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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/HM270M_witness-to-removal_Little-Rock-AR.html
In 1818, the U.S. policy on Indian Removal
restricted the Quapaw to a reservation in Arkansas.
The western boundary, or Quapaw Line, began at
"the Little Rock." This was perhaps the first official
use of the name Little Rock. In 1824, a ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZZ_one-old-rock_Little-Rock-AR.html
La Petite Roche ("the Little Rock") refers to the
rock outcropping on the Arkansas River used as a
navigation point during the early exploration of what
would become the state of Arkansas. Sometimes called
the Point of Rocks, it is the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZY_a-piece-of-the-rock-a-piece-of-history_Little-Rock-AR.html
The Little Rock was not always as it is now. To support
the Junction Bridge and ensure an adequate channel for
river traffic, much of the Rock was removed in 1872 and
1884. No one knows how the Point of Rocks looked
before progress took it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZX_the-big-rock-and-the-little-rock_Little-Rock-AR.html
Jean-Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe was the first
European explorer to record the existence of a large
rocky bluff on the north bank of the Arkansas River.
According to his journal, La Harpe named it le Rocher
Français ("the French Ro…