Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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'Phu- Villhcl' nf Arkrlnsna va'i dn- T-mli. W: . u Pr. whmun Ivy :ulnplinn. He- wnH :l mnmlmr uF lhe- expeditirun under I. H . Whrmr plnn il was In lmlhl :I chuln 0f forts from the Hn-zll Lukvs, dmvn Kim M isslnpi and alum: the- Gulr uf ericn. Ho Imih M. St. Louis whiln- rm Hallo n-tur'nu-rl tn Framu- l'nr sumiilus and soulurs. 'Plu-u he! went dnwn Im- river tn nIm-l IIH Salim hut did not Hm! him. In 11m; ho hum u lug vulxin rm H'Ie- Al'knns: s Riwr n few miles l'rnm Its nmullL TINA furl rNHIhlished hwn- WJLH vnllud Arkunsus Post. and was no! nnly Hu- um whin- St-ttlnrmvm in thv nnAsc-m lmundury uf Arkansnx I'Jul nlam the firsl in the great Louisiana Territory. III Italian by birth and -r. JHnrrmnrh As :I symhnl 0f the wiril of Harding. as a record of lasting friend- ships. and hours of joy and toil: and as a service to our Alma Mzncr. whom- fulun- shall upimld llu- inuliliuns of its past: if them: things :m: cm- bmliml in the nugvs ul' this hunk. th-n mu' purpusc llus IJL-t'n :u't'umplislwd.

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.HOAJ m: 'Rthsrw a 7?. 7557 'l'hv first while nmu m tnuvh Arkansas snil was nu Hutu a Spaniard. As at ynung nnEn ha had gained same l'nma- I-md fortune exuluring Ventral .hm-rirvn. Lured lay Ilu- stories nf mum and the fountain nf youth. he mums lu Flurida and spent twu ,wurx wnnderlng nwr what is now Florida. Hunrglu, Mississippi and Malmnm. In May. l5-IL he- came tn :1 river su hrnad he called it Rin Grandma. lhe Smmlsh for great river. Tm- natives called it Mesuhm-ube, ur rather 0! Waters, which we call Mlssia- - Hlmll. The next year Ihi' great captain spent traveling thrnuah what. I: 4 now Arkansas. hul what was then a vast wilderness full of w! 11 animals and savages. At his death. I19 Smds rullowrrs buried him in the river hL- had diswn't-red. 1am: 3pm yahliaheh by; the 92mm- Ollmm nf mlrhhug CEnllege illnrriltnn. Arkannaa Enlumr Jim: HARDING COLLEGE LIBRARY

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Arkansas became a. part uf the Unlted States In 180:5. Before that time Louisiana Territory WM 9. ball mum! to and fro between Spain and France. and consequently no permanent settlements were made except around military posts. Arkansas was a pariah in the territory, Its name being that of a tribe of Indians and spelled after the manner or the French explorers. At the threatened outbreak of war with England. Napoleon sold the wholg territory to the United States. Monroe and Livingston signed the purchase treaty at fifteen million dollars-less than three cents an acre. Dwemher 30. 1803. 111: United llama took possession or Loulslm From 1804 to 131-2 Arkansas was part at Muisiatm Terrl-v wry; tram 1813 to 1819 ft formed part or the territory of Missouri. $11M nf Emma ADMINISTRATION CLASSES FINE ARTS FAVORITES ATHLETICS ORGANIZATIONS 106676