State of Arkansas - Revision history

Phil at 04:56, 2 May 2011

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‎European Exploration

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‎European Exploration

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‎Statehood

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‎Statehood

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‎Arkansas Territory

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‎Demographics

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‎Permanent Settlement

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‎Arkansas Territory

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 *[[Administrative Office of the Courts]]
 *[[Department of Aeronautics]]
-*[[Agriculture Department]]
+*[[Arkansas Agriculture Department|Agriculture Department]]
 *[[Alcoholic Beverage Control Board]]
 *[[Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission]]

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 *[[Court Reporters Licensing Board]]
 *[[Crime Information Center]]
-*[[State Crime Laboratory]]
+*[[Arkansas State Crime Laboratory|State Crime Laboratory]]
 *[[Crime Victims Reparations Board]]
 *[[Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee]]

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 The conquistador Hernando de Soto entered Arkansas on June 18, 1541, possibly at Sunflower Landing. He was looking for gold.
-In 1673 Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered a Quapaw village at the mouth of the Arkansas River. On his map of his journeys, Father Marquette wrote the word "Akansea" where he found this village. The name was spelled variously as "Akamsea" and "Akensea" in his narrative. The place-name came to signify what is now known as "Arkansas." In 1682 Robert Chevelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the entire valley of the Mississippi River for France. He called the area "Louisiana" in honor of the absolute monarch Louis XIV.
+In 1673 Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered a Quapaw village at the mouth of the Arkansas River. On his map of journeys in the Mississippi River valley, Father Marquette wrote the word "Akansea" where he found this village. The name was spelled variously as "Akamsea" and "Akensea" in his narrative. The place-name came to signify what is now known as "Arkansas." In 1682 Robert Chevelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the entire valley of the Mississippi River for France. He called the area "Louisiana" in honor of the absolute monarch Louis XIV.
 ====Permanent Settlement====

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 The conquistador Hernando de Soto entered Arkansas on June 18, 1541, possibly at Sunflower Landing. He was looking for gold.
-In 1673 Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered a Quapaw village at the mouth of the Arkansas River. In 1682 Robert Chevelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the entire valley of the Mississippi River for France. He called the area "Louisiana" in honor of the absolute monarch Louis XIV.
+In 1673 Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet entered a Quapaw village at the mouth of the Arkansas River. On his map of his journeys, Father Marquette wrote the word "Akansea" where he found this village. The name was spelled variously as "Akamsea" and "Akensea" in his narrative. The place-name came to signify what is now known as "Arkansas." In 1682 Robert Chevelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the entire valley of the Mississippi River for France. He called the area "Louisiana" in honor of the absolute monarch Louis XIV.
 ====Permanent Settlement====

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 ====Statehood====
-The first Constitutional Convention met at the Baptist Church in Little Rock beginning on January 4, 1836. Arkansas achieved statehood on June 15, 1836. The state legislature convened for the first time on September 12, 1836. The legislature incorporated the [[State Bank of Arkansas]] on November 2, 1836.
+The first Constitutional Convention met at the Baptist Church in Little Rock beginning on January 4, 1836. Arkansas achieved statehood on June 15, 1836. The state legislature convened for the first time on September 12, 1836. The legislature established a credit pool by incorporating the [[Bank of the State of Arkansas]] on November 2, 1836.
 ====Antebellum Arkansas====

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 *1829 -
 *1830 - 30,388
 ====Statehood====

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 *1836 - 51,809 (9,838 black)
 *1860 - 435,450
 *2005 - 2,779,154

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 *Sebastian de Casa Calvo y O'Farrell (1798-1799)
 *Juan Manual de Salcedo (1800-1803)
 ====Arkansas Territory====

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 The [[Territory of Arkansas]] was designated by the U.S. Congress on March 2, 1819, when an area roughly shaped like the present State of Arkansas was cleaved away from the Territory of Missouri. Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government, but in 1820 the capitol was moved west to [[Little Rock]].
-''Arkansas Territorial Censuses''
+''Arkansas Territorial Censuses:''
-*1823 -
+*1820 - 14,273
 *1829 -
-*1830 -
+*1830 - 30,388
 ====Statehood====