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Archaeological site in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Blackfish Lake Ferry Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city	New Shady Grove, Arkansas
Area	7.1 acres (2.9 ha)
MPS	Cherokee Trail of Tears MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000195
Added to NRHP	April 10, 2003

The Blackfish Lake Ferry Site is a historic archaeological site in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It is the only known ferry site along the route of a military road built in the 1820s and 1830s between Memphis, Tennessee, and Little Rock, Arkansas, to be used in the Trail of Tears. The ferry concession was granted to William D. Ferguson, an early settler of the area. This military road was a major route for the removal of Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw populations to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and was also used by thousands of west-bound settlers.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Summary description of Blackfish Lake Ferry Site". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.

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