November 4, 2012

Among the many restored buildings at Historic Washington State Park in Hempstead County is the former 1836 Hempstead County Courthouse. With the evacuation of Little Rock (Pulaski County) by Confederate forces in 1863, the building served as the Confederate state seat of government until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

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