On South Arch Street at West 17th Street, on the right when traveling north on South Arch Street.
[Left marker]
This property
has been placed
on the
National
Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the
Interior — — Map (db m211488) HM
While the Quapaw Indians could be said to "own" the land which
is the Riverfront Park, their villages were actually along the
Arkansas River between the "point of rocks" and the Mississippi
River. However, the Imbeau, Bartholomew, and Coussatt . . . — — Map (db m117431) HM
On West 2nd Street at Center Street, on the left when traveling west on West 2nd Street.
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Southern Trust Building
1907 — — Map (db m211324) HM
Near West Markham Street at Ashley Street, on the right when traveling west.
When the call to arms sounded in the War with Spain, in 1898 Arkansas sent 2822 of her sons into the field with marvelous rapidity; and many gave up their lives in hospital and camp. Arkansas honors all who served, and especially those who died, as . . . — — Map (db m157593) WM
A section of the "Little Rock" located at the foot of Rock Street forming the south pier of the railroad bridge over the Arkansas River, being the first rock seen by the French explorer, Bernard De La Harpe, on his voyage from the mouth of the . . . — — Map (db m102141) HM
Near West Markham Street at Ashley Street, on the right when traveling west.
This building was the site of the Arkansas Secession Convention of 1861 and seat of the Confederate Government until 1863. After the capture of Little Rock by Federal forces the Old State House became headquarters of a Unionist State Government led . . . — — Map (db m157500) HM
On Woodlane Street north of West 6th Street, on the left when traveling north.
”Whose pious ministrations to our wounded soldiers soothed the last hours of those who died for the object of their tenderest love; whose domestic labors contributed much to supply the wants of our defenders in the field; whose jealous faith . . . — — Map (db m128513) WM
On East 3rd Street at River Market Avenue, on the left when traveling west on East 3rd Street.
This property operated as horse stable in the late 19th century followed by the construction of single family dwellings. The primary user of the property during the 20th century was the Tuf-Nut Garment Manufacturing Company. Founded by James D. . . . — — Map (db m102093) HM
Near West Markham Street at Ashley Street, on the right when traveling west.
To the Honor and Glory of our Patriotic Sires who gave their services for their country in the War of 1812-1815 • • • This tablet is dedicated in gratitude and pride by the National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812 State of Arkansas . . . — — Map (db m157499) WM
Near West Markham Street at Ashley Street, on the right when traveling west.
In the great World-War of 1917, Arkansas sent her sons streaming overseas to save the World for Liberty. Proud of their valor and their achievements she rejoices for those who returned unharmed; and mourns for those who fell on the shell-torn sod . . . — — Map (db m157595) WM
On Center Street just north of West 15th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Clubwoman, temperance leader and suffragist. Helped found Arkansas Equal Suffrage Association 1888. Led state efforts until her death 1899. — — Map (db m229491) HM
On Center Street just north of West 15th Street, on the right when traveling south.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Arkansas Historic Preservation Program — — Map (db m229495) HM
On South Spring Street south of West 13th Street, on the right when traveling south.
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
The Second
Sarlo Cottage
1899 — — Map (db m211364) HM
On Fourche Dam Pike at East Roosevelt Road, on the left when traveling south on Fourche Dam Pike.
In this vicinity, on September 10, 1863, an invading Federal column under Gen'l Frederick Steele defeated Confederate forces under Gen'l John Marmaduke in the Battle of Little Rock — — Map (db m116460) HM
On Kavanaugh Boulevard at North Grant Street, on the left when traveling east on Kavanaugh Boulevard.
What we know today as The Heights, known earlier as Pulaski Heights, started as a place called Forest Park, Little Rock's largest private park. The last stop on the trolley line, the park was created by the streetcar company to draw visitors to this . . . — — Map (db m161349) HM
On West Markham Street near S Taylor Street, on the right when traveling east.
To address a lack of public recreational facilities, the City of Little Rock began developing Fair Park in 1924. In addition to a zoo, amusement park, and baseball field, the park included Little Rock’s first municipal golf course. This 90-acre, . . . — — Map (db m230803) HM
Shortly after Arkansas was admitted to the Union in 1836, the Federal government established the Little Rock Arsenal for the storage of munitions and weapons in defense of the frontier. Eventually, more than thirty buildings were constructed on . . . — — Map (db m117241) HM
Near East 9th Street. Reported permanently removed.
In December 1863 and January of 1864, Little Rock was a Union-occupied town. During this period David Owen Dodd, a boy of 17, was involved in a series of events that led to his hanging as a spy. As a result he became known as the "Boy Hero of the . . . — — Map (db m225115) HM
This Memorial Has Been Placed Here
By Veterans Of The
206th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft)
Col. Elgan C. Robertson
Commanding Officer
Honoring the memory of those men who served, fought, and died in defense of . . . — — Map (db m117229) HM WM
Near East Capitol Avenue just east of Sherman Street, on the right when traveling east.
