During Reconstruction, a close race for Governor of Arkansas was held between two members of the Republican Party. Joseph Brooks later attempted to remove Elisha Baxter from office. Both sides had their own militias to support them but it was finally resolved in Baxter’s favor by President Ulysses S Grant.
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(Not So) Fun Fact: The Death of Congressman James M Hinds
James M. Hinds was a congressman for Arkansas during Reconstruction. He advocated for the rights of former slaves and thus made himself a target of hate groups. He was shot and killed by a klansman.
Fun Fact: The Despicable Jon Hubbard
While never elected to the national level, a far-right winger named Jon Hubbard served one term in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011-2013 as a Republican. One year after Obama was elected, Hubbard published a book called Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative. In the book he called the history ofContinue reading “Fun Fact: The Despicable Jon Hubbard”
Fun Fact: Arkansas Etymology
Arkansas get it’s name from a Algonquian word for the Quapaw Native Americans.
Fun Fact: How Little Rock Arkansas Got Its Name
The capital of Arkansas, Little Rock is named after a landmark along the Arkansas River. Explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe named it La Petite Roche which literally means “Little Rock”.
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