Flowers for Van Buren, AR

Van Buren wears its history on its sleeve: a red-brick Main Street of restored Victorian storefronts running down toward the Arkansas River, the 1891 King Opera House at its head, and the old rail depot that still marks the town's start as a steamboat and railroad port. That historic core is where a good share of the deliveries land — the boutiques and offices along Main, the county buildings, the antique row that draws weekend visitors. East of the old town, Broadway and Fayetteville Road carry the modern retail and the medical offices, while I-40 and Highway 59 knit Van Buren to Alma, Cedarville, and the Ozark foothills to the north. A florist here works a small, legible map, and the river is the only real boundary — Fort Smith sits directly across it.

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