Ten Mile House 6915 Stagecoach Road Little Rock, Arkansas   ca. 1822-1835 Federal-style stagecoach stop Listed in National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1970

Also known as the Stagecoach House or the McHenry House

Ten Mile House was a stop on the Southwest Trail stagecoach line and is considered one of the oldest existing houses in Little Rock.  It was also used by Union troops during the Civil War and the smokehouse was used to hold David O. Dodd until he was transported to Little Rock for trial.  The house has also been called  the McHenry House after the original owners of the property, Archibald and Elizabeth McHenry.  It was built between 1825 and 1836 by Thomas Thorn using slave labor to make the bricks.  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and privately owned.

December 31, 1822 Arkansas Gazette Vol. IV - No. 2- Whole No. 158   Notice   The subscriber still continues to take Horses to keep by the week, &c. as usual, and will give every necessary attention to prevent accidents or escapes --- but he hereby gives notice, that he will not be responsible for any accidents or escapes that may happen to horses committed to his care. Archibald McHenry 10 miles south of Little Rock December 24, 1822

March 22, 1836 Arkansas Gazette XVII - No. 14 - 1015   EXECUTOR'S NOTICE   THE undersigned having obtained from the county court of Pulaski county, in the Territory of Arkansas, in term time, Letters Testamentary on the estate of Archibald McHenry, late of said county, deceased, bearing date the 20th day of October, 1835, hereby gives notice to all persons having claims against said estate, to present the same to them, properly authenticated, according to law, within one year from the date of said Letters, or they may be precluded from deriving any benefit from said estate; and if said claims be not presented within five years from the date of said Letters, they will be for ever barred. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, or legal steps will be taken to enforce collections.   Henry McHenry, B.J. McHenry, Ex'rs. of Archibald McHenry, dec'd. Pulaski County, March 14, 1836.

August 23, 1836 Arkansas Gazette XVII - No. 36 - 1037   DIED, At Georgetown, Ky., about the 27th ult., Benjamin Franklin McHenry, in the 15th year of his age, son of Archibald McHenry, deceased, late of this township.

December 27, 1836 Arkansas Gazette Volume XVIII - No. 2 - Whole No. 1055   DIED, In Pike county, during the last week, Henry McHenry, of Pulaski County, son of the late Archibald McHenry.

November 14, 1837 Arkansas Gazette Volume XVIII - No. 48 - Whole No. 1101 STOP THE THIEF STOLEN from the stable of B.J. McHenry, 10 miles south of Little Rock, on the road leading to Washington, Hempstead county, on Saturday night the 4th inst., a DARK BAY HORSE, about 16 hands high, 8 or 9 years old, long legs, no white marks about him, except probably some saddle spots, back quite sore from the saddle, paces well, and works in harnass. Said horse was  rode on Saturday last from the Washita Crossing by Mr. Gibson, and put up at night at Mr. McHenry's and was taken out during the night. The thief is no doubt aiming for Texas. Any one who will deliver the horse at Mr. McHenry's or to W.R. Gibson at Little Rock, and apprehending thief, shall be handsomely rewarded. Little Rock, November 6, 1837

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Photographed October 29, 2006 by Pris Weathers & Mark Dodson

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