Sale Notice/Ad, Weekly Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, August 1, 1837
THE Commissioners of the county of Pope, having permanently located the Seat of Justice for said county upon a tract of land belonging to the undersigned, and the site possessing many superior advantages over any other on the Arkansas river above Little Rock, for a lone town, has induced the undersigned to lay it off in TOWN LOTS, and offer them at Public Sale, on the town site, on Tuesday, the 22d August next.
Norristown is beautifully situated on the north bank of the Arkansas river, at the point where the military road crosses it, and equidistant from Little Rock and Fort Smith. Its location was ten feet above the highest stage of the great flood in 1833. The adjacent country, on both sides of the river, is rich, and beautifully situated for extensive and valuable farms. Most of the bottom lands having been located, are already becoming thickly settled.
Norristown is the only steam-boat landing and depot for the large and flourishing settlements on the Illinois, the upper settlements of Point Remove and Little Red river; and even the settlements on White river, in Carroll and Izard counties, resort to this landing as the most convenient for their trade. And the Petit Jean settlement, on the south side of the river, which Is becoming one of the most dense in the State, does the most of its trading, and makes its depot at this point of the river.
This town site is so well known by the name of Dardanelle, (which name properly and originally belongs to the south bank alone), that the proprietor considers it needless to say anything more in relation to its peculiar advantages.
The terms will be liberal, and made known on the day of sale.
N.B.—Also, for sale, that large and commodious BUILDING, now occupied by the subscriber, together with the Kitchen, smokehouse, and other convenient out-houses, well calculated for public entertainment, which patronage has become so great, as to have induced the proprietor, of late, to enlarge and improve the premises, which is now comfortably and well fitted up for the purpose; but he, wishing to retire from the duties of such an establishment, will dispose of it at private or public sale, on the most accommodating terms. Persons desirous of keeping public house, will find, in the purchase of this, a great bargain. Among all the town lots, there cannot be a more advantageous spot than its location, being directly in front of the steam-boat and ferry landing, and near to the courthouse square.
SAMUEL NORRIS, Proprietor.
Norristown, June 24, 1837