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On June 27, 1806, the District of Arkansas was created by the Territorial Legislature of Louisiana from the southern part of the New Madrid District.  (Above) A new map of part of the United States of North America, containing the Carolinas and Georgia, 1806; and a Map of the U.S.... Read More

Call for Entries! 2016 Small Works on Paper The Arkansas Arts Council is seeking submissions from visual artists in Arkansas for the 2016 Small Works on Paper exhibition. Deadline for entries is Friday, July 24, 2015. Entry forms are available here or by calling (501) 324-9766. No... Read More

Pictured: On the left, an 1881 Map of Arkansas showing the distribution of forests. On the right, a map of ANHC's Natural Areas.   The Value of Natural Areas Prior to settlement, Arkansas was marked by an expansive mix of natural communities. In all, more than 40 differe... Read More

     Churches of Arkansas: Promised Land Baptist Church In 1866, after the Emancipation Proclamation, former slaves (purchased on October 18, 1841, in New Orleans, Louisiana,) homesteaded the East Kiblah community in Arkansas from the plantation of Richard Blanton. Rep... Read More

This is Isaac Charles Parker (1838–1896) who served as federal judge for the Federal Court of the Western District of Arkansas in Fort Smith.  He tried 13,490 cases, with 9,454 of them resulting in guilty pleas or convictions. His court was unique in the fact that he had jurisdiction ove... Read More

Creativity Arkansas—Two Sisters: Daughters of War by Little Rock-based artist Angela Davis Johnson is part of the Creativity Arkansas Collection held by the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. The collection began in 2008 and showcases artwork created by African American artists with a connect... Read More

On this day, June 4, 1812, the Missouri Territory is created. What’s the story behind our border with the “Show Me State?” After the Missouri Territory was established, the territorial legislature of Missouri created Arkansas County for all the land between Louisiana and approximately thi... Read More

What’s in a name? Osceola is located in northeastern Mississippi County on the Mississippi River, approximately 50 miles upriver from Memphis. In 1830, William Bard Edrington and John Price Edrington bartered with Indians and took possession of a small group of huts along the Mississippi Rive... Read More

On this day in 1795, William Savin Fulton was born to Irish-born David and Maryland native Elizabeth Fulton. Owing to his mother’s wealth, Fulton was provided with a formal education in 1803 and attended Baltimore College in 1813 before practicing law in 1817.  Fulton served as a cor... Read More

From the Creativity Arkansas Collection: “Frederick Douglass,” pencil on illustration board, is by Higgins Bond. This piece is part of the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center’s Creativity Arkansas Collection, acquired in 2014. The collection began in 2008 and showcases artwork created by Afri... Read More