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Indian Wars and Frontier Conflicts

Camp Pike (Little Rock) - WWI Training Camp

1917
Arkansas
Era
Indian Wars and Frontier Conflicts
Year
1917
Location
Arkansas
Status
Historical record
The Battle

History & Significance

Camp Pike (Little Rock) - WWI Training Camp was a Indian Wars and Frontier Conflicts engagement fought in Arkansas, 1917.

One of 32 major National Army cantonments built in 1917; transformed rural Arkansas with sudden population influx of 50,000 men. Still active as Camp Robinson.

Forces engaged
US Army: ~52,000 at time of flu outbreak (1918); as many as ~100,000 by fall 1918
Casualties
~400 influenza deaths in 1918
Outcome
Trained the 87th Division for WWI; later became Camp Joseph T. Robinson

Approximate location. The nearest recorded settlement is shown; the exact site is unrecorded.

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One of 32 major National Army cantonments built in 1917; transformed rural Arkansas with sudden population influx of 50,000 men. Still active as Camp Robinson.
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Historic Sites near Camp Pike (Little Rock) - WWI Training Camp

Johnswood
Industrial · 1.5 mi
Pyeatte-Mason Cemetery
Listed · 3.8 mi
Strauss, Sam and Shirley, House
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