On Flint Street at Steele Street, on the left when traveling south on Flint Street.
The site of this spring was outside the area included in the 1879 survey. Known as East Mountain, this area was crowded with wood structures by 1885. The spring, which flowed from a small cave lined with projections of onyx stone, was already . . . — — Map (db m80152) HM
On Spring Street 0.1 miles north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
Festus Orestes Butt was born in 1875 in Illinois just before his family moved to Carroll County, Arkansas. He became a licensed attorney before he was of legal age. The Arkansas General Assembly set aside his "disability of minority", and he set . . . — — Map (db m79735) HM
On Magnetic Drive 0.2 miles east of North Main Street (Arkansas Route 23), on the left when traveling east.
Any metal object placed in the spring
water was widely claimed to become
magnetized. It was also claimed that
exclusive use of the water from
Magnetic Spring would cure physical
debility and aid in overcoming drug
addiction. Drug addiction . . . — — Map (db m225223) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Flint Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
"It being the first street in town... it was named Main Street. But owing to its low elevation and the law of gravitation, the water would find a level in the street, and as the immense travel created an abundance of mud, the street was nicknamed . . . — — Map (db m80153) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Built in Berlin, Germany 1934, 600 millimeter gauge (24 inch) (same engines are used at Silver Dollar City). Engine was found near Orlando, Fla. in 1989. Was bought by gentleman from Switzerland and hauled to Eureka Springs same year. Plans are to . . . — — Map (db m80172) HM
On Spring Street east of Pine Street, on the left when traveling east.
This spring derived its name from early townspeople who declared the water to have a pleasant, sweet taste. The spring was originally located in the deep ravine below the present site. A long wooden stairway led from the spring to the narrow . . . — — Map (db m80115) HM
On Spring Street at Pine Street, on the left when traveling east on Spring Street.
Sweet Spring Hotel
The Sweet Spring Hotel was established about 1887 at the corner of Pine Street and Spring, then known as Rice Street, with A.S. Capps as proprietor. The spacious three-story frame structure was painted white with dark . . . — — Map (db m80112) HM
On Main Street at Spring Street (State Highway 23), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Basin Bath House was established 1879 adjacent to Basin Spring by Dr. Alvah Jackson's son, Thomas. John S. Tibbs succeeded Jackson about 1880, operated bath house and Eureka Water Shipping Company. Building was destroyed by Great Fire of 1888, . . . — — Map (db m59969) HM
On Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
I stood here growing so many years,
I shared your laughter, I shared your tears.
My life was good, beginning to end,
and this is a wish I'd like to send.
Be happy and kind to all around,
and let not sorrow be ever found.
The spirit of . . . — — Map (db m59971) HM
• Between 1945-1961 2.7 million escaped East Germany
• In 1960, 200,000 East Germans escaped to Freedom
• Order given to build Wall - Sunday, Aug. 13, 1961
Construction began Aug. 16, 1961; completed 2 mos. later
• Initially 6 ft. . . . — — Map (db m80171) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) north of Benton Street, on the left when traveling south.
These two large limestone public buildings anchor this part of downtown Eureka Springs. They span the deep ravine cut by Leatherwood Creek which flows in a tunnel beneath all the buildings on this entire part of Main Street.
[Photo 1.]
This . . . — — Map (db m59964) HM
On Prospect Avenue 0.1 miles north of Crescent Drive, on the right when traveling north.
May 20, 1886...
America's newest and most luxurious hotel built at a cost of $294,000.
It was two years ago that Powell Clayton and his associates chose the site of the new Crescent Hotel... twenty seven acres at the north end of West . . . — — Map (db m80116) HM
Near East Van Buren (U.S. 62) near County Road 205, on the left when traveling east.
Pioneer burial ground on land homesteaded 1880 by James and Rachael McAtee Lamar. Recorded burials begin 1880 after founding of Eureka Springs. May 29, 1889, the 46-acre site deeded to Lodge No. 83 Independent Order of Odd Fellows which maintained . . . — — Map (db m225226) HM
On Spring Street at Howell Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Spring Street.
On this part of Spring Street you can easily see how Eureka Springs follows the natural lines of the landscape. Houses are built right into the bluff on the west side and buildings climb down the steep hillside on the other side. “The houses rise . . . — — Map (db m225187) HM
On Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
1884 - Cutter's Guide
The Eureka Springs of Arkansas
The hotels and boarding houses of Eureka Springs are numerous. The Perry House is the only real first-class hotel in the city; and we say this with no disparagement of the . . . — — Map (db m79733) HM
Near East Van Buren (U.S. 62) just west of County Road 205, on the right when traveling west.
