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Although Marion was incorporated in 1896, the community predates that significantly. The site of Marion was part of [[Louisiana (New Spain)]] from 1764 to 1803, when it became [[Louisiana (New France)]]. Some of the oldest land titles in the area are from Spanish [[land grant]]s from a time prior to the [[Louisiana Purchase]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marionar.org/visit-marion/historic-locations/area-history/|title=The City of Marion, Arkansas: Area History|website=marionar.org|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010225340/http://marionar.org/visit-marion/historic-locations/area-history/|archive-date=October 10, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the Louisiana Purchase the area was part of the [[Arkansas Territory]]. During the 1830s the [[Trail of Tears]] (the forced removal of Native Americans from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Alabama]], and [[Mississippi]]) passed through the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118locate2.htm|title=Trail of Tears --Locate 2|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasheritagetrails.com/Tears/|title=Historic Routes & Heritage Trails - Arkansas.com|website=www.arkansasheritagetrails.com|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
In 1837, two commissioners had been appointed by Crittenden county court to select a site for a new county seat. County residents Marion Tolbert and his wife
Soon after the county seat was moved from its first location of Greenock on the [[Mississippi River]] to Marion, a wooden frame building was constructed in the town for holding court. At an unknown point, the building was destroyed by a tornado.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Biographical and historical memoirs of eastern Arkansas |publisher=The Goodspeed publishing co. |year=1890 |location=Chicago, St. Louis}}</ref> In the late 1850s, the first railroad in the state of Arkansas, the [[Memphis and Little Rock Railroad|Memphis & Little Rock Railroad]], laid tracks 5.5 miles south of the town.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zbinden |first=Van |title=Memphis and Little Rock Railroad (M&LR) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/memphis-and-little-rock-railroad-2304/ |access-date=January 18, 2024 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>
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