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The history of Arkansas began millennia ago when humans first crossed into North America. Many tribes used Arkansas as their hunting lands but the main tribe was the Quapaw, who settled in the Arkansas River delta upon moving south from Illinois.
The Arkansas Territory was a territory of the United States from July 4, 1819, to June 15, 1836, when the final extent of Arkansas Territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas. [2] Arkansas Post was the first territorial capital (1819–1821) and Little Rock was the second (1821–1836).
A railroad bridge in Earle, Arkansas There were 1,247 housing units at an average density of 383.2 per square mile (148.0/km 2 ). The racial makeup of the city was 23.45% White , 75.23% Black or African American , 0.20% Native American , 0.43% Asian , 0.10% from other races , and 0.59% from two or more races.
Arkansas (/ ˈ ɑːr k ən s ɔː / ⓘ AR-kən-saw [c]) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. [9] [10] It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west.
Native American history of Arkansas (11 C, 53 P) Pages in category "Pre-statehood history of Arkansas" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Arkansas Post National Memorial is a 757.51-acre (306.55 ha) protected area in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. The National Park Service manages 663.91 acres (268.67 ha) of the land, and the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism manages a museum on the remaining grounds.
Voting rights have changed a lot in Arkansas since 1965 and in the last ten years. History of Arkansas voting laws a back-and-forth of Black progress, tighter restrictions Skip to main content
The history of slavery in Arkansas began in the 1790s, before the Louisiana Purchase made the land territory of the United States. [1] Arkansas was a slave state from its establishment in 1836 until the Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1865. [ 1 ]