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  2. History of Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

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    The first English settlers in Virginia chose Jamestown Island largely because they had been advised by the Virginia Company to select a location that was easily defensible. An additional benefit of the site was that the land was not occupied by Indians (Native Americans). This was largely due to the inhospitable terrain and poor conditions ...

  4. Scott Plantation Settlement - Wikipedia

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    He was one of the first settlers to the area of Scott. The land was gifted for the site creation by Virginia Alexander, and her daughter, Joan Dietz, is credited with the early organizing of the settlement park. The dogtrot log house on at the settlement is believed to be the second oldest still existing in the state, built in 1840 by Ashley.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]

  6. First Families of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Because most of Virginia's leading families recognized Charles II as King following the execution of Charles I in 1649, Charles II reputedly called Virginia his "Old Dominion" – a nickname that endures today. The affinity of many early Virginia settlers for the Crown led to the term "distressed Cavaliers", often applied to the Virginia ...

  7. Culture of Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Early Arkansas settlers relied on honey bee honey and sorghum for sweetening food, with store-bought sugar or candy used only rarely. Settlers would "course the bees" to their hive, retrieve the hive to their farm, and store the bees in a bee gum in a black gum tree . [ 25 ]

  8. Arlington Historical Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Arlington Historical Museum in Arlington, Virginia houses a comprehensive artifact collection on rotating display. [1] Its exhibits interpret the history of the area from Captain John Smith's encounter with Algonquin Native Americans in 1608 to the near-present, including a section of the Pentagon wall that was destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks.

  9. List of United States post office murals - Wikipedia

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    Early Settlers of Osceola, Arkansas: Orville A. Carroll: 1939 destroyed by fire in 1966 Paris Post Office, in Paris: Rural Arkansas: Joseph Vorst: 1940 Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition: 1998 Piggott Post Office, in Piggott: Air Mail: Daniel Rhodes: 1941 Mural featured on 2019 Post Office Murals stamp set Pocahontas Post Office, Pocahontas