When Judas, betrayer of Jesus, repented and returned the thirty pieces of silver, the chief priests refused them, then “took counsel and bought with them the Potter’s Field to bury strangers in”. Matthew 27:3-10 KJB thus began the tradition. Names . . . — — Map (db m229498) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The Eureka Springs Railroad opened in February, 1883. As the first trains arrived at the original station house, a finely crafted wooden structure, passengers were met by horse drawn carriages and hacks which quickly carried them to the best . . . — — Map (db m80173) HM
On Hillside Avenue south of North Main Street (Arkansas Route 23), on the left when traveling south.
The Round House stands on land first claimed by timber entrepreneur William Evans. By 1884, this land was subdivided into building lots as the new city of Eureka Springs boomed. William and Mahala Evans and their partners David and Precious Bays . . . — — Map (db m225161) HM
On Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
The Southern was built in the year 1880 adjacent to Basin Spring and some 25 feet above it on the hillside. L.M. Rainey of Missouri, its original owner, sold the hotel to W. E. Beatty in 1886, at which time it was acclaimed to be one of the city's . . . — — Map (db m59970) HM
On Spring Street, on the left when traveling north.
"It is sometimes called The Basin Springs, and is invariably the first resort for visitors. If there is any one in the city you desire to find, if no other way, go to the Basin Springs, seat yourself comfortable, and await his coming."
Prof. . . . — — Map (db m63300) HM
On North Main Street (Arkansas Route 23) at Magnetic Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
“… After his cure was an established fact, the news soon spread, passing from tongue to tongue, and other afflicted mortals, hearing this good news in the wilderness, at once turned their eyes and footsteps in the direction of the . . . — — Map (db m225170) HM
On Spring Street, on the left when traveling north.
Eureka Springs claims an estimated fifty-six miles of stone walls. Skilled stonemasons constructed most of the walls between 1885 and 1910. The limestone used was sometimes quarried on site but the majority was transported to the town site by horse . . . — — Map (db m63299) HM
On Spring Street at Center Street, on the right when traveling north on Spring Street.
The original Flat-Iron Building was constructed within sight of Basin Springs in the year 1880. It housed the town's first banking establishment and was the first structure made of brick among hundreds of wood buildings. The unusual three-sided, . . . — — Map (db m63302) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) 0.1 miles north of Magnetic Drive, on the left when traveling north.
First by horseback, wagons or on foot, invalids from all over this region flocked to Eureka Springs in 1879 to seek cures from the miraculous healing springs. But soon there were easier ways to arrive - stagecoaches, then trains. This laid a base . . . — — Map (db m80211) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) north of Benton Street, on the left when traveling south.
Eureka Springs was incorporated on Valentine's Day in 1880. At that time, the only courthouse was in the county seat of Berryville, some 12 miles to the east. This was a great distance at the time, the roads were bad, and the King's River had to be . . . — — Map (db m59962) HM
On Tommy Ratzlaff Avenue south of East Main Street (U.S. 62), on the right when traveling south.
Elements of three companies of the First Arkansas Cavalry (U.S.) were dispatched to Yocum Creek at Duncan Springs on November 15, 1862, to evacuate Unionist families to safety at Elkhorn Tavern, including some related to soldiers in the First. While . . . — — Map (db m198709) HM
On North Arkansas Street at East Iowa Street, on the right when traveling north on North Arkansas Street.
The first railroad through this area was the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River, begun in 1854 and extending westward from the Mississippi River. In 1875 it became the Little Rock, Mississippi and Texas railroad. In 1887 the north-south main line . . . — — Map (db m229488) HM
On Grand Lake Loop (Arkansas Route 8) at Cariola Road when traveling south on Grand Lake Loop.
From the close of
the Civil War to
the beginning of the twentieth century, Cariola
Landing at Grand Lake was one of the largest
shipping points on the Mississippi River south
of Helena, Arkansas. Cotton from a large area
west and south of . . . — — Map (db m159402) HM
On East Lee Street 0.5 miles south of South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Site of the Eudora settlement's first business district. After a ferry across Bayou Macon was established in 1846, Cariola Landing was accessible to Arkansas Communities to the west and Louisiana towns to the south. Merchants built stores along the . . . — — Map (db m158053) HM
On Gum Street 0.5 miles south of South Archer Street (State Highway 159).
Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and pastor. Booth and Shaw are buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery. The . . . — — Map (db m158466) HM
Near Main Street at North Lakeshore Drive ( Highway 144).
The county seat of Chicot County was located at Columbia in 1823, where it remained until 1855. The county took its name from Point Chicot, on the Mississippi. — — Map (db m89773) HM
On North Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 144) at Main Street, in the median on North Lakeshore Drive.
Front (West side)
"To the Confederate
soldiers of Chicot
County, the record
of whose sublime
self sacrifice and
undying devotion is
the proud heritage
of a loyal posterity."
Rear (East side)
We care not . . . — — Map (db m90255) WM
On North Lakeshore Drive 0.8 miles south of Club Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In April 1923 Lindbergh, then an unknown 21-year-old mail pilot, experienced engine trouble and landed his airplane on the now-abandoned golf course behind this site of the old Lake Village County Club. He remained in Lake Village overnight. During . . . — — Map (db m89779) HM
On Highway 257 near Bluebird Lane, on the right when traveling south.
The town of Columbia was located on the Mississippi River about two miles east of this point. In 1833 the Chicot County seat was moved to Columbia from Villemont due to river bank erosion. Columbia became a thriving port and the location of a . . . — — Map (db m167545) HM
On Sunnyside Road 2 miles east of Causeway Road, on the left when traveling east.
In Memoriam Hyner Cemetery established in 1898 marks the site of those devout, courageous Italian immigrants who came to America in 1895 settling and working at Sunnyside Plantation and throughout the Delta area. They established schools, . . . — — Map (db m168476) HM
On South Lakeshore Drive at St. Marys Street ( Highway 144), on the right when traveling south on South Lakeshore Drive.
In 1895 Austin Corbin, a New York banker and land developer, working with immigration officials brought 100 families from north central Italy to grow cotton at Sunnyside, a plantation located between the Mississippi River and Lake Chicot. These . . . — — Map (db m89774) HM
Near State Highway 142 0.9 miles east of Robert Mazzanti Road (Parish Road 505).
When Arkansas went to war in 1861, Lycurgus and Lydia Johnson and their family stayed with their home at Lakeport. By 1862, U.S. gunboats were common on the Mississippi River, and on Sept. 6, 1862, Confederate troops burned 158 bales of cotton at . . . — — Map (db m89797) HM
Near State Highway 142 0.9 miles Robert Mazzanti Road (Parish Road 505).
Side 1
The Lakeport Plantation house was constructed circa 1859 for Lycurgus and Lydia Taylor Johnson. The skilled craftsmanship and lasting character are testaments to those who built the house. It is preserved in remembrance of all who . . . — — Map (db m90491) HM
On St. Marys Street (State Highway 144) at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west on St. Marys Street.
Jim Kelley, a slave, organized this church in 1860. His owner allowed the use of this plot of this plot of ground on which to build a church. On May 15, 1873, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Street deeded the property to the trustees of the church. New Hope . . . — — Map (db m89777) HM
On U.S. 278 0.4 miles east of U.S. 65, on the right when traveling east.
This home was built about the year 1848 for John H. Saunders and his wife Martha A. Pettit Saunders. During the Civil War engagement at Ditch Bayou in 1864 the house was used as a hospital for soldiers of both armies. A number of military dead were . . . — — Map (db m107737) HM
On U.S. 82 at Pugh Circle, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82.
It is the morning of June 6, 1864. Rain has created a muddy mess. To your left are four cannon. To your right are 600 cavalrymen and two more cannon. These men served under Confederate Colonel Colten Greene. To your front is Ditch Bayou, and 700 . . . — — Map (db m90432) HM
On U.S. 82 0.1 miles west of Pugh Circle, on the right when traveling west.
The battle at Ditch Bayou was a Federal effort to drive Confederates away from the Mississippi River, where the Confederates had been harassing Union shipping. Even though the Confederates were outnumbered here, they were able to inflict heavy . . . — — Map (db m90418) HM
On Main Street at South 6th Street (U.S. 67), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
This site
When the Clark County seat was
moved from Greenville to Arkadelphia
in 1842, until completion of a permanent
structure in 1844, a log building
which stood here served as court
house.
