Arkansas Post is an unincorporated community located along the north side of the Arkansas River in Arkansas County, Arkansas.[1] It is home to the Arkansas Post National Memorial.
Arkansas Post, Arkansas | |
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 Bayous around Arkansas Post | |
  Arkansas Post Location in Arkansas | |
| Coordinates: 34°01′25″N 91°20′37″W / 34.02361°N 91.34361°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Arkansas |
| County | Arkansas |
| Township | Arkansas |
| Founded | December 27, 1831 |
| Elevation | 177 ft (54 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 66948[1] |
| Highways |  Highway 169 |
History
editIn 1805 the U.S. government established a store at the location, but was closed in 1810, due to competition from private merchants.[2] Nathaniel Pryor,[3] who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Samuel B. Richards of Natchez established a store at the location after the War of 1812.[4] Present-day Arkansas Post was founded on December 27, 1831, with the establishment of the first U.S. post office in the Arkansas Territory.[5]
Infrastructure
editHighway 169 terminates at Arkansas Post.[6]
Notable residents
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arkansas Post, Arkansas
- ^ Morris, Wayne. “Traders and Factories on the Arkansas Frontier, 1805-1822.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1, 1969, pp. 28–48. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023.
- ^ “Captain Nathaniel Pryor.” The American Historical Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 1919, pp. 253–65. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023.
- ^ Grant Foreman. (1926). Pioneer days in the early Southwest. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. p. 76. Internet Archive website Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Washington, D.C.: National Archives
- ^ Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. § 5.
- ^ Matheson, Luke (August 13, 2019). "Who Was Chief Saracen of the Quapaw Tribe?". Pine Bluff Commercial.
Further reading
edit- Hempstead, Fay (1890). A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890. Southern Historical Press. p. 827. ISBN 9780893080747.
External links
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