Jenkins Ferry - Near Leola, AR
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N 34° 12.701 W 092° 32.906
15S E 541597 N 3785719
Located at Jenkins Ferry Battelefield State Park, off Highway 46, at the Saline River, notes the owner and operator of the river ferry used during the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. Marker erected as part of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial.
Waymark Code: WMYZYZ
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2018
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Marker text:
In 1846, Thomas Jenkins paid the Saline County clerk $1 to register to “keep a ferry” and charge travelers to cross the Saline near the mouth of Cox’s Creek when the river was at flood stage. Gen. Frederick Steele’s Union army came to Jenkins Ferry while retreating to Little Rock from Camden and began crossing on April 29, 1864. Steele conferred with the commanders of his rear guard, Gens. Rice and Salomon, in the Jenkins’ family cabin in the early hours of April 30 to plan the day’s battle. Steele’s men crossed after fending off a Confederate attack.
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