Arkansas Post
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The Arkansas Post, officially the Arkansas Post National Memorial, was the first European settlement located along the Mississippi River, in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, and in the present-day U.S.
Partial reconstruction of the Revolutionary War era fort
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Annie Hatley, Depiction of Arkansas Post in 1689, Arkansas State Archives, 1904
Diagram of the 1760s era stockade.
Quapaw
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The Quapaw or Arkansas, officially the Quapaw Nation, is a U.S. federally recognized tribe comprising about 6,000 citizens. Also known as the Ogáxpa or “Downstream” people, their ancestral homelands a
Robe of the Buffalo Dancers, c. 1750. Musée du Quai Branly—Jacques Chirac, Paris, France.
Louisiana Indians Walking Along a Bayou (note the tribe is not identified for this portrait. It is thought to be Choctaw, but could be Quapaw and if not, is very similar to what the Quapaw would have dressed in this period (Alfred Boisseau, 1847)
Quapaw men's beaded moccasins, c. 1900. Oklahoma History Center.
Peter Clabber, Principal Chief of Quapaws, 1905. National Archives.