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  • ...894 a vicious [[Little Rock Tornado - October 2, 1894|tornado]] demolished government buildings and most of downtown. And then in 1927 a [[Great Flood of 1927|Gr ...to [[Argenta]] and [[Stifft's Station]], into the hinterlands of [[Pulaski County]], and all the way out to the fast growing regional metropolitan centers of
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  • ...lved into the nonprofit [[Little Rock Downtown Partnership]]. Business and government leaders representing the new coalition began looking for development projec ...l off the property as office space, cutting its losses. Today thirty state government agencies thrive on the dissected Main Street Market block.
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  • ...hington, and of a local grassroots coalition of citizens, business owners, government officials, and bankers organized into the public-private [[Downtown Little *"Presidential Center Revitalizes Little Rock," ''American City & County'' 113.10 (September 1998): 106.
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  • ...ive in State and Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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  • ...rectors and it takes six votes to pass something. That is the only form of government we have right now. I’m prepared to work with what's given to me, in eithe She ran in favor of the Pulaski County [[jail tax]]: "I'm absolutely for it. The jail is just a tool that we need
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  • ...on of each member of Metroplan is to the other members, all units of local government, and each having an impact on all the others and reacting to their impacts. ...ngle government agency or group could speak as one for the various Pulaski County governmental units. In short, there was no metropolitan area planning autho
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  • The '''City of Little Rock''' is an incorporated municipality in [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas. The city is the political and commercial center of the state. City government is divided into a number of city departments, citizen services offices, com
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  • ...n status of an area can only be determined by reviewing records at a local County Clerk's office. ...mbling." By 1820 central Arkansas was so thick with saloons that the state government began taxing them to slow down growth in the business. It didn't work.
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  • ...ve director [[Jimmy Moses]] worked tirelessly with representatives of city government, the [[Arkansas Highway Department]], the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]], ...plan was also inspired by an April 1972 visit of seventeen local business, government, and civic leaders to Minneapolis' successful downtown Nicollet Mall. Nicol
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  • The '''Big Dam Bridge''' (also known as the "Pulaski County Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge," the "Murray Lock and Dam Bicycle Pedestrian The bridge received its name from Pulaski County Judge [[Floyd G. "Buddy" Villines]], a leading advocate of the project, who
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  • ...formed Arkansas County, with Arkansas Post as the county seat. In 1819 the county became the [[Territory of Arkansas]], with a capitol at Arkansas Post. In 1 ...souri. Arkansas Post was originally established as the seat of territorial government, but in 1820 the capitol was moved west to [[Little Rock]].
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  • [[Image:Pulaski-county-courthouse.jpg|thumb|300px|The Old Pulaski County Courthouse. Photo by Phil Frana.]] [[Image:New-pulaski-county-courthou.jpg|thumb|300px|The New Pulaski County Courthouse.]]
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  • ...AR/Pulaski/districts.html National Register of Historical Places - Pulaski County] [[Category:City government]]
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  • [[Image:Faulkner-courthouse-1.jpg|thumb|300px|The current (third) Faulkner County Courthouse. Photo by Phil Frana.]] [[Image:Faulkner-cty-courthouse.JPG|thumb|300px|The 1893 (second) Faulkner County Courthouse.]]
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  • ...counsel to the [[Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission]] and to [[Perry County]]. He is former city attorney of Little Rock and city attorney of Maumelle,
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  • [[Image:Pulaski-county-1818.jpg|thumb|300px|Pulaski County in 1818.]] [[Image:Pulaski-county-1864.jpg|thumb|300px|Pulaski County in 1864.]]
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  • ...islature to disband, and resulting in Governor Rector's establishment of a government in exile in Jackson, Mississippi. Most manufacturing was relocated to more [[Susan Bricelin Fletcher]], wife of a Pulaski County plantation owner, wrote of the Federal occupation, "After we were visited b
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  • The '''Arkansas Department of Human Services''' (DHS) is the state government's largest agency, with 7,500 employees and ten divisions. The ten divisions *[[Division of County Operations]]
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  • ...f Arkansas is derived. The Quapaw Indian Agency is today located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. ...to]] in 1541. De Soto found a heavily fortified Quapaw village in Phillips County. Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet visited the tribe and smoked a p
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  • ...iver]] to Little Rock. Woodruff remained the official printer of the state government until 1833, when the ''[[Arkansas Advocate]]'' took over the contract. *Paulette Walker and Alan Paulson, ''Historic Pulaski County: Arkansas'' (Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 8.
