Arkansas

Welcome to Arkansas, the **Natural State**



Arkansas is 52,075 square miles, it's population is 2,889,450, and they have all types of areas, rural, suburban, and rural.

Geography of the state is:
 * The Arkansas River
 * The Mississippi River
 * The Buffalo National River
 * Forested Areas

The Climate of Arkansas is warm and humid, regular tornadoes, and an average of 70 inches of precipitation each year. Their natural resources are:
 * Quartz
 * Bauxite
 * Soil
 * Diamond


 * Fun Fact!: Arkansas had the only diamond mine in the U.S.A.**

Arkansas' most popular industries are:

Arkansas' most popular crops are, rice, soybeans, cotton, and rice.
 * Lumber Factories
 * Paper Factories
 * Furniture Industries

Government. Every state has a capital, governor, senator, represenitives, and counties. This is the goverment for Arkansas:

Governor: Mike Beebe (democrat) Capital: Little Rock Senators: John Boozman (republican) Mark Pryor (democrat) Democrats: 1 Republicans: 3 State Senators: 35 Represenitives: 100 Counties: 75

Culture:


 * Folk Festival
 * Folk Music
 * Bluegrass Music
 * The Arkansas Traveler Legend
 * Leading Thourobred Racetrack
 * Waterfalls

Arkansas is a very historical place. Here is a time line of events in order of what happened there.


 * 1500- Osage and Caddo tribes settle in.
 * 1504- Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto explores area
 * 1686- European explorers from Spain explore
 * 1836- Arkansas becomes the 25th state
 * 1863- The British Union captures Little Rock
 * 1783- The Louisiana Purchase is made
 * 1865- he Civil War Begins
 * 1927- The Great Depression strikes Arkansas

Arkansas was also a home to many Native Americans. The first federally recognized tribes were the Caddo, Quapaw, Osage, and the Cherokee. The tribes are all now in reservations off of the land of Arkansas. No federally known tribes are in Arkansas at the moment.


 * Fun Fact! : 1% of people in Arkansas are Native American**

Symbols:


 * mockingbird
 * white-tailed deer [[image:3545270516_c3a49202a3.jpg width="300" height="197" align="right"]]
 * loblolly pine tree
 * apple blossoms
 * milk
 * square dance
 * fiddle

**Fun Fact!: The loblolly pine tree grows up to 100 ft. high!**


 * Fun Fact!:** **The state recipe is collard greens.**

Some famous people are:


 * Maya Angelou
 * Jonny Cash
 * William J. Clinton