Memphis to Little Rock Road-Henard Cemetery Road Segment is a section of historic roadway in Monroe County , Arkansas . It consists of of the middle of Henard Cemetery Road , located northeast of the hamlet of Zent in the far northeastern part of the county . The roadway section is one of three known places where the original 19th-century appearance of the first road to connect Memphis , Tennessee to Little Rock , Arkansas is preserved . The far ends of the road have been impacted by development and agriculture , and do not convey the sense of the road 's early appearance . The road is also historically important as it was used as part of the Trail of Tears , the forced removal of Native Americans east of the Mississippi River to what is now Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Memphis to Little Rock Road-Henard Cemetery Road Segment