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The Town of Moro Bay
Arkansas became a state in 1836. Ferries were essential to trade, travel
and settlement in frontier Arkansas. Ferries were so important that some
of the first laws in this new state dealt with ferries. A ferry keeper
was required to "...keep a good boat or boats in good repair, suitable
for the stream they are to ferry over, and give ready and due attendance
on passengers on all occasions, and shall give like attendance when
wagons or other property it to be transported."
Towns quickly grew where people and goods gathered at ferry crossings.
In 1869, county surveyor M.K. Kemp showed "the town of Moro Bay" as a
neat rectangle having four blocks, each divided into four lots. The
"town" was alongside Moro Bay, convenient to the "Hall & Co." warehouse
and the upper boat landing. In 1871 the Moro Bay landing shipped more
cotton than any of the ten Ouachita River landings south of Camden.
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Moro Bay State Park
Dedicated June 8, 1972
Dale Bumpers - Governor
Department of Parks and Tourism
william E. Henderson - Director
L.E. "Buddy" Surles - State Parks Director
State Parks, Recreation & Travel Commission
Jimmy Driftwood - Chairman
Flave J. Carpenter - Vice Chairman
Henry H. Ketcher Sr.
L.C. Dial
C. Edward Tudor
Orville I. Richolson
Thomas D. Seay Jr.
Ovid t. Switzer
Coy A. Theobalt
J.A. West Jr.
Lee Zachary |
