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A beaver is featured prominently on the stamp and seal issued to Professional Engineers and Geoscientists by APEGA. It also appears on the back on the state flag of Oregon. The beaver also appears in the coats of arms of the Hudson's Bay Company, [108] University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the London School of Economics.
Beaver is located in northwestern Carroll County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km 2), of which 0.35 square miles (0.9 km 2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km 2), or 33.16%, is water. [4] Highway 187 is the only member of the Arkansas Highway System that serves
Beavers can be found in a number of freshwater habitats, such as rivers, ... In the United States, the beaver is the state animal of New York and Oregon. [142]
Arkansas: still no state fossil in Arkansas, though the state designated Arkansaurus as its state dinosaur. [1] District of Columbia: Capitalsaurus is the state dinosaur of Washington D.C., but the District has not chosen a state fossil. Florida: There is no state fossil in Florida, though agatised coral, which is a fossil, is the state stone ...
The Beaver Bridge in Beaver, Arkansas, is a historic one-lane suspension bridge carrying Arkansas Highway 187 over the White River at Table Rock Lake. Built in 1949 by the Pioneer Construction Company, the structure is the only suspension bridge open to traffic in Arkansas. The Beaver Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places ...
Beaverland is a non-fiction book describing the behavior, history, and cultural significance of the North American beaver.Philip discusses the relationship between beavers and humans throughout history with a focus on Indigenous cultures and the American westward expansion.
Arkansas becomes 25th U.S. state May 6, 1861 Arkansas secession from the Union May 18, 1861 Arkansas becomes 9th Confederate state June 22, 1868 Arkansas is restored to the Union Spring 1874 Brooks–Baxter War January 10, 1921 Oil discovered around Smackover March 4, 1921 Hot Springs National Park established Spring 1927 The Mississippi floods ...
Castoroides (Latin: "beaver" (castor), "like" (oides) [2]), or the giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous, bear-sized beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Two species are currently recognized, C. dilophidus in the Southeastern United States and C. ohioensis in most of North America.