Everything about Arkansas Post National Memorial totally explained
Arkansas Post National Memorial, located about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of
Gillett, Arkansas, commemorates key events that occurred on site and in the vicinity: the first semi-permanent European settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley (1686); an American Revolutionary War skirmish (1783); the first territorial capital of Arkansas (1819–1821); and the American Civil War
Battle of Fort Hindman (1863).
History
Arkansas Post was founded in 1686 by
Henri de Tonti at the site of a
Quapaw Indian village named
Osotouy near where the
Arkansas River enters the
Mississippi River. This place was where the first recorded Christian services occurred in Arkansas. The site became a strategic point for
France,
Spain, the
United States, and the
Confederate States at different times during its history.
On
17 April 1783 British Colonel James Colbert conducted a raid against
Spanish forces controlling Arkansas Post as part of a small campaign against the Spanish on the
Mississippi River. Colbert's Raid was the only
American Revolutionary War battle fought in Arkansas, or anywhere west of the Mississippi.
In 1803 Arkansas Post became a part of the
United States as part of the
Louisiana Purchase. The post was selected as the first capital of the Arkansas Territory and became the center of commercial and political life in Arkansas. Prior to statehood the territorial capital was moved to
Little Rock, Arkansas, and Arkansas Post lost much of its importance.
During the
American Civil War, the Post became an important strategic site, as it was the confluence of two major rivers. In 1862, the
Confederate Army constructed a massive earthwork known as
Fort Hindman, named after Confederate General
Thomas C. Hindman. In January 9–11 of 1863, Union forces conducted an amphibious
assault on the fortress backed by
ironclad gunboats, and destroyed both the fort and the civilian areas of Arkansas Post.
Administrative history
The former site of Arkansas Post was made into a
state park in 1929. It is located on a peninsula in the Arkansas River in
Arkansas County. On
July 6,
1960 the site was designated a
National Memorial, and a
National Historic Landmark on
October 9,
1960.,,
As with all National Historic Landmarks, Arkansas Post was administratively listed on the
National Register of Historic Places on
October 15,
1966.
It is located at 1741 Old Post Road, in
Gillett, Arkansas.
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