Arkansas History-European Exploration to Becoming a Territory

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Across
  1. 2. this is the time of year in 1815 that surveyors set the initial point for the Louisiana Territory
  2. 6. the father of Arkansas who settled the Arkansas post
  3. 7. French explorer who was killed by his own men
  4. 9. he failed to colonize Arkansas and had bad morals
  5. 11. the first European Explorer to reach Arkansas from Spain
  6. 13. this was the first European settlement west of the Mississippi River
  7. 14. the New _______ earthquake shook Northeast Arkansas in 1811.
  8. 15. the French befriended these Natives
  9. 16. the 1st French explorer to reach Arkansas (the priest)
Down
  1. 1. the U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from this country
  2. 3. this is how many million the U.S. paid to purchase the Louisiana territory
  3. 4. the 1st French explorer to reach Arkansas (the fur trader)
  4. 5. this country defeated France in the French and Indian War
  5. 8. U.S. bought this territory from France in 1803
  6. 10. he explored the Arkansas River and is given credit for naming the future capitol "Little Rock"
  7. 12. George Hunter and William Dunbar explored this Arkansas river