Military Road - Marion, AR
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saopaulo1
N 35° 12.909 W 090° 11.894
15S E 755029 N 3900500
A sign about the Military Road in Marion, AR.
Waymark Code: WM17XWR
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2023
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"First Highway constructed in Arkansas, Hopefield
to Little Rock, extended to Fort Smith and into
Indian Territory, (Oklahoma). Built by the
United States under supervision of the
Quartermasters Department of the United States
Army. Survey was begun October 1824,
and construction commenced
soon thereafter for the primary purpose of
transporting Chickasaw and Choctaw Tribes of
Indians from Mississippi to the Indian Territory,
starting in 1832. Soldiers and transports for the
Mexican War 1845-1848 used this road, as well as
soldiers and transports during the War Between
the States 1861-1865.
Pioneers used this route to Arkansas and to the west."
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