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LITTLE See also:ROCK , the See also:capital of See also:Arkansas, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of See also:Pulaski county, situated near the centre of the See also:state and on the S. See also:bank of the Arkansas See also:river, at the E. edge of the Ozark foothills. Pop. (189o) 25,874; (1900) 38,307, of whom 14,694 were of See also:negro See also:blood, and 2099 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 45,941. Little Rock is served by the See also:Chicago, Rock See also:Island & Pacific, the St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:South Western, and the St Louis, See also:Iron See also:Mountain & See also:Southern See also:railways and by river boats. It occupies a comparatively level site of 11 sq. m. at an See also:altitude of 250 to 400 ft. above See also:sea-level and 5o ft. or more above the river, which is crossed here by three railway See also:bridges and by a county See also:bridge. The See also:city derived its name (originally " le See also:Petit See also:Roche " and " The Little Rock ") from a rocky See also:peninsula in the Arkansas, distinguished from the " Big Rock " (the site of the See also:army See also:post, Fort See also:Logan H. Roots), i m. W. of the city, across the river. The Big Rock is said to have been first discovered and named " Le Rocher See also:Francais " in 1722 by Sieur See also:Bernard de la Harpe, who was in See also:search of an See also:emerald mountain; the Little Rock is now used as an See also:abutment for a railway bridge. The state capitol, the state insane See also:asylum, the state See also:deaf See also:mute See also:institute, the state school for the See also:blind, a state reform school, the See also:penitentiary, the state library and the medical and See also:law departments of the state university are at Little Rock; and the city is also the seat of the See also:United States See also:court for the eastern See also:district of Arkansas, of a United States See also:land See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, of Little Rock See also:College, of the St See also:Mary's See also:Academy, of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic orphanage and a Roman Catholic See also:convent, and of two See also:schools for negroes—the Philander See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith College (Methodist Episcopal, 1877), co-educational, and the Arkansas Baptist College. The city is the seat of See also:Protestant Episcopal and Roman Catholic bishops. Little Rock has a See also:Carnegie library (1908), an old ladies' See also:home, a See also:Florence Crittenton See also:- RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)
rescue home, a See also:children's home, St See also:Vincent's infirmary, a city See also:hospital, a Catholic hospital, a physicians' and surgeons' hospital and the Arkansas hospital for See also:nervous diseases. A municipal See also:park See also:system includes City, See also:Forest, Wonderland and See also:West End parks. See also:Immigration from the See also:northern states has been encouraged, and northern men See also:control much of the business of the city. In 1905 the value of factory products was $4,689,787, being 38.8% greater than the value in 19oo. See also:Cotton and See also:lumber See also:industries are the leading interests; the value of cotton-See also:seed oil and cake manufactured in 1905 was $967,043, of planing See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products $835,049, and of lumber and See also:timber products $342,134. See also:Printing and See also:publishing and the manufacture of foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products and of See also:furniture are other important industries. Valuable deposits of See also:bauxite are found in Pulaski county, and the mines are the most important in the United States.
Originally the site of the city was occupied by the See also:Quapaw See also:Indians. The earliest permanent See also:settlement by the whites was about 1813–1814; the county was organized in 1818 while still a See also:part of See also:Missouri Territory; Little Rock was surveyed in 1821, was incorporated as a See also:town and became the capital of Arkansas in 1821, and was chartered as a city in 1836. In 185o its See also:population was only 2167, and in 186o 3727; but in 1870
it was 12,380. Little Rock was enthusiastically See also:anti-See also:Union at the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War. In See also:February 1861, the United States See also:Arsenal was seized by the state authorities. In See also:September 1863 the Federal generals See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Steele (1819—1885) and See also:John W. See also:Davidson (1824-1881), operating against See also:General See also:Sterling See also:Price, captured the city, and it remained throughout the See also:rest of the war under Federal control. Constitutional conventions met at Little Rock in 1836, 1864, 1868 and 1874, and also the See also:Secession See also:Convention of 1861. The Arkansas See also:Gazette, established at Arkansas Post in 1819 and soon after-wards removed to the new capital, was the first newspaper published in Arkansas and one of the first published west of the See also:Mississippi.
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