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The Arkansas Post (French: Poste de Arkansea; Spanish: Puesto de Arkansas), formally the Arkansas Post National Memorial, was the first European settlement in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and present-day U.S. state of Arkansas. In 1686, Henri de Tonti established it on behalf of Louis XIV of France for the purpose of trading with the Quapaw ...
Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe [1] [2] (4 February 1683 in Saint-Malo – 26 September 1765) was a French explorer who is credited with using the name "Little Rock" in 1722 for a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River used by early travelers as a landmark. Little Rock, Arkansas was subsequently named for the landmark.
Highway 319W at Cadron Settlement Ln. Conway: A Trail of Tears site, [6] with early French and American settlements. 5: Castleberry-Harrington Historic District: Castleberry-Harrington Historic District: June 5, 2007 : Castleberry Rd.
Chicago, although not a French place name in itself, shikaakwa or "wild onion" in the Native-American Miami-Illinois language, the pronunciation of the "chi" (as opposed to the "chi" as in China) is the result of early French settlement; Claremont ("Clear Mountain") [85] Colmar (after the Alsatian city) [85] Creve Coeur ("Heartbreak"; early ...
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]
Ozark Medieval Fortress was a project designed to construct an accurate replica of a 13th-century French castle in Lead Hill, Arkansas. [1] Construction was carried out on the site using only materials and techniques appropriate to the 13th century. [2] The ground was broken in 2009, with the expectation that completion would have taken about ...
In April 1682, they arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi; they planted a cross and a column bearing the arms of the king of France. In 1686 de Tonti left 6 men near the Quapaw village of Osotouy, creating the settlement of Arkansas Post. De Tonti's Arkansas Post would be the first European settlement in the Lower Mississippi River valley.
The building currently is Arkansas headquarters for Regions Bank. 1975 – Central Arkansas Library System headquartered in city. [47] 1976 – Arkansas Repertory Theatre founded. 1979 Webster Hubbell becomes mayor. Arkansas State Library and Arkansas Census State Data Center headquartered in Little Rock. 1980 – Population: 158,461. [28]