Columbia, Arkansas
Columbia, Arkansas was a 19th-century boat landing and human settlement along the Mississippi River located in Chicot County, Arkansas, Chicot County near Helena, Arkansas. Columbia lay in a section of the River known as the Greenville Bends, between Gaines' Landing and Island 82. Columbia, which lay roughly opposite Greenville, Mississippi, was the county seat of Chicot from 1833 until 1855. The population was 400 in 1860. Cotton from nearby plantations was shipped from the river landing. The Columbia and Bartholomew Railroad Company was incorporated in 1838, but only parts of the railroad would be completed. Also in 1838, one of four branch offices of Real Estate Bank of Arkansas, Arkansas Real Estate Bank was established in Columbia. After accumulating over a million dollars in investments, the bank failed in 1842, created widespread financial difficulties. The outlaw band of John Murrell (bandit), John Murrell was said to spend time in the settlement, helping earn the port ...
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