La Petite Roche - Revision history

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 [[Image:La-petit-roche.jpg|thumb|300px|La Petite Roche at the base of the Junction Bridge. Photo by sipes23 on flickr.]]
-'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a sandstone rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown Little Rock. The outcropping is said to have been named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region called the "Green Rock" by the [[Quapaw Indians]] and purportedly made of emerald. Instead he found and named what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstream from the Little Rock.
+'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a 260-300 million year old sandstone and shale rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown [[Little Rock]], Arkansas. The outcropping is said to have been named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in May 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region called the "Green Rock" by the [[Quapaw Indians]] and purportedly made of emerald. Instead he found and named what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstream from the Little Rock.
-La Petite Roche is often pointed to as the first visible rock beyond the alluvial plain in the Mississippi River system above the Gulf of Mexico. The outcropping may be as much as 300 million years old. The rock became famous as it was located near the main southwestern trail from St. Louis through the frontier region, and represented a relatively safe place to ford the river.
+La Petite Roche is often pointed to as the first visible rock formation beyond the alluvial plain in the Mississippi River system above the Gulf of Mexico. The outcropping may be as much as 300 million years old. The rock became famous as it was located near the main southwestern trail from St. Louis through the frontier region, and represented a relatively safe place to ford the river.
-It is not known whether the rock identified today as La Petite Roche is the rock noted by de la Harpe, but the name has been connected to the present site since at least 1812. It also remains unsubstantiated whether Hernando de Soto camped near the rock in his 1541 expedition in the area.
+It is not known whether the rock identified today as La Petite Roche is the rock noted by de la Harpe, but the name has been connected to the present site since at least 1812. It also remains unsubstantiated whether [[Hernando de Soto]] camped near the rock in his 1541 expedition in the area.
-A large piece of ''La Petite Roche'' was transported to the grounds of [[Little Rock City Hall]] in 1932. The 4,700 pound rock was removed by the [[Little Rock Civitan Club]].
+A large piece of ''La Petite Roche'' was transported to the grounds of [[Little Rock City Hall]] in June 1932. The 4,700 pound rock was removed from the riverfront by the [[Little Rock Civitan Club]]. In 2010 the club returned the boulder to a new plaza in [[Riverfront Park]]. The rest of the riverside rock outcropping now forms the abutment of the nearby [[Junction Bridge]] crossing built in 1884.
 ==References==
 *Kristin Netterstrom, "Project Carving Out Path to View Chunk of LR Lore," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' March 27, 2009.
 *Kristin Netterstrom, "Showcasing City's Rock No Easy Task," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' November 20, 2008.
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 It is not known whether the rock identified today as La Petite Roche is the rock noted by de la Harpe, but the name has been connected to the present site since at least 1812. It also remains unsubstantiated whether Hernando de Soto camped near the rock in his 1541 expedition in the area.
-A large piece of ''La Petite Roche'' was transported to the grounds of [[Little Rock City Hall]] in 1932. The 4,700 pound rock was removed by the [[Civitan Club]].
+A large piece of ''La Petite Roche'' was transported to the grounds of [[Little Rock City Hall]] in 1932. The 4,700 pound rock was removed by the [[Little Rock Civitan Club]].
 The riverside rock outcropping now forms the abutment of the [[Junction Bridge]] crossing built in 1884, and is within the bounds of [[Riverfront Park]]. Starting in January 2009 the rock, or what is left of it, is being excavated for $650,000 to create a historic marker. It is hoped that the piece of La Petite Roch at City Hall will be removed to a new plaza near the original site, and positioned so that a view of La Grande Roche can be seen in the background of photographs taken there.

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	'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a sandstone rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown Little Rock. The outcropping is said to have been named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region called the "Green Rock" by the [[Quapaw Indians]] and purportedly made of emerald. Instead he found and named what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstream from the Little Rock.		'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a sandstone rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown Little Rock. The outcropping is said to have been named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region called the "Green Rock" by the [[Quapaw Indians]] and purportedly made of emerald. Instead he found and named what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstream from the Little Rock.

