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PART I
EARLY HISTORY |
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CHAPTER I - ARKANSAS - A GENERAL VIEW |
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Location and Boundaries
- Area
- Topography
- Altitude of County Seats
- Drainage
- Principal Rivers
- Geology
- The Glacial Epoch
- Geological Surveys
- Geologic Periods
- Cambrian
- Lower Silurian
- Upper Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Cretaceous
- Tertiary
- Quaternary
- Igneous Rocks
- Mineral Springs
- Climate
- Temperature and Rainfall |
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CHAPTER II - PREHISTORIC ARKANSAS |
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- The
Mound Builders
- Their Works
- Eight Districts
- Character of Relics in each
- Arkansas Mounds
- Edward Palmer's Work
- Moore's Explorations
- Private Collectors
- Who Were the Mound Builders
- Recent Discoveries as to Their Origin |
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CHAPTER III. - INDIAN HISTORY |
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Origin of the name "Indian"
- Tribal Distribution
- The Arkansas
- The Cherokee
- The Chocktaw
- the Osage
- Treaties
- Foreign Policies Concerning the Indians
- The Spanish Policy
- The French Policy
- Great Britain's Policy
- Policy of the United States
- Treaty of Fort Clark
- First Cherokee Treaty
- Quapaw Treaty of 1818
- Second Osage Treaty
- Chocktaw Treaty of 1820
- Quapaw Treaty of 1824
- Osage Treaty of 1825
- Second Choctaw Treaty
- Cherokee Cession of 1828
- The Caddo Treaty |
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CHAPTER IV - EXPLORERS AND EXPLORATIONS. |
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-
Hernando De Soto
- His Expedition
- Sources of Information
- Crossing the Mississippi
- Arkansas Landmarks
- How Historians Disagree
- From Chisca to Guachoya
- In Winter Quarters
- The March of 1542
- Death of the De Soto
- End of the Expedition
- Marquette and Joliet
- La Salle's Expeditions
- Visits the Arkansas Villages
- Louisiana
- La Salle's Death
- Tonti's Post
- Mallet Brothers |
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CHAPTER V. - FRENCH AND SPANISH DOMINATION |
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European Nations Recognize Prince's Claim to Louisiana
- La Salle's Idea
- First Colonists
- Bienville Becomes Governor
- The Western Company
- Law's Land Grant on the Arkansas
- Bienville again Governor
- The Bubble Bursts
- Louisiana as a Crown Colony
- French Governors from 1732 to 1766
- Treaty of Fountainbleau
- Spanish Rule
- Governors
- Ulloa
- O'Reilly
- Unzaga
- Galvez
- Miro
- Carondelet
- Gayoso
- Salcedo
- Lieutenant-Governors |
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CHAPTER VI. - THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE |
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LaSalle's Claim to the Region Drained by the Mississippi
- Original Extent of Louisiana
- Navigation of the Mississippi River
- Spanish Intrigue
- General Wilkinson
- Treaty of Madrid
- Secret Treaty of San Ildefonso
- Jefferson's Diplomacy
- Negotiations
- Treaty of Paris
- Sentiment in the United States
- Ratification
- Taking Possession
- Dividing the Province |
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CHAPTER VII. - FRENCH AND SPANISH LAND GRANTS |
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First Land Grant in Arkansas
- John Law's Grant
- French Grants Elsewhere
- The Spanish System
- Character of Spanish Governors
- Under the United States
- Act of March 26, 1804
- Commissioners Appointed
- Jean Filhiol's Claims
- The Morgan Grant
- The Maison rouge Grant
- The Winter Grant
- Claims Allowed by the Recorder
- Grant to Joseph Valliere
- The Villemont Grant
- White's Compilation of French and Spanish Laws
- The Bastrop Grant |
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PART II
TERRITORIAL
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CHAPTER VIII - CIVIL GOVERNMENT
ESTABLISHED |
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Arkansas in the District of Louisiana
- Attached to Indiana Territory
- Louisiana Territory
- First Officers
- Gov. Meriwether Lewis
- District of Arkansas
- Gov. Benjamin A. Howard
- New Madrid Earthquake
- Territory of Missouri
- Gov. William Clark
- First General Assembly
- Second General Assembly
- Subsequent Legislatures
- Missouri Moves for Admission
- Petition for a New Territory
- Arkansas Territory Created
- The Organic Act. |
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CHAPTER IX. - ARKANSAS AS A TERRITORY |
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- The
Name "Arkansas"
- Pronunciation of
- Why the Name was Adopted
- Miller's Administration
- Robert Crittenden
- First Legislature
- Governor Miller Arrives
- First Elective Legislature
- Action by Congress
- Adjourned Session
- Election of 1821
- Second Legislature
- Election of 1823
- Third Legislature
- Izard's Administration
- Executive Troubles
