Historical Marker
Knowing that all the land comprising the City of Carthage was once owned by Black Men and Women, we place this Historical Marker on the 31st day of May 1977, that you may know that our Black Forefathers had a hand in . . . — — Map (db m306034) HM
Before Fordyce was settled, when only a few houses stood in the woods around this section, Presbyterian minister E.M. Munroe of Princeton took this area under his care, for the first settlers were Presbyterians.
The first Presbyterian church . . . — — Map (db m305244) HM
Named for Samuel W. Fordyce, a leader in the building of the first
railroad through this area in 1882. Post office established June 25,
1883. Incorporated April 8, plat filed July 5, 1884. Second major
railroad reached town in 1905.
Became . . . — — Map (db m305250) HM
Road to Marks' Mills
Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army set out from Little Rock on March 23, 1864, to join a second army in Louisiana and invade Texas. He made it as far as modern-day Prescott before turning toward Camden in hopes of . . . — — Map (db m121222) HM
Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army left Camden on April 26, 1864, starting a retreat to Little Rock. Confederate pursuers caught up with them on April 29 on the Jenkins’ Ferry Road and began skirmishing. Union gunners of the 2nd Missouri . . . — — Map (db m121168) HM
Surveyed and town plat filed
March 5, 1914 following building of
the railroad through western Dallas
County 1911-13. School District 10
formed April 11,1914, consolidating
with Sparkman May 23, 1930. Post
office established May 16, 1914. — — Map (db m305049) HM
First town in Dallas County,
established
January 1, 1845, and known as Dallaston until November 1845
when name was
changed to
Princeton. Plat filed October 26, 1846,
incorporated March 4, 1849.
Site of first post
office in county established . . . — — Map (db m305046) HM
Constructed 1904
Dallas County
Ramsey, Arkansas has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 2003 — — Map (db m305172) HM
In 1849, several families settled in the Redbud Community, which
became known as the Ramsey Community in 1852, named after
Squire Ramsey, a successful businessman and community leader.
Most of the early settlers were from Alabama. The . . . — — Map (db m305173) HM
Arkansas Military Institute
The state legislature chartered the Arkansas Military Institute in 1850, and the school was built on Chapel Ridge in Tulip. Cadets had to be over 14 and at least 4 feet 9 inches tall. Classes included Latin, . . . — — Map (db m121218) HM
Tulip was settled in 1838 by Moses Overton. Making it the oldest community in Dallas County. Prominent settlers were Tyre H. Brown, Gen. Nathaniel G. Smith, Col. Maurice Smith and Judge Willis L. Somervell. Tulip missed being the capitol of Arkansas . . . — — Map (db m121307) HM
