Arkansas Post, Arkansas

Template:About Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Arkansas Post is an unincorporated community located along the north side of the Arkansas River in Arkansas County, Arkansas.<ref name=gnis/> It is home to the Arkansas Post National Memorial.

History

In 1805 the U.S. government established a store at the location, but was closed in 1810, due to competition from private merchants.<ref>Morris, Wayne. “Traders and Factories on the Arkansas Frontier, 1805-1822.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1, 1969, pp. 28–48. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023.</ref> Nathaniel Pryor,<ref>“Captain Nathaniel Pryor.” The American Historical Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 1919, pp. 253–65. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023.</ref> who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Samuel B. Richards of Natchez established a store at the location after the War of 1812.<ref>Grant Foreman. (1926). Pioneer days in the early Southwest. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. p. 76. Internet Archive website Retrieved 11 January 2023.</ref> The present-day unincorporated community of Arkansas Post was founded on December 27, 1831, with the establishment of the first U.S. post office in the Arkansas Territory.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Infrastructure

Highway 169 terminates at Arkansas Post.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref>

Notable residents

• Antoine Barraqué, French Indian trader
• Saracen, Quapaw chief

Further reading

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