Arkansas Post Montgomery's Tavern & Johnston and Armstrong's Store Historic Structure Report/Historical Data

COVER

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FOREWORD

I. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND CHAIN OF TITLE

A. Certain Generalizations
B. The Montgomery's Tavern Square
     1. The Ownership, 1804-25
     2. The Ownership, 1825-1930
C. The Johnston and Armstrong Store Lot
     1. The Ownership, 1820-35
     2. The Ownership, 1835-1931

II. HISTORY OF THE SUBJECT LOTS -- 1804-66

A. Jacob Bright and Company on the Arkansas
     1. Bright and Company Come to Arkansas Post
     2. Bright and Company Dominate the Arkansas River Trade
          >a. The Establishment of the U. S. Factory
          b. Cutthroat Competition
     3. Bright's Expedition to the Osage Village
     4. The Death of Jacob Bright
          a. Bright Passes On
          b. Bright's Journal
B. Typical Structures
     1. Arkansas Post in 1793
     2. The United States Factory Buildings
     3. James Scull and Company Builds a Trading House
C. The Arkansas General Assembly and Montgomery's Tavern
D. Audubon Stops at Montgomery's Tavern
     1. Audubon's Visit
     2. Archeologist Walker's Speculations
E. Johnston and Armstrong's Store in the Territorial Period
F. Colonel Notrebe of Arkansas Post
     1. Notrebe Settles in Arkansas
     2. Notrebe Marries and Raises a Family
     3. Travelers' Journals and Recollections
          a. Nuttall's Journal
          b. Pope's Recollections
          . Washington Irving Meets Notrebe
          d. Featherstonhaugh Stops at the Post
          e. General Pike Describes Notrebe
     4. Notrebe--Successful Merchant and Planter
     5. Notrebe and King Cotton
          a. As a Merchant
          b. Notrebe Builds a Gin
          c. Notrebe as a Planter
          d. Notrebe and the Arkansas State Bank
     6. Colonel Notrebe's Death and Will
     7. The Division of the Estate
          a. The Debits and Credits
          b. The Division of the Estate
G. The Morton-Price Property, 1849-65
     1. The Plantation in 1850
     2. The Civil War Brings Hard Times to Arkansas Post
     3. The Reconstruction Years

III. THE SITE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

A. A Visit to the Post in 1900
     1. The Correspondent Meets Madame Forreste
     2. The Correspondent Reconnoiters the Post
          a. Erosion
          b. Ruins
          c. The 1900 Village
B. Fletcher Chenault's 1926 Visit
     1. He Explores the Area
          a. The Site of the Arkansas State Bank
          b. Notrebe's Cistern and Well
          c. The Confederate Rifle-Pits
C. The Establishment of Arkansas Post State Park
     1. Chenault Makes a Proposal
     2. The Legislature Acts
     3. The First Meeting of the Commission
          a. The Post of Arkansas Reservation
D. Park Development, 1931
     1. Money is Voted and Plans Made
          a. The Commission Secures the Services of a Landscape Architect
          b. The Arkansas General Assembly Appropriates $5,000
          c. Mrs. Lowe Makes an Announcement
     2. The April 7, 1931, Meeting of the Commission
     3. The April 15 and 29 Meetings of the Building Committee
     4. Construction in 1931
          a. Land Acquisition
          b. Fencing
          c. Caretaker's Lodge
          d. Pot Hunting and Salvage at the Arkansas State Bank
          e. Restoration of Cistern
          f. Picnic Facilities
          g. Dam and Pond
          h. The "Lady of the Lake"
          i. Roads
          j. Plantings
          k. County-Wide Community Sing
E. Plans for 1932
F. The State Park Board Takes Charge
G. Halliburton's 1939 Visit to the Park
     1. The Visitor Center
     2. The "Lady of the Lake"
H. Archeology at Arkansas Post in 1966 and 1968

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ENDNOTES

PLATE I — Map of Fort at Post of Arkansas, 1807

PLATE II — Provisional Plan of Arkansas Post 1819-1840 (omitted from the online edition)