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Arkansas Post - 20 months ago

Arkansas post was the first European settlement in the lower Mississippi Valley and present-day Arkansas when Henri de Tonti established it in 1686. The Post was knows as “Poste de Arkansea” at the Quapaw village of Osotouy, on the Arkansas river. It became part of the United States following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. It became a thriving river port and the largest city in the region, selected as the first capital of the Arkansas Territory. However that status only remained until 1821 wh…