World’s Largest Raven-Ravenden

Title:World’s Largest Raven, Ravenden
Location:Arkansas, USA
Description:Ravenden is a small town — only about 500 residents — spread along the Spring River. They are a proud and stalwart people — proud of the town’s mascot, the raven, and stalwart when it comes to maintaining their 12-ft. tall Raven statue.
Ravens, though they don’t speak in quite the way imagined by Edgar Allan Poe, are the smartest members of the crow family. The town was established in 1883, and we’ve been told the name, originally Ravenden Junction, was inspired by the 19th century profusion of these large black birds along the Spring River. They weren’t in evidence the day we dropped by.