- Campaign of 1825
- Legislature of 1825
- Elections of 1827
- Fifth General Assembly
- Crittenden-Conway Duel
- Special Election
- Special Session of 1828
- Pope's Administration
- Election of 1829
- Sixth Legislature
- Military Bounty Lands
- A New Newspaper
- Election of 1831
- Seventh General Assembly
- A Stormy Session
- Governor Pope's Veto
- Memorial
- Canvassed Hams
- The Big House
- Election of 1833
- Eighth Legislature
- First Compilation of Laws
- Fulton's Administration
- Ninth General Assembly |
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CHAPTER X. - PIONEER LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
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Conditions in Arkansas in the Early Years of the
Nineteenth Century
- The Emigrants
- The House-Raising
- The House-Warming
- Different Types of Cabins
- The House Furnishings
- Then and Now
- The Log-Rolling
- Recreations, Amusements, Etc.
- Hospitality
- Senator Fulton's Tribute to the Pioneer
- Marking Animals |
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CHAPTER XI. - ADMISSION INTO THE UNION |
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- A
Cherished Dream
- Ambrose H. Sevier
- First Move for Admission
- The Slavery Question
- At the Next Session
- Sentiment in Arkansas
- Public Meetings for State Government
- Arkansas Had a President
- In the Legislature
- Attorney-General's Opinion
- Election of delegates
- The Convention
- Last Act of the Drama |
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PART III
POLITICAL
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CHAPTER XII. - GOVERNORS CONWAY AND YELL |
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First State Election
- Absence of Political Parties
- Conway's Administration
- First State Legislature
- Inauguration of Governor Conway
- Election of State Officers
- Special Election
- Regular Election of 1837
- Extra Session of the Legislature
- The Wilson-Anthony Affair
- Election of 1838
- Second General Assembly
- Campaign of 1840
- Third Legislature
- Yell's Administration
- Governor Yell Inaugurated
- Election of 1842
- Fourth Legislature
- Political Campaign of 1844
- Samuel Adams, Acting Governor. |
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CHAPTER XIII. - FROM DREW TO CONWAY |
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Sketch of Governor Drew
- Fifth Legislature
- Election of 1846
- Special Election for Congress
- Sixth Legislature
- Election of 1848
- Seventh Legislature
- Election of United States Senators
- Richard C. Byrd, Acting Governor
- Roane's Administration
- gold Excitement of 1849
- Eighth Legislature
- Election of Congressman
- Campaign of 1852
- Conway's Administration
- Ninth Legislature
- Congressional Districts
- Senator Resigns
- Election of 1853
- Campaign of 1854
- Tenth Legislature
- Campaign of 1856
- The Know Nothings
- The Republican Party
- Conventions of 1856
- Eleventh Legislature
- Election of 1858
- Twelfth Legislature
- Campaign of 1860
- Arkansas State Election. |
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CHAPTER XIV. - FROM RECTOR TO MURPHY |
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Rector's Administration
- Thirteenth Legislature
- Message of the Governor
- Surrender of the Arsenal
- The State Convention
- List of Delegates
- The Called Session
- Ordinance of Secession
- Special Legislative Sessions
- Fourteenth Legislature
- Thomas Fletcher, Acting Governor
- Flanagin's Administration
- The Capital Removed
- Constitution of 1864
- The Convention
- Murphy's Administration
- Fifteenth Legislature
- Confederate Legislature
- Flanagin's Last Proclamation
- Law and Order Meeting
- General Orders No. 3
- The Murphy Government
- Legislative Session
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CHAPTER XV. - FROM CLAYTON TO GARLAND |
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Clayton's Administration
- Campaign of 1868
- Seventeenth Legislature
- Eighteenth Legislature
- Ozra A. Hadley, Acting Governor
- Campaign of 1872
- State Conventions
- Baxter's Administration
- Nineteenth Legislature
- The Brooks-Baxter War
- The Steamboat "Hallie"
- Grant's Garland's Administration
- Twentieth Legislature
- Special Message
- Adjourned Session
- Campaign of 1876
- Arkansas State Election |
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CHAPTER XVI. - FROM MILLER TO HUGHES |
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Governor William R. Miller
- Twenty-First Legislature
- Campaign of 1878
- To the Constitution
- Churchill's Administration
- Twenty-Third Legislature
- Campaign of 1882
- Berry's Administration
- Twenty-Fourth Legislature
- Campaign of 1884
- Arkansas State Election
- Hughes' Administration
- Twenty-Fifth Legislation
- Elections of 1886
- Twenty-Sixth Legislature
- Campaign of 1888
- State Tickets
- Vote on the License Question |
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CHAPTER XVII. - FROM EAGLE TO JONES |
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- Gov.
