PARKS BUILD COMMUNITY
Open space has been essential to community life
throughout time. In Colonial America, and for centuries
across Europe they have been called "village greens" or
"commons." These open spaces belonged to everyone and
were . . . — — Map (db m231900) HM
The first settlers came to the Bryant area in 1828.
The railroad built a depot in 1873 and the Bryant
Township was created 1878. In October of 1892
a group of 20 citizens petitioned the county
judge to incorporate the City of Bryant. . . . — — Map (db m231576) HM
After the fall of Little Rock to Union forces in September, 1863, the area immediately south of the Arkansas River became a No Man’s Land. On the morning of October 23, 1864, a Federal detachment of the 7th Army Corps, returning to Little Rock after . . . — — Map (db m96635) HM
The
Geographical
Center of Arkansas
is a few steps
north of this highway
Erected by
The Arkansas Society
Daughters of American Colonists
Arkansas Centennial
1936 — — Map (db m96637)
