Territory Period
buildings restored by the Historic Arkansas Museum
the Grog House
(often referred to as the Territorial Capitol)
Arkansas Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from July 4, 1819 to June 15, 1836, when it was admitted as Arkansas, the 25th U.S. state.
Grog House meeting room
the bar
Arkansas Territory was separated from Missouri Territory and included most of what is now Oklahoma, excepting the Oklahoma Panhandle. It was reduced twice before settling, in 1828, into the present boundaries of Arkansas.
map of the Arkansas Territory
notes left by the visitors
Kansas alligator
work table
Arkansas Post was the first territorial capital (1819-1821), Little Rock was the second (1821-1836).
the dining table
bed room in the Inn
travel trunk
rocker
There were five Governors of the Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1836; the Governors were James Miller from 1819 to 1824, George Izard from 1824 to 1828, John Pope from 1829 to 1835 and William S. Fulton from 1835 to 1836.
the kitchen
showing the oven
game serving tray
the well
kitchen building
Herb Garden
McVicar House
parlor
bed room
the travel trunk
saddle
serving table
McVicar House
table in the kitchen
where the maid slept
in the kitchen building
