Moro in the Civil War

Moro in the war was a crossroads village that did not outlast its century. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas says Old Moro grew up where military roads linking Helena and Little Rock met in 1835, never held more than about 200 people, and was destroyed by a tornado in December 1900 that killed three. It was never rebuilt. A second Moro began in 1907 along the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad nearby. Residents later reported that both Confederate and Union troops had looted the old village, and the railroad that made the new town was abandoned in 1952.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Louisiana Purchase State Park — 11 mi
  A National Historic Landmark in a headwater swamp where Phillips, Lee and Monroe counties meet, marking the initial point of every survey of the Louisiana Purchase lands.
• Mississippi River State Park — 20 mi
  A state park and gateway to the St. Francis National Forest, where the river, Crowley's Ridge and the Delta meet, with a Trail of Tears site at the Mississippi and St. Francis confluence.
• Elaine Massacre Memorial — 29 mi
  A memorial dedicated in 2019 in Helena for the Black people killed by white mobs and troops in the 1919 Elaine Massacre, the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history.
• Delta Cultural Center — 30 mi
  A state museum in downtown Helena where King Biscuit Time, the longest-running daily blues radio show, is broadcast live from the Visitors Center.

More markers nearby

• Prelude to Helena — steps away
• Lee County — 13 mi
• Clarendon in the Civil War — 20 mi
• Monroe County First Courthouse — 20 mi