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  • ...rn District of Arkansas''' is the federal judiciary district for [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas, and much of the eastern part of the state. The District of Ark [[Category:Federal government]]
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  • ...vast urban renewal project came to an official end in 1977 as the federal government began turning to the [[Community Development Block Grant program]] for stre *Martha Walters, "Little Rock Urban Renewal," ''Pulaski County Historical Review'' 24.1 (March 1976): 12-16.
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  • ...d a petition circulated by [[Charles Bussey]] of the black [[Veterans Good Government Committee], to no avail. A lawsuit filed in the Chancery Court was dismisse *Martha Walters, "Little Rock Urban Renewal," ''Pulaski County Historical Review'' 24.1 (March 1976): 12-16.
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  • ...for speeches on a cold Tuesday night to some civic club at the end of the county," Moses remembered. "It was one of those challenges you weren't always up f
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  • ...ilions, baseball diamond, and small amusement park. In return, the federal government supplied $3 million funds for the Booker Homes project in the Granite Mount ...ject was joined by the blacks-only [[Booker High School]] in the [[Pulaski County Special School District]]. Soon thereafter the school was forcibly incorpor
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  • ...on the pro-ordinance side agreed with [[Flossie Parker]] of the [[Pulaski County Juvenile Court]] who argued that young people in the area "have been depriv ...ilions, baseball diamond, and small amusement park. In return, the federal government supplied $3 million funds for the [[Booker Homes]] project in the minority
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  • ''[[UCA Student Government Association|Student Government Association (SGA)]]'' The Student Government Association ([[SGA]]) represents the student body in allocating and adminis
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  • ...The incorporated city of Conway is located in the southwestern part of the county, just east of the [[Arkansas River]]. [[Interstate 40]] wraps around the ci ====Government====
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  • [[Image:Faulkner-county-1895.jpg|thumb|300px|Faulkner County in 1895.]] ...–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although Faulkner County is a dry county, several businesses in Conway are obtaining club memberships in order to se
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  • ...west of downtown [[Little Rock]] along the [[Arkansas River]] in [[Pulaski County]]. The city is served by [[I-40]] and [[Arkansas Highway 100]]. The [[Union Six thousand acres of farmland were purchased in 1941 by the federal government for use as an ammunition depot known as the [[Maumelle Ordnance Works]]. Th
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  • ...was born on December 24, 1795, at Fire Place, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, to Nathaniel Woodruff and Hannah Clarke Woodruff. H ...on a Ramage press. The first issue was dated November 20, 1819. His first government contract was for the ''Laws of the Territory of Arkansas'' published in 182
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  • ...w Madrid certificates]] to Little Rock public lands granted by the federal government to settlers relocated after the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812. Ashley ...t of the Old French Church (now the [[Cathedral of St. Andrew's]]). Ashley County bears his namesake, as do Little Rock's Chester and Ashley streets.
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  • ...one bank to the other. The Free Bridge was built by the [[Pulaski County]] government.
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  • [[Image:Conway-county-1864.jpg|thumb|Conway County in 1864.]] [[Image:Conway-county-1895.jpg|thumb|Conway County in 1895.]]
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  • [[Image:Perry-county-1864.jpg|thumb|250px|Perry County in 1864.]] [[Image:Perry-county-1895.jpg|thumb|250px|Perry County in 1895.]]
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  • [[Image:Lonoke-county-1895.jpg|thumb|Lonoke County in 1895.]] ...nty, Arkansas County, Jefferson County, [[Pulaski County]], and [[Faulkner County]].
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  • [[Image:Saline-county-1864.jpg|thumb|250px|Saline County in 1864.]] [[Image:Saline-county-1895.jpg|thumb|250px|Saline County in 1895.]]
