Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Old Wire Road Segment is a historic road section in Conway County , Arkansas . It consists of a section of Old Wire Road , southwest of the hamlet of Blackwell , which is about long and wide . It is defined in part by the cut through which it passes , with steep banks on either side . Built in 1827 , it is one of the oldest surviving road alignments of the military road built between Little Rock , and what is now Fort Gibson in Oklahoma . This route formed part of the Trail of Tears , the historic removal of Native Americans to the Indian Territory that is now Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road-Old Wire Road Segment