Arkansas County

Rusted machinery on a concrete block and a historical sign in the middle of a field
A. M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump No. 2 Engine
Located on the southeast corner of the junction of U.S. Highway 165 and Post Bayou Lane near Gillett (Arkansas...
Town buildings and streets as seen from above with photo watermark saying "Downing's Studio Stuttgart, Arkansas"
Almyra (Arkansas County)
Located half-way between Stuttgart (Arkansas County) and DeWitt (Arkansas County) on state Highway 130, the to...
Multistory brick building and flagpole on grass
Arkansas County
Arkansas County, located in southeast Arkansas, has two county seats—DeWitt and Stuttgart. It is one of the ...
Multistory brick building and flagpole on grass
Arkansas County Courthouse, Northern District
The Arkansas County Courthouse in Stuttgart (Arkansas County) is a Classical Revival–style, brick building ...
Three-story building with courtyard "Arkansas County Court House"
Arkansas County Courthouse, Southern District
The Arkansas County Courthouse for the Southern District in DeWitt (Arkansas County) was designed by Little Ro...
Steam powered ironclad boats attacking a fort
Arkansas Post
Arkansas Post was the first and most significant European establishment in Arkansas. In the colonial and early...
dogtrot-style log cabin with wooden front porch and ramp in vast open field and sign reading "Arkansas County Museum"
Arkansas Post Museum
The Arkansas Post Museum (previously Arkansas Post Museum State Park) in southeastern Arkansas displays exhibi...
Aerial view park winding road through fields forest near wetlands surrounded large bodies of water
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas Post National Memorial is a unit of the National Park Service located in southern Arkansas County nea...
Soldiers posing in line wearing hats with buildings cabins tents on hillside in background
Battle of Arkansas Post
aka: Battle of Fort Hindman
aka: Battle of Post of Arkansas
The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindm...
Old white man with sideburns surrounded by birds and plant life with the word "Audubon" in the center
John James Audubon (1785–1851)
John James Audubon, a frontier naturalist and artist, is famous for illustrating and writing The Birds of Amer...
white man in suit and tie standing before American flag
Marion Berry (1942–2023)
Marion Berry represented Arkansas’s First Congressional District as a Democrat for seven terms. First electe...
Front page of book written in French
Jean Bernard Bossu (1720–1792)
Jean Bernard Bossu was a French captain and adventurer who explored the region of the Mississippi River while ...
Bearded white man in military garb
Scout from Brownsville to Arkansas Post (December 7–13, 1864)
The December 7–13, 1864, Union scouting expedition from Brownsville (Lonoke County) to Arkansas Post (Arkans...
White man smiling in military uniform with medal of honor
Lloyd Leslie "Scooter" Burke (1924–1999)
Lloyd Leslie “Scooter” Burke is among the most-decorated Arkansans to have served in the military. He serv...
Stella Petty Champion (1920–2011)
Stella Petty Champion was a nationally recognized trapshooter. Stella Maxine Gossom was born on August 20, 192...
"William Closson was indicted" newspaper clipping
William Closson (Lynching of)
In May 1869, a white man named William Closson was lynched in DeWitt (Arkansas County) after his first murder ...
Colbert Raid
On April 17, 1783, British-sympathizing Native Americans and British nationals carried out an attack upon the ...
"Arkansas County" map showing borders roads cities waterways wildlife areas
Crockett’s Bluff (Arkansas County)
Crockett’s Bluff, a town in Arkansas County, is located on a bluff over the White River. It figures prominen...
aerial view of large building with several smaller outbuildings and cultivated fields behind
Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
Arkansas has more than 1.2 million acres of farmland used for rice production and is the largest producer of r...
Single-story building with green roof and parking lot
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge
aka: White River National Wildlife Refuge
The Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge, located in ...
tree-lined wide dirt road leading to multistory building with steeples and clock tower
DeWitt (Arkansas County)
DeWitt, one of the two seats of Arkansas County, is located in the center of Arkansas’s rice industry and is...
Multistory tan brick building with stone decoration around entrance
DeWitt Commercial Historic District
Centered on Courthouse Square in DeWitt, the southern seat of Arkansas County, the DeWitt Commercial Historic ...
"Dewitt's tragedy" newspaper clipping
DeWitt Lynching of 1891
On December 21, 1891, a mob of masked men entered the jail in DeWitt (Arkansas County) and shot three men: Flo...
Thomas Dickinson (Execution of)
Thomas Dickinson was hanged for murder at Arkansas Post (Arkansas County) in 1820 in the first legal public ex...
"Negro is lynched by mob at DeWitt" newspaper clipping
Frank Dodd (Lynching of)
Frank Dodd was lynched in DeWitt (Arkansas County) on October 8, 1916, by a mob of about 300. He had reportedl...
Frank Lorenzo Doughty (1930–)
Frank Lorenzo Doughty is an architect who worked with Edward Durrell Stone and E. Fay Jones and who designed s...
"The White Maskers" newspaper clipping
William Dugan (Lynching of)
A white man named William Dugan was lynched in St. Charles (Arkansas County) on October 17, 1875, shortly afte...
Wayne Eugene DuMond (1949–2005)
aka: Wayne Dumond Affair
Wayne Eugene DuMond was a serial rapist and killer whose crimes and...
"State News" newspaper clipping
Elligin and Anderson (Lynching of)
Two African-American men named Elligin and Anderson were lynched in September 1877 near DeWitt (Arkansas Count...
Two story wooden houseboat moored at riverbank
Floating CCC Camp at Jacks Bay
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) side camp BF-2 at Jacks Bay in Arkansas County was distinct from most ot...
A map showing approaches to Fort Hindman
Fort Hindman
Located on the Arkansas River near the site of Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman served as an important Confederate ...
Storefront buildings with street filled with water
Gillett (Arkansas County)
Gillett, a small city in southern Arkansas County, Stanley Township, is located on the west side of U.S. Highw...