James P. Eagle
- Twenty-Seventh Legislature
- Killing of John M. Clayton
- Special Election
- Campaign of 1890
- Twenty-Eighth Legislature
- Elections of 1892
- State Conventions
- Fishback's Administration
- Twenty-Ninth Legislature
- Refund of the Direct Tax
- Fort Logan H. Roots
- Campaign of 1894
- Thirtieth Legislature
- Clarke's Administration
- Campaign of 1896
- The State Tickets
- Thirty-First Legislature
- Jones' Administration
- Special Session
- Campaign of 1898
- Thirty-Second Legislature
- The State Election |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - FROM DAVIS TO DONAGHEY |
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Davis' Administration
- Thirty-Third
- Legislature
- State Flower Adopted
- Campaign of 1902
- Thirty-Fourth Legislature
- Elections of 1904
- The State Campaign
- Thirty-Fifth Legislature
- Campaign of 1906
- Little's Administration
- Thirty-Sixth Legislature
- Acting Governors
- Campaign of 1908
- State Tickets
- Donaghey's Administration
- Thirty-Seventh Legislature
- Campaign of 1910
- Thirty-Eighth Legislature
- Special Session
- Campaign of 1912
- The State Election |
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CHAPTER XIX. - FROM ROBINSON TO McRAE |
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- Gov.
Joseph T. Robinson
- Thirty-Ninth Legislature
- The State Flag
- Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Acting Governors
- Special Election
- Hays' Administration
- Campaign of 1914
- Fortieth Legislature
- Campaign of 1916
- The State Tickets
- Forth-First Legislature
- Brough's Administration
- Constitutional Convention of 1917
- Campaign of 1918
- Forty-Second Legislature
- Campaign of 1912
- The State Tickets
- McRae's Administration
- Forty-Third Legislature |
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CHAPTER XX. - ARKANSAS STATE BOUNDARIES |
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Boundaries Established in 1819
- The Northern Boundary
- The Jog in the line
- The eastern Boundary
- The Southern Boundary
- On the Southwest
- The Western Boundary
- Influence of Indian Treaties
- Present Boundaries |
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CHAPTER XXI. - CAPITALS AND CAPITOLS |
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Arkansas' Four Seats of Government
- Arkansas Post
- Its Early History
- Fort of Arkansas
- Commandants
- Early Settlers
- First Trustees of the Town
- The Capital Removed
- At Hot Springs
- At Washington
- First Public Building
- The Old State House
- The Beebe Title
- As a War Memorial
- The New Capitol |
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CHAPTER XXII. - PENAL AND CHARITABLE
INSTITUTIONS |
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- Duty
of the State
- The Penitentiary
- The Lease System
- The Cummins Farm
- The Tucker Farm
- State Farm for Women
- School for the Blind
- Diers' Home
- Boys' Industrial School
- Girls' Industrial School
- Tuberculosis Sanitarium
- Hospital Dairy Farm
- Valuation
- Institutes in Prospect |
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PART IV
INDUSTRIAL
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CHAPTER XXIII. - AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT |
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General Conditions in Arkansas
- The Plantation System
- The Pioneer Farmer
- Reclaiming the Swamps
- Levee Districts
- Building the Levees
- Drainage Canals
- Farm Products
- Values
- Horticulture
- Livestock
- Profitable Farming Bureau
- Industrial Expositions |
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CHAPTER XXIV. - COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURING |
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- The
First Store
- Early Traders and Merchants
- The Wholesale Trade
- Present Day Conditions
- Manufacturing
- Early Factories
- Salt Works
- Whetstones
- Hats and Caps
- Iron Works
- Cotton Mills
- During the War
- Modern Factories
- Statistics
- Miscellaneous Industries
- Early |
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CHAPTER XXV. - LUMBERING AND MINING |
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Original Forests
- Varieties of Timber
- Lumber Cut in 1920
- Development of the Industry
- First Steam Sawmill
- Where the Lumber Goes
- Coal Mining
- Lead Mines
- Lead and Zinc
- Manganese
- Bauxite
- Diamonds
- Precious Metals
- Natural Gas and Oil
- Minor Minerals |
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CHAPTER XXVI. - FINANCIAL HISTORY |
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Financial Condition in Early Days.
