On a bank high above the White River at the site of Dubuque, a mid-nineteenth century town, stands Diamond City. Dubuque, until its demise after the Civil War, was the last stop on the White River for northbound steamboats.

When the river was dammed at Bull Shoals in 1952 to form Bull Shoals Lake, Lead Hill, which had become the area's main town, was moved from its site to the intersection of Arkansas Highways 7 and 14, and the high bank of the White was left alone. For many years the fine fishing on the peninsula which was formed by the creation of Bull Shoals Lake was known only to the people of the immediate area.

In the 1960s, Henry Dietz began to develop the site. The town founded there in 1953 had been called Sugar Loaf, and it became Diamond City in 1966. Surrounded by the lake on three sides and Lead Hill on the fourth, Diamond City is now an uncrowded town of over 600.

Location Click Here for City Map	City Distance  Chicago 590 miles NE  Dallas 469 miles SW  Kansas City 248 miles NW  Little Rock 150 miles S  Memphis 231 miles SE  St. Louis 290 miles NE  Tulsa  217  miles W  Wichita 343 miles W Here's a more detailed map of the area from South Shore.