In 1860 a handsome two-story
brick . . . — — Map (db m234844) HM
On Clay Street at South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Clay Street.
Clark County was created by the legislature of Missouri Territory on Dec. 15, 1818 and named for the territorial governor, William Clark. It comprised, roughly, all of the present Clark, Hot Spring, Garland, Pike and Dallas counties. Early county . . . — — Map (db m121379) HM
On Clay Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Clay Street.
East face
When the last trumpet
is sounded, may each one
answer the roll call
of the heavenly army.
South face
"The principles for
which they fought live
eternally." erected by
the Harris Flanagin Chapter, . . . — — Map (db m121961) WM
On Court Street south of Clay Street, on the right when traveling south.
Indians in primeval times, DeSoto in 1541, and pioneers in the 1800s and Confederates during the Civil War obtained salt from the creek and old well here. John Hemphill in 1812 opened one of the first manufactories in Arkansas, a salt refinery. — — Map (db m200778) HM
On Cherry Street at North 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Cherry Street.
John S.T. Callaway owned forty
acres, including this site, after
receiving a United States land patent
for it in 1836. Then, in 1842, Benjamin S.
Duncan purchased the land at a
sheriff's auction and platted
Duncan's Addition in 1858.
Today, . . . — — Map (db m234829) HM
On Main Street at South 11th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
At this site the first public or “free” school in Arkadelphia was opened in 1870. Early teachers included R.D. Hearn, Elizabeth Webb, Harriet Crow, John Gordon & Dutie Casey. — — Map (db m234848) HM
On Main Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Here, during Reconstruction years, were the offices of the Freedmen's Bureau. The building was, at different times, used as a harness shop, grocery store, barber shop and saloon, and for many years was a residence. — — Map (db m234853) HM
On State Highway 26 0.1 miles east of State Highway 53, on the right when traveling west.
As settlers began arriving in this area around 1812, the need for religious services became a top priority among the residents. Brush arbor meetings were held every summer. Soon a log structure was built along the creek that marked the beginning of . . . — — Map (db m184576) HM
On Caddo Street at North 16th Street, on the right when traveling west on Caddo Street.
PHS
Dedicated
This landmark is erected on the original site of Peake School built on land donated by Mr. Ed Peake in 1928, and is dedicated to the faculties and staffs who encouraged and prepared us to compete on an equal level with the best . . . — — Map (db m234859) HM
On Court Street south of Clay Street, on the right when traveling south.
Used in the production of salt
from the water of the Saline
Bayou one mile east of Arkadelphia
by John Hemphill pioneer salt
maker of Arkansas territory, circa
1814. Given to the Henderson
State Teachers College museum
by the family of Capt. . . . — — Map (db m201033) HM
On Arkansas Route 26 west of Armstrong Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Near this site on April 1, 1864 Confederate General Joseph O. Shelby caught up with and attacked the rear guard of Union General Frederick Steeles army. Union General Samuel A. Rice, in charge of the supply, pontoon and brigade trains, rushed to . . . — — Map (db m121180) HM
On Main Street at South 14th Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Near this site was the original public school building for black students in the Arkadelphia public school system. Noted principals: Ms. P.A. Holmes 1872-1873, John Ed Peake 1877-1881, 1897-1898, 1904-1906 & Sam Hildreth 1907-1914, 1916-1939. The . . . — — Map (db m234864) HM
On South 3rd Street south of Clay Street, on the right when traveling south.
East & South of this point was
The Blakely Graveyard
in this first public burying
place of the community, the
early settlers were interred.
It remained in use until 1869
when it was closed to future
burials by the city council. . . . — — Map (db m200782) HM
On North 23rd Street 0.2 miles north of Pine Street ( Highway 8), on the right when traveling north.
Dr. W.D. and Ida Feaster were notable African American civic leaders and educators in Arkadelphia in the 20th century. Originally from South Carolina, they were educated at colleges and universities on the East Coast. In 1906 they moved to . . . — — Map (db m253950) HM
On Valley Street (U.S. 67) 0.1 miles south of Malvern Road, on the left when traveling south.
Confederate Manufacturing
Arkadelphia was a manufacturing center for Confederate Arkansas early in the Civil War. Gen. Thomas Hindman established a powder works and an arsenal in 1862, producing guns, cannon, bullets, shells, wagons and . . . — — Map (db m96557) HM
On North 1st Street at West Main Street ( Route 53), on the left when traveling north on North 1st Street.
