Arkansas Post, Arkansas

Arkansas Post is an unincorporated community located along the north side of the Arkansas River in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States, near the Arkansas Post National Memorial.[1] Arkansas Highway 169 ends here.[2]

This article is about the unincorporated community. For the national memorial, see Arkansas Post.

Arkansas Post, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Bayous around Arkansas Post
Arkansas Post
Arkansas Post
Coordinates: 34°1′28″N 91°20′37″W
Country United States
State Arkansas
CountyArkansas
Elevation
177 ft (54 m)
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID66948
Highways Highway 169
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arkansas Post, Arkansas

History

The history of European settlement dates to 1686, when Henri de Tonti, a French soldier and explorer associated with René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle's explorations of the Mississippi River, established a fur trading post at this site to promote trade with the Quapaw people, whose village of Osotouy was nearby. He also traded with other Native Americans in the region.[3] The area of the trading post and associated historic settlement, located on what is now a peninsula, has been designated a National Memorial and National Historic Landmark as a site of long-term strategic importance.[4]

After the Louisiana Purchase brought this region under United States control, it was designated the Arkansas Territory. Due to its regional importance, Arkansas Post was chosen as the first territorial capital (1819–1821) of Arkansas Territory; the capital was moved to Little Rock in 1821.

Arkansas Post was incorporated as a town in 1836.[5]

References
  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Arkansas Post, Arkansas." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arkansas Post, Arkansas Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  2. Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. § 5.
  3. "Henri de Tonti", Handbook of Texas Online
  4. "History & Culture". National Park Service. November 2, 2006. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  5. Hempstead, Fay (1890). A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890. Southern Historical Press. p. 827.

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