Governor Elisha Baxter

Baxter's last act as governor was a concession. After the April 1874 fighting forced him out of the State House, President Grant sided with him, yet Baxter gave up two years of his term, and the Constitution of 1874 brought in Augustus Garland. The Brooks-Baxter conflict cost at least 200 casualties. Back in Batesville, where he had come in 1852 with his brother Taylor, been elected mayor in 1853 and practiced law, he lived until May 31, 1899, and was buried here in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Old Independence Regional Museum — 0.8 mi
  A Batesville museum in a 1936 WPA sandstone National Guard armory, telling the story of the twelve counties that once formed Independence County, with a research wing for local records.
• Jacksonport State Park — 20 mi
  A steamboat port at the confluence of the White and Black rivers whose 1872 Second Empire courthouse, raised two feet to clear the floods, stands as the park museum.
• Greers Ferry Dam and Lake — 26 mi
  The Corps of Engineers dam on the Little Red River that President Kennedy dedicated on October 3, 1963, with a visitor center, a trout hatchery below the dam and a lake of 340 miles of shoreline.

More markers nearby

• Batesville During The Civil War — 0.8 mi
• Arkansas College — 0.9 mi
• Independence County First Court House — 1.1 mi
• Colonel Shelby in Arkansas — 1.8 mi