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Come visit us in Fordyce, Arkansas
Historic Victorian downtown homes, library, museum, art gallery; reserved tour or self-guided tours
Fordyce, AR Historic DistrictsDirections: 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 CemeteriesDisplays history of the town and its football heritage; Fordyce is the birthplace of the late Coach Paul "Bear"
Fordyce, AR MuralsDirections: 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 ParksMuseum of natural history of South Arkansas with three collections of big game; houses the Pomeroy Planetarium which seats 40...
Artifacts, antiques in a home built in 1909; two 1800s log cabins; guided tours, activity programs ...
Directions: From Ark. 133 T; located adjacent to the City Park Three-room shotgun company house built in 1910...
Features the history of Dallas County ...
Directions: Located Behind The Police Station. Displays local historic materials including a classroom, dolls, documents, ...