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Spanish Conquistador 1540
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1541 - Hernando de Soto in Arkansas
Two hundred years before Lewis and Clark, over sixty years before Jamestown and Plymoth Rock, Hernando de Soto and an army of over six hundred embarked on a four year, four thousand mile odyssey in search of fame and fortune in North America.
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1783 - The American Revolution in Arkansas.
On April 17, 1783, British partisans and their Chickasaw allies attacked the remote fort at Arkansas Post.
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1863 - American Civil War at Arkansas Post
" A blaze of fire flashed like lightening from our line, sending three thousand bullets into the Federal ranks."
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Conquistador on Horseback  

Did You Know?
In the Spring of 1541, Spanish Conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army crossed over the Mississippi River into present day Arkansas where they wandered for nearly two years.

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