We experienced both on a recent visit to Arkansas Post National Memorial located on the Arkansas River just upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi. I was traveling with my mom and ...

Learn about Arkansas’s early history Further to the south, you’ll find Arkansas Post National Memorial. It is here that the first permanent European settlement in Arkansas was settled.

Landmarks like the Arkansas Post National Memorial and Fort Smith National Historic Site reflect Arkansas’s colonial and frontier heritage, while the Daisy Bates House stands as a symbol of resilience ...