Arkansas

History

The early French explorers of the state gave it its name, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to the Quapaw Indians and the river along which they settled. Arkansas, which joined the Union in 1836, was the 25th state.

Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861 during the American Civil War and was later readmitted after Reconstruction.

The state is the only one with an official pronunciation. The traditional form "arkanSAW" was made official by the state legislature in 1881.

Law and Government

The current governor of Arkansas is Mike Huckabee[?], a Republican. Huckabee, who had been elected lieutenant governor in a 1993 special election, ascended to the governor's office when Governor Jim Guy Tucker[?], a Democrat, was convicted of felony mail fraud as part of the Whitewater Scandal[?]. This led to a state "Constitutional crisis" when Tucker refused to give up the governor's office for a short period of time, because the Arkansas Constitution doesn't allow a convicted felon to be governor of the state. Tucker had been lieutenant governor under Bill Clinton and had become governor as a result of Clinton's election to the presidency.

In Arkansas, the lieutenant governor is elected separately from the governor and thus can be from a different political party.

See: List of Arkansas Governors

Geography

See: List of Arkansas counties

The capital of Arkansas is Little Rock. Arkansas is the only state in the US where diamonds are found naturally.

The eastern Arkansas border is the Mississippi River. Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri and Tennessee, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma. Arkansas is a beautiful land of mountains and valleys, thick forests and fertile plains. The Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges in northern and western Arkansas are known as the Highlands; the southern and eastern parts of Arkansas are called the Lowlands.

Economy

The state's total gross state product for 1999 was $64 billion placing Arkansas 33^rd in the nation. Its Per Capita Personal Income for 2000 was $22,257, 47^th in the nation. The state's argiculture outputs are poultry and eggs, soybeans, sorghum, cattle, cotton, rice, hogs, and milk. Its industrial outputs are food processing, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, paper products, bromine, and vanadium.

Important Cities and Towns

Conway El Dorado Fayetteville Fort Smith Hot Springs Jonesboro

Little Rock Pine Bluff Rogers Russellville Springdale Texarkana

Education

Colleges and Universities

• Arkansas Baptist College[?]
• Arkansas State University[?]
• Arkansas Tech University[?]
• Central Baptist College[?]
• Harding University[?]
• Henderson State University[?]
• Hendrix College[?]
• John Brown University[?]
• Lyon College[?]
• Ouachita Baptist University[?]
• Philander Smith College[?]
• Southern Arkansas University[?]
• University of Arkansas System[?]
  • University of Arkansas[?]
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock[?]
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences[?]
  • University of Arkansas at Monticello[?]
  • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff[?]
• University of Central Arkansas[?]
• University of the Ozarks[?]
• Williams Baptist College[?]

External Links

• http://www.state.ar.us Official State Homepage
• origins of the name (http://www.aedc.state.ar.us/Film/Facts.htm)

Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)

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