- Constitution of 1836 on Banks
- The Real Estate Bank
- Miller and Gouge's Report
- Governor Conway's Last Message
- The Holford Bonds
- Supreme Court Decisions
- State Bank of Arkansas
- Funding the State Debt
- Railroad Aid Bonds
- Levee Bonds
- The Ten Year Bonds
- Loughborough Bonds
- The Fishback Amendment
- The Arkansas Compromise
- Due the United States
- Due Arkansas
- State Debt in 1921
- Arkansas Bankers' Association |
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CHAPTER XXVII. - EARLY TRANSPORTATION |
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-
Explorers and Traders
- Old Indian Trails
- The Southwest Trail
- Pyeatt's Road
- Memphis Military Road
- Other Early Roads
- Post Routes
- Early Postoffices
- Ferries
- State Lines
- River Navigation
- On the Ouachita
- Boat Building
- Steamboat Accidents
- Distances by Water |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. - THE RAILROADS OF ARKANSAS |
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First Railroads in the United States
- Early Opposition
- Arkansas Railroads
- Memphis & Little Rock
- Cairo & Fulton
- Little Rock & Fort Smith
- St. Louis Southwestern
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
- Mississippi, Ouachita & Red River
- Missouri & North Arkansas
- Other Systems
- Mileage and Valuation
- Dismantled Railroads. |
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PART V
EDUCATIONAL
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CHAPTER XXIX. - THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM |
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-
Mission Schools
- Character of the Early Schools
- The Course of Study
- The Three R's
- The School Lands
- School Law of 1843
- Acts of 1849 and 1851
- Greer's First Report in 1854
- After the War
- Governor Murphy
- Under Reconstruction
- Restoration of Home Rule
- Apportionment of 1921
- Auxiliary Agencies
- Teachers' Association, Etc.
- Recent Developments
- Negro Schools |
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CHAPTER XXX. - HIGHER EDUCATION |
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University of Arkansas
- The Seminary Land Grant
- How It was Lost to the University
- The Morrill Act
- Selecting the Site
- Assets at the Beginning
- The University in 1921
- State Normal School
- Branch State Normal
- District Agricultural Schools
- Appropriations for Higher Education in 1921 |
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CHAPTER XXXI. - ACADEMIES AND COLLEGES |
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Batesville Academy
- Fayetteville Female Academy
- From 1836 to 1846
- From 1846 to 1860
- Arkansas College
- Arkansas College No. 2
- Arkansas Cumberland College
- Arkansas Female College
- Bentonville College
- Cane Hill College
- Central Baptist College
- Galloway College
- Henderson-Brown College
- Hendrix College
- St. John's College
- Ouachita College
- Other Colleges
- Catholic Schools
- St. Mary's Academy
- St. Andrew's College
- St. Ann's Academy
- St. Catherine's Academy
- Annunciation Academy
- Subiaco College
- Little Rock College
- Parochial Schools
- Colored Colleges |
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CHAPTER XXXII. - THE PRESS OF ARKANSAS |
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-
Origin of the Newspaper
- Its Evolution
- First Real Newspaper
- In the United States
- Arkansas' First Newspaper
- William E. Woodruff
- Arkansas Herald
- Ante-Bellum Newspapers
- Elias C. Boudinot
- After the War
- Present Day Publications
- List by Counties
- Arkansas Press Association |
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CHAPTER XXXIII. - PUBLIC LIBRARIES |
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-
Carnegie's Views on Public Libraries
- Arkansas' First Library
- Little Rock Library
- Helena Library
- Fort Smith Library
- Other Libraries
- Free Library Service
- Arkansas History Commission
- Act of 1905
- Act of 1907
- Act of 1909
- What the Commission has done. |
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CHAPTER XXXIV. - ARKANSAS IN LITERATURE |
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-
Early Writers on Arkansas
- Gen. Albert Pike
- "The Fine Arkansas Gentleman"
- "The Light of Days Long Past"
- "The Old Canoe"
- History and Biography
- War Literature
- Religious Literature
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Miscellaneous
- Judge U. M. Rose
- Authors' and Composers' Societh |
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PART VI.
