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Arkansas becomes a territory
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Arkansas Post is named the territorial capital
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Antebellum Arkansas
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James Miller becomes the first governor o f Arkansas
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William Woodruff established the Arkansas Gazette
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Capital is moved to Little Rock
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George Izard became governor of Arkansas Territory
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Political Warfare between the “Family “and the Whigs began
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Crittenden and Conway duel
When Conway called Crittenden a liar in a published letter, Crittenden sent Conway a challenge. The two met on October 29, just across the Mississippi River from Montgomery’s Point at the confluence of the White and Mississippi rivers. Conway fired first but only grazed Crittenden’s coat. Crittenden’s first shot struck Conway, and he died eleven days later. -
The Old State House was built and became the HQ for Arkansas’s government
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Arkansas becomes the 25th state
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Banking Crisis in Arkansas
The bank was accused of coruption, the one bank's files mysteriously dissapeared. Teses accusations caused the bank to close. -
The Wilson-Anthony Stabbing
Wilson told Anthony to sit down and anthony refused so wilson came after anthony then pulled his knife ot and kiled him. The outcome was that wilson didnt get convicted of murder but was dropped from his position in the legislature. -
The Mexican American War
A war between the U.S.A. and Mexico over Texas, U.S.A. won and Mexico accepted the Rio Grande as their border. They owed the U.S. 18 million But we forgave their debt. -
The Song “The Arkansas Traveler” was established
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Compromise of 1850
A package of Five Bills, passed in September 1850, which defused a 4 year confrontation between the slave states of the south and free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during Mexican American war -
Memphis and Little Rock Rail Road opens
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Kansas Nebraska Act
Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty wheter they would allow slavery within each territory. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected President
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Surrender of the Arsenal at Little Rock
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Civil War begins
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Arkansas Votes not secede from the Union
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Arkansas Joins the confederacy
