Date Original
c. 1940
Description
This collection contains one brochure and one postcard related to the Albert Pike Memorial Museum in Winslow, Washington County, Arkansas, c. 1940.
Biographical/Historical Note
Albert Pike (1809-1891) was an American lawyer, poet, and Freemason active during Arkansas' early statehood. Pike was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, but settled in the growing town of Little Rock in 1834, after marrying heiress Mary Ann Hamilton. Pike bought the local newspaper and became a lawyer. In the years leading up to the Civil War, Pike was an unrelenting advocate for the Confederacy, eventually becoming a brigadier general for the Confederate Army, where he commanded Native American troops at the Battle of Pea Ridge, after which he resigned his position due to accusations of war crimes committed by his troops - accusations he rejected. Pike went into hiding in the Ouachita Mountains, Texas, New York, and Canada until well after the end of the Civil War, when he received a pardon from President Andrew Johnson. He spent the rest of his life at his legal practice, and developing rituals for the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite - a branch of Freemasonry which Pike is credited with propagating.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Winslow, Washington County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.083.001
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Albert Pike Memorial Museum brochure/postcard, SMC.083.001
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Albert Pike Memorial Museum brochure/postcard, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
