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Arkansas jointed the United States territories in 1804 with the Louisiana Purchase, and its reputation in history at the time was a "violent and lawless place run by a handful of crooked men,"
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Arkansas became a cotton state. With numerous slaves brought to the area to run the cotton plantations that were an important.
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Arkansas joined the Deep South states that had chosen to secede from the Union.
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The Flood of 1927 devastated Arkansas. It was considered "the most destructive and costly flood in Arkansas history and one of the worst in the history of the Nation
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brought about by the Brown V. Board of Education decision in Topeka, Kansas, in 1954, was a slow and difficult process in Arkansas. The problems at Little Rock Central High School became "a national and international symbol of resistance to desegregation.
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The creation of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System was the largest Corps of Engineers project ever created when it was completed in the 1970s.
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The bodies of 14 relatives of R. Gene Simmons were found at his home near Dover, Ark., following a shooting spree by Simmons in Russellville that claimed two other lives.
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Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton died in Little Rock, Ark., at age 74.
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Bill Clinton, governor of Arkansas, was elected as the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President Bush, who won 38% of the popular vote.
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The state of Arkansas executed convicted cop-killer Rickey Ray Rector after Gov. Bill Clinton refused to intervene.