAD WICH RAN THROUGH IT.
TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 67, BOTH HAMLETS COULD BE REACHED BY TURNING LEFT ON POLUCA ROAD. ONCE THERE, A RIGHT TURN WOULD TAKE YOU TO RUNNING LAKE WHICH WAS FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE RAIL LINE. IN 1936 THE SCHOOL WAS LOCATED AT RUNNING LAKE. RUNNING LAKE WAS ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTH OF BIGGERS.
WITH THE PASSING OF THE RAILROAD THESE TOWNS BEGAN TO FADE.