MILITARY
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CHAPTER XXXV. - EARLY MILITARY HISTORY |
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Governor Miller Organizes the Militia
- Cherokee and Osage Disputes
- Indian Hostilities
- A Temporary Peace
- A Militia Muster
- Texas Revolution
- The Seminole War
- Fowler's Battalion |
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CHAPTER XXXVI. - THE WAR WITH MEXICO
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-
Causes of the War
- Americans Settle Texas
- The Texas Revolution
- David Crockett
- Independence of Texas
- Annexed to the United States
- War Declared
- How Arkansas Answered the Call
- Roster, Mounted Volunteers
- At Buena Vista
- The Battalion Roster
- Captain Enyart's Company
- Captain Mears' Company
- Captain Woods' Company
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo |
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CHAPTER XXXVII. - THE CIVIL WAR -
1861-1865 |
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-
Causes of the War
- The Slavery Question
- The Missouri Compromise
- Kansas Nebraska Bill
- Political Campaign of 1860
- Star of the West
- Fall of Fort Sumner
- Lincoln's Call for Volunteers
- How Arkansas Responded
- State Troops
- Arkansas Confederate Regiments
- Infantry
- Infantry Battalions
- Cavalry
- Cavalry Battalions
- Artillery
- Trans-Mississippi Department
- Federal Troops
- Arkansas Battles
- The Year 1863
- Capture of Little Rock
- Execution of David O. Dodd
- Events of 1864
- Price's Raid
- General Officers
- Work of the Women |
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. - RECONSTRUCTION IN
ARKANSAS |
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-
Condition of the Country at the Close of the Civil War.
- Mr. Lincoln's Plan
- Andrew Johnson's Plan
- Congressional Reconstruction
- Constitutional Convention of 1868
- List of Delegates
- Work of the Convention
- The Constitution Ratified
- Arkansas Readmitted
- Martial Law
- The Hesper Affair
- The Ku-Klux-Klan
- The Union League
- The Invsible Empire
- The Poland Committee |
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CHAPTER XXXIX. - THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR |
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-
Spain's Oppression of Cuba
- The Ten Years' War
- Revolution of 1895
- Weyler's Cruelty
- The Reconcentrados
- Protests of the United States
- Destruction of the Maine
- Congress Declares War
- Arkansas Answers the Call
- First Regiment
- Second Regiment
- Companies and Casualties
- First Shot of the War
- United Sentiment |
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CHAPTER XL. - ARKANSAS IN THE WORLD WAR |
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- Beginning of the War
- Diplomatic Relations With Germany Severed
- Arming Merchant Ships
- President Wilson's War Message
- Congress Declares War
- State Council of Defense
- Selective Service Law
- Arkansas National Guard
- Camp Pike
- Eighty-Seventh Division
- Aviation Field
- War Statistics
- The Financial Side
- The American Legion
- List of Posts in Arkansas |
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PART VII
LOCAL HISTORY
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CHAPTER XLI.
