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Cadron Creek Settlement
Conway,
Faulkner County, Arkansas |
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Lt. Joseph W. Harris, U.S.A.
Joseph W. Harris of New Hampshire, received appointment to the
military academy at West Point at the age of 17 and graduated in
1825. He was assigned to accompany a group of 750 Cherokees aboard
the steamboat Yeatman. They were forced to land at Cadron, April 8,
1834, because of low water.
The Indians were stricken with cholera. Lt. Harris also became ill.
He retired from the army because of his poor health and died May 18,
1837, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire at age 32.
Erected by the Conway Chamber of Commerce.
Faulkner County Historical Society in cooperation with U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers October, 1989.
Cherokee Memorial
Following is a partial list of persons who died and were buried at
Cadron. They perished from cholera while being relocated by the army
in 1834. Graves were marked with native stones with no inscriptions.
Some of the Indians had adopted Christianity and customs of whites.
Some had assumed Anglo - Saxon names. Before 1850 it was common for
Cherokee children to be unnamed until after their seventh birthday,
hence the lack of given names for the children.
___Bird
___Bird's Wife
___Brewer's Child
___Butler
Sarah Ch___k
Thomas M. Daniel's Child
Joseph Dobson's Child
William England
Mrs. William England
Black Foxes' Wife
Black Foxes Five Children
___Henson's Child
L. Holloway
___Horsefly's Child
Charley McDaniel
Charley McDaniel's Wife
Daniel McDonald's Child
Arch McGregs
___Miller's Child
___Morgan
___Morgan's Child
Alex M'Toy
Alex M'Toy's Child
Thigh Nave
J. Peckerwood
___Richardson's Wife
___Richardson's Child
Dr. Jesse Roberts
D. Ross' Child
Spencer Shelton's Child
Robin Shelton's Wife
Robin Shelton's Child
Jackson Smith's Child
Mariah Spaniard's Child
Polly Spaniard's Child
Bear Track's Child
Will Tucker's Child
William Vann
William Vann's Three Children
___Water's Child
T. Wilson's Child
William Wilson's Child
John Woodward's Child
Ailee ___
There were an additional 36 deaths unidentified.
Erected by the Conway Chamber of Commerce.
Faulkner County Historical Society
In cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. October 1989
Trail of Tears
After Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, May 28, 1830, the
Government forceably relocated about 60,000 Indians from the
southeastern U.S. to what is now Oklahoma. This included the five
(5) civilized tribes Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, and
Seminole.
When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, he pledged to move
the Indians west of the Mississippi River. After removal became law,
the government proceeded to relocate the Indians.
Some travelled overland and others by water. Many suffered severe
hardships.
About 14,000 Cherokees were relocated with 4,000 deaths occuring.
The grief from their loved one's deaths, the hardships, and
deprivations, made their trek westward indeed at "Trail of Tear".
Erected by Conway Chamber of Commerce
Faulkner County Historical Society
in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
October 1989
Cadron Blockhouse
The blockhouse is a replica of a structure that was built on this
site in the late 18th century. The building was a multiple use
structure, but constructed originally for defense purposes. It was
used as a trading post, as a residence, and as a public gathering
place. When the French trappers and other early settlers were in
this area, the Osage Indians occupied the land north of the Arkansas
River. When the Osage were on the warpath, the settlers used the
blockhouse as a place for refuge. The blockhouse is refered to in
some of the French and Spanish journals and other early records. In
the early 1800's the John McElmurry Family owned the property and
occupied the blockhouse as a residence.
The reconstruction was a joint venture of the Conway Chamber of
Commerce and the Faulkner County Historical Society in cooperation
with the U.S. Corps of Engineers.
Dedicated October 14, 1979
Blockhouse construction committee
W.E. Bailey
Trail of Tears
After Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, May 28, 1830, the
Government forcibly relocated about 60,000 Indians from the
southeastern U.S. to what is now Oklahoma. This included the five
(5) civilized tribes Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, and
Seminole.
When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, he pledged to move
the Indians west of the Mississippi River. After removal became law,
the government proceeded to relocate the Indians.
Some
traveled overland and others by water. Many suffered severe
hardships.
About 14,000 Cherokees were relocated with 4,000 deaths
occurring.
The grief from their loved one's deaths, the hardships, and
deprivations, made their trek westward indeed at "Trail of Tear".
Erected by Conway Chamber of Commerce
Faulkner County Historical Society
in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers October 14, 1989
Blockhouse Construction Committee
W.E. Bailey
Virgil Conatser
Terry James
Ruger Mills, Treasurer
Guy W. Murphy, Chairman
Joe Ponder
Carl Bylander
Thad Stanton
Rock of Ages Massacre
1814
Last stand of Confederate
Troops
North of Arkansas River
1865
Camp site of Mann Family
October 11, 1904 Father
BD Sons Logan, Harry, Fred & Daughter Mary
Home of Harry Mann 1951
450th Commemoration
De Soto Expedition
1541 - 1991
The Hernando De Soto expedition is believed to have passed near
Cadron en route to points west. Some researchers think the
expedition crossed the Arkansas River (River of Cayas) near what is
now Dardanelle.
Erected by Conway Area Chamber of Commerce
Faulkner County Historical Society
in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. September 1991
Tollantusky Trail &
Harris Family Plot
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