Cadron Settlement Park - Revision history

Phil: /* Cadron Settlement Park */

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‎Cadron Settlement Park

Phil at 15:55, 2 July 2010

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Phil at 21:52, 20 December 2009

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Phil at 18:42, 6 September 2009

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Phil at 15:53, 6 September 2009

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Phil: /* Cadron Settlement */

2009-05-28T17:38:28Z

‎Cadron Settlement

Phil at 17:30, 28 May 2009

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Phil at 20:40, 22 March 2009

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Phil at 23:06, 9 March 2009

2009-03-09T23:06:48Z

Phil at 01:58, 23 February 2009

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 Cadron Settlement Park was first known as "Cedar Park."
-The park is notable for its replica of an eighteenth-century blockhouse, which originally protected settlers from marauding [[Osage Indians]], and for [[Cadron Creek]] which provided a fresh water supply. In the early nineteenth century the original blockhouse served as the residence of [[John McElmurry]] and his family. The replica blockhouse was constructed in 1979 from native cypress logs with funding from the [[Conway Chamber of Commerce]] and the [[Faulkner County Historical Society]].
+The park is notable for its replica of an eighteenth-century blockhouse, which originally protected settlers from marauding [[Osage Indians]], and for [[Cadron Creek]] which provided a fresh water supply. In the early nineteenth century the original blockhouse served as the residence of John McElmurry and his family. The replica blockhouse was constructed in 1979 from native cypress logs with funding from the [[Conway Chamber of Commerce]] and the [[Faulkner County Historical Society]].
 The park has a boat launch, trails, a pavilion, and restrooms. Tollantusky Trail is named for an Arkansas Cherokee chief who is believed to have lived in Cadron Settlement from 1809 to 1817.
 Cadron Settlement Park is reached by following [[U.S. Highway 64]] out of the city to its junction with [[Arkansas Highway 319]]. The park is 1.5 miles west down Highway 319. The park is administered by the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District]].
 ==References==

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 ====Cadron Settlement====
-An Indian village preceded the establishment of a white community at the original site of Cadron Settlement. Cadron Settlement was possibly first visited by Spanish explorer and conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]] in 1541. French hunters established a fort here around 1807 that they called Quadran. In 1810 Notrebe fur trader [[William Frazier]] visited the site to trade for pelts and furs, and noted that his colleague [[John McElmurray]] had already established a prosperous trading post at the site, which was occupied by "not less than one hundred hunters, both whites and Indians." Across the river to the west a plantation had already been established by Major [[John Pyeatt]]. [[Jacob Pyeatt]] moved to the site of Cadron in 1815 with his wife Margaret. She died in 1822. Pyeatt was the [[Pulaski County coroner]] from 1818 to 1821.
+An Indian village preceded the establishment of a white community at the original site of Cadron Settlement. Cadron Settlement was possibly first visited by Spanish explorer and conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]] in 1541. French hunters established a fort here around 1807 that they called Quadran. In 1810 Notrebe fur trader [[William Frazier]] visited the site to trade for pelts and furs, and noted that his colleague [[John McElmurray]] had already established a prosperous trading post at the site, which was occupied by "not less than one hundred hunters, both whites and Indians." Across the river to the west a plantation had already been established by Major [[John Pyeatt]]. [[Jacob Pyeatt]] moved to the site of Cadron in 1815 with his wife Margaret. She died in 1822. Pyeatt was the [[Pulaski County Coroner|Pulaski County coroner]] from 1818 to 1821.
 Botanist [[Thomas Nuttall]] arrived at Cadron in 1818. He reported a store operating under the proprietorship of [[Richard Montgomery]]. Other residents Nuttall found living there included John McElmurray - with his children David McElmurray, Robert McElmurray, John McElmurray, and Harvey McElmurray - Benjamin Murphy, Harvey Hager, and Lemuel Curran. Nuttall reported that the fondest wish of the residents was that they acquire "a house of public entertainment, a tavern." Nuttall noted that the Cadron Settlement lay on the trail for settlers destined for the White River and Red River settlements, as well as those headed for the "hot springs of the Washita."

