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1. Arkansas Post on March 1787. Grenoble born, French Captain Don Joseph Bernard Vallière d'Hauterive appointed Commandant - under Spanish Rule - of the Arkansas Post on the Arkansas River near Gillett in Arkansas County, Arkansas. Arkansas Post initially a fort and trading post with the local Quapaw Native Americans, later a civilian hamlet, trading house and entrepot settled in 1686 by Henri de Tonti at Osotouy a Quapaw village. The first semi-permanent European colony in the Mississippi River Valley. For his services, the French Commandant received a land grand from the Spanish Crown of about 6,000,000 acres.

1. July, Captain Juan Ignace Delino de Chalmette, under Spanish Rule appointed Commandant of Arkansas Post in Arkansas.

1. July 11, Captain Carlos Melchior de Villemont, under Spanish Rule appointed Commandant of Arkansas Post in Arkansas.

1. Monticello (later St. Francis, present Helena), settled on the Mississippi River in Phillips County, Arkansas. Coordinates 34°32'N- 90°35'W.

1. Captain Francisco Caso y Luengo, under Spanish Rule appointed Commandant of Arkansas Post in Arkansas.

1. Following the Louisiana Purchase, Arkansas Post became part of the United States.

1. Hot Springs, mapped by the William Dunbar-George Hunter expedition on the Ouachita River in Garland County, Arkansas. Coordinates 34°30'N-93°03'W. Attractions & Recreation : e.g. Ouachita National Forest.
2. March 23, Delaware native Lieutenant James B. Many, appointed Commander of Fort Madison in Arkansas, formerly Fort San Estevan de Arkansas. Died on February 23, 1852 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
3. March 26, the Rule of Commandants at Arkansas Post in Arkansas ended, when the United States took possesion of the post, following the Louisiana Purchase. Arkansas became part of Louisiana Territory.

1. March, Lieutenant Stephen Worrel, appointed Commander of Fort Madison in Arkansas, formerly Fort San Estevan de Arkansas.

2. June, Lieutenant Robert Weir Osborn, appointed Commander of Fort Madison in Arkansas, formerly Fort San Estevan de Arkansas.

1. Hot Springs county seat, settled in Garland County, Arkansas.

1. Arkansas population, 1,062 residents.

1. The steamboat 'New Orleans' called the city of Helena in Phillips County, Arkansas. The start of the Mississippi River traffic.

1. Batesville on the White River, founded by John Reed, seat of Independence County in Arkansas. Coordinates 35°46'N-91°39'W. Attractions & Recreation : White River Dam & Locks.
2. December 7, Arkansas became part of Missouri Territory.

1. Arkansas County established in Arkansas, seat De Witt.

1. Benton, settled on the Saline River and the Missouri-Texas Military in Saline County, Arkansas. Coordinates 34°34'N-92°35'W. Attractions & Recreation : Ouachita National Forest.
2. Lawrence County established in Arkansas, seat Walnut Ridge.

1. Army Fort Belle Point (later Fort Smith), established in Sebastian County, Arkansas.

1. Ferry services on the White River, began in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas.
2. Clark County established in Arkansas, seat Arkadelphia.
3. Hempstead County established in Arkansas, seat Hope.
4. Pulaski County established in Arkansas, seat Little Rock.

1. The Tate clan, family and slaves settled down near Ecore Fabre, now Camden in Arkansas.
2. March 2, Arkansas became a Territory.
3. July 4, James Miller, appointed governor of Arkansas (1819-March 4, 1825).
4. July 19, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River, became the first capital of Arkansas Territory, and first government organized.

1. Arkansas population, 14,273 residents.
2. Independence County established in Arkansas, seat Batesville.
3. Phillips County established in Arkansas, seat Helena.
4. October 18, Crawford County established in Arkansas, seat Van Buren.

1. Fort Smith, laid out on the Arkansas River in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Coordinates 35°23'N-94°25'W.
2. St. Francis (before Monticello) in Phillips County, Arkansas, renamed Helena.

1. Chicot County established in Arkansas, seat Lake Village.

1. Conway County established in Arkansas, seat Morrilton.
2. Crittenden County established in Arkansas, seat Marion.
3. Izard County established in Arkansas, seat Melbourne.
4. March 4, George Izard, appointed governor of Arkansas (1825-November 22, 1828).

