Blackfish Lake Ferry Site is a historic archaeological site in St. Francis County , Arkansas . It is the only known ferry site along the route of a military road built in the 1820s and 1830s between Memphis , Tennessee and Little Rock , Arkansas to be used in the Trail of Tears . The ferry concession was granted to William D. Ferguson , an early settler of the area . This military road was a major route for the removal of Cherokee , Creek , and Choctaw populations to the Indian Territory ( present-day Oklahoma ) , and was also used by thousands of west-bound settlers
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Blackfish Lake Ferry Site