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 Cadron Settlement Park was first known as "Cedar Park."
-The park is notable for its replica of an eighteenth-century blockhouse, which originally protected settlers from marauding Osage Indians, and for [[Cadron Creek]] which provided a fresh water supply. In the early nineteenth century the original blockhouse served as the residence of [[John McElmurry]] and his family. The replica blockhouse was constructed in 1979 from native cypress logs with funding from the [[Conway Chamber of Commerce]] and the [[Faulkner County Historical Society]].
+The park is notable for its replica of an eighteenth-century blockhouse, which originally protected settlers from marauding [[Osage Indians]], and for [[Cadron Creek]] which provided a fresh water supply. In the early nineteenth century the original blockhouse served as the residence of [[John McElmurry]] and his family. The replica blockhouse was constructed in 1979 from native cypress logs with funding from the [[Conway Chamber of Commerce]] and the [[Faulkner County Historical Society]].
 The park has a boat launch, trails, a pavilion, and restrooms. Tollantusky Trail is named for an Arkansas Cherokee chief who is believed to have lived in Cadron Settlement from 1809 to 1817.

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 Nuttall departed the settlement and then returned from December 18, 1819-January 4, 1820 to wait out difficult winter weather. Nuttall notes that the "transients" at the settlement were "swallowed up in dram-drinking, jockeying, and gambling; even our landlord, in defiance of the law, was often the ring leader of what it was his duty to suppress." Major [[Stephen H. Long]] visited the site on his expedition of 1817-1818. Dwight Mission to the Cherokee founder [[Cephas Washburn]] visited the settlement in 1819.
-In 1820 John Pyeatt began cutting trees and clearing out brush for a wagon road leading from Cadron to Arkansas Post. That same year [[Thomas H. Tyndall]] arrived and established the first post office. Mail was posted to Arkansas Post every other week. A second post road was established on May 3, 1820, putting the settlement in contact with the [[Pulaski County Courthouse]], the Hempstead County Courthouse, and the Wachita County Courthouse. Mail also began arriving along this road from New Orleans. Soon the settlement became part of the [[Butterfield Mail Route]] from Memphis to San Francisco.
+In 1820 John Pyeatt began cutting trees and clearing out brush for a wagon road leading from Cadron to Arkansas Post. That same year [[Thomas H. Tyndall]] arrived and established the first post office. Mail was posted to Arkansas Post every other week. A second post road was established on May 3, 1820, putting the settlement in contact with the [[Pulaski County Courthouse]], the Hempstead County Courthouse, and the Wachita County Courthouse. Mail also began arriving along this road from New Orleans. Soon the settlement became part of the [[Butterfield Stage Route|Butterfield Mail Route]] from Memphis to San Francisco.
 Early Cadron postmasters:

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 ====Cadron Settlement====
-An Indian village preceded the establishment of a white community at the original site of Cadron Settlement. Cadron Settlement was possibly first visited by Spanish explorer and conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]] in 1541. French hunters established a fort here around 1807 that they called Quadran. In 1810 Notrebe fur trader [[William Frazier]] visited the site to trade for pelts and furs, and noted that his colleague [[John McElmurray]] had already established a prosperous trading post at the site, which was occupied by "not less than one hundred hunters, both whites and Indians." Across the river to the west a plantation had already been established by Major [[John Pyeatt]]. [[Jacob Pyeatt]] moved to the site of Cadron in 1815 with his wife Margaret. She died in 1822. Pyeatt was the [[Pulaski County]] coroner from 1818 to 1821.
+An Indian village preceded the establishment of a white community at the original site of Cadron Settlement. Cadron Settlement was possibly first visited by Spanish explorer and conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]] in 1541. French hunters established a fort here around 1807 that they called Quadran. In 1810 Notrebe fur trader [[William Frazier]] visited the site to trade for pelts and furs, and noted that his colleague [[John McElmurray]] had already established a prosperous trading post at the site, which was occupied by "not less than one hundred hunters, both whites and Indians." Across the river to the west a plantation had already been established by Major [[John Pyeatt]]. [[Jacob Pyeatt]] moved to the site of Cadron in 1815 with his wife Margaret. She died in 1822. Pyeatt was the [[Pulaski County coroner]] from 1818 to 1821.
 Botanist [[Thomas Nuttall]] arrived at Cadron in 1818. He reported a store operating under the proprietorship of [[Richard Montgomery]]. Other residents Nuttall found living there included John McElmurray - with his children David McElmurray, Robert McElmurray, John McElmurray, and Harvey McElmurray - Benjamin Murphy, Harvey Hager, and Lemuel Curran. Nuttall reported that the fondest wish of the residents was that they acquire "a house of public entertainment, a tavern." Nuttall noted that the Cadron Settlement lay on the trail for settlers destined for the White River and Red River settlements, as well as those headed for the "hot springs of the Washita."