In the Hotel Hall which formerly stood on the site of this building was organized on January 21st 1892 the Concatenated Order of the Hoo-Hoo a society composed of lumbermen and those in allied industries and having for its object the promotion . . . — — Map (db m234904) HM
On South Main Street (Arkansas Route 51) south of East 4th Street, on the left when traveling south.
Skirmishes at Okolona
Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army left Little Rock on March 23, 1864, for a planned invasion of Texas, but it was April 2 before they faced organized Confederate attacks. Gen. Joseph Shelby attacked the Union wagon train . . . — — Map (db m200735) HM
On West Main Street at North Third Street on West Main Street.
Thomas Marion Holifield, County Judge 1874-1878
William G. Akers · County Sheriff 1873-1874 William Liddell · County Treasurer, 1873-1874 T. M. Martin County & Circuit Court Clerk · 1873-1874
E.N. Royall · County Tax Assessor 1873-1874
W.C. . . . — — Map (db m289143) HM
On North 10th Avenue at West Cherry Street, on the left when traveling north on North 10th Avenue.
Built in 1910 by W.D. Templeton
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1982 — — Map (db m255329) HM
On County Road 430 0.1 miles east of County Road 418, on the right when traveling east.
This early settlement, located on
the military road which connected
Chalk Bluff and Gainesville, is said
to have acquired its name because
stores and houses, were “scattered
about” over the area. Civil War skirmishes were fought here August . . . — — Map (db m255364) HM
Near County Road 347, on the right when traveling north.
Named for the white clay which resembles chalk, this magnificent bluff is one of the most important historical landmarks in Arkansas. At this point the St. Francis River cuts through Crowley's Ridge from west to east and forms the boundary between . . . — — Map (db m18136) HM
Since Crowley's Ridge provided the only natural route for north-south travel across the lowlands of northeastern Arkansas, an Indian trail and later a military road crossed the river here. About 1840 Abraham Seitz established a ferry which was later . . . — — Map (db m4912) HM
On March 10, 1863 Union cavalry captured the ferry after a three-hour fight. They burned buildings and stores of corn in Chalk Bluff and destroyed a large uncompleted ferry boat. Two weeks later on March 24 Union cavalry returned to Chalk Bluff . . . — — Map (db m4906) HM
In April 1863 a Confederate army of 5000 men commanded by General John S. Marmaduke advanced into Missouri. Forced to retreat before superior Union forces, the Confederates on May 1-2 fought a successful delaying action here while their army crossed . . . — — Map (db m4911) HM
Chalk Bluff occupied a strategic position during the Civil War. Its cliffs commanded a vital river crossing on the only major road from Missouri into the Crowley's Ridge country. Provisions were collected here and shipped downstream to Confederate . . . — — Map (db m18186) HM
On West Main Street (Arkansas Route 25) west of South 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west.
Until its removal to Heber Springs, the county seat of Cleburne County, the youngest of the 75 counties in Arkansas, was established at Sugar Loaf in 1883, the year the county was formed, and named for General Pat. Cleburne. — — Map (db m141602) HM
On West Main Street (Arkansas Route 25) at South 4th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
In Honor of Those
Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice
from Cleburne County
Iraq
Parker, Tommy Lynn "TJ" Jr.
Woodham, Anthony Lynn
World War I
Denwoody, Frank • Stark, George B.
Estes, Charles D. • Thompson, Perry J. . . . — — Map (db m143762) WM
On West Main Street at South 4th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
The Civil War in Cleburne County
Cleburne County was infested with bands of bushwhackers who would prey on both military and civilian targets. Union troops operating in the area also seized food from civilians. Guerrillas ambushed 35 men . . . — — Map (db m141586) HM
On Crossroads Road at Sims Road, on the right when traveling north on Crossroads Road.
The man known to the world as Johnny Cash was
born near here, in the home of his grandparents,
John Lewis and Rosanna Hurst Rivers, on
February 26, 1932. The family doctor was not
able to arrive in time for his birth, so a midwife,
Mrs. Grace . . . — — Map (db m170307) HM
On 1st Street (Arkansas Route 189) at Cedar Street, on the right when traveling west on 1st Street.
Johnny Cash moved with his parents and siblings
from Kingsland to Dyess, Arkansas in 1935 when he
was three years old. Johnny would often return to
the Kingsland area to visit or stay the night with
his Cash and Rivers relatives during his youth . . . — — Map (db m170310) HM
On State Highway 8 3 miles west of State Highway 97, on the right when traveling east.
