November 15, 2007

In 1815, federal surveyors Prospect Robbins and Joseph Brown entered Arkansas to establish the initial survey point, or baseline, for lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. That baseline, determined on November 10, 1815, in present-day Monroe County near Brinkley, is marked by this granite monument placed there in 1926 by the Arkansas Daughters of the American Revolution, L’Anguille Chapter. Today, the monument is located within the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park.