1. Lafayette County established in Arkansas, seat Lewisville.
2. St. Francis County established in Arkansas, seat Forrest City.

1. Sevier County established in Arkansas, seat De Queen.
2. Washington County established in Arkansas, seat Fayetteville.
3. Washington Court House (later Fayetteville) on the White River, appointed seat of Washington County, Arkansas. Coordinates 36°04'N-94°10'W.
4. November 22, Arkansas governor George Izard died in office, and Kentucky born Robert Crittenden appointed acting governor of Arkansas Territory, (1828-March 9, 1829).

1. Hot Spring County established in Arkansas, seat Malvern.
2. Jackson County established in Arkansas, seat Newport.
3. Jefferson County established in Arkansas, seat Pine Bluff.
4. Pope County established in Arkansas, seat Russellville.
5. Union County established in Arkansas, seat El Dorado.
6. Washington Court House renamed Fayetteville, in Washington County, Arkansas.
7. March 9, John Pope, appointed governor of Arkansas (1829-March 9, 1835). Born in February, 1770 in Prince William County, Virginia, died on July 12, 1845 in Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, buried on Cemetery Hill in Springfield.

1. Arkansas population, 30,388 residents.
2. Helena, appointed seat of Phillips County in Arkansas.

1. Batesville on the White River, became a steamboat shipping point for farm products in Independence County, Arkansas.

1. Hot Springs National Park denied private ownership, the first federally protected area and first resort in the United States. Located near the Ouachita Mountains in central Arkansas, outside Hot Springs city in Garland County.

1. Carroll County established in Arkansas, seat Berryville.
2. Greene County established in Arkansas, seat Paragould.
3. Helena, incorporated as town in Phillips County, Arkansas.
4. Johnson County established in Arkansas, seat Clarksville.
5. Pike County established in Arkansas, seat Murfreesboro.
6. Scott County established in Arkansas, seat Waldron.
7. Van Buren County established in Arkansas, seat Clinton.

1. Marion County established in Arkansas, seat Yellville.
2. Randolph County established in Arkansas, seat Pocahontas.
3. Saline County established in Arkansas, seat Benton.
4. White County established in Arkansas, seat Searcy.
5. March 9, William S. Fulton, appointed governor of Arkansas (1835-September 13, 1836).

1. June 15, Arkansas AR, 25th state admitted to the Union

   Arkansas Today : nickname 'The Natural State', capital Little Rock. Area 53,182 sq.mi.(137.741km²) 29th largest state. Counties 75 : Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Northwest Arkansas, Ouachita, Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saint Francis, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, Stone, Union, Van Buren, Washington, White, Woodruff, Yell. Attractions & Recreation : Arkansas Post National Memorial, Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, Beaver Lake, Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Blue Mountain Lake, Buffalo National River, Bull Shoals Lake, Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Crowley's Ridge Parkway, Dardanelle Lake, DeGray Lake, DeQueen Lake, Dierks Lake, Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Smith National Historic Site, Gillham Lake, Greers Ferry Lake, Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Hot Springs National Park, Jessieville Visitor Center, John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake, Lake Greeson, Lake Ouachita, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Mammoth Spring National Fish Hatchery, Mid America Science Museum, Millwood Lake, Murray Lock & Dam, Museum of Discovery, Nimrod Lake, Norfolk Lake, Norfolk National Fish Hatchery, Norrell Lock & Dam, Ouachita National Forest, Overflow National Wildlife Refuge, Ozark Lake, Ozark-St.Francis National Forests, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Pool 3, 4 and 5 Locks & Dams, Rockefeller Lake-Ormand Lock & Dam, Toad Suck Ferry Lock & Dam, Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge, White River National Wildlife Refuge, Wilbur D. Mills Lock & Dam, William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum.
2. Arkansas College was founded as Batesville Academy in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas.
3. Benton County established in Arkansas, seat Bentonville.
4. Fayettevill, incorporated in Washington County, Arkansas.
5. Madison County established in Arkansas, seat Huntsville.
6. Old State House constructed in Little Rock, Arkansas.
7. September 13, James Sevier Conway, elected governor of Arkansas (1836-November 4, 1840).

