Arkansas: From a Territory to the Civil War

Arkansas Post is named the territorial capital

Mar 2, 1819

Arkansas: From a Territory to the Civil War

Period: Mar 2, 1819 to May 6, 1861

James Miller becomes the first governor o f Arkansas

Mar 3, 1819

Arkansas becomes a Territory

Jul 4, 1819

William Woodruff established the Arkansas Gazette

Nov 20, 1819

Capital is moved to Little Rock

Mar 27, 1821

George Izard became governor of Arkansas Territory

Mar 4, 1825

Crittenden and Conway duel

Mar 27, 1827

Political Warfare between the “Family “ and the Whigs began

Mar 27, 1831

The Old State House was built and became the HQ for Arkansas’s Government

Mar 27, 1833

Arkansas becomes the 25th state

Jun 15, 1836

Banking Crisis in Arkansas

Mar 28, 1837

The banks began giving money to friends and other people .
The banks started going bankrupt.

The Wilson-Anthony Stabbing

Dec 4, 1837

Wilson stabed Anothony and was not convicted of murd but was drpped outof the legislature.

The Mexican American War

Mar 28, 1846

The United States won and the end of conflict between Texas and Mexico

The Song “The Arkansas Traveler” was established

Mar 28, 1847

Compromise of 1850

Mar 28, 1850

It hadto deal with the Missiruo comprimes

Kansas Nebraska Act

Mar 28, 1854

To open up new lands for settlement

Abraham Lincoln is elected President

Nov 22, 1860

Surrender of the Arsenal at Little Rock

Feb 28, 1861

Civil War begins

Mar 28, 1861

Memphis and Little Rock Rail Road opens

May 6, 1861

Those were the only two railroads at the time. In the south.

Arkansas Votes not secede from the Union

May 6, 1861

Arkansas Joins the confederacy

May 8, 1861