On Dardenelle Dam Road, 0.1 miles north of Ridge Road, on the left when traveling north.
Confederates under Col. Robert Brooks, who were testing Union positions strength along the Arkansas River, attacked Federal troops at Dardanelle on Jan. 14, 1865. Maj. J.D. Jenks' 276 Union soldiers fought Brooks' 1,500 soldiers for 4 hours before . . . — — Map (db m170341) HM
On Union Street (Arkansas Route 27) west of North Front Street, on the right when traveling west.
This highway, one of the earliest military roads in Arkansas, was named in honor of Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy by act of the General Assembly of 1925. — — Map (db m170336) HM
On Brearley Street east of North Front Street, on the left when traveling east.
Buried in this cemetery, is
David Brearley, early settler of
this area and Indian Agent of 1823;
also his son Joseph H. Brearley,
who donated the land and plated
the town of Dardanelle in 1851. — — Map (db m170319) HM
On Union Street (Arkansas Route 27) at North Front Street, on the right when traveling west on Union Street.
Four blocks west of this point
stands the famous Council Oaks
under which Robert Crittenden, acting
governor of Arkansas Territory, and
Black Fox, chief of the Cherokee tribe,
met April, 1820, to fix the boundary
for the Cherokee lands. — — Map (db m170334) HM
On Union Street (Arkansas Route 27) west of North Front Street, on the right when traveling west.
The first court house in Yell County was erected in 1840, at Danville. About 1885, another court house was erected at Dardanelle, and since then the county has maintained two seats of justice. The county was named for Governor Archibald Yell. — — Map (db m170333) HM
