Displays history of the town and its football heritage; Fordyce is the birthplace of the late Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
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Marks' Mills Battlefield State Park
Directions: Junction Ark. 8 East The site of an April 25, 1864 fight in which Confederate Calvary ambushed and captured a Union supply train along with the brigade of Federal troops guarding it, forcing General Frederick Steele to abandon Camden and return to Little Rock due to a lack of supplies;
Fordyce, AR State ParksFordyce Mural
Displays history of the town and its football heritage; Fordyce is the birthplace of the late Coach Paul "Bear"
Fordyce, AR MuralsMarks' Mills Cemetery Park
Directions: 1/4 mile north of Ark. 8 Features an intact section of the Camden-Pine Bluff Road, where one of Union General Frederick Steele's foraging parties was ambushed and decimated by Confederates under General James Fagan on April 25, 1864. The Union suffered 1,500 casualties;
Fordyce, AR CemeteriesCharlotte Street Historic District
Historic Victorian downtown homes, library, museum, art gallery; reserved tour or self-guided tours
Fordyce, AR Historic DistrictsThings to do near Fordyce, AR
Elkin's Ferry Battlefield
The site of fighting April 2-3, 1864 as Confederate troops tried to keep General Frederick Steele's Northern army from gainin...
Old Rondo Cemetery
Directions: Near Rondo United Methodist Church The tiny town of Rondo became the repository of some state records in 1864 ...
Jaycee Golf Course
Course Access: PublicHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...
Camden Confederate Monument
Directions: Ouachita County Courthouse Lawn...
Herb's Flea Market Park
Directions: Five Miles North Of El Dorado On 167....