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 Botanist [[Thomas Nuttall]] arrived at Cadron in 1818. He reported a store operating under the proprietorship of [[Richard Montgomery]]. Other residents Nuttall found living there included John McElmurray - with his children David McElmurray, Robert McElmurray, John McElmurray, and Harvey McElmurray - Benjamin Murphy, Harvey Hager, and Lemuel Curran. Nuttall reported that the fondest wish of the residents was that they acquire "a house of public entertainment, a tavern." Nuttall noted that the Cadron Settlement lay on the trail for settlers destined for the White River and Red River settlements, as well as those headed for the "hot springs of the Washita."
-Cadron lots were auctioned off for the first time in May 1818. At about that time [[John C. Benedict]] and his family settled at Cadron. Other nearby settlers included [[Adam Kuykendall]] - with sons Amos Kuykendall, Peter Kuykendall, Adam Kuykendall Jr. - [[Charles Adams]], [{reuben Eusten]], [[Thomas Burrows]], [[John Burrows]], and [[James Lemons]].
+Cadron lots were auctioned off for the first time in May 1818. At about that time [[John C. Benedict]] and his family settled at Cadron. Other nearby settlers included [[Adam Kuykendall]] - with sons Amos Kuykendall, Peter Kuykendall, Adam Kuykendall Jr. - [[Charles Adams]], [[Reuben Eusten]], [[Thomas Burrows]], [[John Burrows]], and [[James Lemons]].
 Nuttall departed the settlement and then returned from December 18, 1819-January 4, 1820 to wait out difficult winter weather. Nuttall notes that the "transients" at the settlement were "swallowed up in dram-drinking, jockeying, and gambling; even our landlord, in defiance of the law, was often the ring leader of what it was his duty to suppress." Major [[Stephen H. Long]] visited the site on his expedition of 1817-1818. Dwight Mission to the Cherokee founder [[Cephas Washburn]] visited the settlement in 1819.

