What is 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."
