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Date Original
circa 1918
Description
Copy of photograph of Clarence Walter Ferguson, Company B, 1st Regiment, standing in front of a U.S. Flag at Camp Pike, Pulaski County, Arkansas, ca. 1918. Clarence Ferguson was a cook with Company B, 1st Regiment at Camp Pike during World War I.
Biographical/Historical Note
Camp Pike, known as Camp Joseph T. Robinson since 1937, is located in present day North Little Rock, Arkansas. Named in honor of Brigadier General Zebulon M. Pike, Camp Pike served as a home and training camp for the 87th Division (National Army) and then as a replacement training facility after the division deployed to France during World War I. Construction totaling about $13,000,000 on the camp began in June 1917 and was substantially complete by November 1917. The post was a demobilization station and home for the U.S. Third Infantry Division as World War I came to an end. Between World War I and World War II, the camp served as the headquarters of the Arkansas National Guard. During World War II, Camp Robinson became a replacement training center, primarily for basic training and medics, and a German prisoner of war facility. As of 2014, Camp Joseph T. Robinson serves as a 33,000-acre training facility for the Army National Guard and is the headquarters for the Arkansas National Guard.
Clarence Walter Ferguson (1894-1950) was a farmer from near Nashville, Howard County, Arkansas. He was a cook with Company B, 1st Regiment at Camp Pike during World War I. Clarence W. Ferguson and his wife, Nannye Nell McCrary Ferguson, had one son, John L. Ferguson, who was the director and State Historian at the Arkansas State Archives from 1960 to 2005.
Physical Description
Photographic negative, 4" x 5"
Subjects
Military camps; Military training; War; World War I, 1914-1918; Military cookery; Flags
Geographical Area
Camp Pike, Pulaski County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
General photo file, G5370.5
Resource Type
Image
Collection
General photo file
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Clarence Walter Ferguson, Company B, 1st Regiment, at Camp Pike, Pulaski County, Arkansas, General photo file, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Disciplines
Military History | United States History
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