Headnote
ARKANSAS POST, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Arkansas со., Ark. 117 ms. S. E. of Little Rock; from W. 1,087 ms. Watered by Arkansas river. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Arkansas County, AR

Arkansas Post, Arkansas (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Arkansas Post, As., c. h. Arkansas co. On the N. bank of Arkansas River, on a high bluff, 50 miles from the Mississippi. It was founded by the French in 1685. 117 miles S. E. from Little Rock.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 271.

Arkansas Post, Arkansas (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ARKANSAS POST, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Arkansas со., Ark. 117 ms. S. E. of Little Rock; from W. 1,087 ms. Watered by Arkansas river.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 26.
Date Type
- Battle of Arkansas Post Military/Violent
Birthplace of
Date Title
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Good News From Arkansas,” January 17, 1863
William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, January 22, 1863
Savannah (GA) Morning News, “The Capture of Arkansas Post,” January 27, 1863
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