 The Woolum Ford to Tyler Bend segment was completed in 1991 and the South Maumee to Hwy 14/Dillards Ferry segment was completed in 2010.Ozark Highlands Trail Association volunteers built a 20 ft. bridge across a gulley near the Grinder's Ferry trailhead in 2015.Sites on the trail include expansive views from atop bluff cliffs, abandoned homestead sites, vestiges of Civil War-era mining and logging activities and a wide variety of Ozark flora and fauna.