Arkansas Post is an unincorporated community located along the north side of the Arkansas River in Arkansas County, Arkansas. It is home to the Arkansas Post National Memorial.
History In 1805 the U.S. government established a store at the location, but was closed in 1810, due to competition from private merchants.Morris, Wayne. “Traders and Factories on the Arkansas Frontier, 1805-1822.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1, 1969, pp. 28–48. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023. Nathaniel Pryor,“Captain Nathaniel Pryor.” The American Historical Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 1919, pp. 253–65. JSTOR website Retrieved 11 Jan. 2023. who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Samuel B. Richards of Natchez established a store at the location after the War of 1812.Grant Foreman. (1926). Pioneer days in the early Southwest. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. p. 76. Internet Archive website Retrieved 11 January 2023. The present-day unincorporated community of Arkansas Post was founded on December 27, 1831, with the establishment of the first U.S. post office in the Arkansas Territory.
Infrastructure Highway 169 terminates at Arkansas Post.
Notable residents Antoine Barraqué, French Indian trader Saracen, Quapaw chief
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