Sesquicentennial "Trail of the Centuries"
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 36° 24.087 W 094° 04.351
15S E 403827 N 4029010
Quick Description: Todays US-62 was here since 800 AD, but not under that name.
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 7/2/2008 9:03:08 AM
Waymark Code: WM43J9
Published By: Groundspeak Charter Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
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Long Description:

Marker Erected by: Benton County Sesquicentennial, and Arkansas Sesquicentennial.
Date Merker Erected: 1986.
County of Marker: Benton County.
Location of Marker: US-62, just N. of Avoca.

Marker Text:
Benton
County
1836

SESQUICENTENNIAL
"TRAIL OF THE CENTURIES"

800 AD .......Trace of the Rock People
1808 .........Osage Boundary
1815 .........Lawrence County
1827-28 ......Lovely County
1838 .........Trail of Tears
1840 .........Trott's Stand
1858 .........Old Wire Road
1858-61 ......Butterfield Stage Route
1861 .........Troop Trails
1862 .........Civil War Earth Works
1882 .........St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
1896 .........Birthplace of Field Kindley, W.W. I Ace
1913 .........Coin Harvey's Ozark Trail
1926 .........U.S. Highway 62
1956 .........Poet Edsel Ford's "Sunday Creek"

Link to Marker: Not listed

History of Marker: Not listed

Additional Parking: Not Listed
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