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ID: 7013897
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Record Type: administrative |
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Little Rock (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 44 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.7333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 092 17 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -92.2833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Arkansas River in central Arkansas; in 1860s was extremely anti-Union, yet in 1863 Federal troops seized city & organized a pro-Union government; in 1957 state governor made unsuccessful attempt to maintain school racial segregation. |
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| Little Rock (preferred,C,V)
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............ | in 1722 Frenchman, Bernard de la Harpe, discovered 2 rocks on site, naming smallest La Petite Roche & largest La Grande Roche |
| La Petite Roche (H,V)
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............ | since 1722 |
| Acropolis (C,V)
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| Anilco (C,V)
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| Arkopolis (C,V)
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| La Petit Roche (C,V)
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| Old Channel (C,V)
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| Old Channel Little River (C,V)
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| Petit Roche (C,V)
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| Petit Rochelle (C,V)
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| Petit Rocher (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a trading post in 1722; in 1812 became home of trapper William Lewis |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1836 |
| state capital (C) |
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since 1821 |
| county seat (C) |
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| inland port (C) |
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since 1969 |
| industrial center (C) |
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for railroad shops |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for clothing, electrical equipment, furniture, paper products, plastic pipe & cottonseed products |
| mining center (C) |
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for bauxite |
| mill center (C) |
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for lumber |
| educational center (C) |
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site of University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Philander Smith College, Arkansas Baptist College & schools for blind & deaf |
| cultural center (C) |
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includes MacArthur Park, Arkansas Arts Center & birthplace of General Douglas MacArthur |
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