First Union County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

102 East Elm Street, El Dorado, Arkansas

( Marker is at the intersection of North Washington Avenue and East Elm Street, on the right when traveling north on North Washington Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1925

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.