National Arkansas Day
Starting the week of Independence Day and ending with Hawaii, We feature a small portion of each states' past, foods, and the people who make up the state. Several states have their own state celebrations. There's so much more to explore that we can't help but celebrate our beautiful country even more.
When French and Spanish explorers first arrived in the area, Arkansas teems with streams, lakes, and rivers, Osage, Caddo, Quapaw tribes were populated by Osage, Caddo, Quapaw tribes. The Mississippi River is the southern boundary of the Mississippi River in its eastern border. Little Rock may be the state's capital, but Arkansas is also known for large rocks and a slew of rocks and minerals. It's the Quartz Crystal Capital of the World, with the world's first diamond mine, and the Magnet Cove area contains 102 varieties of minerals.
Arkansas is a state of Arkansas, with over half of the state forested and more than 1 million acres in Ozark National Forest. However, that isn't all that contributes to the apt name.
Hot Springs National Park became America's first national park in what later became the National Park System.. Officials understood the hot springs' unique characteristics and requested that the area be set aside and covered when Arkansas was still a territory. On April 20, 1832, President Andrew Jackson signed legislation naming four sections of land that included the hot springs and adjacent mountains "that" will not be entered, found, or appropriated for any other use whatsoever."
What's in a name
When Arkansas first became a state in 1836, how to pronounce the name of the 25th state was up for discussion. Was it Arkan-saw or Ar-kansas? When the State General Assembly passed Concurrent Resolution No. 4, the issue was settled in 1881. The issue was settled in 1881. The state's name would be pronounced Arkan-saw and spelled Arkansas, according to the state's website.
Our hearts and minds have been left on our hearts and minds by those who have called Arkansas home. Many more people in Arkansas, including legendary Johnny Cash and talented writers Scott Joplin and Roberta Martin, to writers Ernest Hemmingway and Maya Angelou, and many more have found a home at some time.
Arkansas swells with delta, Civil War era, the blues and jazz, and Western migration history, nestled along the Mississippi River. The worst maritime disaster in the United States has occurred on the Mississippi River just north of Marion, Arkansas. The Sultana steamboat, which was larger than the Titanic disaster, exploded on April 27, 1865, just weeks after the Civil War and President Lincoln's assassination of President Lincoln. Over 1,800 souls were killed. Over 1,800 souls were killed.
