, 1872-10-25


beginning to henr of" In 1923, map of Il
new Territory was published by private ente
PRISE BY one me- Of its stizens and the sam
, | ernor Crittenden inaulged in some hard aspel
l. sionB upon the Federal Government for treatin
. Michigan with parta1ity, while refusing to q,
t!nguish the Quapaw claims in Arkansas.
WESTERN BOUNDARY.
The western boundary Of Arkansas was ct
tablished by act Of Congress, 1924, through tn
exertions Of Henry ". Conway, her Delegate
This added 800 miles by 10 to the Territory
equal to one-fourth Of the whole, and adaptabl
needful salt springs. ''Even with this exten
sion," says Benton, s.the Territory was still de
fcient in arabic land, not as strong as be
frontier position required her to be (since tht
Mexico deep into the Valley OF the Mississippi)
nor susceptible, on account Of swamps ant
sterile districts, of the population and cultiya
tion implied by her superficial contents"
Very crude and hard elements Of society were
coming into the State, the North Carolina and
Tennes6ee Scotch preyalling,- -races susceptible
OF civilization, but only as they themselves Or
der it.
ROADS AND INCREASE, 1S25-28.
In 1925 the total population was Is, 040; slaves,
extended particular acres yielded 800 lbs, and
| exceptional stalks IS many as 40 bollB.
| !. The United States Government was now work.
ing vigorously upon . series Of military roads
Tor Arkansasi VIZ: From Memphis to Little
miles; Fort Smith to Fort Gibson, 56 miles; Fort
Smith to Fort Towson, 100 miles; and Towaon to
Nachitoches, 800 miles. These roads crossed
the rlvar-ske1eton Of Arkansas, and opened rays
Of light through the country. What had been
described g few years ago as "irksome silence
and gloomy solitude" and caused Mr. Nuttall to
| say: Chow many ages may yet elapse before
| these lu3uriant wllds can enumerate popu-
! lation equal to the Tartarlan deserts?" seemed
| Of settlements, with paths between them ''made
straight
| VIOLENCE UsuRPs ARKANSAS.
Not orderly altogether. The Had OF violence
| began this very year, and it is rected in the
prints Of the time that Mr. II. ". Conway, late
The next year, 1928, it was further related that
General Edward Hogan, founder OF Little Rock,
had been murdered In d grocery-store at Little
Rock, by Andrew Scott, late Judge Of the Super
ior Court Of the Territory F; tie victim Was stab
bed four times in the breast.
TIE TERRITORY DEPLETED.
In May, 1925 the new western part OF Arkan-
sas Was again thrown of, and ceded to the Cher
tary Of War. Benton at once raised the ques-
ton whether law Of Congress could be abol-
ished by an Indian treaty The treaty was,
however, confirmed, and it was negotiated really
9y bafnoars ,f ene1 Ell elerk, mckinney. me In
sana}ors potaI III te1n ~, a9 ~eraao sna ~ aata
thar w ~
the Cherokee cession 800 acres elsewhere to
' 1na e. 20 .11 onn ess mste supyes1 ~ nantaty
AS0o'"' ~ .1"ne 800 ..I,,,1 "Slu 'aeaAeu'
In 1929, there were cast 4,761 votes, and the
population was thought to be 10000. pope, the
fighting Governor, whose Administration was
,,;o ~, ~ an;aae 'na' AoAA7 pa1st oe occo"
P41T ~ ~ tua &1nst af1sar; na.,,,.oa
anre. HeAG nat nn1aS f9sultsa n tne MURDER OF
- ,Sioa tne ~ ;t,a oTnetA1 pi 1AA4y r1op1naon
oxt sIs,t tioGt 1n n.sto 1oca: u =. IL. Noiana
=, H' 'n9r 5t,or oo'e1hoi T,o f vRos uepnew oeaa
.a,;t;ao, J;1o,aa;o anv [sas lu4.ous acllnony OF
tI @ "ae n apun al over
tepusaeLon & ~ ne ugion. JUST at tnls PERIOD
h 5;.oa9 aG e iace VI peoPle appeared
@ ~ u1ect 1nue Latt1n llo9t Getmany 13u Ter
Gra7a a1a 10 ~ 10 t9sutYe am o9nn5
nrdera haen - 1esa ". r1ent;f ond mv.h mao
-.s 1t - eoo - t - - =. - -, - 141osAr Auole
attrat;' 1R1 R1. ieas s!a1u ILL. phyo oecome
et ~. nut ~ tooS "e teAo Q! ye5 anotnef
-aa,,15o.t ~ 1as"sa snI - tI; sno tlAelua, ouI
nnon asc ntber ~ and one ~ uew a1s
tRa ntber Gqaet a s+np n
aft tnese clames, nne oltents, ana We
tcaa " i,sg ~ H. 1eeaei7 'escns WOMEN from
u S40'sopa 49, W. Sl.e sno oa4leD s1.r- ,o,,
Tho +snta1;sI9, e;,ht - h,rtraas 1ns oSfos 81
41.or.1, S-1,.-,.. :. m
pnsnlng through Arkansas to Ie1as, without
eavtne me tolmo1 any conslqerau9n, led to
selloos po1tscei movement a. Little ROCK to carry
q ARKANSAS Il NJ 1etf1tory ont OF the Union and add
tE 70 me hepno1c Or Ie1as; Judge l5ihs, James
Clark, and MI. Carson, "late of North Caro-
u lima" were named as Delegates to Texas; but
this preclpltated the admission OF Arkansas as
state INTO the american Union. June Is, 1886,
and Michigan we're admitted, side by
side. Michigan had then about double the num-
Der OF people Arkansas had; it has now made
he sap two-thirds.
C. F. u. Noland was made the Commissioner
% catfy the new State Constitution to Washing
on. He Was native Of Virginia, West Point
Cadet, an Officer Of Dragons, and afterwards q
lighting editor and humorist in Arkansas. He
8 referred to elsewhere in these notes. When |
Arkansas was admitted the State debt was
50 ,694; the jails we're out OF order the Capitol
'di6ce at Little Rock was unfinished, and work
lad stopped upon it and the State Constitution,
permitting only two banks, had frightened mon
'y-anairs 80 said Governor J. S. Conway.
TIE fight OVER ARKANSAS COMING IN.
The admission Of Arkansas involved long de-
'ate in Congress. It was admitted simulta- ]
leously with Michigan, according to tacit
3trfr f,nft tho lava nd Gfo}a