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By the 1830s more than 80 percent of the Arkansas territory's population had entered through the Southwest Trail. The U.S. Army improved the military road during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Usage of the trail north of the Arkansas River declined in the late 1800s, but the trail south of the river remained in use decades longer. [3]
Much of the prehistoric path was adopted by the Southwest Trail when American pioneers later traveled to Arkansas and Texas. The paths varied the most south of the Arkansas River. The American Indian path traveled to Hot Springs, then followed the Ouachita River southward to Louisiana, while Southwest Trail users generally were headed to Texas.
The southwest-northeast bisector of Arkansas has always been an integral motor route. [6] Prior to designation as US 67, the route was known as the Southwest Trail, an old military road around 1803. [6] The Southwest Trail connected St. Louis, Missouri with Texas by steamboat in Fulton, Arkansas. [7]
The Arkansas Timberlands (sometimes also called Southern Arkansas or Southwest Arkansas) is a region of the U.S. state of Arkansas generally encompassing the area south of the Ouachita Mountains, south of Central Arkansas and west of the Arkansas Delta.
Gibson was an early settlement in the Arkansas territory. The Southwest Trail military road, the route of most Americans headed to Mexico's Texas territory and the Republic of Texas, passed through Gibson. At one time, some 80 percent of Arkansas' settlers had arrived using the Southwest Trail.
The heritage trails system was established by the Arkansas General Assembly on March 31, 2009. [1] Roadways included in the system are Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) as well as county roads. The program emphasizes cooperation among the Arkansas Department of Heritage, the Department of Parks and Tourism, and the Department of ...
Arkansas Heritage Trails System (3 C, 39 P) B. ... Southwest Trail This page was last edited on 18 December 2024, at 00:34 (UTC). ...
The Old Wire Road is a historic road in Missouri and Arkansas. [1] Several local roads are still known by this name. It followed an old Native American route, the Great Osage Trail across the Ozarks and became a road along a telegraph line from St. Louis, Missouri, to Fort Smith, Arkansas. This route was also used by the Butterfield Overland Mail.