- COUNTIES - ARKANSAS TO CLEVELAND |
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Arkansas County
- Original Boundaries
- Ashley County
- Baxter County
- Roll County
- Boone County
- Bradley County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chicot County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Cleveland County
- When Each was Organized
- First County Officers
- Townships
- Transportation Facilities
- Towns and Villages
- Population, Etc. |
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CHAPTER
XLII. - COUNTIES - COLUMBIA TO GARLAND |
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-
Columbia County
- Conway County
- Craighead County
- Crawford County
- Its Original Boundaries
- Crittenden County
- Foy's Point
- Cross County
- Dallas County
- Desha County
- A Peculiar Bill of Sale
- Napoleon
- Drew County
- Faulkner County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Mammoth Spring
- Garland County
- Date of Organization of Each
- Early Settlements
- Locating County Seats
- First Officers
- Townships, Towns, Villages, Etc.
- Population in 1920 |
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CHAPTER
XLIII. - COUNTIES - GRANT TO LAWRENCE |
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-
Grant County
- Greene County
- Spelling of the Name
- Hempstead County
- Hot Spring County
- A Squatter's Title
- Howard County
- Negro Uprising of 1883
- Independence County
- Izard County
- Pearl Fishing
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- The Rock House
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Early Settlers in each County
- County Seats
- Railroads
- Civil Townships
- Towns and Villages, Etc. |
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CHAPTER
XLIV. - COUNTIES - LEE TO NEWTON |
773 |
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- Lee
County
- Lincoln County
- Little River County
- Logan County
- Lonoke County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- The Tutt-Everett Feud
- Miller County
- Uncertain Boundaries
- The County Disorganized
- Reorganized in 1874
- Mississippi County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Nevada County
- Newton County
- Diamond Cave
- Location and Boundaries of Each County
- When Created
- First Officers
- Early Settlements
- Railroads
- Industries
- Population
- Towns and Villages, etc. |
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CHAPTER XLV.
- COUNTIES - OUACHITA TO SCOTT |
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-
Ouachita County
- Perry County
- Phillips County
- Pike County
- Poinsett County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- The Militia War
- RANDOLPH COUNTY
- Saint Francis County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Location and Boundaries of Each
- Early Settlers
- Locating County Seats
- Railroads
- Population
- Industries
- Towns and Villages, etc. |
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C HAPTER
XLVI. - COUNTIES - SEARCY TO YELL |
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-
Searcy County
- Sebastian County
- Sevier County
- Affair at Center Point
- Sharp County
- Stone County
- Union County
- Largest in the State
- Van Buren County
- Washington County
- The Lovely Purchase
- White County
- Woodruff County
- Yell County
- Location and Boundaries of Each
- Area
- Topography
- Location of County Seats
- First Officers
- Early Settlers
- Railroads
- Towns and Villages
- Population, etc. |
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CHAPTER
XLVII. - THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK |
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-
Location
- Origin of Name
- Earliest Description
- Settlement
- Dispute Over Land Titles
- Blowing Up the Town
- Arkopolis
- Roswell Beebe Gets in the Game
- Before the Legislature
- Incorporation
- Little Rock Becomes a City
- List of Mayors
- A Few Pioneers
- Public Utilities
- A Few First Things
- City Park
- Growth of the City |
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CHAPTER
XLVIII. - CITY OF FORT SMITH |
847 |
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-
Major Long Selects the Site for a Fort
- Major Bradford
- The New Fort
- Captain Bonneville
- Beginning of the City
- Capt. John Rogers
- Early Residents
- Incorporation
- Then and Now
- Old Commissary Building
- Miscellaneous
- Population Since 1850 |
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CHAPTER
XLIX. - CITY OF HOT SPRINGS |
859 |
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-
Location and Surroundings
- De Soto
- Settlement
- Prominent Pioneers
- Land Titles
- Incorporation
- Population Since 1860
- The Racing Bill
- The Reservation |
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CHAPTER L. -
ARKANSAS CITIES |
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-
Arkadelphia
- Batesville
- Brinkley
- Camden
- Conway
- Corning
- De Queen
- El Dorado
- Eureka Springs
- Fayetteville
- Fordyce
- Hackett
- Helena
- Hope
- Jonesboro
- Magnolia
- Marianna
- Morrillton
- North Little Rock
- Paragould
- Pine Bluff - Rector
- Russellville
- Stuttgart
- Texarkana
- Van Buren
- Wynne
- Early Settlement of Each
- Incorporation
- Industries
- Transportation, Etc. |
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CHAPTER LI. - INCORPORATED TOWNS |
887 |
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- Arkansas
City
- Ashdown
- Atkins
- Augusta
- Benton
- Bentonville
- Berryville
- Blytheville
- Booneville
- Clarendon
- Clarksville
- Coal Hill
- Cotton Plant
- Crossett
- Dardanelle
- Dermott
- Des Arc
- De Witt
- Dierks
- Dumas
- Earle
- England
- Eudora
- Foreman
- Forrest City
- Gillett
- Greenwood
- Gurdon
- Hamburg
- Harrisburg
- Harrison
- Hartford
- Herber Springs
- Horatio
- Hoxie
- Huntington
- Huttig |
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CHAPTER LII.