1. Franklin County established in Arkansas, seat Ozark.

1. Blakelytown in Clark County, Arkansas, name changed into Arkadelphia.
2. Desha County established in Arkansas, seat Arkansas City.
3. Poinsett County established in Arkansas, seat Harrisburg.
4. Searcy County established in Arkansas, seat Marshall.

1. Camden laid off as town, seat of Ouachita County in Arkansas.
2. Fayette Female Seminary established in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.
3. Monroe County established in Arkansas, seat Clarendon.

1. Arkansas population, 97,574 residents.
2. Bradley County established in Arkansas, seat Warren.
3. Perry County established in Arkansas, seat Perryville.
4. Yell County established in Arkansas, seat Danville.
5. November 4, Archibald Yell, elected governor of Arkansas (1840-April 29, 1844).

1. Batesville incorporated as a town in Independence County, Arkansas.

1. Arkadelphia, on the Ouachita River, appointed seat of Clark County in Arkansas. Coordinates 34°07'N-93°04'W
2. Fort Smith incorporated as town in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
3. Fulton County established in Arkansas, seat Salem.
4. Montgomery County established in Arkansas, seat Mount Ida.
5. Newton County established in Arkansas, seat Jasper.
6. Ouachita County established in Arkansas, seat Camden.
7. November 29, Ouachita County formed in Arkansas, by Governor Archibald Yell. Cities/Towns : Amy, Barham, Bearden, Bragg City, Buena Vista, Camark, Camden, Chidester, Cross Roads, Cullendale, Eagle Mills, East Camden, Elliott, Fairview, Frenchport, Good Hope, Harmony, Grove, Herbert, Joyce City, Kent, Kirkland, Lakeside, Lester, Lester Junction, Liberty, Louann, Lunet, Millers Bluff, Millville, Ogemaw, Pace City, Red Hill, Rendezvous, Salem, Sayre, Shumaker, Smead, Snow Hill, Spring Hill, Standard Umpstead, Stephens, Tates Bluff, Troy, Vanduzer, Velie, Warner.

1. Camden, appointed seat of Ouachita County, Arkansas. Coordinates 33°35'N-92°50'W. Attractions & Recreation : Poison Spring Battleground Historical Monument, White Oak Lake.
2. El Dorado founded in Union County, Arkansas. Coordinates 33°13'N-92°40'W.

1. Camden incorporated in Ouachita County, Arkansas.
2. Polk County established in Arkansas, seat Mena.
3. April 29, Samuel Adams, appointed acting governor of Arkansas (1844-November 5, 1844).
4. November, Thomas Stevenson Drew, elected governor of Arkansas (1844-January 10, 1849).

1. Dallas County established in Arkansas, seat Fordyce.
2. El Dorado incorporated as town in Union County, Arkansas.

1. Batesville incorporated as a city in Independence County, Arkansas.
2. Dew County established in Arkansas, seat Monticello.
3. Prairie County established in Arkansas, seat Des Arc.

1. Ashley County established in Arkansas, seat Hamburg.
2. Benton, incorporated as a city in Saline County, Arkansas.

1. January 10, Richard C. Byrd, appointed acting governor of Arkansas (1849-April 19, 1849).
2. April 19, John Selden Roane, elected fourth governor of Arkansas (1849-November 15, 1852). Born on January 18, 1817 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee. Lawyer and first prosecuting attorney for the Second Judicial District in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas. Served as a brigadier general in the Civil War, fought the battles of Buena Vista(Mexican War) and Prairie Grove. Died on April 8, 1867 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Buried in Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
   

1. Arkansas population, 209,897 residents.
2. Calhoun County established in Arkansas, seat Hampton.

1. Sebastian County established in Arkansas, seat Fort Smith.
2. Fort Smith incorporated as city in Sebastian County, Arkansas.

1. Arkansas College established in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.
2. Columbia County established in Arkansas, seat Magnolia.
3. November 15, Elias Nelson Conway, elected fifth governor of Arkansas (1852-November 16, 1860).

1. Helena, incorporated as city in Phillips County, Arkansas.

1. Arkadelphia incorporated in Clark County, Arkansas.

1. Craighead County established in Arkansas, seat Jonesboro.
2. Fayetteville received a city charter, in Washington County, Arkansas.

