The Roads to Yellville

Yellville is the county seat of Marion County, a victory location in THE OZARKS CAMPAIGN and a strategic crossroads. The Military Road and Freight Road intersect in town, which also forms a junction with the Clinton Road.  The Borland Road joins  the Military Road southwest of town at Layton Ford.

The Clinton Road approaches Yellville from the south side of Crooked Creek and fords the creek at Everett Ford. Between the ford and Yellville town is an open plain and cultivated fields that is dominated by Shawnee Hill, a rise over which the road passes.

The Borland Road enters the Yellville map from the southwest corner and joins the Military Road at Layton Ford. The Military Road to and from the west approaches Yellville along the south side of Crooked Creek, crossing at the ford and then passing the Wickersham Mansion (on heights above the creek) and Covington Hill.

The Freight Road from Missouri (via Dubuque) approaches Yellville from the northwest, through some expansive barrens west of town. It the passing through town and links Yellville to Buffalo City and North Fork to the southeast. The Freight Road stays north of Crooked Creek.

The Military Road is the longest road in the campaign. It comes from Batesville via Mt. Olive, North Fork, Rapps Barren and approaches Yellville from the northwest. It passes over the wooded Tutt Hill and then the cultivated fields east of town.