About this city
Also known as: Arkansas's Diamond City
Murfreesboro is a historic, globally unique rural valley town located in southwestern Arkansas, famous for containing the only developed diamond-producing site in the world open to the general public. Established in 1836 along the Little Missouri River, the town maintained a quiet agricultural lifestyle until 1906, when John Huddleston discovered the first diamonds on his farm. Today, the city sits atop a massive eroded volcanic lamproite pipe, drawing international treasure hunters hoping to find and keep genuine raw diamonds.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Search the 37-acre plowed volcanic field for real diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park, view prehistoric native mounds at Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village, and fish at the Little Missouri River.