- INCORPORATED TOWNS (Continued) |
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Lake
Village
- Leslie
- Lewisville
- Lonoke
- Luxora
- McGehee
- Malvern
- Marked Tree
- Mena
-
Monette
- Monticello
- Mulberry
- Nashville
- Newport
- Osceola
- Ozark
- Paris
- Parkin
- Piggott
- POCAHONTAS
- Prescott
- Rogers
- Searcy
- Siloam Springs
- Springdale
- Stamps
- Thornton
- Truman
- Walnut Ridge
- Warren
- West Helena
- Wilmar
- Other Towns.
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CHAPTER LIII.
- BENCH AND BAR OF ARKANSAS |
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Origin of Civil Law
- Purpose of the Courts
- The Lawyer as a Citizen
- Territorial Courts
- List of Judges
- Riding the Circuit
- State Courts
- Constitutional Provisions
- Supreme Court
- First Judges
- Chief Justices
- Associate Justices
- Circuit Courts
- Chancery Courts
- Minor Courts
- United States Courts
- The Western District
- The Arkansas Bar
- Prominent Early Lawyers
- State Bar Association |
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CHAPTER LIV.
- THE MEDICAL PROFESSION |
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Medicine an Old Profession
- Ancient Systems
- The Pioneer Doctor
- Home Made Remedies
- Early Arkansas Physicians
- Homeopaths
- Medical Schools
- Medical Legislation
- Arkansas State Medical Society |
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CHAPTER LV.
- CHURCH HISTORY |
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Handicaps in Writing Church History
- The Catholics
- Early Missions
- Diocese of Little Rock
- The Methodists
- Division of the Church
- The Church Militant
- The Presbyterians
- Dwight Mission
- The First Churches
- The Presbyteries
- The Baptists
- Episcopalians
- Other Denominations
- Rev. Timothy Flint |
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CHAPTER LVI.
- FRATERNAL SOCIETIES |
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Masonic Fraternity
- First Lodge in Arkansas
- The Higher Degrees
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Arkansas Odd Fellows
- Knights of Pythias
- Pythianism in Arkansas
- The Elks
- Grand Army of the Republic
- United Confederate Veterans
- Sons of Veterans
- Other Societies
- Mosaic Templars. |
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CHAPTER LVII.
- SOCIAL AND CIVIC CLUBS. |
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-
Chambers of Commerce, Etc.
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Colonial Dames of America
- United States Daughters of 1812
- United Daughters of the Confederacy
- Federation of Women's Clubs
- What the Clubs Have Accomplished
- Miscellaneous Clubs. |
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CHAPTER
LVIII. - ARKANSAS MISCELLANY |
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Dueling
- A Peculiar Combat
- Allen-Oden Duel
- Newton-Sevier Affair
- Walker and Notrebe
- Fontaine Pope as a Duelist
- Last Duel in Arkansas
- The Bowie Knife
- Its History as Told by Governor Jones
- Clock Peddlers
- The Razor-Back Hog
- The Arkansas Traveler
- Sanford C. Faulkner as the Original |
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CHAPTER LIX.
- STATISTICAL REVIEW |
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-
Census Reports Since 1785
- Official Roster
- Vote in Presidential Elections Since 1836
- County Statistics
- Arkansas Cities
- State Property
- Assets and Liabilities |
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CHAPTER LX.
- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY |
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-
Civilization a Product of Evolution
- Importance of Dates in the Study of History
- Cause and Effect
- The Summary
- List of Leading Events in Arkansas History |
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX to VOLUME 2 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX to VOLUME 3 |
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