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Arkansas Post is named the territorial capital
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Arkansas: From a Territory to the Civil War
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James Miller becomes the first governor o f Arkansas
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Arkansas becomes a Territory
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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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Crittenden and Conway duel
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Political Warfare between the “Family “ and the Whigs began
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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 banks began giving money to friends and other people .
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The Wilson-Anthony Stabbing
Wilson stabed Anothony and was not convicted of murd but was drpped outof the legislature. -
The Mexican American War
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The Song “The Arkansas Traveler” was established
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Compromise of 1850
It hadto deal with the Missiruo comprimes -
Kansas Nebraska Act
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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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Memphis and Little Rock Rail Road opens
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Arkansas Votes not secede from the Union
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Arkansas Joins the confederacy
