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Arkansas History

By Kristen.Garner

  • Arkansas joins the U.S.A.

    Arkansas became a state on June 15, 1836.

  • Battle of Pea Ridge

    Battle of Pea Ridge in northwest Arkansas. A Confederate advance north is rebuffed.

  • Reconstruction Act

    Congress passes the Reconstruction Act, which voids the government of Arkansas and nine other southern states.

  • University of Arkansas

    The University of Arkansas opens up in Fayetteville.

  • Brooks-Baxter War

    Month-long "Brooks-Baxter War" between rival claimants to the governorship ends when President Ulysses S Grant orders the forces of the former to disperse.

  • DIAMONDS!!!!!

    Diamonds found near Murfreesboro, which becomes the site of the only diamond mine in the United States.

  • The Flood

    This flood was the most devastating and most costly flood of all time.

  • Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine started going to school.

  • Running for President

    Governor Clinton announces he will run for the presidency of the United States. Lt. Governor Jim Guy Tucker becomes acting Governor in Clinton's absence. October 18 sees the last issue of the Arkansas Gazette, the "oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi."

  • PRESIDENT???

    Bill Clinton is elected the 42nd President of the United States. Lieutenant Governor Jim Guy Tucker becomes governor.