1. Arkansas population, 435,450 residents.
2. November 16, Henry Massey Rector, elected governor of Arkansas (1860-November 4, 1862).

1. The Battle of Prairie Grove, fought nearby Fayetteville in Washington County, Arkansas. Resulting in Federal control over northwest Arkansas. Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park is in Prarie Grove, AR.
2. Confederate troops constructed Fort Hindman at the Arkansas Post in Arkansas.
3. Cross County established in Arkansas, seat Wynne.
4. Miller County established in Arkansas, seat Texarkana.
5. Woodruff County established in Arkansas, seat Augusta.
6. March 7, Beginning of the Battle of Pea Ridge (also called Elk Tavern) nearby Bentonville in Benton County, Arkansas. Fought by 26,000 soldiers including 1,000 Cherokee Native Americans. Union Army forces under Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis defeated Confederate forces led by Major General Earl Van Dorn. Today Pea Ridge National Military Park is the most intact Civil War battlefield in the U.S.
7. July, John S. Phelps, appointed U.S. military governor of Arkansas (1862-July 1863).
8. November 15, Harris Flanagin, elected governor of Arkansas (1862-May 28, 1865).

1. Union troops destroyed Fort Hindman at the Arkansas Post in Arkansas, ensuring control of the Arkansas River.
2. April 18, the Battle of Fayetteville fought, in Washington County, Arkansas. The Confederates under Brigadier General William L. Cabell failed to achieve their goal of driving Cololonel Marcus La Rue Harrison's Union forces out of Fayetteville. Shortly after the battle, Federal authorities ordered the abandonment of the Fayetteville post, but the Union troops returned in September.

1. April 18, Isaac Murphy, elected governor of Arkansas (1864-July 2, 1868).

1. Forrest City founded, by Tennessee born Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, in St. Francis County, Arkansas. Coordinates 35°01'N-90°47'W.

1. Fayetteville city charter abolished, in Washington County, Arkansas.
2. March 5, Little River County organized in Arkansas, county seat Ashdown. Area 532 sq.mi. (1.378km²).

1. Sharp County established in Arkansas, seat Ash Flat.
2. July 2, Powell Clayton, elected governor of Arkansas (1868-March 17, 1871).

1. Boone County established in Arkansas, seat Harrison.
2. Fayetteville, reincorporated as town in Washington County, Arkansas.
3. Grant County established in Arkansas, seat Sheridan.
4. Harrison, appointed seat of Boone County in Arkansas. Coordinates 36°14N-93°07'W..

1. Arkansas population, 484,471 residents.
2. Arkansas City, founded in Cowley County, Arkansas. Successively named Walnut City, Adelphi and Creswell. Coordinates 37°04'N-97°02'W. Attractions & Recreation : Cowley County State Lake .
3. Forrest City incorporated in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
4. The City of Jacksonviile in Pulaski County, Arkansas, named after Nicholas Jackson who donated land for a railroad depot site.

1. Arkansas Industrial University founded in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.
2. Conway, founded in Faulkner County, Arkansas. Coordinates 35°05'N-92°26'W. Attractions & Recreation : Conway Lake
3. Lincoln County established in Arkansas, seat Star City.
4. Logan County established in Arkansas, seat Booneville and Paris.
5. Nevada County established in Arkansas, seat Prescott.
6. University of Arkansas, founded in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. The story is that a member of the legislature took a bribe and changed a vote of the university issue and the college was established in Fayetteville instead of Batesville. (credit Terik Ororke)
7. March 17, Ozra Amander Hadley, appointed acting governor of Arkansas (1871-January 6, 1873).

1. Arkansas City incorporated in Cowley County, Arkansas.

1. Baxter County established in Arkansas, seat Mountain Home.
2. Clay County established in Arkansas, seat Piggott.
3. Cleveland County established in Arkansas, seat Rison.
4. Faulkner County established in Arkansas, seat Conway
5. Garland County established in Arkansas, seat Hot Springs.
6. Howard County established in Arkansas, seat Nashville.
7. Lee County established in Arkansas, seat Marianna.
8. Lonoke County established in Arkansas, seat Lonoke.
9. Stone County established in Arkansas, seat Mountain View.
10. January 6, Elisha Baxter, elected governor of Arkansas (1873-November 12, 1874).
11. April 5, Garland County founded in Arkansas, county seat Hot Springs.

