North Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Looking Down the Arkansas River to the West

Big Dam Bridge Arkansas

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, February 19, 2022

1. Looking Down the Arkansas River to the West Marker

Inscription. The Arkansas River was one of the main routes used to move Indians from the southeastern United States to the Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma) during the forced removals of the late 1830s. Hundreds of men, women and children would have been transported on steamboats past where you are now standing. Some 16,000 Cherokee, 21,000 Muskogee (Creek), 9,000 Choctaw, 6,000 Chickasaw and 4,000 Seminole tribe members were forced from their homes along what many now call the Trail of Tears.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 34° 47.553′ N, 92° 21.515′ W. Marker is in North Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County. It can be reached from Cook's Landing Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4000 Cook's Landing Rd, Little Rock AR 72207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this 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.

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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Looking Down the Arkansas River to the East (a few steps from this marker); McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Farmers Home Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); The Story of the Big Dam Bridge Monoliths (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Arkansas River Trail Story (approx. 0.4 miles away); Four Bridges (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Heights • A History (approx. 1.9 miles away); Block Realty-Baker House (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Little Rock.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, February 19, 2022

2. Looking Down the Arkansas River to the West Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.