Arkansas history

By Sebastian Fain

  • The French Revolution

  • George Washington becomes the first president

  • Henry Rowe Schoolcraft explores Arkansas

  • Napoleon forces Spain to sign the secret treaty.

  • Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president

  • Lewis and clark explore the northern Louisiana purchase

  • Thomas jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from france

  • Dunbar and Hunter explore the Ouachita River and Hot Springs

  • Freeman and Custis explore the Red River

  • New Madrid earthquakes

  • War of 1812

  • Fort Smith is established

  • Thomas Nuttall explores Arkansas

  • Congress approves the Missouri compromise

  • Quapaw Treaty

  • The Territory of Arkansas is established

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