When the first Europeans arrived on the current territory of Arkansas, the region was then populated by Indian tribes: Osages, Caddos, Cherokees, Choctaw and Arkansas. Already visited by Spaniard Hernando de Soto in 1541-1542, the territory of Arkansas is again explored in the eighteenth century by the French Jacques inlay (1673) and Robert Cavelier da Sala (1682). In 1686, Henri de Tonty melts a trade counter not far from the confluence point of Arkansas and Mississippi. As part of French Louisiana, Arkansas is surrendered to the United States in 1803, under the Louisiana purchase.
The region became an autonomous federal territory in 1819. When Little Rock was founded in 1820, the territory has only 14 273 inhabitants. It is however from this date that affluent cotton growers, accompanied by slaves, and from 1830, the population is created with 30 388 inhabitants. When Arkansas joined just the Union in 1836, as the twenty-fifth American state. In the middle of the nineteenth century, the exploitation of forest resources and the opening of a line of steamships over the Mississippi favor demographic growth, and in 1860, the state’s population was 435,450, of which 111,307 were slaves.
A slave state, Arkansas made a secession in 1861, despite an important antiseparatist current. Nordistes is regained in 1862-1863, during the Sécession war (1861-1865). The Reconstruction period is marked by a difficult economic situation. Arkansas was in the Union only in 1868.
After World War II, Arkansas is violently opposed to federal racial desegregation policy (see Black Americans); in 1957, in particular, its governor Orval Faubus, supported by the white population, mobilized the State National Guard to prevent racial integration in Little Rock schools. American President Dwight Eisenhower must then intervene with federal gangs to ensure the protection of black children. The 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, was governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992.
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Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas
The state University of Arkansas has its main campus in Fayetteville. However, this is only one, albeit the most important, of a total of 6 locations. Other locations include Little Rock, Monitcello, Pine Bluff and Fort Smith. The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has approximately 24,000 students, making it the largest university in the state. It was founded in 1899. The university gained special renown through its research and teaching in the fields of architecture, agriculture and economics. Well-known university professors were Bill and Hillary Clinton, both law professors.
| Contact | www.uark.edu/home/ |
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro
The state-owned Arkansas State University is located in Jonesboro in northeast Arkansas and is the second most important university in the state with approximately 10,000 students. It was founded in 1909 as the First District Agricultural and Mechanical College. It has only been given its current name since 1967.
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Public Schools in Arkansas by County
- Arkansas Arkansas County Public Schools
- Arkansas Ashley County Public Schools
- Arkansas Baxter County Public Schools
- Arkansas Benton County Public Schools
- Arkansas Boone County Public Schools
- Arkansas Bradley County Public Schools
- Arkansas Calhoun County Public Schools
- Arkansas Carroll County Public Schools
- Arkansas Chicot County Public Schools
- Arkansas Clark County Public Schools
- Arkansas Clay County Public Schools
- Arkansas Cleburne County Public Schools
- Arkansas Cleveland County Public Schools
- Arkansas Columbia County Public Schools
- Arkansas Conway County Public Schools
- Arkansas Craighead County Public Schools
- Arkansas Crawford County Public Schools
- Arkansas Crittenden County Public Schools
- Arkansas Cross County Public Schools
- Arkansas Dallas County Public Schools
- Arkansas Desha County Public Schools
- Arkansas Drew County Public Schools
- Arkansas Faulkner County Public Schools
- Arkansas Franklin County Public Schools
- Arkansas Fulton County Public Schools
- Arkansas Garland County Public Schools
- Arkansas Grant County Public Schools
- Arkansas Greene County Public Schools
- Arkansas Hempstead County Public Schools
- Arkansas Hot Spring County Public Schools
- Arkansas Howard County Public Schools
- Arkansas Independence County Public Schools
- Arkansas Izard County Public Schools
- Arkansas Jackson County Public Schools
- Arkansas Jefferson County Public Schools
- Arkansas Johnson County Public Schools
- Arkansas Lafayette County Public Schools
- Arkansas Lawrence County Public Schools
- Arkansas Lee County Public Schools
- Arkansas Lincoln County Public Schools
- Arkansas Little River County Public Schools
- Arkansas Logan County Public Schools
- Arkansas Lonoke County Public Schools
- Arkansas Madison County Public Schools
- Arkansas Marion County Public Schools
- Arkansas Miller County Public Schools
- Arkansas Mississippi County Public Schools
- Arkansas Monroe County Public Schools
- Arkansas Montgomery County Public Schools
- Arkansas Nevada County Public Schools
- Arkansas Newton County Public Schools
- Arkansas Ouachita County Public Schools
- Arkansas Perry County Public Schools
- Arkansas Phillips County Public Schools
- Arkansas Pike County Public Schools
- Arkansas Poinsett County Public Schools
- Arkansas Polk County Public Schools
- Arkansas Pope County Public Schools
- Arkansas Prairie County Public Schools
- Arkansas Pulaski County Public Schools
- Arkansas Randolph County Public Schools
- Arkansas Saline County Public Schools
- Arkansas Scott County Public Schools
- Arkansas Searcy County Public Schools
- Arkansas Sebastian County Public Schools
- Arkansas Sevier County Public Schools
- Arkansas Sharp County Public Schools
- Arkansas ST. Francis County Public Schools
- Arkansas Stone County Public Schools
- Arkansas Union County Public Schools
- Arkansas Van Buren County Public Schools
- Arkansas Washington County Public Schools
- Arkansas White County Public Schools
- Arkansas Woodruff County Public Schools
- Arkansas Yell County Public Schools