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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...
Beginning around 11,700 B.C.E., the first indigenous people inhabited the area now known as Arkansas after crossing today's Bering Strait, formerly Beringia. [3] The first people in modern-day Arkansas likely hunted woolly mammoths by running them off cliffs or using Clovis points, and began to fish as major rivers began to thaw towards the end of the last great ice age. [4]
Etzanoa is located in present-day Arkansas City, Kansas, near the Arkansas River. [3] In 1601, Juan de Oñate visited the city of Etzanoa. Oñate and the other explorers who accompanied him called the city "the Great Settlement". Etzanoa may have been home to about 20,000 people at the time Oñate and his expedition found and explored the city. [4]
The southeastern part of Arkansas along the Mississippi Alluvial Plain is sometimes called the Arkansas Delta. This region is a flat landscape of rich alluvial soils formed by repeated flooding of the adjacent Mississippi. Farther from the river, in the southeastern part of the state, the Grand Prairie has a more undulating landscape.
Jurisdiction Recommended by USGPO [1] Alternatives Official Unofficial Archaic Non-English Alabama Alabamian Alabaman [2] Alaska Alaskan Russian: аляскинец, romanized: alyaskinets [3]
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Kansas: May 12, 1832: Kansa via French: kką:ze via Cansez [41] Named after the Kansas River, [42] [43] which in turn was named after the Kaw or Kansas tribe. [9] The name seems to be connected to the idea of "wind". [44] Kentucky: April 28, 1728: Iroquoian (see Meaning and notes) Originally referring to the Kentucky River.
New address, same issues: Why John Calipari's spiraling debut season at Arkansas mirrors his fall from favor at Kentucky Jeff Eisenberg January 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM