Historical Marker
Billy Lee Riley
Historical marker location:
Osceola, Arkansas
( Marker is at the intersection of West Hale Avenue and South Poplar Street, on the right when traveling east on West Hale Avenue.)
Arkansas was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which was the largest land acquisition in U.S. history, and the state was later admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836.