Historic Fayetteville Post Office Site History - Fayetteville AR
N 36° 03.745 W 094° 09.607
15S E 395521 N 3991494
Quick Description: This plaque, attached to the front of the historic Post Office building, describes the history of this site.
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 6/11/2012 5:03:29 PM
Waymark Code: WMEM0E
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Long Description:
THE EARLIEST KNOWN INHABITANTS OF THE HARDWOOD FOREST OF THE OZARKS
EMIGRATED TO ARKANSAS OVER 12 THOUSAND YEARS AGOTHROUGH THE GREAT BERING
STRAIT. FOR THE NEXT TWO THOUSAND YEARS BLUFF DWELLERS HUNTED THE MOUNTAIN
PLATEAUS BEFORE THE QUAPAWS, CHEROKEE AND OSAGEFISHED THE BOUNTIFUL
LAKES AND STREAMS AND HUNTED THE GRASSLAND PRAIRIES OF THE ARKANSAS
HIGHLANDS. BUFFALO HERDS ROAMED THIS AREA.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1819 THAT THE FIRST WHITE MAN SAW FAYETTEVILLE'S
HILLTOP TERRAIN. ON MARCH 2, 1819, CONGRESS CREATED THE ARKANSAS TERRITORY.
ON OCTOBER 17, 1819, WASHINGTON COUNTY WAS ESTABLISHED, AND FAYETTEVILLE
WAS CHOSEN AS THE CAPITAL SITE.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WERE AUTHORIZED IN 1834 BY CONGRESS TO
SELL 160 ACRES TO UNDERWRITE THE BUILDING OF A PROPER COURTHOUSE ON THIS
SQUARE. THE SALE THAT TOOK FROM 1835 - 1837 RAISED $6340.00 AND THE
COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1837.SEVERAL COURTHOUSES GRACED THIS SITE UNTIL
1911 WHEN THE "OLD POST OFFICE" WAS CONSTRUCTED.
DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE BY
DR. RONALD E. AND EDNA BUMPASS AND RON E. BUMPASS
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