Curran Hall, built in 1842, exemplifies the key elements of Greek Revival style: symmetrical form; horizontal emphasis of the rectangular form; classical elements of columns, pilasters, temple-like porch with pediment, transom and sidelights at the . . . — — Map (db m160932) HM
World War I 1917-1918
West Point Graduate 1903
Rainbow Division Chief of Staff August 1917, Colonel
84th Brigade 42nd Rainbow Division August 1918, Commander
Rainbow Division Commander November 1918, Brigadier General
West Point . . . — — Map (db m116366) HM
On Scott Street at East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north on Scott Street.
On this site stood the home of
Robert Crittenden
Lieutenant in the War of 1812
First Territorial Secretary of State
and Acting Governor of Arkansas
1819 – 1829 — — Map (db m211339) HM
On East 7th Street west of Sherman Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Johnson House was built about 1827 as the residence of Robert W. Johnson and his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Johnson. Robert W. Johnson had returned to Little Rock in 1876 after a long and distinguished career which . . . — — Map (db m211347) HM
In Memory Of The Men And Women
Who Served With Honor With The Naval
And Marine Forces Of The United States
Of America During The World War
1917 — 1919 — — Map (db m117236) WM
On Rock Street at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on Rock Street.
This property
Nash House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m211350) HM
On October 25, 1905, Theodore Roosevelt became only the second sitting president to visit our state. His visit was a key stop on a southern tour following the election of 1904 in which he was elected easily but failed to win any states of the former . . . — — Map (db m116375) HM
The Civil War could have begun at this U.S. Arsenal. As other states seceded, rumors that reinforcements were heading for the Arsenal led around 1,000 militia from south and east Arkansas to demand the surrender of the garrison. On Feb. 12, 1861, . . . — — Map (db m116214) HM
On March 23, 1864, Gen. Frederick Steele led a Union army south from Little Rock to join another army in Louisiana and invade Texas. After fighting at Elkins' Ferry and Prairie D'Ane, Steele's hungry army occupied Camden. Disastrous defeats at . . . — — Map (db m116237) HM
On McMath Avenue at East 11th Street, on the right when traveling south on McMath Avenue.
Front
The first human dissection in Arkansas was made on this spot in November 1874 by James H. Lenow M.D. Little Rock and Richard S. Vickery M.D. U.S. Army
Rear
Erected by the Arkansas Medical Society to perpetuate the . . . — — Map (db m116362) HM
A line of precise reference surveying markers known as the “Mehlburger Markers” was established in memory of the man who pioneered efforts to license land surveyors in the State of Arkansas and was awarded Land Surveyor Certificate No. . . . — — Map (db m117228) HM
On East 9th Street at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on East 9th Street. Reported missing.
This stone marks the Quapaw Line, west boundary of lands in Territorial Arkansas, ceded the Quapaw Indians by the United States according to the Treaty of 1818 — — Map (db m241513) HM
How the Locks Work
When a boat enters the lock
the gates close and the water
level inside the lock is raised to
the upstream level or lowered
to the downstream level,
depending on which way the
boat is moving. The locks are
filled . . . — — Map (db m208844) HM
John Jackson and his wife Anna Jackson came to Little Rock in the 1880s, along with
their employers. They farmed land, some now under water, on the banks of the
Arkansas River in the vicinity of this ramp. In July, 1913 they sold a small parcel . . . — — Map (db m208843) HM
Many people have asked about the 'monoliths' of concrete that are a feature of the plazas on the north
and south side of the Big Dam Bridge. These 'monoliths' are a part of the story of the Big Dam Bridge.
The Bridge is not only unique in . . . — — Map (db m208842) HM
On Cumberland Street at East Daisy L Gatson Bates Drive, on the right when traveling south on Cumberland Street.
This property
The Chisum House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1894 — — Map (db m211463) HM
On President Clinton Avenue west of Sherman Street, on the left when traveling east.
At about this site stood the law office
of
Augustus Hill Garland
Member of House and Senate of the
Confederate Congress
He prepared and won the case of ex parte Garland in
the U.S. Supreme Court, thus effecting the readmission . . . — — Map (db m102759) HM
On President Clinton Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
From 1882 to 1887, an ornate two-story space on the second floor of this building served as the social hall for the Concordia Association – an organization established in 1864 to help Jewish immigrant families adapt to their new lives in . . . — — Map (db m78014) HM
On President Clinton Avenue just west of S. Rock Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1904, John E. Geyer and his business partner John D. Adams moved their wholesale grocery business into a building located on this site. The partners replaced that building with this structure, designed by Charles Thompson, in 1914. The Geyer and . . . — — Map (db m102091) HM
On President Clinton Avenue just west of River Market Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Max Hilb and William Probst built this structure, designed by Joseph Willis, in 1882 for Probst & Hilb Liquor Company. The upper floor contained a two-story space that housed Concordia Hall, a Jewish social club. F. M. Fletcher and T.J. McCarthy . . . — — Map (db m102056) HM
On Marshall Street at West 19th Street, on the right when traveling south on Marshall Street.
