The Arkansas Post of Louisiana
Title | The Arkansas Post of Louisiana PDF eBook |
Author | Morris S. Arnold |
Publisher | University of Arkansas Press |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 2017-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1682260348 |
Arkansas Post, the first European settlement in what would become Jefferson’s Louisiana, had an important mission as the only settlement between Natchez and the Illinois Country, a stretch of more than eight hundred miles along the Mississippi River. The Post was a stopping point for shelter and supplies for those travelling by boat or land, and it was of strategic importance as well, as it nurtured and sustained a crucial alliance with the Quapaw Indians, the only tribe that occupied the region. The Arkansas Post of Louisiana covers the most essential aspects of the Post’s history, including the nature of the European population, their social life, the economy, the architecture, and the political and military events that reflected and shaped the Post’s mission. Beautifully illustrated with maps, portraits, lithographs, photographs, documents, and superb examples of Quapaw hide paintings, The Arkansas Post of Louisiana is a perfect introduction to this fascinating place at the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, a place that served as a multicultural gathering spot, and became a seminal part of the history of Arkansas and the nation.
The Arkansas Post of Louisiana
Title | The Arkansas Post of Louisiana PDF eBook |
Author | Morris S. Arnold |
Publisher | University of Arkansas Press |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 2017-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1610756169 |
Arkansas Post, the first European settlement in what would become Jefferson’s Louisiana, had an important mission as the only settlement between Natchez and the Illinois Country, a stretch of more than eight hundred miles along the Mississippi River. The Post was a stopping point for shelter and supplies for those travelling by boat or land, and it was of strategic importance as well, as it nurtured and sustained a crucial alliance with the Quapaw Indians, the only tribe that occupied the region. The Arkansas Post of Louisiana covers the most essential aspects of the Post’s history, including the nature of the European population, their social life, the economy, the architecture, and the political and military events that reflected and shaped the Post’s mission. Beautifully illustrated with maps, portraits, lithographs, photographs, documents, and superb examples of Quapaw hide paintings, The Arkansas Post of Louisiana is a perfect introduction to this fascinating place at the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, a place that served as a multicultural gathering spot, and became a seminal part of the history of Arkansas and the nation.
Colonial Arkansas, 1686-1804
Title | Colonial Arkansas, 1686-1804 PDF eBook |
Author | Morris S. Arnold |
Publisher | University of Arkansas Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 1993-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1610751051 |
"Meticulously researched, highly readable, profusely illustrated, and broadly focused . . . unquestionably the most significant work ever written about the Arkansas Post." --Carl Brasseaux
Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas
Title | Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 1999* |
Genre | Arkansas Post National Memorial (Ark.) |
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Unequal Laws Unto a Savage Race
Title | Unequal Laws Unto a Savage Race PDF eBook |
Author | Morris Arnold |
Publisher | |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | History |
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"Morris Arnold's description of the French and Spanish periods is just marvelous. It will be a classic for some time to come (or perhaps even forever)." -Hans W. Baade
The Rumble of a Distant Drum
Title | The Rumble of a Distant Drum PDF eBook |
Author | Morris Arnold |
Publisher | University of Arkansas Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2007-07-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1557288399 |
The Rumble of a Distant Drum opens in 1673 when Marquette and Jolliet sailed down the Mississippi River and found the Quapaw already in residence in the Arkansas Post, where the Arkansas River flowed into the Mississippi. Here, they established the first European settlement in this part of the country, thirty years before New Orleans and eighty years before St. Louis. Morris S. Arnold draws on his many years of archival research and writing on colonial Arkansas to produce this elegant account of the cultural intersections of the French and Spanish with the native American peoples. He demonstrates that the Quapaws and Frenchmen created a highly symbiotic society in which the two disparate peoples became connected in complex and subtle ways - through intermarriage, trade, religious practice, and political/military alliances.
The Arkansas Post Story
Title | The Arkansas Post Story PDF eBook |
Author | Roger E. Coleman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Arkansas |
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