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Memphis to Little Rock Road-Village Creek Segment
Nearest cityNewcastle, Arkansas
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
MPSCherokee Trail of Tears MPS
NRHP reference No.03000193[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 2003

The Memphis to Little Rock Road-Village Creek Segment is a historic military road in Cross County, Arkansas. Located entirely within Village Creek State Park, this 1.5-mile (2.4 km) segment of roadway is one of the best-preserved portions of the military road built between Memphis, Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas in 1828. This road is notable for the large numbers of westward-traveling pioneers who used it en route to settling the American Plains, and for its use in the forced migration of several Native American tribes in the 1830s. The roadway portion, in parts set in dramatically deep cuts in the hills, extends from Village Creek in the east to the western boundary of the park, and is accessible today as a hiking trail.[2]

The road segment was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Memphis to Little Rock Road-Village Creek Segment" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-17.


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