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Arkansas Traveler Story

Steamboat sinking in river with smoke billowing out of its smokestacks

Newspaper advertisement featuring drawing of steamboat

Cote Joyeuse Ad

Cote Joyeuse Story

G. A. Thomson Story

Martha Washington Story

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Pennsylvania [Steamboat]

St. Joseph Story

St. Joseph Story

3rd Arkansas Battle Flag

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White man with dark hair in suit and bow tie

Albert Rust Speech

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Alph Lynching Article

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Arkadelphia: Salt Kettle

grayscale drawing of white buildings one prominently placed with a bell tower and men on horseback and a horse-drawn carriage on the road in front

Arkansas College

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Arkansas Counties Map, 1819

Map showing division of counties after Arkansas statehood

Arkansas Counties Map, 1836

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Arkansas Counties Map, 1850

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Arkansas Real Estate Bank Stock Certificate

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Arkansas Real Estate Bank Draft

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Real Estate Bank Note, 1840

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Arkansas State Bank Note, 1838

Ten dollar note with agricultural scenes and steamboat artwork

Arkansas State Bank Note, 1840

Five dollar note with Native American man in center artwork

Arkansas State Bank Note, 1839

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Audubon Illustration of Western Kingbird

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Antoine Barraque

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Battle of Buena Vista Memorial

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Casper Reutzel House

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Thomas Hart Benton

Balding white man in suit with black collar

Charles Bertrand

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"The Big Bear of Arkansas" Illustration

Two young white men in suits with knives in hand

James Black & Jacob Buzzard

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Blackfish Lake Ferry Site

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