Arkansas

Summary

Settled 1685. Territorial government organized, 1819. Admitted as state, 1836. Population in 1830 about 30,400. Population in 1840 about 97,600. Washington Tucker wrote to JS from El Dorado, Arkansas, 4 May 1844, expressing interest in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and requesting that missionaries be sent to state.

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State/Province
Arkansas
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United States of America