Arkansas Post Museum
The Main House contains an audiovisual room and gift shop. The Summer Kitchen showcases domestic tools and kitchen instruments of old. The Peterson Building interprets life on the southern end of the Grand Prairie a... americanheritage.com
Bingen
“Hello, I always enjoy your articles about the travels and towns you visit. If you ever get to southwest Arkansas you need to visit the only true ghost in our area. It is called Bingen and has seven or eight remainin... history.rootsweb
Lewisburg
A former Arkansas River port that once had 1200 people. It is located at the junction of S. Bridge St (old SH 9)/E. Burrow St., just south of Morrilton, just northwest of where SH 9 crosses the Arkansas River. The c... history.rootsweb
Graphic
“GRAPHIC is in Crawford County, near Mountainburg. Its elevation is 900 feet and it is on the USGS map titled Mountainburg SW. It was a post office from 1883 - 1905. When it was closed Alma began handling its mai... history.rootsweb
Graysonia
Located at the junction of Graysonia/Marrlow/No Name roads, east of the railroad tracks and the Antoine River southwest of De Gray Lake, and 10 miles south of Amity, about 80 miles southwest of Little Rock. It i... history.rootsweb
Hopefield
Located along the Mississippi River on the northeast side of Hopefield Point south of Hopefield Chute, just east of West Memphis, directly across the river from Memphis, TN. It is just north of I-40/US 64. This one-... history.rootsweb
Retta
Located on a point of land south of SH 27, overlooking Illinois Bayou, just south of Bayou Bluff Recreation Area and the Forks of Creek Cemetery, five miles north of Hector. It had a post office - 1898-1938. The... history.rootsweb
Griffin
Shown on an 1898 map of Arkansas on Smackover Creek, midway between Smackover and Louann (Ouachita Co.), and just south of the county line. On a land ownership map c1950, it is shown on the railroad in Ouachita Co.,... history.rootsweb
Scotia
This old town site is on the Arkansas River, 2.5 miles south of the confluence with Maycallin Creek east of the county line and south of London, northwest of Little Rock. It dates to the early 1830s, and was a major riv... history.rootsweb
Rondo
This old town has faded badly. It was founded in the 1830s, and finally got a post office in 1858. It offered refuge to the state government during the Civil War. In 1990, the population was 60. It sits at the j... history.rootsweb
Yochum Bend
“The Old Yochum Bend is now covered by Bull Shoals Lake. But it was an up and going town of the age as well. The cemeteries were moved to Old Midway. My grandfather worked with the Corps of Engineer and had many of t... history.rootsweb
Davidsonville
Now “Davidsonville Historic State Park,” this class B town is on the south end of SH 166, at the Black River, nine miles south of US 62 at a point two miles west of Pocahontas. Davidsonville was established around... history.rootsweb
Golden City
A long forgotten gold-mining town established during a short-lived gold rush to the area south of Booneville in 1886-1887. The boom busted, and Golden City and its 500 people disappeared as quickly as it was built. Gold... history.rootsweb
Richmond
“Richmond, is a populated place on the Ashdown West USGS map. Originally in Sevier county in 1857, Richmond fell in Little River county after an adjustment in county lines in 1867. It continued to function as a post ... history.rootsweb
Wittsburg
Southeast of Wynne, this badly faded class D town was a major river port and ferry point. It is two miles from Levesque, on the St. Francis River. In 1739, Bienville, the French governor of Louisiana, built a fort here.... history.rootsweb
Greensboro
“Greensboro was just north of here (Jonesboro) and had quite a large population back in the 1800's. I'm 61 years old and as a child I can remember the little town that was dying off. There's nothing there - on highwa... history.rootsweb
Napoleon
Along the Arkansas River near its confluence with the Mississippi River, this former river port was washed away in 1874. It was originally founded in the 1820s, and was a large and busy community. According to Ruth ... history.rootsweb
Marianna Original Site
The ORIGINAL SITE of this former river port is on the L'Anguille River, 1.5 miles from the present town. The original site once was the head of navigation on the L'Anguille River. It is located due east of Little Ro... history.rootsweb