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Hernando de Soto of Spain was the first European to explore Arkansas.
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Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, reaches the Arkansas on his way to the mouth of the Mississippi. He visits a Quapaw village and claims the land in the name of King Louis XIV.
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Arkansas, which has been part of Missouri Territory since 1812, is detached and made a territory.
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The capital moves from Arkansas Post to Little Rock.
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Arkansas became the 25th state, with Little Rock as its capital.
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Signing of legislation ordering all free Negroes out of Arkansas by the end of the year.
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Ratification of a new constitution restoring the franchise to all whites and guaranteeing full civil rights for blacks ends the Reconstruction era.
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Diamonds found near Murfreesboro, which becomes the site of the only diamond mine in the United States.
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Discovery of oil near El Dorado triggers a boom.
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Governor Clinton announces he will run for the presidency of the United States. Lt. Governor Jim Guy Tucker becomes acting Governor in Clinton's absence.
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