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In 1832, when money was
appropriated to repair the military road, Governor Pope, a good
friend of Rorer's let the contracts in segments. The segment
nearest Little Rock went to Rorer, Samson Gray, and Samuel M.
Rutherford. Instead of repairing the old road, they cut a
new one from Crittenden's ferry along the riverbank to Rorer's
Ferry and then northeasterly toward Samson Gray's, intersecting
the old road near Wiley Beasly's home. This gave Rorer a
decided advantage because the traffic from Memphis reached his
ferry first, and he offered rates at half what Crittenden had
offered.
Source: Arkansas Gazette, May 21, 1967.
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