Park #255/401 Arkansas Post National Monument Gillett Arkansas

This park is kind of out of the way, so if I was going to get it, I had to commit, so we did, driving about 112 miles away from our target for the evening, Hot Springs. 

We actually parked the coach at Dumas, Arkansas, a town of about 5900 folks some 18 miles away, and then I headed off to the park.

The "Post" was if you will, a trading post, first under the French, then the British, then the Confederates, then the River changed, and then the railroad came and the post wasn't important anymore, and then the Post rotted away, and that's the story of this park.  There are no ruins to see, just a 20 minute movie, which does do a good narrative of the history of the place, which is rich, but sadly, there isn't anything to see. The Arkansas River, which was a key part of the location of the Fort, was very full, and I thought I detected some low lying flooding around. 

I did get a very nice pin and a pretty hiking medallion here today- and I got 4 stamps, including the 25th Anniversary that wasn't supposed to be there.  Huzzah!!