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-[[Image:Cadron-settlement-shelter.jpg|thumb|Shelter at Cadron Settlement Park near Conway, Arkansas. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
+[[Image:Cadron-settlement-shelter.jpg|thumb|300px|Shelter at Cadron Settlement Park near Conway, Arkansas. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
-[[Image:Cadron-settlement-ark-river.jpg|thumb|Arkansas River at Cadron Settlement Park. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
+[[Image:Cadron-settlement-ark-river.jpg|thumb|300px|Arkansas River at Cadron Settlement Park. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
-[[Image:Cadron-blockhouse.jpg|thumb|Replica blockhouse at Cadron Settlement. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
+[[Image:Cadron-blockhouse.jpg|thumb|300px|Replica blockhouse at Cadron Settlement. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
-'''Cadron Settlement Park''' is located just west of [[Conway]], Arkansas, where [[Cadron Ridge]] intersects with the [[Arkansas River]].
+'''Cadron Settlement Park''' is located just west of [[Conway]], Arkansas, where [[Cadron Ridge]] intersects with the [[Arkansas River]]. The earliest settlement at the site, as commemorated by the establishment of this park, was nearby where [[Cadron Creek]] empties into the Arkansas River.
-Cadron Settlement was possibly first visited by Spanish explorer and conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]] in 1541. The park is notable for its replica of an eighteenth-century blockhouse, which originally protected settlers from marauding Osage Indians, and for [[Cadron Creek]] which provided a fresh water supply. In the early nineteenth century the original blockhouse served as the residence of [[John McElmurry]] and his family. The replica blockhouse was constructed in 1979 from native cypress logs with funding from the [[Conway Chamber of Commerce]] and the [[Faulkner County Historical Society]].
+====Cadron Settlement====
-At one point Cadron Settlement was considered a candidate for the site of the Arkansas state capitol. In 1820 the first General Assembly of Arkansas Territory located county government in the town of [[Cadron]] at the outlet of [[Cadron Creek]] along the [[Arkansas River]].
+An Indian village preceded the establishment of a white community at the original site of Cadron Settlement. Cadron Settlement was possibly first visited by Spanish explorer and conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]] in 1541. French hunters established a fort here around 1807 that they called Quadran. In 1810 Notrebe fur trader [[William Frazier]] visited the site to trade for pelts and furs, and noted that his colleague [[John McElmurray]] had already established a prosperous trading post at the site, which was occupied by "not less than one hundred hunters, both whites and Indians." Across the river to the west a plantation had already been established by Major [[John Pyeatt]]. [[Jacob Pyeatt]] moved to the site of Cadron in 1815 with his wife Margaret. She died in 1822. Pyeatt was the [[Pulaski County]] coroner from 1818 to 1821.
 Seven to eight hundred Cherokee Indians stopped here on April 8, 1834, during a period of low water in the river. The [[Steamboat Yeatman]] was transporting them to reservations in Oklahoma. A small [[Cherokee Trail of Tears Memorial]] is located in the park in memory of the eighty-six Native Americans who died here in 1834 of what was called the "summer (or bowel) complaint," and is now called cholera.
-The park also has a boat launch, trails, a pavilion, and restrooms. Tollantusky Trail is named for an Arkansas Cherokee chief who is believed to have lived in Cadron Settlement from 1809 to 1817.
+During the [[Civil War]] Iowa troops may have fought a major skirmish with the Confederates at the site of Cadron.
 Cadron Settlement Park is reached by following [[U.S. Highway 64]] out of the city to its junction with [[Arkansas Highway 319]]. The park is 1.5 miles west down Highway 319. The park is administered by the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District]].
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 ==References==
-*Patty Delano, ''Off the Beaten Path Arkansas: A Guide to Unique Places,'' (Globe Pequot, 2006), 211-212.
+*Louise Clayton, "Cadron," ''Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings,'' 1.1 (June 1971): 3-14.
 ==External links==

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		+	[[Image:Cadron-settlement-shelter.jpg\|thumb\|Shelter at Cadron Settlement Park near Conway, Arkansas. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
		+	[[Image:Cadron-settlement-ark-river.jpg\|thumb\|Arkansas River at Cadron Settlement Park. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
		+	[[Image:Cadron-blockhouse.jpg\|thumb\|Replica blockhouse at Cadron Settlement. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
	'''Cadron Settlement Park''' is located just west of [[Conway]], Arkansas, where [[Cadron Ridge]] intersects with the [[Arkansas River]].		'''Cadron Settlement Park''' is located just west of [[Conway]], Arkansas, where [[Cadron Ridge]] intersects with the [[Arkansas River]].

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 Cadron Settlement was possibly first visited by Spanish explorer and conquistador [[Hernando de Soto]] in 1541. The park is notable for its replica of an eighteenth-century blockhouse, which originally protected settlers from marauding Osage Indians, and for [[Cadron Creek]] which provided a fresh water supply. The blockhouse was constructed from native cypress logs with funding from the [[Conway Chamber of Commerce]] and the [[Faulkner County Historical Society]].
-At one point Cadron Settlement was considered a candidate for the site of the Arkansas state capitol. Cherokees stopped here during a period of low water in the river on their way to reservations in Oklahoma. A [[Cherokee Trail of Tears Memorial]] is erected in the park in memory of the many Native Americans who died here.
+At one point Cadron Settlement was considered a candidate for the site of the Arkansas state capitol. In 1820 the first General Assembly of Arkansas Territory located county government in the town of [[Cadron]] at the outlet of [[Cadron Creek]] along the [[Arkansas River]].
 The park also has a boat launch, trails, a pavilion, and restrooms. Tollantusky Trail is named for an Arkansas Cherokee chief who is believed to have lived in Cadron Settlement from 1809 to 1817.