Maumelle Ordnance Works - Revision history

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Phil: New page: The '''Maumelle Ordnance Works''' was established on six thousand acres of farmland acquired by the federal government in 1941. The land later became part of the city of Maumelle, Arka...

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New page: The '''Maumelle Ordnance Works''' was established on six thousand acres of farmland acquired by the federal government in 1941. The land later became part of the city of Maumelle, Arka...

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The '''Maumelle Ordnance Works''' was established on six thousand acres of farmland acquired by the federal government in 1941. The land later became part of the city of [[Maumelle]], Arkansas.

The facility was sold in 1959 to [[Perry Equipment Company]]. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the [[City of North Little Rock]] which hoped to erect an industrial park. In 1967 the land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold to Arkansas insurance executive [[Jess P. Odom]] who formed the Maumelle Land Development Company with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Odom hired [[Dowell Naylor Jr.]] as chairman and chief executive director of the company.

[[Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4]] is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ammunition dumps name derives from a corruption of the original French appellation given to nearby cone-shaped [[Pinnacle Mountain]]: ''Mamelle'' (woman's breast).

==References==

*Letha Mills and H. K. Stewart, ''Greater Little Rock: A Contemporary Portrait'' (Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications, 1990).

==External links==

*[http://maumelle.dina.org/ City of Maumelle homepage]

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 The facility was sold in 1959 to [[Perry Equipment Company]]. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the [[City of North Little Rock]] which hoped to erect an industrial park.
-In 1966 5,300 acres of land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold for $1.01 million to Arkansas insurance executive [[Jesse Paul Odom]] who formed the Maumelle Land Development Company with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. [[Maumelle]] incorporated as a city in 1985.
+In 1966 5,300 acres of land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold for $1.01 million to Arkansas insurance executive [[Jess Odom|Jesse Paul Odom]] who formed the Maumelle Land Development Company with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. [[Maumelle]] incorporated as a city in 1985.
 Several concrete bunkers from the ordnance works still stand in the city's [[Lake Willastein Park]]. [[Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4]], built in 1942, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ammunition dumps name derives from a corruption of the original French appellation given to nearby cone-shaped [[Pinnacle Mountain]]: ''Mamelle'' (woman's breast).

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 The facility was sold in 1959 to [[Perry Equipment Company]]. In December 1961 the land and buildings were acquired by the [[City of North Little Rock]] which hoped to erect an industrial park.
-In 1966 5,300 acres of land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold for $1.01 million to Arkansas insurance executive [[Jess P. Odom]] who formed the Maumelle Land Development Company with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. [[Maumelle]] incorporated as a city in 1985.
+In 1966 5,300 acres of land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold for $1.01 million to Arkansas insurance executive [[Jesse Paul Odom]] who formed the Maumelle Land Development Company with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. [[Maumelle]] incorporated as a city in 1985.
 Several concrete bunkers from the ordnance works still stand in the city's [[Lake Willastein Park]]. [[Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4]], built in 1942, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ammunition dumps name derives from a corruption of the original French appellation given to nearby cone-shaped [[Pinnacle Mountain]]: ''Mamelle'' (woman's breast).

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 In 1966 5,300 acres of land, still awaiting redevelopment, was sold for $1.01 million to Arkansas insurance executive [[Jess P. Odom]] who formed the Maumelle Land Development Company with the help of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. [[Maumelle]] incorporated as a city in 1985.
-Several concrete bunkers from the ordnance works still stand in the city's [[Lake Willastein Park]]. [[Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4]] is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ammunition dumps name derives from a corruption of the original French appellation given to nearby cone-shaped [[Pinnacle Mountain]]: ''Mamelle'' (woman's breast).
+Several concrete bunkers from the ordnance works still stand in the city's [[Lake Willastein Park]]. [[Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker No. 4]], built in 1942, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ammunition dumps name derives from a corruption of the original French appellation given to nearby cone-shaped [[Pinnacle Mountain]]: ''Mamelle'' (woman's breast).
 ==References==