MacArthur Museum of

Arkansas Military History

 

also known as the City Park, the Arsenal, MacArthur Park

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

 

 

Circa 1911 

July 4, 2006 

Little Rock Arsenal
One attraction in Little Rock, the City Park, traces back to early time. The park was originally a portion of a government grant of 1,000 acres of land to Arkansas, to be sold and the money used for a territorial courthouse and jail.

In 1836, the government acquired the park site for an arsenal. It was then owned by Richard C. Hawkins, who had fitted it up as a racetrack. Though the government erected a number of military buildings on the area, it never kept many soldiers there until the War between the States.

 

 External Links:

Barracks, U.S. Arsenal  

Lacrosse Team at old Arsenal Grounds during the Civil War. The players are Indians.

  

Pulaski County | Structures

MacArthur Park One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine

 

 

 

         
   

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