Jacksonville in Pulaski County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Arkansas Ordnance Plant (AOP)

Guard Shack

Photographed by Thomas Smith, October 4, 2021

1. Arkansas Ordnance Plant (AOP) Marker

Inscription. More than 100 different bomb parts were made in Jacksonville at the AOP during World War II (1941 - 1945). There were entrances to the 6,950 acre AOP. Shacks like this housed guards to monitor persons entering and leaving the AOP. This Guard Shack was donated to the museum by Carl and Ester Conley. The Goodbell family restored it in memory of Albert Goodbell, one of the AOP guards . Second sign This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.

Location. 34° 52.042′ N, 92° 7.361′ W. Marker is in Jacksonville, Arkansas, in Pulaski County. It is at the intersection of North Hospital Circle and West Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North Hospital Circle. The marker stands front of the Jacksonville Museum of Military History. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Veterans Cir, Jacksonville AR 72076, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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marker is in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area

and in the Quapaw Homeland.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Memorial Honoring 53 (here, next to this marker); In Honor and Remembrance (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Governor Homer M. Adkins (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tom Cory (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jacksonville, Arkansas (approx. half a mile away); First Jacksonville School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Memphis Military Road (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Confederates at Bayou Meto (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed

AOP Guard Shack image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, October 4, 2021

2. AOP Guard Shack

missing).

National Register of Historic Places plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, October 4, 2021

3. National Register of Historic Places plaque

Nearby helicopter display image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, October 4, 2021

4. Nearby helicopter display

Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 738 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 6, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.