AR Post & LA Purchase Flashcards
Lanterloo
Card game similar to bridge
Dogtrot
Typical style of house
Arkansas Post
Spain retained control of Arkansas post
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson purchases the Louisiana territory in 1803
Confluence
Where 2 rivers meet
Henry R Schoolcraft
-writer and geologist
-Traveled from mammoth spring through
•river valleys
•white River
•black River
•spring River
Thomas Nutshall
- Englishman & biologist
- traveled from AR post up the AR River to Fort Smith
Chickasaw
- Natives who lived across the Mississippi River
- articles AR post on occasion
Lewis & Clark
• traveled the most famous expedition to Louisiana Territory
Thomas Jefferson
- president of the US
- sends Robert Livingston France to purchase the port of New Orleans
Henri De Tonti
La Salles lieutenant
Dunbar & Hunter
Did the great expedition
John Law
Scottish land speculator
What was life in AR like during 1700s
-population 40
• mainly traders, hunters, and trappers
Why did people come to the Hot springs?
There were rumors that the water would cure your health