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 It is not known whether the rock identified today as La Petite Roche is the rock noted by de la Harpe, but the name has been connected to the present site since at least 1812. It also remains unsubstantiated whether Hernando de Soto camped near the rock in his 1541 expedition in the area.
-A piece of ''La Petite Roche'' was transported to the grounds of [[Little Rock City Hall]] in 1932. The 4,700 pound rock was moved by the [[Civitan Club]].
+A large piece of ''La Petite Roche'' was transported to the grounds of [[Little Rock City Hall]] in 1932. The 4,700 pound rock was removed by the [[Civitan Club]].
-The riverside rock outcropping now forms the abutment of the [[Junction Bridge]] crossing built in 1884, and is within the bounds of [[Riverfront Park]]. Starting in January 2009 the rock, or what is left of it, is being excavated for $650,000 to create a historic marker.
+The riverside rock outcropping now forms the abutment of the [[Junction Bridge]] crossing built in 1884, and is within the bounds of [[Riverfront Park]]. Starting in January 2009 the rock, or what is left of it, is being excavated for $650,000 to create a historic marker. It is hoped that the piece of La Petite Roch at City Hall will be removed to a new plaza near the original site, and positioned so that a view of La Grande Roche can be seen in the background of photographs taken there.
 ==References==
 *Kristin Netterstrom, "Showcasing City's Rock No Easy Task," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' November 20, 2008.
 *Stephanie Simon, "Arkansas Capital Actually Has a Little Rock -- If You Can Find It," ''The Wall Street Journal,'' January 28, 2009.
 ==External links==

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 [[Image:La-petit-roche.jpg|thumb|La Petite Roche at the base of the Junction Bridge. Photo by sipes23 on flickr.]]
-'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown Little Rock. The outcropping is said to have been named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region called the "Green Rock" by the [[Quapaw Indians]] and purportedly made of emerald. Instead he found and named what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstream from the Little Rock.
+'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a sandstone rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown Little Rock. The outcropping is said to have been named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region called the "Green Rock" by the [[Quapaw Indians]] and purportedly made of emerald. Instead he found and named what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstream from the Little Rock.
-La Petite Roche is often pointed to as the first visible rock beyond the alluvial plain in the Mississippi River system above the Gulf of Mexico. The rock became famous as it was located near the main southwestern trail from St. Louis through the frontier region, and represented a relatively safe place to ford the river.
+La Petite Roche is often pointed to as the first visible rock beyond the alluvial plain in the Mississippi River system above the Gulf of Mexico. The outcropping may be as much as 300 million years old. The rock became famous as it was located near the main southwestern trail from St. Louis through the frontier region, and represented a relatively safe place to ford the river.
 It is not known whether the rock identified today as La Petite Roche is the rock noted by de la Harpe, but the name has been connected to the present site since at least 1812. It also remains unsubstantiated whether Hernando de Soto camped near the rock in his 1541 expedition in the area.
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 A piece of ''La Petite Roche'' was transported to the grounds of [[Little Rock City Hall]] in 1932. The 4,700 pound rock was moved by the [[Civitan Club]].
-The riverside rock outcropping now forms the abutment of the [[Junction Bridge]] crossing built in 1884, and is within the bounds of [[Riverfront Park]]. Starting in January 2009 the rock, or what is left of it, is being excavated to create a historic marker.
+The riverside rock outcropping now forms the abutment of the [[Junction Bridge]] crossing built in 1884, and is within the bounds of [[Riverfront Park]]. Starting in January 2009 the rock, or what is left of it, is being excavated for $650,000 to create a historic marker.
 ==References==

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 [[Image:La-petit-roche.jpg|thumb|La Petite Roche at the base of the Junction Bridge. Photo by sipes23 on flickr.]]
-'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown Little Rock. The outcropping was named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region purportedly made of emerald. He instead found and name what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstread from the Little Rock.
+'''La Petite Roche''' ("The Little Rock") is the French name given to a rock formation located along the [[Arkansas River]] in downtown Little Rock. The outcropping was named by French explorer [[Jean-Baptise Bénard de la Harpe]] in 1722. De la Harpe was looking for a mountain or large rock in the region called the "Green Rock" by the [[Quapaw Indians]] and purportedly made of emerald. Instead he found and named what is now known as [[La Grande Roche]] a few miles upstream from the Little Rock.
 It remains unsubstantiated whether Hernando de Soto camped near the rock in his 1541 expedition in the area.