Arkansas is a state in central south USA.
Arkansas was first settled by the French in 1685. It formed a part of the Louisiana cession and was included in the territory called Louisiana until 1812 and then Missouri Territory until 1819, when it was organized as a separate territory, including Indian Territory. Arkansas became a State on June the 15th, 1836. At first the opposition to secession in 1861 was very strong, but upon the call of President Abraham Lincoln for troops an ordinance of secession was passed on May the 6th, 1861. The Federal troops captured Little Rock in 1863, and a loyal State government was organized. The State was re-admitted to the Union on June the 23rd, 1868. The Republicans-controlled the State from this time until 1874. Two rival factions of that party caused an armed collision. Federal troops restored order and President Grant recognized Brooks, the Republican candidate, as Governor. A new Constitution was adopted in 1874.
The surface of Arkansas in the east is low, flat, and swampy, densely wooded, and subject to frequent inundations from the numerous Streams which water it. Towards the centre it becomes more diversified, presenting many undulating slopes and hills of moderate elevation. In the west it rises still higher, being traversed by a range of hills called the Ozark, which attains a height of 6100 meters some peaks rising to 9000. In various parts the prairies are of great extent; the forests also are very magnificent, containing fine specimens, principally of oak, hickory, ash, cotton, linden, maple, locust, and pine. The principal rivers, all tributaries of the Mississippi, are the Arkansas, the Red River, the St Francis, and the Washita. Near the centre of the state are warm springs, much resorted to for chronic rheumatic and paralytic affections. The climate, though on the whole mild, is subject to great extremes of heat and cold, and in the lower districts is unhealthy to new settlers.
The Arkansas is a river in the south central USA, rising in central Colorado and flowing east and south-east 2335 km to join the Mississippi in Arkansas. Research Arkansas
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