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Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment

Coordinates: 35°18′41″N 93°44′39″W / 35.31139°N 93.74417°W / 35.31139; -93.74417
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Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment
Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment is located in Arkansas
Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment
Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment is located in the United States
Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment
Nearest cityParis, Arkansas
Coordinates35°18′41″N 93°44′39″W / 35.31139°N 93.74417°W / 35.31139; -93.74417
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built1826 (1826)
Built byHixson, Thomas
NRHP reference No.07001429[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 2008

The Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Short Mountain Segment is a historic 19th-century road section in Logan County, Arkansas. It is located northwest of Paris, consisting of 3.7 miles (6.0 km) of Short Mountain Road, extending westward from its crossing with Short Mountain Creek. The roadbed is about 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, and is heavily banked for much of its length. Built in 1828, it was originally part of the military road connecting Little Rock, Arkansas to what is now Gibson, Oklahoma (then just a military base). The road has been documented to be part of the Trail of Tears migration route.[2]

The road section was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[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 Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson-Short Mountain Road Segment" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-27.