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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GB_the-little-rock-arsenal_Little-Rock-AR.html
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 th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27G8_macarthur-park-world-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Little-Rock-AR.html
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
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27G3_the-mehlburger-markers_Little-Rock-AR.html
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. 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27G2_206th-coast-artillery-anti-aircraft-memorial_Little-Rock-AR.html
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 their country as members …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27CV_arkansas-in-the-civil-war_Little-Rock-AR.html
Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861. Over the next four years more than 60,000 Arkansans fought in the Confederate service while 15,000 others fought for the Union cause. More than 770 military actions occurred in Arkansas during the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27CU_the-point-of-rocks_Little-Rock-AR.html
The first definite account of the site we call the "little rock" is from Benard de la Harpe, a French officer sent in 1722 to explore the Arkansas River. He identified "some rocky country" and a league further upriver to the right, a rock which he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM273V_brother-against-brother_Jacksonville-AR.html
Missouri, a border state, never seceded from the Union but her people were nevertheless divided and tens of thousands of Missourians wore both blue and gray between 1861 and 1865. Missouri is credited with supplying 109,111 men to Union forces, of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM272Y_bayou-meto-historic-site_Jacksonville-AR.html
In 1845 the Russell Beall family donated land
for Bayou Meto Cemetery. Soon afterward a two
story log building was erected in a grove of
oaks. Known as Bayou Meto Chapel. the structure
served as church, public school and meeting
place fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2727_the-brigade-moved-forward_Jacksonville-AR.html
The first action of the Battle of Reed's Bridge occurred east
of where you are standing when 125 Missouri Confederates
opened fire on Brigadier General John Wynn Davidson's
Union cavalry division at about 11 a.m. on August 27, 1863.
The Fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271O_they-passed-this-way_Jacksonville-AR.html
"Long time we travel on way to new land.... Womens
cry.... Children cry and men cry...but they say nothing
and just put heads down and keep on go towards
West. Many days pass and people die very much."
-Recollection of a survivor of the Tr…