What to see in America . was an important trading post in the earlier days ofAmerican occupation and in 1819 it became the first territorialcapital. In 1814 there were three or four squatters dwelling atLittle Rock, or near by, subsisting chiefly by hunting,trapping, and fishing. Their number increased, and aneffort was made to give the place the name of when Little Rock became the capital of the territory in1820 it was only a handful of huts in a forest the 4th of July of that year the first sermon ever heardthere was preached in a log cabin to fourteen men,
What to see in America . was an important trading post in the earlier days ofAmerican occupation and in 1819 it became the first territorialcapital. In 1814 there were three or four squatters dwelling atLittle Rock, or near by, subsisting chiefly by hunting,trapping, and fishing. Their number increased, and aneffort was made to give the place the name of when Little Rock became the capital of the territory in1820 it was only a handful of huts in a forest the 4th of July of that year the first sermon ever heardthere was preached in a log cabin to fourteen men, probablyall the inhabitants of the place. The town was far fromcenters of population, and for many years it grew in 1861 the state officers seized the arsenal there, andshortly afterward the -ordinance of secessionwas passed. TheConfederates weredefeated the follow-ing year in the farnorthwestern cornerof the state at PeaRidge and PrairieGrove; and in Sep-tember, 1863, Union forces captured Little Planting (. 284 What to See in America Rock. Just outside of Little Rock are the bauxite mineswhich furnish practically all the ore for the manufacture ofaluminum in America. Arkansas Hot Springs Reservation, which has the honor ofbeing our oldest national recreation place, was created in1832. It is in a mountainous region fifty miles southwestof Little Rock. The Springs were discovered in 1541 byDe Soto and what was left of the Spanish exploring partywhich he led into the American wilderness. They fanciedthey had found the long-searched-for Fountain of Youth,reported to exist somewhere in the country, but ten of thesoldiers dying from excessive drinking, they were soonconvinced of their error. According to tradition theIndians used to war among themselves for possessionof these curative waters. The town is in a narrow gorgebetween two spurs of the Ozark Mountains. On one sideof its wide Main Street are hotels and shops, and on theother side a row of attractive bath-house
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