Source: Atlas Obscura
Nearby Crater of Diamonds State Park champions itself as the only place in the world where the public can dig for diamonds. But that famous tourist attraction may have never existed if it hadn’t been for a man named Millard M. Mauney.
In the early 1900s, Murfreesboro, Arkansas, resident John Wesley Huddleston discovered diamonds on his property. Experts were brought to the area and confirmed the land near Murfreesboro was indeed rich with the precious gems. Huddleston’s neighbor Mauney, who owned 40 acres of diamond-bearing soil nearby, saw a money-making opportunity in the discovery.
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