It was hoped that to this post would flow a large quantity of furs from the west, principally down the Arkansas River.

This hellbender subspecies inhabits the White River and Spring River systems in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, and its population has declined an estimated 75 % since the 1980s, with only about 590 individuals remaining in the wild.

One of the authors, who was kayaking in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Monroe County, Arkansas, on 11 February 2004, reported on a website the sighting of an unusually large red-crested woodpecker.

* 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.

150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.

The stated goal was to " map the source of the Arkansas River ", on the east side of the Rocky Mountains.

The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska ; parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River ; most of North Dakota ; most of South Dakota ; northeastern New Mexico ; northern Texas ; the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide ; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans ; and small portions of land that would eventually become part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition ( 1804 ) traveled up the Missouri River ; the Red River Expedition ( 1806 ) explored the Red River basin ; the Pike Expedition ( 1806 ) also started up the Missouri, but turned south to explore the Arkansas River watershed.

The maps and journals of the explorers helped to define the boundaries during the negotiations leading to the Adams – Onís Treaty, which set the western boundary as follows: north up the Sabine River from the Gulf of Mexico to its intersection with the 32nd parallel, due north to the Red River, up the Red River to the 100th meridian, north to the Arkansas River, up the Arkansas River to its headwaters, due north to the 42nd parallel and due west to its previous boundary.

Missouri is bounded on the north by Iowa ; on the east, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee ; on the south by Arkansas ; and on the west by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska ( the last across the Missouri River ).

One such levee extends southwards from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for a distance of some.

Southern University entered the ranks in 1934, followed by Arkansas AM & N ( now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff ) in 1936 and Texas Southern University in 1954.

Arkansas – Pine Bluff ( formerly Arkansas AM & N ) rejoined the SWAC on July 1, 1997, regaining full-member status one year later.

Lincoln County is a county located in the U. S. state of Arkansas and is included in the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area.

About 75 % of the county including the largest city, Pine Bluff, is located in the Arkansas Delta with the remaining portion in the Arkansas Timberlands.

The Arkansas Department of Correction ( ADC ) operates its headquarters in Pine Bluff.

The headquarters of the Arkansas Correctional School system are within the Pine Bluff Complex.

The Arkansas Department of Correction Maximum Security Unit is north of central Pine Bluff and off of Arkansas Highway 15 in unincorporated Jefferson County.

The Arkansas Department of Community Correction Southeast Arkansas Community Corrections Center is in Pine Bluff.

It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

* Pine Bluff, Arkansas

It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Mountain Pine is a city in Garland County, Arkansas, United States.

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Altheimer, who was born in Darmstadt-Eberstadt in 1850, read stories by German adventurer Frederick Gerstacker telling of the rich natural resources in Arkansas, and left for the United States as a teenager, eventually settling in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Pine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States.

It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined Statistical Area.

As late as the winter of 1838, Cherokee and Creek living in the Missouri and Arkansas areas petitioned the War Department to remove the Osage from the area.

Major John Sedgwick led part of the expedition up the Arkansas River, and via Fountain Creek to the South Platte River.

In 1833 an agreement was signed at Fort Gibson ( on the Arkansas River just east of Muskogee, Oklahoma ), accepting the area in the western part of the Creek Nation.

Fragment of the Trail of Tears still intact at Village Creek State Park, Arkansas ( 2010 )

At first, Creek immigrants stayed close to Fort Gibson, near the confluence of the Arkansas and Verdigris rivers.

His article describing the visit includes an old map showing the fort located on the north bank of the Arkansas River near Sand Creek, just south of the line separating Tulsa County and Osage County.

Gray Horse Creek, Drum Creek and Salt Creek all drain the southwestern part of the county and flow into the Arkansas River, which is part of the county's southern and western boundaries.

It is drained by the Cimarron River ( Arkansas River ) and the smaller streams Cottonwood Creek and Ephraim Creek.

Being situated at the terminus of the railroad, military wagon trains went out from Rolla to all Union armies stationed southwest in Arkansas, Hartville, and Springfield and northwest to the Linn Creek area, now known as Lake of the Ozarks.

Thousands of Union troops and their supplies came to Rolla by train from St. Louis and then were transferred to wagon trails to go to the battles of Wilson Creek in Springfield and Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove in Arkansas, plus a number of other smaller skirmishes.

Tanyard Creek falling from Lake Windsor Bella Vista, Arkansas.

Tanyard Creek in Bella Vista, Arkansas.

Prairie Creek is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.

Prairie Creek Marina, Prairie Creek Park on Beaver Lake ( Arkansas ) | Beaver Lake.

Prairie Creek, Arkansas.

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The Mall at Turtle Creek, opened in 2006, is the largest mall in northeast Arkansas.

Lee Creek runs along the western side of city where it eventually flows into the Arkansas River.

Nestled between the Arkansas Delta and Crowley's Ridge, Wynne is home to the largest state park in Arkansas, Village Creek State Park.