Markers and Monuments, Lamartine, Arkansas [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [196-?]

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Markers and Monuments, Lamartine, Arkansas [View 1] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [196-?]

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Negative of a marker to the Lamartine Colony in Columbia County, Arkansas. Glenn Martel of Magnolia, Columbia County, poses with the marker for a photograph. The Lamartine Colony was the home of large plantation owners, and Civil War veterans. It was also recognized as being part of various Native American trails. The marker reads, "No. C27. Columbia County Lamartine Pioneer Settlement. One of the oldest settlements in Columbia County. Here Colonel John Dockery had his plantation and home. Here T.P. Dockery, who became a general in the War Between the States, was born and reared. The Caddo Indian Trail from Camden to the Ouachita to Miller's Bluff on Red. River passed by here. Other Indian Trails entered here. Andrew Jackson cut out these trails and built a military road in 1825 from New Orleans to the frontier forts of Towson and Fort Smith. 1836 Arkansas Centennial Comm. - Arkansas History Comm. 1936."

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...