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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the county seat for Pulaski County
Little Rock is in Pulaski County
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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
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