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Territory of Arkansas - History
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May 06, 1828 -
June 15, 1836
CLARK, CRAWFORD, LOVELEY, and MILLER lost to Indian lands when the treaty between the United States and Cherokee Indians established the western line of Arkansas Territory north of Red River along the eastern line of the Choctaw Cession.
(U.S. Stat., vol. 7, p. 311; Gabler, 37-39; Royce, 720-721; Van Zandt, 119)
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May 26, 1824 -
May 06, 1828
Arkansas Territory was reduced in size when the western extent of the territory was moved to a line running forty miles west of the southwest corner of Missouri.
(U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 155 [1824]/pp. 40-41; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Van Zandt, 119)
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July 04, 1819 -
May 26, 1824
The United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory. Arkansas Territory included all of present Arkansas and part of present Oklahoma. Boundary between Arkansas Territory and Mexico remained unsettled.
(U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)
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