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Il y a 2 jours · By the time Arkansas achieved statehood in 1836, all land titles of the local indigenous peoples—including the Quapaw, Osage, Caddo, Cherokee, and Choctaw —had been withdrawn by the U.S. Congress, and the groups were forced westward into the Indian Territory, the future state of Oklahoma.
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Il y a 23 heures · The name Arkansas initially applied to the Arkansas River. It derives from a French term, Arcansas, their plural term for their transliteration of akansa, an Algonquian term for the Quapaw people. These were a Dhegiha Siouan-speaking people who settled in Arkansas around the 13th century.
Il y a 4 jours · Geographical and historical treatment of Arkansas, including maps and a survey of its people, economy, and government. For more than a century after it joined the union (1836), Arkansas retained a largely rural character, but since 1970 there has been rapid economic and urban development in selected areas.
Il y a 4 jours · On March 2, 1819, the Arkansas Territory was created, with the capital at the small outpost at Arkansas Post. Arkansas Post was the first European city founded in what would become Arkansas, but by 1820, the members of the new territorial legislature realized that a new capital would be needed. The decision where to base the government for ...
Il y a 2 jours · Arkansas - Native Americans, Quapaw, Caddo: Prior to the American Civil War (1861–65), the state’s residents came largely from Kentucky and Tennessee; this influx was part of the westward movement of people of Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and English ancestry who, since early colonial times, had been migrating from Virginia, North ...
Il y a 4 jours · The Louisiana Purchase allowed the U.S. government to open up lands in the west for settlement, secured its borders against foreign threat, and gave the right to deposit goods duty-free at port cities (mainly New Orleans). In Arkansas, the Louisiana Purchase signaled an end to French and Spanish dominance as Americans filtered into the area.
Il y a 3 jours · From local industries to pioneer life, the 5NEWS morning crew learned all about the development of an important Arkansas city at the Siloam Springs Museum.Su...
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