1. Arkadelphia became a city of 'second class' in Clark County, Arkansas.
2. November 12, Augustus Hill Garland, elected governor of Arkansas (1874-January 11, 1877).

1. Conway, incorporated in Faulkner County, Arkansas.

1. Harrison, incorporated as town in Boone County, Arkansas.
2. Hot Springs town, incorporated in Garland County, Arkansas.
3. The railroad arrived in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas.

1. January 11, William Read Miller, elected governor of Arkansas (1877-January 11, 1881).

1. June 12, Benjamin-Louis-Eulalie de Bonneville, died in Forth Smith, Arkansas. French born U.S. army engineer, frontiersman and explorer of the Rocky Mountains.

1. Eureka Springs founded in Carroll County, Arkansas. Coordinates 36°24'N-93°34'W. Attractions & Recreation : Beaver Dam & Reservoir, Christ of the Ozarks statue, Magnetic Mountain, Onyx Cave,

1. Arkansas population, 802,525 residents.
2. Blytheville, founded by a Methodist minister, Henry T. Blythe, located in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Coordinates : 35°56'N-89°55'W.

1. January 11, Thomas James Churchill, elected governor of Arkansas (1881-January 9, 1883).

1. Cleburne County established in Arkansas, seat Heber Springs.
2. Mississippi County established in Arkansas, seat Blytheville and Osceola.
3. January 9, James Henderson Berry, elected governor of Arkansas (1883-January 13, 1885).

1. Arkansas Baptist College founded by colored Baptists in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

1. January 13, Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. elected governor of Arkansas (1885-January 8, 1889).

1. The town of Hot Springs became a city in Garland County, Arkansas.
2. Ouachita Baptist University, established in Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas.

1. Arkansas Post on March 1787. Grenoble born, French Captain Don Joseph Bernard Vallière d'Hauterive appointed Commandant - under Spanish Rule - of the Arkansas Post on the Arkansas River near Gillett in Arkansas County, Arkansas. Arkansas Post initially a fort and trading post with the local Quapaw Native Americans, later a civilian hamlet, trading house and entrepot settled in 1686 by Henri de Tonti at Osotouy a Quapaw village. The first semi-permanent European colony in the Mississippi River Valley. For his services, the French Commandant received a land grand from the Spanish Crown of about 6,000,000 acres.

1. July, Captain Juan Ignace Delino de Chalmette, under Spanish Rule appointed Commandant of Arkansas Post in Arkansas.

1. July 11, Captain Carlos Melchior de Villemont, under Spanish Rule appointed Commandant of Arkansas Post in Arkansas.

1. Harrison, appointed seat of Boone County in Arkansas. Coordinates 36°14N-93°07'W. Attractions & Recreation : Bull Shoals Lake, Ozark National Forest, State Park.

1. Harrison, incorporated as town in Boone County, Arkansas.

1. Hot Springs, mapped by the William Dunbar-George Hunter expedition on the Ouachita River in Garland County, Arkansas. Coordinates 34°30'N-93°03'W. Attractions & Recreation : e.g. Ouachita National Forest.

1. Hot Springs county seat, settled in Garland County, Arkansas.

1. Hot Springs National Park denied private ownership, the first federally protected area and first resort in the United States. Located near the Ouachita Mountains in central Arkansas, outside Hot Springs city in Garland County.

1. Garland County established in Arkansas, seat Hot Springs.

1. Hot Springs town, incorporated in Garland County, Arkansas.

1. The town of Hot Springs became a city in Garland County, Arkansas.

1. Monticello (later St. Francis, present Helena), settled on the Mississippi River in Phillips County, AR. Coordinates 34°32'N- 90°35'W.

1. The steamboat 'New Orleans' called the city of Helena in Phillips County, AR. The start of the Mississippi River traffic.

1. St. Francis (before Monticello) in Phillips County, AR, renamed Helena.

1. Helena, appointed seat of Phillips County in Arkansas.

1. Helena, incorporated as town in Phillips County, AR.

1. Helena, incorporated as city in Phillips County, AR.