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  • ...argaret. She died in 1822. Pyeatt was the [[Pulaski County Coroner|Pulaski County coroner]] from 1818 to 1821. ...aski County Courthouse]], the Hempstead County Courthouse, and the Wachita County Courthouse. Mail also began arriving along this road from New Orleans. Soon
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  • ...ity is located on [[Arkansas Highway 95]] in the north-central part of the county. [[Arkansas National Forest]] lands are located just to the northwest. The ====Government====
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  • '''Center Ridge''' is an unincorporated town in northeast [[Conway County]], Arkansas. The community is located at the intersection of scenic [[Arkan ====Government====
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  • ...n northwestern [[Faulkner County]], Arkansas, on the border with Van Buren County. The town is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Highway 65]] and [[Arkan ====Government====
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  • '''Greenbrier''' is an incorporated city in north-central [[Faulkner County]], Arkansas. The city is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Highway 65]] ====Government====
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  • ...in east-central [[Faulkner County]], Arkansas, near the border with White County. The city is located at the intersection of [[Arkansas Highway 36]] and [[A ====Government====
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  • '''Enola''' is an incorporated town in east-central [[Faulkner County]], Arkansas. The town is located at the intersection of [[Arkansas Highway ====Government====
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  • '''Mayflower''' is an incorporated town in southern [[Faulkner County]], Arkansas. The town is located at the intersection of [[Arkansas Highway ====Government====
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  • '''Benton''' is an incorporated city in east-central [[Saline County]], Arkansas. The city is located at the intersections of scenic [[Arkansas ====Government====
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  • ...rporated city in eastern [[Saline County]], near the border with [[Pulaski County]]. The city is located along [[Arkansas Highway 183]], and is served by [[I ====Government====
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  • ...town in eastern [[Saline County]], Arkansas, on the border with [[Pulaski County]]. The town is on [[Arkansas Highway 111]] and is served by [[I-30]] interc ====Government====
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  • '''Jacksonville''' is an incorporated city in northeastern [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas, about fourteen miles northeast of downtown [[Little Rock]]. ====Government====
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  • '''Wrightsville''' is an incorporated city in southern [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas. The city is located at the intersection of [[Arkansas Highway ====Government====
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  • '''England''' is an incorporated city in southwestern [[Lonoke County]], Arkansas. The city is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Highway 165] ====Government====
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  • '''Mabelvale''' is a southern suburb of [[Little Rock]] in [[Pulaski County]]. The town is located at the intersection of Mabelvale Cut Off Road and Sa ====Government====
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  • ...is located in [[Morrilton]], Arkansas. The granite, brick, and terra cotta government building dates to 1930 and was designed in the Art Deco style by [[Frank W. [[Category:County government]]
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  • ...pronounced "Mar-Shay") is an unincorporated community located in [[Pulaski County]] twelve miles north of [[Little Rock]], Arkansas. ...n favor of Marche (French for "market") to reduce confusion with a Bradley County town of same name. The origin of this name is a mystery, though local legen
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  • *Miller County Sandhills Natural Area [[Category:State government]]
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  • ...ports the activities of the Pulaski County Voter Registrar and the Pulaski County Real Estate Recorder. The current Pulaski County Clerk is [[Pat O'Brien]]. The Chief Deputy is Scott Price.
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  • '''Floyd G. "Buddy Villines''' is the judge of the [[Pulaski County Quorum Court]]. He was originally elected to the office in 1992, and is run ...he Quorum Court with the power to veto any vote. The office of the Pulaski County Judge is located at 201 South Broadway, Suite 400.
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  • ...yment upon the death of his father. He found work for three years in local government, working for the St. Louis Collector's Office and the Weighing Department. *''Goodspeed's History of Pulaski County, Arkansas'' (1889).
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  • ...ourt|Quorum Court]], [[Pulaski County Treasurer|Treasurer]], and [[Pulaski County Youth Services|Youth Services]]. [[Category:County government]]
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  • ...circumstances. The Coroner's Office is currently located in the [[Pulaski County Administration Building]] at 201 South Broadway. [[Category:County government]]
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  • ...1819. On May 24th of that year McHenry hosted the first meeting of county government officials in his home. [[Category:County government]]
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  • ...n the road between [[Little Rock]] and Fort Smith. The town is in Franklin County and has a population of 817 people. Altus served as home base for the first In 1984, the federal government declared 12,800 acres around Altus an American Viticulture area.
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  • ====Franklin County==== ...ree tours and a variety of other tourist attractions. In 1984, the federal government declared 12,800 acres around Altus an American Viticulture area.
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  • ...ulaski County Quorum Court''' is the county legislative body for [[Pulaski County]], Arkansas. The court has fifteen elected members. These members, who serv *[http://www.co.pulaski.ar.us/quorumcourt.shtml Pulaski County - Pulaski County Quorum Court]
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