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Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Elkhorn Tavern Segment

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“The Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Elkhorn Tavern Segment is a section of historic 19th-century roadway in Pea Ridge National Military Park in northwestern Arkansas. It is a dirt road, about 1 mile (1.6 km) long and 18 to 20 feet wide, that was built in 1835.”

Wikipedia article Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Elkhorn Tavern Segment, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 2005 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Springfield to Fayetteville Road--Elkhorn Tavern Segment - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. NW of Elkhorn Tavern within Pea Ridge National Park, Garfield, 72732
  • When was it listed? May 2005
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Cherokee Trail of Tears MPS; Cherokee Trail of Tears MPS (Additional Documentation)
  • Township. Township 3
  • National Register reference number. 05000484 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Elkhorn Tavern Segment between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,046 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 47 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning10
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkFUELBURN
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkKOA CAMPGROUND
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkTOURROAD
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkNIGHTTIME
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkFORD ROAD WF
6 August 2012Natural10 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkGUTHRIE ROAD
20 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePea Ridge National Military Park19 DODD ROAD WF
1 August 2012Natural5.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkBYLER WILDFIRE

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Elkhorn Tavern Segment: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jack Holt QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this property

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998LightningGarfield1 hurtA 16-year old girl was struck by lightning along Shaffer Road in Garfield. The victim was listed in stable condition next day.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a marina on Beaver Lake near Lost Bridge Village and blew down several trees.
April 2023HailGarfield$75,000Hen egg size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Garfield$40,000This tornado developed north of Highway 62, over the far southeastern portion of Pea Ridge National Military Park. It moved east, damaging the roof of two homes, destroying an outbuilding, and uprooting trees on Alvin Seamster Road. Tree damage was noted as far east as Pinebrooke Road, and the tornado dissipated before reaching Highway 62. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindGarfield$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour overturned a mobile home and downed several trees.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindGarfield$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a building, and uprooted a number of trees.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGarfield$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a house.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindGarfield$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a mobile home, uprooted trees, and snapped numerous large tree limbs.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGarfield$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a metal storage shed.
May 2017HailGarfield$5,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindGarfield$3,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGarfield$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles per hour blew trees down and onto power lines causing power outages.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGarfield$300Several large tree were blown down, and one large tree was blown onto a roadway, blocking traffic
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100Thunderstorm winds blew a few large trees down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100Thunderstorm winds blew down a few large trees.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100A large tree was blown down over a road.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Garfield-This tornado developed over the northeastern side of Pea Ridge National Military Park, northwest of Elkhorn Tavern. It moved east-northeast uprooting numerous trees on N Old Wire Road, and Limekiln Road. The tornado dissipated east of Limekiln Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree near Highway 62 and Highway 127.
April 2021Flash FloodGarfield-Portions of Highway 127 in Garfield were closed due to flooding.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several large trees.
July 2008Flash FloodGarfield-Heavy rain caused Highway 62 near Garfield to be closed due to high water.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down.
March 2025HailGarfield-no account filed
February 2023HailGarfield-no account filed
August 2021HailGarfield-no account filed
May 2017HailGarfield-no account filed
April 2008HailGarfield-no account filed
April 2006HailGarfield-no account filed
August 2001HailGarfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Pea Ridge National Military Park0.8 miles1966
Garfield Elementary School2.5 miles1996
Markey House3.8 miles1988
Miller Homestead5.0 miles1988
Pea Ridge Commercial Historic District5.5 miles2007
Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Cross Hollow Segment5.6 miles2005

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000484 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Benton CountyAll 162 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.