Paul William Bryant was born on September 11, 1913, and spent his early years here in a home in Moro Bottom. He was one of twelve children born to Monroe and Ida Bryant. As a young teenager, Paul earned the nickname “Bear” by entering a carnival . . . — — Map (db m257831) HM
On Crossroads Road at Sims Road, on the right when traveling north on Crossroads Road.
Founded September 20, 1872
Dedicated this 9th day of May in this Bicentennial year of 1976 to the loving memory of the donors of this property: The John A. Seymore and Arthur L Wright Families.
Time capsule inclosed to be opened at . . . — — Map (db m305263) HM
On Old Camden Road 0.8 miles south of Marks Cemetery Road, on the left.
Battle of Marks' Mills
On April 23, 1864, a Union force with 240 wagons left Camden to get supplies from Pine Bluff for Gen. Frederick Steele's army. Gen. James Fagan's Confederate cavalrymen ambushed them at Marks' Mills on April 25. . . . — — Map (db m121150) HM
On Old Camden Road 0.4 miles south of Marks Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Battle of Mark's Mill, fought here on April 25, 1864, was a complete Confederate victory. General James F. Fagan's Confederate cavalry having surprised and captured a Union army of 2,000 men and 240 wagon loads of supplies. General Powell . . . — — Map (db m121283) HM
On Arkansas Route 8 north of Banks Road, on the left when traveling north.
The New Edinburg Commercial Historic District,
located along the north and south sides of Highway 8,
was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on September 4, 2001 as a representative collection
of Craftsman style architecture . . . — — Map (db m170749) HM
On Old Camden Road 0.4 miles south of Marks Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south.
Approaching Marks Mills from the south General Joe Shelby's Missouri Division was ordered to move to the right in order to block the Marks Mills to Mt Elba Road preventing The Union forces from escaping across the Saline River.
Guided by . . . — — Map (db m121660) HM
On Arkansas Route 97 at Route 8, on the left when traveling north on Arkansas Route 97.
Early on the morning of April 25, the Confederates blocked the Pine Bluff Road near the Marks family home and mills. The first Union wagons arrived around 9:30 a.m. The Confederates shot the horses and driver of the lead Union wagon and launched . . . — — Map (db m121327) HM
On Old Camden Road 0.5 miles south of Marks Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling east.
Facts
After getting in the neighborhood of the supply train Gen. Shelby was ordered on the road leading to Mount Elba to intercept the train and attack the front. Cabell's Brigade moved up to the road leading direct to Marks' Mills. As they . . . — — Map (db m121658) HM
On Arkansas Route 8 at Route 97, on the left when traveling south on Arkansas Route 8.
Front
Fought here on April 25, 1864
was a complete Confederate victory
General James F. Fagan's Division of Confederate
cavalry surprised and captured a Union supply
train of 2000 men and 240 wagonloads of supplies.
General . . . — — Map (db m121310) HM WM
On Arkansas Route 97 at Route 8, on the left when traveling north on Arkansas Route 97.
In March of 1864, the Union Army began the Red River Campaign, a plan to subdue Arkansas and Louisiana and capture Texas cotton for northern mills. By mid-April, the Arkansas arm of the campaign was stalled in Camden. A Union foraging party and . . . — — Map (db m121311) HM
On Arkansas Route 97 at Route 8, on the left when traveling north on Arkansas Route 97.
So many horses and soldiers were killed that Salty Branch ran red with blood.
In 1864, Camden was a large town on the Ouachita River, as was Pine Bluff on the Arkansas River. Moro Bay, to the south, was the largest cotton shipping point . . . — — Map (db m121330) HM
On East Magnolia Street (Arkansas Route 133) at Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling east on East Magnolia Street.
Cash Family Reunions
Johnny Cash often returned to Rison with his siblings
and father, Ray Cash, to attend annual family reunions
held at the old American Legion Hut, which formerly
stood across from the courthouse on Sycamore Street.
At . . . — — Map (db m185709) HM
On Main Street (Arkansas Route 35) north of School Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Johnny Cash Day in Arkansas
On March 20, 1976, Johnny Cash Day in Arkansas
was declared by proclamation issued by then-
Governor David Pryor. The festivities started in
Kingsland where Johnny and his family boarded a
special train, the . . . — — Map (db m170305) HM
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