Arkansas Territory
This article is about the specific polity Arkansas Territory and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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The Arkansas Territory was a territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1819, to June 15, 1836, when the final extent of Arkansas Territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas. Until 1820 it was spelled Territory of Arkansaw.
Establishment
April 1820: In 1820, the name "Arkansas Territory" was officially used instead of "Arkansaw Territory." This change was made during the administration of Governor James Miller, who was appointed by President James Monroe. The spelling was altered to reflect the correct pronunciation of the state's name.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
1. Events
May 1824: In 1824, the westernmost portion of the Arkansas Territory was removed and became part of the Unorganized Territory.
November 1824: U.S. treaty concluded at Harrington's (Arkansas Territory) with the Quapaw.
January 1825: U.S. treaty concluded at Washington D.C. with the Choctaw.
June 1825: The Osages ceded their traditional lands across Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma to the U.S.A. in the treaties of 1818 and 1825
May 1828: A westernmost portion of Arkansas, known as the "Cherokee Outlet", was removed on May 6, 1828, reducing the territory to the extent of the present state of Arkansas.
May 1828: U.S. treaty concluded at Washington D.C. with the Cherokee nation west of Mississippi river.
July 1835: U.S. treaty concluded at the Caddo agency of Louisiana with the Caddo.
June 1836: The Territory of Arkansas, officially the Territory of Arkansaw, and commonly known as the Arkansas Territory or the Arkansaw Territory (A. T. or Ar. T.), was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1819, to June 15, 1836, when the final extent of Arkansas Territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas.
Disestablishment
June 1836: The Territory of Arkansas, officially the Territory of Arkansaw, and commonly known as the Arkansas Territory or the Arkansaw Territory (A. T. or Ar. T.), was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1819, to June 15, 1836, when the final extent of Arkansas Territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas.
Selected Sources
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 706
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 708
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 720
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 754
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