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  2. List of National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    The National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas represent Arkansas's history from the Louisiana Purchase through the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. It contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Arkansas. There are 17 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arkansas.

  3. Fort Smith National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The fort was the first site of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which had jurisdiction over western Arkansas and all of Indian Territory. It began operations in 1875 with the appointment of Isaac C. Parker as the first federal district judge here. The town of Fort Smith, Arkansas developed around the fort.

  4. Historic Washington State Park - Wikipedia

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    From 1863-1865, Old Washington was the site of the Confederate capitol of Arkansas after the fall of Little Rock to Union forces. The original Arkansas Confederate capital, where the refugee government fled, still exists in the park. It is a part of the Camden Expedition Sites, named in part for the town of Camden, Arkansas, in southern Arkansas.

  5. Historic Arkansas Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Historic Arkansas Museum (HAM) is a state history museum in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. The museum was created as part of the Arkansas Territorial Capitol Restoration Commission, by Act 388 of the 1939 Arkansas General Assembly. The act named Louise Loughborough as chairwoman of the commission. [1]

  6. Crater of Diamonds State Park - Wikipedia

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    Lee J. Wagner of the Arkansas Diamond Company Donated in 1926 to the National Museum of Natural History by the heirs of Washington Roebling [7] [8] [9] 1924 Uncle Sam: 40.23 8.046 Wesley Oley Basham: Largest diamond ever discovered in the United States; as of 2022 in the collection of the Smithsonian [10] [6] [7] 1956 Star of Arkansas 15.33 3.066

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas

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    The following are tallies of current listings in Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]

  8. Old State House (Little Rock, Arkansas) - Wikipedia

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    The Civil War Quadrennium: A Narrative History of Day-to-Day Life in Little Rock, Arkansas During the American War Between Northern and Southern States 1861–1865 (2nd ed.). Little Rock, Ark.: Civil War Round Table of Arkansas. pp. 1–14. LCCN 85-72643 – via Horton Brothers Printing Company.

  9. Fort Smith Museum of History - Wikipedia

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    The museum is devoted to presenting the history of Fort Smith and the surrounding region. It is located near the Fort Smith National Historic Site in the former Atkinson-Williams Warehouse , built in 1906 and one of the city's oldest surviving commercial warehouse buildings.