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Word: arkansaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...capital of the Arkansas Territory in June 1821. A boisterous village at the crossing of two frontier arteries -the Arkansas River and the Great Southwest Trail-Little Rock attracted settlers and travelers such as Davy Crockett, who said in 1834: "If I could rest anywhere it would be in Arkansaw where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grow nowhere else on the face of the universal earth but just around the backbone of North America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Just Around tne Backbone of North America | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

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