Pecan Point, Arkansas
Pecan Point is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Pecan Point is located on Arkansas Highway 118, 6.4 miles (10.3 km) east-southeast of Joiner.
In the late 1880s, local planter G.W. Pratt built and operated a tramway in the area for the purposes of harvesting timber. By 1890, the tramway's line was two miles long and used 14 men to operate it.
References
- ^ "Pecan Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Mississippi County, Arkansas General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ Presley, Leister (1889). Biographical and historical memoirs of northeast Arkansas. Chicago, Nashville and St, Louis: The Goodspeed publishing co. p. 554. LCCN rc01001242.
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