Entries Containing All of the Phrases «crittenden county» AND «arkansas»

By Cosmos Mariner, September 16, 2024

Early Railroads Marker

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1 ► Arkansas, Phillips County, West Helena — Early Railroads —

In the 1850s Helena businessmen dreamed of a railroad connecting the city with Little Rock. They drew up plans, but powerbrokers diverted money from the Helena project to a line connecting Memphis and Little Rock. Arkansas's First Railroad . . . — — Map (db m262841) HM

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2 ► Arkansas, Crittenden County, Marion — Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet's French expedition arrived in Arkansas —

In 1673, another European expedition arrived in Arkansas. Canoeing down the Mississippi River from the Illinois country (the upper Mississippi River Valley), Father Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary, and Louis Joliet, a coureur de bois . . . — — Map (db m234417) HM

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3 ► Arkansas, Crittenden County, Marion — Forest Industry History in the Delta —

The original Delta was a land of enormous stands of oak, gum, cottonwood, hickory, pecan, elm, pine and cypress, some of which had stood for perhaps 500 years. Cypress and tupelo could be found in the bottoms, along with water-tolerant oaks, . . . — — Map (db m234414) HM

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