Jacksonville is a small American city in central Arkansas that developed along the Cairo and Fulton Railroad northeast of Little Rock. The Battle of Bayou Meto was fought during the American Civil near the Bayou Meto River. The Arkansas Ordnance Plant, which made fuses and detonators during World War II, was one of the first plant of its kind in the nation. - AsNotedIn
| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | No | Address | Proximity | Area |
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| Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House |
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100 | Veteran's Circle | ||
| Bayou Meto (Reed's Bridge) Battlefield |
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AR 161 at Bayou Meto | |||
| McCraw Cemetery, Jacksonville |
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2123 | Old Military Rd | E of 2101 Old Military Rd |
| Y/M/D | Description | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1838/12/14 | The Bell Party of Cherokee buy 80.75 bushels of corn at $1 per bushel and 1,878 bundles of fodder at $0.625 per dozen from Pleasant McCraw. | McCraw Cemetery, Jacksonville | Jacksonville, AR | Trail of Tears | ||
| 1941/06/04 | The War Department informs Governor Homer Adkins and Congressman David D Terry that a $33,000,000 fuse and detonator plant has been approved for immediate construction. | Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House | Jacksonville, AR |
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| Locale Type | Town |
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