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The settlement of Arkansas, 1820- 1880, was. only a. part of a larger contemporary movement- the westward. spread of the population of the United States over almost. half a continent. The reasons why people moved to Ar-. kansas are as varied as the causes of the westward move-.
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Aug 11, 2011 · The first English speaking settlers were Tennesseans, Kentuckians and Alabamians. The earliest came down the Mississippi River, and then penetrating Arkansas.
They subsequently moved to Randolph County. Maude Dalton (b. November 22, 1886, Ingram, Arkansas), daughter of David (Tim) Dalton and half-sister to Elijah, father of Randolph County historian, Lawrence Dalton, became the bride of John Harper in 1901.2 (2 Ibid., p. 266.)
Jul 20, 2023 · Midway in the Civil War, Harper moved to Van Buren (Crawford County) and established a law practice. Like his father, Harper was a Republican.
Aug 3, 2023 · Explorers. On June 18, 1541, Hernando de Soto ’s Spanish expeditionary force crossed the Mississippi River and became the first Europeans to enter Arkansas. For the next two years, the Spaniards explored through Arkansas with a large number of captive Indians.
Apr 27, 2021 · What did the early settlers of the new Arkansas territory see when they arrived? When European explorers and early settlers first came to what is now Arkansas, they encountered not an unbroken forest, but a diverse patchwork of dense forests, open woodlands, and treeless grasslands.
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Three days later, after a circuitous trek of 57 miles over two mountains and the Potomac (via Boonsboro, Williamsport, and Martinsburg), the head of Jackson’s wing approached Harpers Ferry from the west, debouching on School House Ridge.
