Historical Markers and War Memorials in Washington, Arkansas
Hope is the county seat for Hempstead County
Washington is in Hempstead County
Hempstead County(18) ► ADJACENT TO HEMPSTEAD COUNTY Howard County(2) ► Lafayette County(5) ► Little River County(9) ► Miller County(5) ► Nevada County(6) ► Pike County(4) ►
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Near U.S. 278, 1 mile north of State Highway 195, on the right when traveling south.
The culmination of the Camden, AR. and the Red River, LA. campaigns was to capture Texas. Two Union armies were to join at Shreveport and move West. Gen. Steele was defeated in AR. and Gen. Banks in LA. The wounded from the Battle of Prairie De Ann . . . — — Map (db m246084) HM
Near Franklin Street east of Izard Street, on the right when traveling east.
When Union troops occupied Little Rock on Sept. 10, 1863, Arkansas's Confederate government relocated to Washington, using the 1836 Hempstead County Courthouse as their Capitol building. The legislature met here Sept. 22 to Oct. 2, 1864, and the . . . — — Map (db m245665) HM
Near U.S. 278, 0.5 miles north of State Highway 195, on the left when traveling north.
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True to their native soil. They gave their lives to a cause that was lost. Their survivors will never suffer their memory to perish.
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Erected by our citizens to the memory of the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m245989) WM
On U.S. 278, 0.5 miles north of State Highway 195, on the left when traveling north.
More than 19 companies formed in Hempstead County to fight for the Confederacy, starting with the "Hempstead Rifles," who mustered in on May 4, 1861. These local men served in the Confederate Congress - Grandison D. Royston and Rufus K. Charles . . . — — Map (db m245848) HM
On Conway Street east of U.S. 278, on the left when traveling east.
Home-site of Dr. Isaac Newton Jones and Elizabeth Littlejohn Jones
Benefactors of James Black, maker of the Bowie knife. Parents of Daniel Webster Jones, Arkansas Governor 1897-1901. — — Map (db m244939) HM
On Conway Street east of Jay Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1831 James Black, a silversmith, made for Col. James Bowie the original Bowie Knife. Black made the knife, but it was Bowie who made it famous. This shop was reconstructed in 1960 by the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation Inc. with funds . . . — — Map (db m245401) HM
Near Franklin Street at Henry Clay Street, on the right when traveling east.
"Let the broad mantle of Masonic charity be thrown over their errors, whatever the may have been, and may their virtues be cherished in the memory of those who survive."
Grand Master Elbert H. English 1859-1868
Erected by the most . . . — — Map (db m245567) WM
On Franklin Street east of Arkansas Highway 278, on the left when traveling west.
The Washington Post Office is the oldest continuous postal facility in Arkansas, having been established as Hempstead Courthouse Post Office, Arkansas Territory, February 23, 1820. This building provided by the Pioneer Washington Foundation -- . . . — — Map (db m244819) HM