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historic handwritten register listing counties and numbers signed "Fulton"

1835 Arkansas Territory Census

Balding white man with long beard in suit and bow tie

White man with dark hair in suit and bow tie

Log cabin with covered entrance and tree

Albert Pike School

White man with beard and sideburns in suit and bow tie

"Dear Colonel" letter in newspaper on August 19, 1849

Alph Lynching Article

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

Map showing 1819 division of counties in Arkansas with outline of unorganized territory to the west

Arkansas Counties Map, 1819

Map showing division of counties after Arkansas statehood

Arkansas Counties Map, 1836

Map showing division of Arkansas counties in 1850

Arkansas Counties Map, 1850

Map of Arkansas 1850 using shades of red to show population density

Arkansas Population, 1850

Hand signed print saying "1839 William Ryan twenty five shares" with interest divestment and transfer notes

Arkansas Real Estate Bank Stock Certificate

Hand signed bill numbered two with a note saying "exchange for $1.500" dated with illustrations

Arkansas Real Estate Bank Draft

Ten dollar note with Native American, steamboat, white woman churning butter, and buffalo on it

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

White man on a white horse talking to a white family outside a log cabin with the word "Whisky" written above the front door

Arkansas Traveler by Edward Washbourne

"Sinking of the Arkansas Traveler" newspaper clipping

Arkansas Traveler Steamboat Article

Newspaper masthead "Arkansas True Democrat"

Arkansas True Democrat Masthead

Portrait painting of white man formal dress with pocket watch chain

Old white man with sideburns surrounded by birds and plant life with the word "Audubon" in the center

Illustration of birds on a tree branch with moth

Audubon Illustration of Western Kingbird

Indoor fireplace with red tiles and gas heater

Interior door with decorative frame and chair

Barkman House Interior Door

Indoor staircase with long banister

Barkman House Staircase

White man with mustache in jacket and shirt

White man in suit and tie with walking cane

Antoine Barraque

White man in suit with long hair and sideburns

Stone marker with bird icon engraved text plaque patterned base in desert with mountain background

Battle of Buena Vista Memorial

Potrait of white man in suit with raised collar

Steamboat sinking in river with smoke billowing out of its smokestacks

Belle Zane Steamboat

Portrait older white man thin hair long sideburns in suit and tie

Thomas Hart Benton

Balding white man in suit with black collar

Charles Bertrand

Illustration of hunting dogs attacking bear with hunters watching, one aiming a long gun

Big Bear of Arkansas Illustration

Two young white men in suits with knives in hand

James Black & Jacob Buzzard

Tree covered hill side with bare trees and leaf covered roots

Blackfish Lake Ferry Site

Old white man in suit with white shirt

Painting of older white woman in black with black hair with brooch in red chair

White man with long combed hair in suit and white shirt

White man with long hair in suit and bow tie

"A Soldier of Fortune" newspaper clipping

Thomas M. Bowen Story

White man with brown hair and sideburns in black with white collar

"To the citizens of the territory of Arkansas" newspaper clipping

Bradford Campaign Announcement

"Steamboat Brandywine" newspaper clipping

Brandywine Article

"Jackson Saturday April 14 1832" newspaper clipping

Brandywine Article

Older white men and women in formal clothes pose with their adult children for family portrait

Robert Brownlee Family

"The Selba Murder" newspaper clipping

Burnett Family Execution Story

"The state vs. John Burnett ..." newspaper clipping

Burnett Trial Story

White man in suit with white shirt

John Butterfield

sign: "The Butterfield Stage Route: The Butterfield Stage Route between Saint Louis and San Francisco passed through the Main Street of Van Buren, Arkansas and crossed the river at this point."

Butterfield's Overland Comapny

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