What to see in America . Logging in an Arkansas Forest XXXI Arkansas Soon after Arkansas was admitted to the Union in 1836 itwas observed that its two senators differed in the pronun-ciation and speUing of the name of the state. To one it wasAr-kansas. To the other it was Arkan-saw. Theircolleagues presently fell into the habit of referring to one asthe gentleman from x\rkansas, and to the other as thegentleman from Arkansaw. For about a half centurythis matter of the name remained in doubt, and then thestate legislature dealt with it, and affirmed that out ofdeference to one of the early sena
What to see in America . Logging in an Arkansas Forest XXXI Arkansas Soon after Arkansas was admitted to the Union in 1836 itwas observed that its two senators differed in the pronun-ciation and speUing of the name of the state. To one it wasAr-kansas. To the other it was Arkan-saw. Theircolleagues presently fell into the habit of referring to one asthe gentleman from x\rkansas, and to the other as thegentleman from Arkansaw. For about a half centurythis matter of the name remained in doubt, and then thestate legislature dealt with it, and affirmed that out ofdeference to one of the early senatorial disputants the nameshould be spelled Arkansas, and out of deference to theother it should be pronounced Arkansaw. It is an Indianname which means Bow of smoky waters. The surface of the eastern portion of the state is brokenby swamps and small lakes, and is subject to overflow alongthe Mississippi, while in the western part are mountain 281 282 What to See in America. W^J^ \ ^ ranges and peaks that give rugged variety tothe landscape. The cul-minating height is Maga-zine Mountain, about onehundred miles west ofLittle Rock. This hasan altitude of 2800 best known of themountain ranges are theOzarks, which extendover into southwesternMissouri, and, with thestreams in their valleys,have a good deal of sceniccharm. Except in the swampydistricts the climate ispleasant and healthful. The snowfall is light, and droughtsare practically unknown. Cotton is the leading crop. Animallife continues abundant in the less settled sections and in-cludes deer, wolves, wild hogs, panthers, bears, wildcats,beavers, coyotes, eagles, and wild turkeys. The ArkansasRiver, which flows across the state in an easterly direction,dividing it almost in the middle, ranks next to the Missourias the greatest tributary of the Mississippi. It rises in theRocky Mountains and is 1600 miles long. For one half ofits course it is navigable. Where Little Rock, the states largest ci
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