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built in 1900 — — Map (db m211526) HM
On John Harden Drive, 0 miles north of Vandenberg Drive when traveling west.
This C-130E was manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft, Marietta Georgia
in May 1963. It was delivered to the 1608th Air Transport Wing, located at
Charleston AFB, SC. It was transferred to the 316th Tactical Airlift Wing
in March 1967, located at . . . — — Map (db m224385) HM
Near Riverfront Drive east of Riverfront Place when traveling south.
The elegant steamboat Lizzie Simmons was built in 1859 and ran between Memphis and New Orleans until the Confederate Navy bought her in 1861 and converted her into a gunboat, the C.S.S. Pontchartrain. The vessel fought on the . . . — — Map (db m116257) HM
On North Magnolia Street south of West F Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Fearing a Union attack on Little Rock, Confederate Gen. Sterling Price ordered his men to fortify the high ground on the north side of the Arkansas River in the summer of 1863. A strong network of earthen works soon developed, including some in what . . . — — Map (db m116251) HM
On Curtis Sykes Drive, on the left when traveling east.
African Americans began settling in the Dark Hollow neighborhood of the Iron Mountain Addition in the early 1900s, near the railroad and jobs. Named for an ancient swamp, Dark Hollow developed further after the Arkansas Legislature authorized an . . . — — Map (db m224244) HM
On Cook's Landing Road, on the left when traveling east.
Four major bridges connect the various elements of the Arkansas River
Trail, allowing visitors to easily cross the river and explore different areas.
Big Dam Bridge
Dedicated on September 20, 2006, the Big Dam
Bridge is the longest . . . — — Map (db m208848) HM
Near Riverfront Drive east of Riverfront Place when traveling south.
Arkansas's sole Civil War rail line, the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, ran from DeValls Bluff to what is now North Little Rock. After U.S. troops occupied the capital in 1863, the Union army built warehouses, shops, and other railroad facilities . . . — — Map (db m116260) HM
•The Arkansas River begins in Colorado, meanders
through Kansas and Oklahoma, and travels 1,450 miles
to the Mississippi River
•Earliest navigation on the Arkansas involved floating
downstream by raft
•Steamboats first arrived in Little . . . — — Map (db m208845) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m208846) HM
On West 6th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West 6th Street.
Lynching in America
Following the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for Black people and an
ideology of white supremacy led to racial terrorism not only in the South, but across the United States. Lynching emerged as the most . . . — — Map (db m243303) HM
On England Road (U.S. 165) east of East Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
As Union forces advanced to capture Little Rock during the Civil War, the
last duel in Arkansas was fought near this spot in an open grove of heavy
timber between Confederate Generals John Sappington Marmaduke and
Lucius Marshall Walker at . . . — — Map (db m116382) HM
This plaque is dedicated in memorial to these ladies and gentlemen who, over 50 years ago, kept this community together through their concern, time, and hard work. We congratulate each of them for their effort in spite of trying circumstances.
. . . — — Map (db m224246) HM
On Cook's Landing Road, on the left when traveling east.
The idea for the Arkansas River Trail began as early as 1913, with a City of Little Rock plan calling for a series of parks on the banks of the Arkansas River. The trail has been built in pieces, year after year, decade upon decade by committed . . . — — Map (db m208847) HM
Dedicated August 6, 1933, as Pugh's Memorial Park, the Old Mill is a replica of an abandoned water-powered grist mill that would have been used by Arkansas pioneers in the 1800s. Although the Old Mill never actually operated as a mill, the iron . . . — — Map (db m53181) HM
Launched August 15, 1942 at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Naval Shipyard.
Snook fought well during her first eight war patrols before her loss on her ninth.
Her Score:
17 Ships Confirmed Sunk
7 Ships Damaged
2 Small Ships Sunk . . . — — Map (db m179396) HM WM
On Toltec Mounds Road, on the right when traveling south.
Plants affect every aspect of our lives. Without them, life would not be possible.
Crews working for the University of Arkansas Museum recovered this bag in the 1930s from a bluff shelter in Benton County, Arkansas.
Filled to the . . . — — Map (db m213906) HM
On Alexander Road west of Walkers Corner Road (State Route 161), on the right when traveling west.
You are standing in the vicinity of where Confederate forces camped on Monday, September 7, 1863, when Union forces under Major General Frederick Steele advancing from Brownsville engaged the brigade of Colonel Robert C. Newton, C.S.A., driving his . . . — — Map (db m116519) HM
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