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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 Outside Links:
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