Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Cross Hollow Segment is a section of a historic 19th-century road in Benton County , Arkansas . The road is now designated Old Wire Road , and the historic segment runs northward from its junction with County Road 620 , northeast of Lowell . This road bed is a part of one of the first roads built in the area , running from Fayetteville , Arkansas to Springfield , Missouri . Built in 1835 , the road bed has its original width ( about ) and original embankments . The road is notable as part of the northern route of the Trail of Tears , when Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River were forcibly relocated to what is now Oklahoma , and for its use in military operations during the American Civil War . It is the longest known intact segment of the Trail of Tears in Arkansas
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Cross Hollow Segment